History A-Level
Manpower demands of total war
What Manpower demands of total war means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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The huge demands of total war could not be met by volunteering alone, which led to conscription.
Topics that use Manpower demands of total war
- Paper 3, Option 35.2: The British experience of warfare, c1790–1918 - 1 Changes in organising the military (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Preparation for total war
- Professionalisation of the army
- Government and administrative reform
- Naval technology and strategy
- Social and political impact of conscription
- State coercion versus voluntary service
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