History A-Level
Black Week
What Black Week means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Black Week
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
A series of defeats in December 1899 that shocked the British public and prompted major reinforcements and a shift in strategy.
Topics that use Black Week
- Paper 3, Option 35.2: The British experience of warfare, c1790–1918 - 3 The second Boer War, 1899–1902 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Boers
- Counter-insurgency and attrition
- guerrilla phase
- sieges
- Command and strategy
- Costs and controversy of total war
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