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Describe the conditions that soldiers experienced on the Western Front in the years 1915-17.
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Coursework Question 1: describe the conditions that soldiers experienced on the Western Front in the years 1915-17. The trenches were basically holes in the ground, laid out in a zigzag pattern stretching all the way from Switzerland to the North Sea. On one side were the British and French, the Germans on the other. This form of defence basically brought on a stalemate on the western front, were neither side could outflank the other, and neither side could break through the other's defences. This new from of war, 'Trench Warfare' was brought on by the onslaught of new military technologies, mainly the machine gun and heavy artillery. Machine guns could be handled by anyone, no skill required. The high rate of fire allowed the gun to be fired into a crowd, killing everyone there. This was used against any enemy advances, to reduce the attacking army to nothing within seconds. The ruthless...
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