New technology USA entering the war the blockading of German ports German offensive these were all equally important in breaking the stalemate how far do you agree

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New technology USA entering the war the blockading of German ports German offensive these were all equally important in breaking the stalemate how far do you agree?

In some ways I agree with this statement because the stalemate may not have been broken as easily as it had been.

 New technology helped break the stalemate because the artillery and infantry became more and more important as the war progressed where on the other hand cavalry became less important. Although new technology helped it also was a hinder because things like the barbed wire that was hard to destroy and when destroyed was flung into the air coming down on the invading troops Gas was introduced in April 1915 but became useless after the invention of the gas mask. The other problem with gas was if the wind changed direction it would come back on the side that released it.spy planes made it easier for the British to see what the Germans were up to.

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America was officially neutral but supplying loans and equipment to the allies but when German u-boats blew up American ship killing many American civilians America didn’t like this. When America heard that Germany hoped to ally this was the final straw so America decided to join the war.

The blockading of German ports stopped the supplies getting to the Germans. The idea was to strangle the oppositions industry into surrender. This reduced trade

The German offensive of March 1918 the idea was to transfer troops from Russia to the east and to bombard the British with gas they attack in ...

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