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Ww1 Research Sources

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Study sources A-D. Explain how useful these sources have been in informing you in your enquiry into the impact of new technology on methods of fighting in the air in WW1 and WW2. In this essay, I will explain how the impact of new technology (e.g. aircraft) on methods that were used to fight in the air in WW1 and WW2. As we can see from the date that Source A was made, we can recognize that it's a primary source, which was made on the 26th August 1914 (during WW1) by Lieutenant WR Read. This source is an extract from one of Read's diary entries, which Read reviews a previous mission he had been given, which was to reconnaissance in France of the German armed force's area and strategies, while likewise clarifying how he and his accomplice (Lieutenant Jackson) got to be outnumbered by the Germany armed force. During WW1 aircraft was only …show more content…

The purpose of Source A is for the personal benefits of Lieutenant WR Read, which was to remember what was happening in Le Cateau to be reported to higher officers in the British Army (e.g. a general), the purpose of this source could also be Lieutenant WR Read may want to make a memory of what he did and saw as a pilot during (WW1). Lieutenant WR Read explains how the German army outnumbered the British army with troops and aircraft. In this source, we learn that planes weren't used for fighting as they were easy to bring down.'' I watched one of our batteries put out of action, shell after shell burst on it ‘'. This source was made as a diary entry as he writes it in the first person we know that this source was made for his self-benefits, this makes the source more reliable as his doing this for himself as it's based on himself. This source is unreliable as some information is biased as British were allies with France and Russia. One more reason why this source maybe unreliable is the creator of

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