The Development of Warfare
Two Panzer IIIs during the Battle of Greece, April 1941.
In order to meet the requirements of the new specifications ANGLIA is pleased to be able to offer a combination tours specifically designed to enable students to examine the nature of warfare across different periods.
Stalemate to Blitzkrieg - 2 Days Ypres & Dunkirk
Beginning with an examination of the nature of trench warfare on the Western Front, this 2-day tour looks at how the nature of warfare changed during the latter part of the Great War.
From that point we head back to Dunkirk, following the route of the German Army in 1940, and consider how the roots of ‘Lightning War’ lay in the final months of World War One.
Suggested Itinerary
Fully guided 2-day Development of Warfare
Day 1: Ypres Trench Warfare on the Western Front 1914-1918
Day 2: Blitzkrieg; the Road to Dunkirk
Fully guided 3-day Development of Warfare
Day 1: Waterloo; Hougoumont; La Haie Sainte
Day 2 Ypres Trench Warfare on the Western Front 1914-1918
Day 3: Arras Blitzkrieg & the Road to Dunkirk
The Thin Red Line to Blitzkrieg - 3 Days Waterloo, Ypres & Dunkirk
Over three days, through visits to the battlefields of Waterloo, Ypres Salient, Arras and Dunkirk, we trace how the tactics & weaponry familiar to "the mere scum of the earth" who formed of Wellington's Army on the ridge of Mont St Jean, were transformed through the conflicts which defined the 20th century.
Specifications/topics supported by this tour
AQA Specification B > Britain at War
Edexcel Specification A > War and the Transformation of British Society 1931-1951 > The impact of War on Britain 1914-1955
Themes
- Development of Firepower - from the longbow to the machine gun
- Changing Infantry tactics - the age of Grand Armies: Infantry, Cavalry & Artillery.
- Trench Warfare
- Breaking the Stalemate
- Blitzkrieg and mobile warfare
