History A-Level
All-out war
What All-out war means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of All-out war
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Full war that incidents escalated into from 1937, after fighting had stayed localised following 1931.
Topics that use All-out war
- Paper 3, Option 38.2: The making of modern China, 1860–1997 - 3 The Japanese threat, 1931–41 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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