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| Pregunta | Respuesta |
| Who fought at the battle of Naseby? | It was between King Charles the first and the Parliamentarian army |
| When was Naseby? | June 1645 |
| When was the new model army created? | 1645 |
| Who fought at the battle of Watling Street? | Gaius Suetonius Paulinus and Boudicca |
| When was Watling street? | AD60-61 |
| What were some of the tactics that were used at Watling Street? | Romans: Rotating columns, Wedge, and they used pilums Boudicca: Charged |
| What were the two key defensive positions held by Wellington's army in the battle of Waterloo? | The Farmhouse and chateaux |
| What tactics were used at Waterloo? | Wellington: Infantry squares with cannons at the corners, Having his soldiers behind a hill so Napoleons artillery couldnt hit him. Napoleon: He tried to get wellington to send his reserves to either the farmhouse or chateau but they were held. |
| What went bad for the French army? | Grouchy was sent to follow the Prussians and stop them but he allowed them to regroup with the British, Napoleon had piles so he had to leave the battlefield often. |
| Who was the Crimean war fought between? | It was Britain, the Ottoman Empire, the French and Sardinia against the Russian Empire |
| How did the media effect the war? | There were many articles written about the failures of the Crimean war by Jonathan Swift and James Gillray |
| What tactics were used at the battle of the Somme? | Haig used a week long bombardment of the enemy trenches using 1.7 million shells which were mainly faulty, the planes sent overhead couldnt see the trenches due to cloud, he then made the infantry walk towards the enemy trenches and they got mowed down by the German defences. |
| Was haig to blame? | He was forced to attack at the Somme to try and relieve the French forces at Verdun, he also assumed that the Germans would be dead after 1.7 million shells were fired at them but most of the shells were faulty. |
| How many British casualties were there on the first day? | 20000 deaths and 40000 wounded making it the worst day in british military history. |
| How important was propaganda for recruitment in WW2? | Propaganda was very important because there were posters that were made such as the "Daddy what did you do in the great war?" and "Your country needs you!" |
| When was the tank first introduced? | At the battle of the Somme but they broke down often and couldn't be relied upon for a whole battle. |
| What weapons were used in the Gulf war? | There were more modern tanks which could reach up to 50 mph compared to tanks of WW1 which topped at around 10 to 12mph. Cruise missiles were used which could hit a target from |
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