You can find the whole syllabus here.
A collection of links and resources for my 2009 classes.
1 War on the Western Front
– the reasons for the stalemate on the Western Front
– the nature of trench warfare and life in the trenches dealing with experiences of Allied and German soldiers
– overview of strategies and tactics to break the stalemate including key battles: Verdun, the Somme, Passchendaele
– changing attitudes of Allied and German soldiers to the war over time
2 The home fronts in Britain and Germany
– total war and its social and economic impact on civilians in Britain and Germany
– recruitment, conscription, censorship and propaganda in Britain and Germany
– the variety of attitudes to the war and how they changed over time in Britain and Germany
– the impact of the war on women’s lives and experiences in Britain
3 Turning points
– impacts of the entry of the USA and of the Russian withdrawal
– Ludendorff’s Spring Offensive and the Allied response
4 Allied Victory
– events leading to the Armistice, 1918
– reasons for the Allied victory and German collapse
– the roles and differing goals of Clemenceau, Lloyd George and Wilson in creating the Treaty of Versailles
1 Weimar Republic
– emergence of the Democratic Republic and the impact of the Treaty of Versailles
– political, economic and social issues in the Weimar Republic to 1929