History A-Level
Military vs political authority
What Military vs political authority means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Military vs political authority
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The most serious threat came from the army, as military defeats spurred conservative officers to act in assassination attempts such as the July Bomb Plot.
Topics that use Military vs political authority
- 2O Democracy and Nazism: Germany, 1918–1945 – The impact of War, 1939–1945 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
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