Trenches were dug by both sides in the war. The war made it to where both sides had casualities and deaths everyday, but neither side were gaining any land, so there wasn't anybody really winning. They just hid in their trenches and shot at any sign of life. (They also shot at light cigarettes, birds etc because they thought it was the soldiers.)
The barbed wire in no mans land didn't help either. It made it impossible (along with the machine guns) to mount an attack on the other side's trenches to overpower them. (The barbed wire was put up by both army's to stop the other army getting near their trenches.)
The entry of the U.S. into the war.
No, world war 1 was not caused by Hitler. he was just a soldier fighting in world war 1 but Hitler DEFENITLY caused world war 2.
Fresh manpower was needed to break the stalemate.
From mid 1914 to the beginning of 1918. More or less the entire length of World War I, except for a short time at its beginning and end.
It Became a stalemate. this is where neither of the sides could make a move.
Stalemate.
The entry of the U.S. into the war.
On a Coast Line somewhere
the entry of the U.S. into the war.
They did help break the stalemate.
stalemate
1914
Machine gun
the use of chemical weapons.
the use of chemical weapons.
Because of the stalemate on the Western Front both sides sought to gain new allies who n=might provide a winning advantage.
stalemate