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[historykidd]

What will the question be on this year you guys think? I think we've got a good chance at an a-bomb question or a homefronts one personally.

Discuss.

 

[extraordinary07]

burmese collaboration from 1939-1945.

 

[TheGlenn]

Nationalism and Imperialism - because it hasn't been asked for about 4 years.
As well as something on Civilians at War whether it's home front or collaboration.

Whats the possibility of an Abomb or Allied Occupation question ?
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[historykidd]

Nationalism and Imperialism - because it hasn't been asked for about 4 years.
As well as something on Civilians at War whether it's home front or collaboration.

Whats the possibility of an Abomb or Allied Occupation question ?
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hmm homefront seems pretty likely i agree that was last asked in 2003. A-Bomb was asked in 2004 but its a pretty big dotpoint so its another likelyhood and what the devil would collaboration involve? isn't that discussion of slave labour and misuse of south-east asian civilians by the japanese?

 

[TheGlenn]

Well it says 'collaboration and resistance, the use of slave labour' so i guess you could talk about something like the Burma Railway?? But how does that link to a possible question? The key feature says 'impact of war on occupied territories' so that seems straight forward. However, detail might be a problem, like what else would we talk about? We can't just talk about slave labour in each country because that would be dumb.
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[historykidd]

Well it says 'collaboration and resistance, the use of slave labour' so i guess you could talk about something like the Burma Railway?? But how does that link to a possible question? The key feature says 'impact of war on occupied territories' so that seems straight forward. However, detail might be a problem, like what else would we talk about? We can't just talk about slave labour in each country because that would be dumb.
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well i mean you could talk about the japanisation of the terrotories, specific information about how each was suppressed, atrocities such as the sook-ching massacre, umm secret services like the tokko and kempetai; i mean there is enough to talk about for impact of war but i think they might make us link it to something i.e. impact of war and subsquent decolonization.

 

[TheGlenn]

Well technically they can ask us on either 'Collaboration and Resistance' and 'The use of slave labour' individually can't they?
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Also, which key feature and issue is 'the impact of the fall of the phillipines,...' go under?