| S6 4hr History |
Last
update -
07 May 2023 |
Official European
School History S6 Syllabus:
English,
French,
German |
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Europe and the World from the end of the 19th
Century to 1945. |
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6.4D |
Warfare in the 20th century |
S6 4 period |
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Theme |
15
lessons
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1.
Warfare before the Great War.
2.
The era of Total War 1914-45.
3.
Warfare since 1945.
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· How
far have the causes of war changed over the last 100
years?
· Why
were there so many different types of war in the 20th
Century?
· To
what extent has the nature of warfare changed since
1900?
· To
what extent have international organisations
successfully prevented or limited wars? |
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Key Words |
Causation: Political,
Social, Economic, Religious, Ideological,
Long-term/Short term.
Types of war
Limited/Total, Guerrilla, Civil war, Proxy war,
Neo-colonial, Cyber-war.
Nature of war Weapons/Tactics,
Technological change, Home front and Civilians, media
and Propaganda, Ethics and International law, Espionage.
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Possible Reference Points |
First World War (1914-8), Spanish
Civil War, (1936-9) Second World War (1939-45),
Indochina/Vietnam (1946-75), Korean War (1950-3),
Algerian War (1954-62), Indo-Pakistan wars (1947-9,
1965, 1971), Chinese Civil War (1927-37 and 1946-9)
IranIraq war (1980-88), Falklands War (1982) Gulf War
(1991), Arab Israeli Wars (various), Second Congo
War (Great War of Africa) 1998-2003.
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Syllabus Links |
Europe 1
Europe 2
Europe 3
Europe 4
Europe 5
Europe 6
6.4D
6.4E
6.4G 7.4A 7.4C 7.4D 7.4F 7.4G
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