Hey Susie,
I was wondering if you could help me with the perspective and reliability of Source C. I'm just confused whether it is about Germany or Britain and if about Germany, if the fact it is from a British perspective is worth noting at all.
https://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/wcm/connect/ddceb688-32e5-4903-b436-e5ad9dc0c977/modern-history-hsc-exam-2006.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=ROOTWORKSPACE-ddceb688-32e5-4903-b436-e5ad9dc0c977-lGdkwTf
Help with Question 2 of this paper R.E the impact of the Ludendorff Offensive would also be great as it's the one part of the syllabus I'm not too sure about.
https://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/hsc_exams/exam-papers-2007/pdf_doc/modern-history_07.pdf
Thanks heaps
Hey Dancing Phalanges! Source C is actually the American ambassadors (so NOT British!) perspective on Germany. I'd personally say that the source is highly reliable, as it was produced at the time and in close proximity to the events in question, and furthermore, the contents of the source is corroborated by our understanding of the course content (can you think of any stats/detail that you know from your own knowledge, that support what the source is saying?). However, you could make the point that as the source was published in 1917, it does not provide the whole scope of the war. Do you think this works?
For your second question (soz missed it before), I'd be wanting to mention how though tactically strong, the Ludendorff Spring Offensive was strategically weak, and doomed to fail. For one, the Sturmtroopen (shock troops) that they used had a high fatality rate, meaning that though effective in the short term, in the long term their best and most loyal soldiers perished. They didn't anticipate or adequately prepare for the massive ground (65 km) gained, which meant that hey, yeah they moved 65 km, but now all their food, resources, supplies, rienforcements are... 65 km away. Finally, they didn't capitalise on the Russian Withdrawal, and left approx. 500 000 soldiers on the eastern front, which could have been super beneficial!
Susie
(side note - though all these questions ARE ones you can get for section I, be careful using papers earlier than 2010, just cos the modern syllabus changed!)