In this essay I will try to explain the reason for Britains victory in the battle of Britain. I will look at tactics‚ pilots‚ leadership‚ technology and weapons to help me explain this. The first and most important reason for the victory of the battle of britain was the technology used. Radar was a very important device only used by the british in the battle. Radar was used to detect enemy invation from up to 100 miles away. This enabled british fighter planes‚ the Hurricanes and the Spitfires
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Britain and Total War Reasons for delaying total war Nature of British society Britain was a parliamentary democracy with a free press and strong union movement. There was no tradition of conscription and although government controls were quickly put in place‚ Britain did not assume organisation for total war in 1914. ‘Business as usual’ Britain’s official response to the war was ‘business as usual’. This is because many in Britain believed the war would be over very quickly. It was assumed
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Changes in Relationship of Colonial America and Britain‚ Pre-Revolution The relationship that existed between the American colonists and Britain became increasingly defiant in nature‚ due to Britain’s attempt to maintain superiority over the American colonies. Many changes ensued within this relationship‚ primarily politically and economically‚ within the century preceding the Revolutionary War. Legislation imposed by Britain was unavoidable for the colonists in early eighteenth century colonial
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BRITAIN: REVIEW QUESTIONS Below you will find a list of questions on Britain which can be used to test yourself on the weekly reading assignments. They are meant as self-study aids; several of the questions may well be used in the exam‚ in one form or another. The answers are –evidently – in the book. Questions on chapter 1 1. What are ‘Crown dependencies’? Mention one example. Crown dependencies are two small parts of the British Isles which have special political arrangements.
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Censorship in Britain during World War 1 "The first casualty of War is Truth" Introduction: The importance of the press in the British culture dates long before the era of broadcasted media it goes back to the time when newspapers were first introduced in the 15 century. Newspaper circulated in every corner of the country and citizens had access to either a national or local daily newspaper‚ and even in small country villages pages from the local newspaper would
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In Britain in the 1960s and 1970 sociologists were examining the levels of underachievement of working class pupils. It was clear from the evidence that they were underachieving compared to the middle classes in terms of gaining access to selective schools‚ achievement at 16 - O Levels/CSEs/GCSEs entry to university and further training. In other words‚ it was clear that working class children were most likely to end up doing working class jobs. Despite this evidence‚ it was not entirely clear how
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p.309 The new Australians Before World War II * 1901: Immigration Restriction Act - White Australia Policy * Most migrants to Australia were from England‚ Scotland and Ireland * During the Great Depression‚ migration slow significantly After World War II * Continuity: migration encouraged from Britain - £10 Poms. Throughout the second half of the 20th Century‚ most migrants came from Britain‚ though British migration decreased as a percentage of total migration. * Migration from southern
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SOCIAL CLASSES IN BRITAIN In this essay on social classes in Britain I will mostly concentrate on structure of various classes in Britain and relations between them. I will also describe some changes and movements which this classes went through over the years. Furthermore‚ I will put emphasis on today’s important issue in Britain‚ the problem of class struggle i.e. disparity between the rich and the poor. Although there are various definitions of social class‚ we may say that social class
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Is Britain an elective dictatorship? Lord Hailsham suggested the phrase elective dictatorship in his academic paper written in 1976. Elective dictatorship refers to the fusion of powers of the executive and the legislature; where the legislature is drawn from the executive therefore resulting in dominance of the executive over the legislature. ������ Firstly the executive�s majority in the House of Commons reinforces the executives dominance. Elective dictatorship occurs in conjunction with this
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Multicultural Australia: Australia’s Immigration History and Current Political Debate Ryan Besgrove Word Count: 1‚491 MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY INTRODUCTION People have always come to Australia through immigration. Whether it be 45‚000 years ago via nomadic boats (Broome‚ 1994) or through the efforts of the British Empire to expand their Anglican empire (Ferguson‚ 2003). As a result modern Australia is a composite of many varying cultures and ethnicities. It is often said that Australia is a multicultural
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