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Using at least 2 sources and your own knowledge, explain why it is possible to describe the fighting on the Western front as a 'war of attrition'
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Using at least 2 sources and your own knowledge, explain why it is possible to describe the fighting on the Western front as a 'war of attrition' By Dylan Harapoff The strategy and tactics that were employed on the Western Front are often describe as, 'attrition'; the need to put one's whole human and mechanical resources to wear down the enemy. The Fighting on the western front consisted of advanced technological warfare that relied heavily upon artillery, machine guns, tanks and gas, which characterises a 'war of attrition'. Source 19.J indicates the importance of firepower in winning battles whilst source 19.K further compliments the idea of a 'war of attrition' by depicting the emphasis placed upon tanks despite their apparent initial failure. The western front was too represented by the common held and often out-dated belief that numerical manpower would prove to be the determining factor in victory. Both source 19.L and...
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