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The Effect Of Effective Technology On British Land Campaigns During The First World War

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In this essay I will be talking about how effective technology was in British land campaigns during the First World War and the Second World War. The first source we are presented with is source E. It is an interpretation of the effectiveness of British generals during the First World War, written by Gary Sheffield in 2001. It’s purpose is to show consensus of the interpretations of the generals in the First World War, and to also show his personal interpretation. He is doing this since he is a revisionist. Source E supports the statement because Sheffield uses the word ‘Donkeys’ to describe the ineffectiveness of the generals during the First World War and to show that the generals may have made mistakes. However, the second part of the …show more content…

However, there are also some limitations to this source. For example, it misses out a lot of other technology which was used is the First World War, since this is only an extract we can not see all. Another limitation is that the extract is from a book, this means the author (Sheffield) may have deliberately controversial in order for people to interested in is book and ultimately get more sales. Overall, this source gives us a bit of information, which both support and dispute the statement. The first part talks about the mistakes made during the First World War, however the second part talks about how weapons were used successfully, this shows that the source is objective. Source F is a primary source of a painting, which was created in WW1 by John Sargent. Sargent was paid by the British government to document the war, so it could be shown to future generations what happened during the First World War. Its purpose it so make the viewer question the morality of using gas and the possible affect it could have on thousands of men. The source supports the statement, by showing the sun setting in the background it symbolises the sacrifice of the wasted life of the men. The source also shows a group of soldiers playing football in the background, this shows us that gas attacks were a frequent thing during the First World War, this shows us that technology was not me to prevent gas attack, overall, supporting the statement. However, the source also disproves the statement,

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