The following were all equally important reasons why the stalemate on the Western Front was finally broken: New technology like the tank, The American entry into war, The blockading of German ports, and The German offensive in march 1918.

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Samantha Bennett

Modern World History Coursework

Assignment 1

  1. The following were all equally important reasons why the stalemate on the Western Front was finally broken:

  • New technology like the tank
  • The American entry into war
  • The blockading of German ports
  • The German offensive in march 1918

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All of these reasons are important reasons as to why stalemate finally broke on the western front and they are all linked in various ways, The development of new technology like the tank was a important contributor but not the most important as there were advantages and disadvantages to the tank, advantages being that it caused a lot of alarm within the German troops and was a great moral boost among the British troops, another advantage was that it could advance ahead of the troops crashing through the enemies barbed wire and spraying the enemy with machine gym fire.

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The disadvantages of the tank was that when the tank was first developed not many people new how to use it and it did not have much effect as none of the men could keep up with the tank so it was always advancing to far ahead of the troops, the tank was almost to effective as it would blast through the enemies lines so quickly the infantry could not keep up. Germany also started inventing the tank so the sides were once again equal.

There were also other new inventions like the new types of gasses ...

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