16 Mark Q the Main Reason That Men Volunteered for the Armed Forces Was Government Propaganda

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    Source D A drawing of the execution of Red Cross

    volunteer, Edith Cavell, in Belgium, 1915. She was

    tried as a spy and executed by firing squad.

    Source B A British cartoon

    published in 1914

    Source A From a modern world history textbook,

    published in 2010

    The War Propaganda Bureau also commissioned

    films, which were shown all over the country. If

    there was no cinema in a town, then the film

    would be projected from a lorry onto any

    available large wall.

    Source C From a British newspaper, WWI

    To the north of Ypres our progress has been continued,

    especially on our left. We have taken six quick-firers, two

    bomb-throwers, and much material; and made several

    hundred prisoners, including several officers.

    The losses of the enemy were extremely high. At a single

    point on the front, in the proximity of the canal we

    counted more than six hundred German dead.On the heights of the Meuse, on the front Les Eparges-St

    Remy-Calonne trench, we have continued to gain

    ground, about one kilometre, and have inflicted on the

    enemy very severe losses.

    Source F From a modern history textbook on WWI,

    published in 2004

    The glamour of a uniform and the chance for

    adventure attracted a good number of young

    men especially since everybody expected the

    war to be over by Christmas 1914. In the

    meantime, men who volunteered together were

    promised that they could fight together in what

    became known as Pals battalions.

    Source E Extract from a government report

    on censorship, October 1915

    There is no compulsory submission bynewspapers of any class of matter for

    censorship. A newspaper commits no

    offence if it never submits anything to

    the censors at all. The offence consists

    in publishing something which can be

    proved in a criminal trial to offend

    against DORA.

    The main reason that men

    volunteered for the armed forces

    was government propaganda

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    An answer that supportsor disagrees with the

    hypothesis. 7-8 marks if

    there are comments on

    the reliability.

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    The answer may be

    unbalanced. Details

    from the sources will be

    used. 11-12 marks if

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    The answer will be

    balanced. Specific

    details will be used to

    focus on propaganda.

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