Military and Naval Tactics in the First World War
Subjects / History / World War One
The outbreak of war in 1914 was met with a wave of enthusiasm across Europe. Many of the soldiers leaving to fight believed the war would be over by Christmas. Millions of men joined their respective armed forces as newspapers were flooded with images of cheering crowds on the streets, greeting troops marching off to the front to fight. However, before the year was out this early optimism was replaced by the reality of a conflict that led to the death of millions of men, who fought in awful conditions on the fields of Europe for a couple of kilometres of land. The lightning victory that was expected by both sides in late 1914 was replaced by a stalemate that would engulf the Great Powers over the next 12 months.
| Author: | Cathal Doyle | Publisher: | GCSEPod® |
| Narrator: | Peter McGowan | ISBN: | 978-1-84906-092-9 |
| Video ISBN: | 978-1-84906-592-4 |
Chapters
- BEF and Early Stalemate
- Marne, Ypres and the Schlieffen Plan
- Life in the Trenches
- New Weapons and Tactics
- Verdun, the Somme and Haig
- The Contribution of Empire Troops and Gallipoli
- The War on the Eastern Front
- The War at Sea
Exam Board Relevance
- Edxcel
- AQA
- CEA
- IGCSE (EdExcel)
- OCR
- SQA
- WJEC
- IGCSE (CiE)
Includes original GCSEPod image art. Additional pictorial images created by Damon Smith
Curriculum and Exam Board Information
Key Issues
Titles
Chapters
- The BEF
- Trench warfare
- Britain's contribution to the Western Front, using the Battle of the Somme as an example
- New weapons - tanks and planes
- The war at sea
- Blockades and Jutland
- The contribution of Empire troops
- The end of the war
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