... to a natural reaction to the camera, so in reality the subjects in the picture may very well be unhappy at the fact they that have to be evacuated. Also, during World War 2 three million individuals were evacuated and ...

... was too strong. A second wave of evacuation was required when the blitzkrieg, or blitz, began in September 1940. I believe that evacuation was at its most successful at the start of the war mainly thanks to how well the ...

... consistent with this statement, as I know that some evacuees gained far more regular and healthier lifestyles through evacuation. However, the source was produced by the British Government, and is therefore propaganda in the form of a poster, its purpose ...

... the War". For some children evacuation was like some sort of holiday. Children were happy to go away from the cities and go on a somewhat kind of "adventure"; this information came from Source F, the BBC video. It was ...

... emotional experience so it definitely isn't at all reliable at showing what evacuation was like and the publics attitude. It could be a source of propaganda; the government were probably trying to make out that evacuation was going well and ...

... emotional experience so it definitely isn't at all reliable at showing what evacuation was like and the publics attitude. It could be a source of propaganda; the government were probably trying to make out that evacuation was going well and ...

... C is from an extract with George Coppard who was Private in the battle of the Somme and would have been fighting at the front line. Although it was written a long time after the battle it is still a ...

... the truth of the battle in any respective. Yet, Haig was only going by what he heard from intelligence, and he honestly believed the offensive to be effective, he would not have known that so many people died until days ...

... my point of this Source being negative. Source C is Haigs own views of the Somme there fore holds bias towards him, and in turn is a positive piece of writing. "(i)", which is written before the battle justifies the losses that ...

... and he raises a question "why did they not stop one battalion following in the wake of another to join it in death?" I believe that this source is reliable as it is written by a well known historian. " 'Butcher Haig'. ...

... this essay I will be analysing and studying sources of past and present to conclude whether or not this is a valid interpretation. One of the major arguments that is often discussed when debating the interpretation "Lions led by donkeys" is ...

... was so much more comfortable than that of the men" and that "a mate and many others were murdered through the stupidity of those in authority". This suggests that he did not inspire respect amongst his men - it is ...

... to cities here. Also, approximately one million deaths were expected within the British population. Britain protected its inhabitants by using seven different forms of protection. Firstly, propaganda. This can be viewed as protection because things such as leaflets (Source A for ...

... Women had also shown themselves capable of fighting in the War itself, as services like the WRNS (Women's Royal Navy Services) that introduced women to the life of war, and women could do it. They had endured hardships while fighting ...

... Barbara Bodichon who campaigned from an early age for equality and more rights for women. She established an undenominational school, in the 1850's campaigned for women's legal rights, and later moved on to campaign for the franchise. She also believed ...

... it is absolutely impossible to say that Britain faced the blitz with courage and unity. During the blitz Britain would shelter. A shelter was a big chamber built underground to fit a group of people and this would keep ...

... were willing to go to prison so that their fellow women got the vote. The suffragette campaign gradually became more radical, soon the suffragettes that were in prison went on hunger strike, forcing the government into a dilemma. The government was ...

... where candidates are exclaiming there views on budgetary management or even as far as tax cuts/rises, it makes little differences to the lives of the poor, therefore they are willing to settle with whatever happens assuming it will make no ...

... bearing in mind that until The Great Reform Act of 1832, the only group that could vote were landowners over 21. The Act permitted middle-class men to vote, but specified that only males were eligible; previous laws had correctly assumed ...

... glory. But as the war dragged out less and less people were willing to sign up until eventually the government forced able men to join the army, this meant men leaving their jobs to fight in the war, this created ...

... allowed to vote. In the same year, the bill to allow women over 21 to stand for parliament became law but it was only passed just before the election. This meant female candidates had little preparation time and was probably ...

... started in 1914, many men went to fight in the trenches, leaving thousands of businesses with nobody to run them and jobs with nobody to do them, except for women. Eventually women started to fill these places, taking over their ...

... in July, a great number of Suffragettes gathered at Whitehall and led a huge demonstration protesting for the right to serve. By the time, the munitions problem was worse, so the Suffragettes were greeted with cries of splendour! Lloyd George, ...

... they were short of staff some employers still failed to employ women. But as the war went on women were being employed in jobs that used to be considered 'men's jobs'. They were doing jobs that required heavy lifting and ...

... war discounts the groundwork put in by the pre-war suffrage campaign and some even believe that far from the war facilitating votes for women, it actually postponed its implementation as the campaigns were postponed. There are other arguments that state ...