How Did the Stalemate End?
How Did The Stalemate End?
The stalemate came about at Christmas 1914 along the Western Front. From there the different countries fought each other in different battles and tried to outflank the other. By March 1918 the stalemate was broken. In this question I will explain why the war ended and why Germany was finally beaten.
New Technology like the Tank
New technology was very important for the reason in which the stalemate on the western front was broken.
The idea of tanks was brought up during the war but unfortunately this idea was rejected. It wasn’t until September 1916 that the first war tank was made by the British as a sort of mobilised pillbox with caterpillar tracks that could advance forward under withering machine guns; it was also made to crush wire and obstacles and to provide fire support for advancing infantry. The abilities of the tank were very high and technological in that time. The tanks had to have a top speed of 4mph on flat land, the ability to turn sharply at top speed, to climb a high foot parapet, to cross and eight feet gap and a working radius of 20 miles. The tank was first used in the village of flers on the Somme. On the battle field came major problems for the first tank such as; only been able to travel 10k per hour, the tanks couldn’t take the muddy land and eventually got stuck; it was also later found out in the war medical report itemising the terrible health problem the tank crew were getting – from skin rashes to burning of the nose and throat by fumes. This was improved at the battle of Cambre in November 1917.
Poisonous may have been one of the most feared weapons throughout the world war. To be accurate the first gas was in used August 1914 by the French who used tear gas grenades containing xylyl bromide on the Germans. The Germans thought a great deal of bring poison gas as a way to inflicting a major defeat on an enemy. In April 1915 the poisonous gas chlorine was used at the second battle of the Ypres.
The stalemate came about at Christmas 1914 along the Western Front. From there the different countries fought each other in different battles and tried to outflank the other. By March 1918 the stalemate was broken. In this question I will explain why the war ended and why Germany was finally beaten.
New Technology like the Tank
New technology was very important for the reason in which the stalemate on the western front was broken.
The idea of tanks was brought up during the war but unfortunately this idea was rejected. It wasn’t until September 1916 that the first war tank was made by the British as a sort of mobilised pillbox with caterpillar tracks that could advance forward under withering machine guns; it was also made to crush wire and obstacles and to provide fire support for advancing infantry. The abilities of the tank were very high and technological in that time. The tanks had to have a top speed of 4mph on flat land, the ability to turn sharply at top speed, to climb a high foot parapet, to cross and eight feet gap and a working radius of 20 miles. The tank was first used in the village of flers on the Somme. On the battle field came major problems for the first tank such as; only been able to travel 10k per hour, the tanks couldn’t take the muddy land and eventually got stuck; it was also later found out in the war medical report itemising the terrible health problem the tank crew were getting – from skin rashes to burning of the nose and throat by fumes. This was improved at the battle of Cambre in November 1917.
Poisonous may have been one of the most feared weapons throughout the world war. To be accurate the first gas was in used August 1914 by the French who used tear gas grenades containing xylyl bromide on the Germans. The Germans thought a great deal of bring poison gas as a way to inflicting a major defeat on an enemy. In April 1915 the poisonous gas chlorine was used at the second battle of the Ypres.