Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
World War 1: Lessons and Legacy of the Great War
UNSW Canberra
This online course provided an overview of the First World War, including a basic timeline of the war on the Western Front. It explored the concept of the ‘learning curve' and reflected on how the First World War has been remembered.
6 weeks, 3 hours per week
Dr John Connor
Senior Lecturer in History
UNSW Canberra
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Contribute to discussions on why trench warfare began on the Western Front at the end of 1914.
- Explore how new technology, training and tactics combined to end the stalemate of trench warfare on the Western Front.
- Reflect on how and why the memory of the First World War has developed and changed over the last century.
Syllabus
- Overview of the First World War, including a basic timeline of the war on the Western Front
- The strategies and experiences of the British, French and German armies from 1914 to 1918
- Introduce and explore the concept of the ‘learning curve’: how the different armies adapted to and attempted to end the stalemate of trench warfare on the Western Front focusing on trench raids, new technologies and changing tactics
- Reflect on how the First World War has been remembered: How literature has shaped recollections and perception of the war
- Explore differing legacies arising from World War 1
Issued on 3rd October 2016
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