A level History

The Experience of Warfare

Section 1: The impact of the Crimean War

• The causes and course of the war
• The impact of war reporting – Russell and Fenton
• Depictions and remembrances of the war
• Medical and nursing provision during the Crimean War
• Disorganisation and inefficiency in the British Army
• Medical, army and civil service reform

Section 2: The impact of the Second Boer War

• The causes and course of the war
• The impact of reporting and propaganda
• Support for and opposition to the war
• Concentration camps and guerrilla warfare
• The Boer War, imperialism and national efficiency
• Army reform and social reforms

Section 3: The experience of war on the Western Front

• The causes and course of the war
• Trench warfare and the Western Front
• The Battle of the Somme July–November 1916
• The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) 1917–1918
• Discipline and morale in the British Army
• Medical and surgical developments

Section 4: The impact of the First World War on the Home Front

• DORA and government control
• The creation and recruitment of a mass army
• Support for and opposition to the war
• The war economy
• The impact of the war on women
• Propaganda and public attitudes