History A-Level
Defensive versus offensive planning
What Defensive versus offensive planning means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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French planning in the 1930s emphasised defensive warfare, with the Maginot Line absorbing resources rather than armour being concentrated in armoured divisions.
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- Paper 3, Option 37.1: The changing nature of warfare, 1859–1991: perception and reality - 3 Radios, the internal combustion engine and mobile warfare, 1917–1940 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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