HISTORY
WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
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Question
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Initially, the war effort on the Western Front was characterized by ____
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Slow but steady advancement of the German army on the ground
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Trench warfare that kept both sides in the same positions for four years.
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Decisive victories by the French army and swift retreat of German forces.
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Innovative strategies that used new technologies available to both armies.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Combat on the Western Front was marked by bloodshed and stalemate largely because of trench warfare, in which soldiers fought each other from deep, rat-infested trenches. By early 1915, 600 miles of trenches stretched from the English Channel to the Swiss Border.
Detailed explanation-2: -One reason that World War I became a massive trench war on the Western Front was that western Europe was densely populated. The opposing armies in the west were so vast that they could be deployed across the entire European continent, forming a continuous front.
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