… but they became a new war machine which proved to be very important in wars after World War One. <Tab/>The caterpillar track (on which the tank traveled) was first designed in 1770 by Richard Edgeworth. The Crimean War used a small number…

… have attempted to ascertain the main cause or causes. A few less likely options, including the ineptness of politicians of the time and fears of government conspiracy in the South, have emerged, but they are not widely known. Because the Civil War…

… types of sources in order to assess in what ways and how useful they are in helping to build some understanding of how British soldiers were affected by the conditions and the nature of warfare on the Western Front (1914-18). In general terms,…

… of the differences and similarities, and their origin Introduction In 1939 Hitler said "Look at these young men and boys! What material! With them I can make a new world!" This gives an idea of what Hitler thought of the youth and what an important…

… of World War 1 in Europe, and using different types of evidence to prove whether the war was an entirely bad thing or not. The war left its marks on the people of Europe as well as on the land. The trenches in France and Belgium are an ugly sight,…

… on the lives of all British women. The huge scale of the war resulted in the enormous participation of almost six million men and subsequently an extensive demand for female labour in the manufacturing and services industries. The war resulted in massive…

… voice his frustration in isolating a major cause of the First World War. In fact, at the beginning of the 20th Century, a place where "Europe was the centre of the universe" (Petrie), World War I resulted from a number of factors: nationalism, imperia…

… Jews in World War II. Germany's Nazi party ordered the extermination of 5.6 million to 5.9 million Jews. Jews often refer to the Holocaust as Shoah. Shoah is the Hebrew word for "catastrophe" or "total destruction." The word holocaust refers to the Greek…

… the onset of the civil war. As the nation grew, disparities between the classes grew further. Politicians started to create parties that favored certain groups of people. The elite tried to further themselves from the working class and control the…

… by a series of events. The French and Indian War caused great debt for England, so when it came time to pay back the money England turned to the colonies. The unnecessary imposing of acts on the colonists, the lack of representation in the Parliament,…