Why the stalemate on the Western Front was finally broken.

technology were useful but they al had their limitations.                         The American entry into the war brought millions of fresh, new, eager men and plentiful supplies. These supplies were all helpful and most of the supplies were of the new technology mentioned earlier, as America was and still is a highly technologically advanced country. This abundance of new weaponry gave Britain and the allies an edge over the Germans and their allies. The allied troops also found a new inspiration to fight because of the American entry and so an intense morale boost swept through the troops. America also had immense amounts of money, being the richest country in the world, which they lent to the allies so that they could buy lots of new technological weapons and medicines to help their casualties. The American entry also forced the Russians to leave, this meant that the Germans would be able to concentrate all their forces on the Western front for a massive new attack.                                                                                         The blockading of the German ports resulted in mass starvation and poverty due to the lack of imports of food, medicine, ammunition, chemicals, petrol, clothes and cigarettes/alcohol. These shortages and terrible living conditions resulted in strikes and these strikes interrupted the war production, which in turn, halted the production of new technology. However, this factor was maybe not as important as the United State’s entry due to the fact that if we had not blockaded the ports and America had entered we still would have won due to the United State’s immense manpower, yet, if America had not entered but we had blockaded the ports we most likely would not have won.                                                                        The German offensive in March 1917 was the German army’s final attempt to overthrow the allies and at first the German troops seemed to have the advantage. They drove the allied troops back and Paris began to be put under threat. This maneuver however, resulted in tragedy for the German armies, there was a massive loss of manpower, and over one million troops were put out of action by either being killed or wounded. The surviving troops suffered from incredibly low morale, severe exhaustion and depression and weapons and munitions availability declined enormously. The German army was crumbling.                                                        Due to America’s entry the allied troops were fresh, determined, had high morale and had a complete advantage over the weak, exhausted German troops who were struggling to strategize and were severely disheartened over the apparent failure of their offensive. The strategy devised by Foch blew away the German’s due to the allies’ united, combined attack and so the stalemate was eventually broken. The German’s had surrendered, the stalemate was broken, and the allies had won.        So the four reasons were not equally important, there were other major factors to consider and so those reasons were not sufficient by themselves to break the stalemate on the Western Front. The United State’s entry into the war and Foch’s clever strategically planned counter-attack were other reason’s why the stalemate on the Western Front eventually broke. 630 words Kayleigh Sonley