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Why the First World War lasted so long New style of warfare - attrition - trenches - stalemate
Title: Why the First World War lasted so long New style of warfare - attrition - trenches - stalemate
Category: History / War & Conflicts
Details: Words: 913 | Pages: 3.9 (approximately 235 words/page)
Why the First World War lasted so long New style of warfare - attrition - trenches - stalemate
Why the First World War lasted so long
The First World War (1914-1918) was a war that lasted substantially longer than anyone anticipated. This was largely due to the technological developments created by the industrial revolution coupled with the sheer scale of the conflict and the huge amount of resources that the two armed sides were willing to commit. The war lasted as long as it did because of the new style of warfare employed and …showed first 75 words of 913 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 913 total…day could see no way to break this stalemate except by bleeding Germany dry to the point where they absolutely had to surrender. This meant a long wait and as warfare of this sort had never been seen before no one could definitively say how long it would take for Germany to become crippled to the point of surrender. When Germany finally fell it marked the end of the largest and bloodiest war in history.
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