Key term for Edexcel GCSE History, used in Involvements Overseas.
A military strategy of destroying anything that might be useful to the enemy, such as poisoning wells and burning crops.
Scorched Earth Policy appears in Edexcel GCSE History revision content for The Reigns of King Richard I and King John, especially Involvements Overseas and Richard and the Third Crusade.
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Warfare and British Society and London WWII
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