Unit 16: Paper 2 — Causes and Effects of 20th-Century Wars
Topic 16.2: Practices of war and their impact on outcome Questions
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Examine the role of technology in determining the outcome of one twentieth-century war.
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In the framework for analysing the practices of war, which factor refers to the mobilisation of a state's entire society and economy for the war effort?
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To what extent did control of the sea determine the outcome of one twentieth-century war?
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Evaluate the importance of total war and the home front in deciding the outcome of one twentieth-century war.
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According to the 1916 attrition battles, which figure best matches the approximate total casualties at Verdun?
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Discuss the effects of the Second World War on civilians.
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Examine the reasons why the First World War became a war of attrition on the Western Front.
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Evaluate the importance of new technology in shaping the fighting of the First World War.
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Examine the ways in which the First World War was a 'total war'.
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Discuss the view that foreign intervention was the decisive factor in the outcome of one twentieth-century war.
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Evaluate the claim that strategy mattered more than resources in deciding the outcome of one twentieth-century war.
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Which combination of technologies made warfare mobile again and formed the basis of German blitzkrieg in 1939-41?
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Examine the reasons for the Allied victory in the Second World War (1939–45).
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Analyse the reasons for the defeat of Germany in the First World War.
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Analyse the reasons for Germany's defeat by 1945 in the Second World War.
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Analyse the ways in which air power changed the practice of war in the twentieth century.
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Which weapon system is described as making the ocean a base for air power, as seen in the Pacific War?
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Which pair of events most directly led the USA to enter the First World War in April 1917?
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Which battle is regarded as the turning point of the war on the Eastern Front?
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What was the main purpose of the U-boats in the Battle of the Atlantic?
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