WORLD WAR I
CAUSES AND COURSE OF THE WAR
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the United States immediately joined the war
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trench warfare made it difficult for either side to win
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the French army was able to push Germany out
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the Germany army fought with outdated weapons
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Detailed explanation-1: -By December 1914 stalemate developed on the Western front because of 3 main reasons, new weapons, lack of plans and the circumstances of the battle of Marne, race to the seas and the 1st battle of Ypres! The Schlieffen plan had failed by November 1914.
Detailed explanation-2: -The conventional explanation for why the Western Front in World War I settled into a stalemate is that the power of defensive weapons was stronger than the offensive methods employed.
Detailed explanation-3: -Trenches were one of the causes that the war lasted for four long years. Trench warfare was not beneficial to World War I because the terrible living conditions, no successful battle strategies, all leading to a stalemate in the trenches along the Western Front.
Detailed explanation-4: -Because of the difficulties of attacking and taking the enemy’s trenches, the Western Front became one of stalemate, with little change in the position of the front over the whole four years.