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"Women over 30 gained the vote in 1918 mainly because of women's contribution to the war effort." Do you agree with this?
... change. As the women were using their own knowledge and organisation skills to set up a successful society, men started to notice that women had a higher intelligence level than they previously thought. The Suffragists used their own political knowledge ...
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"Women over 30 gained the vote mainly because of the womens contributions to the war effort".
... some were some very important positions. Some women took the role of men in some political fashion, but this was a small minority. More women were in secretarial jobs, where as some managed to break into the clothing industry where ...
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The Offensive on the Somme was a poorlyplanned failure because Haigwas a bad commander.
... and destroying roads, bridges and railways, which were needed for supplies. Also resulting in heavy losses of the men.
The artillery ambush failed to cut the barbed wire. In fact the barbed wire was more tangled that before as the ...
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Was the work women did in the War the most important reason why they were given the vote in 1918?
... was never kwon in England, or for that matter in any other country...we interrupted a great many meetings...and we were violently thrown out and insulted. Often we were painfully bruised and hurt."
The Suffragettes used many methods to win their ...
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Without the First World War British women would not have gained the right to vote in 1918 - Do you agree or disagree with this interpretation?
... backing and their campaign was so slow and frustrating that many women began to get disillusioned, amounting in several supporters losing faith and turning to other, more violent, methods for the answer. In 1903, a breakaway group joined together to ...
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Women over 30 gained the right to vote in 1918 mainly because of womens contribution in the war effort. Do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer fully.
... 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 ...
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'Dunkirk was a great deliverance and a great disaster' (AJP Taylor) Is there sufficient evidence in sources A to F to support this interpretation?
... of the troops that died and other circumstances that occurred but he is also saying that it was a great rescue and setting free for all the troops and families of the troops who were rescued from the beaches of ...
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'Dunkirk was a great deliverance and a great disaster.' This is a famous quote by AJP Taylor in 1965.
... very reliable source with which to gain insight from. The men seem safe and out of danger and thousands can be seen. The general mood of the picture is sadness though, yet again hardly any equipment can be seen and ...
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'Dunkirk'.
... a seaport located in northern France, on the English Channel and was the allies' only hope of survival. The evacuation was from May 27th-June 4th 1940. The beaches and harbour of Dunkirk was used for the life saving operation. The ...
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'Dunkirkwas a great deliverance and a great disaster' (AJP Taylor) Is there sufficient evidence in sources D to J to support this interpretation?
... of this source. I know that the German troops are not over head as they are all calm and in line. I would not have thought that this would have been the case as the Germans were firing at them ...
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'Evacuation was a great success' - Do you agree or disagree with this interpretation? Explain your answer using the sources and knowledge from your studies.
... or the possibility of long-term trauma for some children. The sources show different experiences and interpretations of evacuation.
Taken at face value, source B implies that evacuation was a success because it shows the evacuees in high spirits, as do sources ...
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'Evacuation was a great success' Do you agree?
... on. The picture seems to show evacuation as a success. However this Sources reliability is questioned by the insufficient amount of evidence given, the picture only shows a small part of the evacuation process, only one incident out of the ...
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'Explain why women failed to gain the vote between 1900 and 1914.'
... as women were not seen as responsible enough by men and therefore could not have too much power.
Men thought women should not have the vote as they did not have a political mind and could vote for strange and unusual ...
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'Haig was an uncaring general who sacrificed the lives of his soldiers for no good reason.' How far do these sources support this view?
... Haig could have come up with a good plan then he wouldn't of had to sacrifice as many of his men's life, but he must not have been bothered about a good plan so in other words source a shows ...
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'In what ways did the British government attempt to hide the effects of the Blitz from the people of Britain?'
... whole story but they did not know how much was being kept from them. Propaganda was also used widely to combat bad news and to keep people's spirit up. It was needed greatly when the Germans started dropping leaflets on ...
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'Lions led by Donkeys' How valid is this interpretation of the conduct of British soldiers and Generals on the western front. 1914-18
... place, Von Moltke could be a general to blame, as he was very inexperienced and did not take the key ports like Dunkirk and Calais so the highly trained, professional BEF (British Expeditionary Force) landed at the ports and made ...
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'Lions Led by Donkeys' How Valid is this Interpretation of the Conduct of the British Soldiers on the Western Front 1914 - 1918?
... conscript soldiers. Generals didn't have many trained soldiers and at the beginning of the war, most of the soldiers were volunteers and were therefore unskilled.
The Western Front stretches from the North Sea to the Swiss boarder. This spanned for approximately ...
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'Lions led by Donkeys' Use The Information In The Sources And Your Own Knowledge How Valid Is The Interpretation Of The Conduct Of The British Soldiers And Generals On The Western Front.
... was led. They refer to the soldiers as being lions but referring to the general's donkeys. This source supports the quotation 'lion led by donkeys' as we see what the German view was on the British army but we cant ...
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'Lions Led by Donkeys'. Using the information in the sources and your own knowledge, how valid is the interpretation of the conduct of British soldiers and generals on the Western Front, 1914-1918?There
... of the Somme, at 7:30 am, the British army walked there way into the German's barbed wire. As not all the barbed wire had been destroyed by the machine gun fire there was only a small room for the army ...
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'Lions led by donkeys.' How valid is this interpretation of the leadership of Douglas Haig on the Western Front, 1916-1918?'
... evidence I find I will find a change as years go on and the overall view will be that the statement is both true and false. Some of the time poor tactics were used and others the tactics were good.
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'Study Sources B and C. Does Source B support the evidence of Source C about the Suffragette campaign? Explain your answer.'
... reared their sons and still continue to rear them.' i.e. they don't still learn what their mistakes are, and still continue with them. Therefore they make themselves suffer. Also, Corelli, in the title of her book 'Woman or Suffragette', divides ...
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'The British offensive on the Sommewas doomed to be a disaster from the start and should never have been launched' How satisfactory are these sources in supporting this statement?
... old style of open field battle disappeared instead a new kind of deadly trench warfare evolved. Haig was a man sturdily set in the old ways of always being on the offensive. He planned to use the same tactics as ...
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'The impression that the British faced the blitz with courage and unity is a myth.' Use the sources, and your own knowledge to explain whether you agree with this statement.
... bombings, people dieing, evacuation and gas masks. The blitz was period of intense bombing of London and other cities that continued until the following May. For the next consecutive 57 days, London was bombed either during the day or night. ...
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'The impression that the British faced the Blitz with courage and unity is a myth.' Use the sources, and your own knowledge, to explain whether you agree with this statement.
... that took place between September 1940 and May 1941. This is supported by the fact that the information contained in Sources B, D and E was kept from the public. However it is unclear whether this was done in order ...
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'The impression that the British faced the blitz with courage and unity is a myth.' Use the sources, and your own knowledge. To explain whether you agree with this statement.
... bombings, people dieing, evacuation and gas masks. The blitz was period of intense bombing of London and other cities that continued until the following May. For the next consecutive 57 days, London was bombed either during the day or night. ...