Why did the normans win the battle of hastings?
WHY DID THE NORMANS WIN THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS? In the year 1066, the battle of Hastings took place. During the year, Edward the confessor died and left no heir to the throne. William, duke of Normandy and Harold Goodwinson fought to become king. In the end, Harald Hardrada, were very angry that they were not chosen. Many think the Normans won, because William was a skilful and ambitious man, and he knew that he wanted to be king of England. He knew that he would eventually become king and he would rule over England. He decided to go to war with Harold, because he thought that the only way to become king was to fight and to kill Harold Goodwinson. Another reason that William won was that he had skilful and well trained men on horse back, who were very good at fighting. This is what put Harold in such a difficult place. But to make it even harder, Harald Hardraada and Tostig (another man who wanted to be king), and teamed up and were waiting in the south to fight with Harold - the king. Being put in this position, Harold's spies told him that William was waiting for in the North. Harold chose to go south to Stamford Bridge to meet Harald Hardraada and Tostig. Harold choosing to go south to Stamford Bridge, the journey made Harold's troops very tired and they would find it very difficult to fight. The battle at Stamford Bridge, was a great success, as Harold won, but
Why did the number of women employed in Britain begin to rise significantly from mid 1915?
Question 3 In what ways did ww1 help to change the employment opportunities in Britain? Before the war job opportunities for women were scarce and the only jobs available were very lowly paid. An average maid or cleaner would make about £5-10 a year, some even less. Most jobs that women were employed in would include: maids, cleaners, jobs in the textiles industry and a few of the luckier ones would be employed as secretaries or shop till ladies at shops. Some older women with experience of looking after children would be employed by wealthy families as nannies to look after there children. Men's attitudes to women working were that they only had the skills required to work in jobs that needed minor intelligence and skills. Statistics taken estimate that before the war the number of women in paid employment was about 2.5% to 10% of men. During the war job opportunities for women started increasing as men left to go fight in the war. Jobs that were known as men's jobs, had no men to full them, this meant the government were left with a problem. During this time women's rights campaigners such as Emeline and Christina Pankhurst saw an opportunity for women to help in the war effort so they started campaigning heavily for women's right to help in the war campaign, at the beginning of the campaign it seemed they were protesting to deaf ears until the government saw the
Why did the Number of Women employed in Britain begin to rise significantly from mid-1915?
Why did the Number of Women employed in Britain begin to rise significantly from mid-1915? The number of women employed in Britain increased dramatically as of mid-1915. There was a multitude of reasons for this which I will explore during this essay. I shall be looking in particular at the great shell shortage of May 1915 and the women's campaigns to be a part of the war effort. I shall also look at some of the other opportunities made available for women then and the reasons behind them. The main contributory factor to women's employment was the 'Great Shell Shortage' of May 1915. On the Western front levels of ammunition for troops was falling critically low, rendering many of them useless on the battlefield as it had got to the extent where many soldiers actually ran out of bullets amidst a fire fight. The decision to employ women in munitions factories was blatantly the right choice to make and so it was made by the newly appointed Minister for Munitions David Lloyd George who was desperate to increase production of ammunition and other equipment. With an army of 2.5 million men volunteered already by late 1915 an immense amount of ammunition and equipment was required to keep supply levels up, more and more were employed to provide them, as the war neared its conclusion, around 900,000 women were employed in munitions factories. There was a national register of names
Why did the Schlieffen Plan Fail?
Richard Tandy 18.09.02 Why did the Schlieffen Plan Fail? Introduction The Germans hope of a quick victory in the war were based on a plan called the Schlieffen Plan, formulated and composed by Count Alfred Von Schlieffen, chief of the General Staff of the German Army. Firstly, Germany knew they had one of the finest railway systems in the World. They would use this to their advantage to transport troops to the front line. The first stage of attack was to invade through neutral Belgium, sending most of their troops through the central and northern parts instead of the wooded Ardennes region, which would save time. Germany would then have enough troops to attack the west side of Paris. Within six weeks German troops would have captured the city of Paris by encircling it. The next step was to then transport the troops by rail to face "the Russian steamroller" which the Germans anticipated to take six weeks to get prepared. The first sticking point for Germany was when they invaded Belgium in August 1914. Firstly, the French army had made no plans to halt any German advance as they did not think they could stop the Germans there. Instead the French General Joseph Joffre planned a massive offensive on the German Frontier in northern Alsace-Lorraine. His plan was called Plan XVII. However, to
WHY DID THE SCHLIEFFEN PLAN FAIL?
WHY DID THE SCHLIEFFEN PLAN FAIL? Why did the Schlieffen plan fail? Was it because too many mistakes were made by the Germans? Or was it just the Belgium resistance and the job of the BEF (British Expeditionary Force)? In this essay I will tell you on the reasons of how it failed therefore coming to a conclusion about what the actual reason it was the Schlieffen plan failed. The Germans did make many noticeable mistakes when Alfred Von Schlieffen died he clearly said keep to the right. The right wing must be kept strong at all times. But von Molkte made some very big changes to the plan. At first in 1905 Schlieffen had said too send 90%of the army to France to attack Paris. In order to invade France, the German first and second armies were in Belgium needing to get to and conquer Fort Liege. They'd expected Belgium not to fight back and allow German control but Belgium did. This delayed Germany 10 days however they still conquered Fort Liege. If Belgium hadn't resisted German forces then the Germans would've had those extra 10 days and could've used it very well to their advantage. But the Belgium resistance held the Germans up. Schlieffen fought that the British would stay neutral but they didn't instead they declared war on Germany hen they invaded Belgium. The BEF had, unbeknownst to the Schlieffen Plan, crossed the channel and fought the German first army, under the
Why did the Spanish Armada fail?
Why did the Spanish Armada fail? Dicky Lau (9) 7A In this essay, I am gong to tell you the main three reason on why did the Spanish Armada fail for myself. The first reason was the English fleet. While a number of the Spanish ships were built for the purpose of invasion, in general the Spanish looked at their ships much as the ancient Romans did. The idea was to close with the enemy, and overwhelm them by boarding. The Spanish guns and gunners were not designed to shoot effectively after the first broadside. Their ships were also harder to work. The English ships, while not enjoying an overwhelming advantage in their own weaponry, operated on the principle that the broadside was the primary weapon of the ship. They also learned from initial engagements and knew how close they had to get to their enemy, for their fire to be effective. With more nimble ships, the English were able to keep their fleet to windward of the Spanish. This allowed them to avoid coming too close to be boarded, and gave the English the best conditions in which they could engage the enemy ships. Secondly, the use of Fire ships. The English launched fire ships at the anchored Spanish fleet, which scared the Spanish captains enough to make them cut their anchors and try to avoid the burning ships. Not many Spanish ships were lost, but the Spanish formation was broken up, and the Armada would be in
Why did the status and position of Jews in Germany worsen in the years 1933 to 1939, and in occupied Europe in the years 1939 to 1945?
ASSIGNMENT ONE ANTI-SEMITISM IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY Question 2 Why did the status and position of Jews in Germany worsen in the years 1933 to 1939, and in occupied Europe in the years 1939 to 1945? The status of Jews worsened following January 1933, when Hitler came to power. Given Mein Kampf, and the outlined 25-point programme (both show open anti-Semitism), action against Jews was inevitable. The 'intentionalists' believe Hitler always knew the ways he would persecute and discriminate Jews, whilst the functionalists believe he reacted on circumstance. Many Nazis were religiously anti-Semitic, thus there was often revolution from below. Nazi mobs attacked Jews, which led to the United States (showing disapproval) boycotting German goods. Hitler blamed the Jews for this and orchestrated the boycott of German Jews' businesses (1st-April-1933)-businessmen worse off. Anti-Semitism was rife at local level; (7th-April-1933) whilst Hitler said Jewish doctors were allowed to practice, local authorities banned them anyway. Due to 'grass-roots' pressure it became official policy (22nd-April-1933)-Jewish doctors 'economically crippled'. Many laws followed limiting the socio-economic rights of Jews, ostracising them from society: eg.22nd-September-1933, Jews banned from all cultural activities by the Reichstag; 21st-May-1935, forbidden to join Wehrmacht; 17th-August-1938,
Why did the status and position of the Jews in Germany worsen in the years 1933 to 1945?
GCSE History Coursework Question 2. Why did the status and position of the Jews in Germany worsen in the years 1933 to 1945? Germany was the potent centre of anti-Semitism over the years of Hitler's reign. It was a place of trepidation, fatalities, and sheer dread for Hitler and the Nazi's victims, the Jews. The Jews had always suffered anti-Semitism, but things were about to get a lot worse in the years 1933-1945. They were about to endure hardship, pain and torture, all sparked off from one event, which would stage the 'building-blocks' to the attempted destruction of the Jewish race. This event was in January 1933, when Hitler took virtual control of the German government when President von Hindenburg appointed him Chancellor. Hitler used his appointed power against the Jews at every point he could, he longed for the annihilation of the Jews, to secure the 'safety' of the more superior Aryan race, which he believed was highly under threat from the conspiring Jews. In 1935, the Nuremberg laws came into play. These laws stated who was a Jew according to Nazi definition. This meant all people born of at least one Jewish grandparent were now available to be singled out for discrimination. This was appalling as it made abuse and assault become a daily routine against the Jews. A web of legislation had been spun to trap a now fearful Jewish community, who found it difficult
Why Slavery was abolished
Why slavery and the slave trade was abolished Slavery was cruel trade that started in the 16th century for innocent people .Who were taken from their homeland away from their loved ones to be treated cruelly .Some said slavery was the worst punishment a human being can receive a lot of people campaigned for the abolishment. But the slave traders and people for slavery didn't give up easily One of the reasons it ended was due to white abolitionists because they had the freedom to go out their and make bills and campaign one of these types of people were the white working class William Pitt said " Nothing worse than slavery I know no evil that has ever existed" and Granville Sharp and William Wilberforce were also famous abolitionists who were wealthier and inspired the white working class who signed petitions and gathered among themselves for huge meetings support grew in 1792 and in Manchester 1792 and in Manchester 1788 over 10000 petitions were signed to help end slavery "in Manchester in 1788 over 10000 working people signed a petition support grew in :in 1792 over 20000 Manchester people signed another petition (out of a population of 75,000) huge meeting were held". From textbook. Another reason was because of the actions of the Black people from the sabotaging of crops to the flee of freedom for some .Also burning plantations, the black slaves started to go of
Why was Bletchley Park able to break the German enigma codes?
Why was Bletchley Park able to break the German enigma codes? There were many contributing factors that helped the team at Bletchley Park to break the enigma code, all of which were needed to break it. The first thing that started them off was some help from the Poles. A polish spy has been in the German army and in 1931 stole documents relating to the enigma machine. Polish mathematicians, one of which was Rejewerki, built 2 replicas of the enigma machine and then gave it to Britain. This was a great help as we now knew what it looked like and how it worked. Another thing that helped the team to break the code was the several flaws that were in the enigma machine. When the letter was put in it could never represent itself, which meant that there was in fact only 25 letters; it could be not 26. If a message was shorter than 26 letters then the second and third wheels would not move, hence there were fewer possibilities to the code. It was proven that the machine could not actually make a truly random series. All of these flaws in the machine helped towards the code being broken. One thing that was also a help was the German operators and the flaws they made when using the enigma machine. They all had a code book that told them several things. The plug board swaps, selection of the rotors and where to put the rotors. So they had to have an extra security method in case a
