Why Was The Stalemate of World War One Broken in 1918?
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Why Was The Stalemate of World War One Broken in 1918? By 1918, World War One had already been fought for 4 years. At first it was a 'war of movement', but by 1915 the increasing usage of machine guns led to trench warfare, with each side digging a system of trenches on each front. This then made it exceedingly difficult for any advances to be made and any new land to be secured by either side, but in 1918 this situation of stale was to be broken. At the beginning of 1918 there seemed little hope of ending the war. Both sides, the Allies and Germany, had suffered tremendous losses, diminishing the morale of all the countries involved. The war of attrition had taken its toll and it was now a question of which side could hold out the longest and continue to batter the enemy. The Allies did have one...


