GCSE Coursework: The First World War Assignment 1b
Kirsty Holt 7049 Canford School Centre number-55243
A Stalemate occurs when neither side can win quickly with an outright victory. This is what happened in WW1 between the Allied forces and the Germans for several reasons.
One of which was on account of the failure of the Schlieffen plan which was a German movement to take over Paris, however the BEF caught up to them in Belgium and therefore the movement became bogged down and was forced to become trench warfare. The Germans had underestimated the power and strength or the BEF at Mons and Le Cateau and this miscalculation had cost them. The Schlieffen plan was only put into motion when it was certain the Russians would not be ready in time; however they were able to mobilize far quicker than expected so Germans were sent to the eastern fronts.