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Q2) Why did a stalemate develop on western front? The word Stalemate comes from chess that means a deadlock where neither side makes any progress or movement forward. A stalemate happened on the western front because the warfare changed to trench warfare that meant that the war will be fought from the trenches instead of being face to face fighting. The trenches were better for defence than attack because the trenches were every well protected with barbed-wire, land mines and machine guns so the troops wouldn't be able to advance, so the war just went into deadlock because Britain, France and Germany didn't want to lose troops and desperately needed protection. The Battle of the Marne was very important as where the Germans first dug trenches; this was the first sign of a stalemate developed. The race to the sea in October 1914. The two sides kept trying to outflank each...

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