Study Sources E to K ‘the New Technology of Twentieth Century Warfare Was More Effective in the British Land Campaigns of the Second World War Than in Those of the First World War’ How Far Do Sources E to K Support This

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Sources E to K as a set, are of distinctly limited use in supporting the interpretation of the relative effect of the developing technology of the twentieth century warfare. The two sources that do support the view of the interpretation which are J and K are reasonably unreliable and do contain much less detailed and accurate content and information than the sources that do not support the view of the interpretation given. The sources that challenge the view of the interpretation given are more reliable and accurate on average, as well as containing more specific and detailed information on a selection of topics throughout both World War 1 and World War 2. Furthermore the sources that challenge the view provide accounts from both world wars meaning that they can form a more accurate comparison between the effects of new technology in both world wars, which cannot be done as well and as accurately with the sources that support the interpretation in the question. The most useful source for supporting the view in the question is Source K. The source explicitly shows the use of new technology by the allies, the new technology was the paratroopers during the storming of a beach during D-day. This infers that new parachute technology was utilised during D-day and this is supported by the fact that on the 6th June 1944 the largest amount of paratroopers that were dropped in one day leading up to the D-Day landings were dropped across the 5 D-Day beaches these consisted of Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword. Source K also contains images that reveal the use of tanks, aircraft and foot soldiers in a combined attack and this implies there was a use of new technology. This is then supported by the fact that for the first time in history Mulberry Harbours were used and this enabled the landings of tanks and other heavy military equipment to be faster and much more efficient;

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