c1900-present

Question 1

What is logistics?

Answer 1

Transportation of troops, supplies, ammunition and post

Question 2

How did army composition change from 1914 to 2015? (4)

Answer 2

Infantry went from 65% to 25%
Cavalry stayed at 10% (tanks in 2015)
Artillery went from 20% to 10%
Specialist troops went from 5% to 55%

Question 3

Example of a specialist troop

Answer 3

Medical

Elecrical

Question 4

What was the size of the army in 1918?

Answer 4

3,500,000 (WW1)

Question 5

What was the size of the army in 1963

Answer 5

170,000

Question 6

How did transport change in this period? (3 points)

Answer 6

In 1914, troops moved by train
In 1918, British army had over 55,000 trucks
In 1940, aircraft used to parachute troops

Question 7

One pro and con for machine guns?

Answer 7

Could fire 600 round/min

Needed teams to cool the down

Question 8

How did numbers of aircraft change from 1914-18?

Answer 8

British had 63 in 1914 and 22,000 by 1918

Question 9

When was surveillance from aircraft introduced?

Answer 9

1900

Question 10

What are military satellites used for? (2)

Answer 10

Spot enemy forces

Provide communication

Question 11

Pros of guerillas? (2)

Answer 11

Blend in with civilians and avoid open battles with hit-and-runs
Traditional tactics are hard to use against them

Question 12

How did recruitment of women change?

Answer 12

In 1916, women worked as nurses behind front line

In 1992, women integrated into male units

Question 13

What what the national service and when was it introduced?

Answer 13

1948, meant all men aged 17-21 had to complete 18 moths of military training and service, followed by 4 years in reserves

Question 14

What is conscription?

Answer 14

Where people have to serve, rather than volunteering

Question 15

How did conscription change? (2)

Answer 15

In 1916, applied to unmarried men aged 18-41

In 1941, applied to men up to 51 and unmarried women aged 20-30

Question 16

2 points of a professional army

Answer 16

High level of training needed for equipment

Recruits sign up for t least for years and basic training lasts 14 weeks

Question 17

What are wars of attrition?

Answer 17

Where an enemy is worn down until it runs out of resources

Question 18

How do wars of attrition lead to total warfare?

Answer 18

Civilians are attacked as well to wear down resources and manpower

Question 19

3 effects to civilians during this period

Answer 19

1940-41, 2 million British homes destroyed and 1.5 million civilians evacuated due to German bombing in the Blitz
In 1918, t=food rationing was introduced as Germans tried to cut off food supplies

Question 20

1 benefit of modern warfare for civilians

Answer 20

Medication advancement has occurred due to need to treat wounded

Question 21

How many Britons fought and died in ww1?

Answer 21

6 million fought, 700,000 died

Question 22

Why didi civilians fear nuclear attacks after 1945 (2)

Answer 22

By 1949, the USA and USSR had nukes

Air-raid sirens were regularly tested

Question 23

2 point of attitudes to conscientious objectors

Answer 23

In WW1, they received a white feather to show cowardice and were shunned even by family
In WW2, they were found alternative forms of work, but still received hostility

Question 24

How many conscientious objectors in WW1 and WW2

Answer 24

16,600 in WW1 and 60,000 in WW2

Question 25

How did war reporting change? (2)

Answer 25

In 1914, one journalist reports to battlefield

In 2003, 700 reporters in Iraq and media has revolutionised reporting

Question 26

How did reporting lead to a change in attitudes? (2)

Answer 26

In WW1, numbers of volunteers fell as casualty figures were reported
Public support for war has declined since 1945 - one million protestors marched against the Iraq War

Question 27

What is censorship?

Answer 27

Limiting the information given to the public

Question 28

How was censorship used in WW1?

Answer 28

Government used it to hide worst news to public. Soldiers letters were read and censored.

Question 29

How was propaganda used in WW2?

Answer 29

it concentrated on the horrors of war and the need to win by suggesting all germans were evil

Question 30

How was modern reporting changed censorship with one example?

Answer 30

New tech makes it hard for the government to control information. In 1991, the bombing of Iraq was reported before war had been officially announced.