Ummm help plz! (1 Viewer)

[HaTn\'SkOoL]

Okay umm just a question in regards to the reasons for why the stalemate occurred on the Western Front..

I just wanna knw if theres anything other than the following to talk about:

1. Failure of the Schlieffen Plan
2. Freanch counter-attack (Battle of the Marne)
3. Race to the sea: Failure to outflank the enemy ie digging of the trenches
4. Failure of the German offensive at Ypres.

 

[Jennibeans]

• their weapons and tactics weren't advanced enough e.g. they still walked into battle like the Romans did, still using horses
• Plan XVII failed
• They planned an offensive war and it turned out to be defensive
• It was a war of attrition
• Neither side could get a decisive breakthrough, advances were measured in metres not kilometres and what land was gained was usually lost again because they didn't take advantage of their gains

 

[Gooba]

Jenni is pretty much right. Technolgy (ie machineguns, gas) was the primary reason. The flanking attempt ie race to the sea, created a huge front basically limiting the attacks to frontal moves. The lack of mobility due to weather and lack of trnsportation (trains and motorised) added to the stalemate.