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Why did stalemate develop on the western front?
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Why did stalemate develop on the western front? The western front was a term used during the First World War to describe the "contested armed frontier" between lands controlled by Germany to the East and the Allies to the West. A contested armed frontier during a war is called a front. The war on the western front was a new kind of warfare; nobody had experienced anything like it before. All the men had to adapt to these changes. A stalemate developed which would run for the entire duration of the war; 1914 to 1918. A stalemate is when neither army (or side) can advance through the enemy lines. So why did this lengthy stalemate occur? Stalemate is the situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible. Trench warfare is a form of war in which both opposing armies have static lines of fortifications dug into the...
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