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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What was the main purpose of the U-boats in the Battle of the Atlantic?
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Discuss the effects of the Second World War on civilians.
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In which year did the USA enter the Second World War after the attack on Pearl Harbor?
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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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According to the framework, which single element is described as the 'glue' that holds the toolkit together by determining how resources and technology are used?
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Which event most directly opened the western front against Germany in 1944?
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Compare and contrast the war at sea in the Atlantic and the Pacific during the Second World War.
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The Battle of Britain (1940) is historically significant mainly because it was the first battle to be decided almost entirely by which means?
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The failure of which German plan led to the trench stalemate on the Western Front by the end of 1914?
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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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Which battle is regarded as the turning point of the war on the Eastern Front?
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Examine the role of technology in determining the outcome of one twentieth-century war.
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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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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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Examine the reasons for the Allied victory in the Second World War (1939–45).
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