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Why did a Stalemate develop on the Western Front?
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Why did a Stalemate develop on the Western Front? The Stalemate on the Western front had many reasons to develop. Some of them will be issued in my essay. It all started because of the Schlieffen Plan. The Schlieffen Plan was supposed to help Germany defeat France and then turn to the eastern front for a major offence on Russia. However, the Schlieffen Plan failed. It failed because when Germany finished the battle with France and won, Germany thought it would take Russia 6 weeks to mobilise. This meant Germany would have an advance to of Russia and would have a much higher chance to win the battle. But Germany was sadly mistaken as it took Russia only 10 days to mobilise and this meant Britain would stay neutral. As the Schlieffen plan failed, it meant that the Battle of the Somme also failed and the British lost 600,000 troops and Germans...
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