HW 8

A. 1. Polish civilians were forced to face brutal conditions as a result of the German invasion. Women and children were killed, homes were burned down, and people suffered from starvation.
2. a. The sources may be anonymous because the people did not want Nazi supporters to find out who they were. This slightly affects the value of the evidence, as we have to have faith in the writer of the Polish Black Book that the sources are actually from survivors of the invasion of Poland
b. Source D provides a visual image of the damage described in Sources A-C.
c. Britain probably wanted to expose the evil actions of the Nazis so that people would be convinced that they were right to go to war.
d. The Polish Black Book seems like a valuable source, judging from the sources provided. The descriptions in the sources are compatible with what I already know about Germany's tactics in WWII, and they help readers gain a better understanding of the effects of these tactics.

B. 1. Sources A-D suggest that "humane" warfare would involve respecting the lives and property of civilians, and taking prisoners rather than leaving everybody to die.
2. The sources mention that people are starving to death and that corpses are left out in the streets, and that people are being killed indiscriminately.
3. Sources A-D show the inhumane effects of the methods used by the Germans, suggesting that those methods are themselves inhumane.

C. 1. People were forced into small areas oh the house because of the war. However, they were still divided into the same groups based on wealth and social standing.
2. Source F suggests that people were constantly worried about German attacks, causing them to be very cautious.
3. They called it the Phoney War because there was no actual fighting, but people were preparing for an attack at any moment.
4. A historian could see some of the practices of war that were expected from Germany in WWII. The gas-masks suggest that people expected the use of chemical weapons, while the arrangements of the "big house" suggest that people feared German bombings from the air.

A. 1. Churchill is offering war in Source A. The only other alternative, judging by the tone of his speech, would be to submit to Germany's aggression.
2. The British people who heard the speech probably found hope in Churchill's words. They were convinced that, if they fought long and hard enough, they would be successful in the end.

B. 1. An armada is a large, organized group of ships. The newspaper probably used this word to convey the great size of the fleet that rescued the soldiers from Dunkirk.
2. British newspapers wrote the story in a way that made Britain sound victorious in the battle, saying that its soldiers were "unbeatable." Germany, on the other hand, may have written that it was a defeat for Britain, which was forced to retreat from Dunkirk.