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The following were equally important reasons why the stalemate on the Western front was finally broken: * new technology, like the tank * the Americans entry into the war * the blockading of German ports * the German offensive in March 1918 To see whether the above reasons were or were not equally important I am first going to look at each reason separately, before comparing their importance and seeing how they are inter-connected. I am also going to see if these four reasons alone are effective enough to explain why the stalemate was broken. New technology During the first world war, many new inventions were used in combat for the first time one of these was the tank, Tanks was huge machines which allowed soldiers to cross no mans land by giving them protection from machine-gun fire. These tanks were designed and trialled by Winston Churchill and his navy department as the idea was first...

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