British History - Impacts of war 1914-1922 - Flashcards in A Level and IB History

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Conscription

A goverment policy making it compulsory for men to join the military forces

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Shell Shortage

The crisis in production of ammunition, which was being used in massive quantities on the Western Front; politicians and military men were blamed for the shortages

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Western Front

A line formed from Belgium to Switzerland where the German advance was halted in 1914 and where boths sides dug down to make trenches. Most of the land fighting for Britain and France took place on the Western Front

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Munitions

Weapons and ammunition needed for the Armed Forces

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Coalition

Several poltical parties working together to form a government

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Total War

When government uses all military, economic and human resources available to attempt to win a war

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Maurice Debate February, 1918

This arose out of a letter to the Times newspaper by General Maurice, the former director of the Military Operations, claiming that the government had lied about the strength of the British army in France in 1918. This came at a time when the German

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Maurice Debate continued

forces seemed about to break the Allied lines. Its real importance, however was that it divided the Liberal party in the government

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The crisis of 1916

The government experienced a number of setbacks in 1916. There was the Easter Rising of Irish Republicans in Dublin, the failure of the navy to defeat the German battle fleet in the inconclusive naval Battle of Jutland, and the terrible casualties

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The crisis of 1916 continued

suffered by British forces in the Battle of the Somme, as Britain tried to relieve the pressure on their French allies on the Western Front. At this battle, there were nearly 60,000 British casualties on the first day. These events further destroyed

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The crisis of 1916 continued

destroyed confidence in Asquith.

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The crisis in production of ammunition, which was being used in massive quantities on the Western Front; politicians and military men were blamed for the shortages

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Shell Shortage

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Weapons and ammunition needed for the Armed Forces

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Several poltical parties working together to form a government

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British History - Impacts of war 1914-1922