Modern Warfare

Question 1

What are the three categories of change?

Answer 1

Science and technology, government and individuals, attitudes in society

Question 2

What does UAV stand for

Answer 2

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

Question 3

What does PGM stand for

Answer 3

Precision Guided Missile

Question 4

What does IED stand for

Answer 4

Improvised Explosive Decice

Question 5

How did tanks change and why

Answer 5

Tanks became more manoeuvrable due to improvements in science and technology

Question 6

How did weapons change and why

Answer 6

Weapons changed as they had higher firing rates (rounds per minute) and automatic rifles (e.g AK-47) were made. This was due to improvements in science and technology

Question 7

Why did the composition of the army change in the modern period

Answer 7

In WW1 and WW2, the amount of troops was the highest it’s ever been. After WW2, the composition became much more specialised due to threats aside from war, like terrorism and guerrilla warfare. The amount of infantry soldiers dropped heavily, with only 40,000 going to Iraq in 2003. This was all due to attitudes in society.

Question 8

Why was the need for infantry at Iraq less than in the world wars

Answer 8

As with the introduction of UAVs and PGMs, people didn’t need to go onto the battlefield as much. Also the importance of tanks and planes increased heavily meaning soldiers were needed to use these big vehicles

Question 9

How did the experience of civilians change in terms of government and individuals (give examples)

Answer 9

The government chose for the civilians to be targeted to lower morale. This was seen with the blitz and the Dresden bombing

Question 10

How did the experience of civilians change in terms of science and technology, linking to weapons

Answer 10

With the production of nuclear weapons, civilians felt at risk the most as nuclear bombs were designed to kill hundreds of thousands at one time

Question 11

What was the main reason that weapons changed

Answer 11

Science and technology

Question 12

What was the main reason that the composition of the army changed

Answer 12

Science and technology

Question 13

What was the main reason recruitment and training changed

Answer 13

Government and individuals

Question 14

What was the main reason the experience of civilians changed

Answer 14

Government and individuals

Question 15

What is national service

Answer 15

The compulsory act of serving in the army for a set number of years

Question 16

When and for how long was conscription active

Answer 16

1916 (in prep for the Somme) until mid 1960s

Question 17

How does media influence civilians

Answer 17

It allows us to see the true horrors of war and how much the soldiers suffer. Especially through video footage which is relatively new

Question 18

How has communication improved

Answer 18

Radios now have a much higher range so soldiers can communicate from all the way across the battlefield.

Question 19

What form of attacks were only used in WW1

Answer 19

Chemical/ gas attacks

Question 20

What form of warfare was used in WW1

Answer 20

Trench warfare

Question 21

What giant machinery was introduced at the Battle of the Somme

Answer 21

Tanks

Question 22

What banned poisonous gas in warfare

Answer 22

Geneva protocol

Question 23

How many women worked in factories during the battle of the Somme

Answer 23

2.9 mill

Question 24

What new weapons were introduced throughout the period

Answer 24

PGMS, IEDs, Nuclear weapons, fighter jets, bombs, tanks

Question 25

Why did weapons adapt

Answer 25

To have higher firing rates/ longer ranges

Question 26

How did nuclear weapons affect the composition of the army

Answer 26

It reduced it as there was less of a need for soldiers

Question 27

What was introduced to try and get people to willingly fight

Answer 27

Propaganda

Question 28

What, in terms of recruitment, did civilians have no fear of as of the 1970s

Answer 28

Conscription and requisition

Question 29

When was the Iraq war

Answer 29

2003