1 st world war stalemate. the schlieffen plan aimed to attack and defeat france through belgium...
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1st World War
Stalemate
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The Schlieffen Plan Aimed to attack and defeat France
through Belgium before the Russians were ready, then turn back to fight the Russian Army in the East
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Why did the plane fail?
Belgians slowed down the attack. Russia was ready and mobilised within
10 days rather than 6 weeks
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British sent the BEF (British Expeditionary Force) to Belgium.
They were well trained and professional.
Although they had a shortage of machine guns therefore could not stop the German advance
The supply lines for Germany became overstretched
The Soldiers were exhausted
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Trench Warfare – Neither army could win The early battles of the war in the
west saw the two sides struggle for an advantage:
Mons – August 1914, the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) – the first troops sent over from Britain- managed to slow down the German advance, but they didn’t stop it.
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MARNE – the Allied troops managed to save Paris, and forced the Germans to pull back to the river Aisne. The battle lasted for 5 days
Ypres – where both sides ‘dashed to the sea’ to stop the other side controlling the coastline.
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Neither side could push the other back, so they dug TRENCHES to stop the enemy advancing further. By the end of 1914, the Trench-lines stretched all the way from the Belgium coast down to Switzerland and the 2 armies had reached a Stalemate
The Schlieffen plan relied on speed – DELAYS LED TO ITS FAILURE!
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Changes in Warfare meant Stalemate This war was different for the generals
and the soldiers. Nobody was used to trench warfare and
no-one could break the stalemate New weapons the armies had were
better for defence than attack Advancing troops couldn’t hold on to
the ground they won, and were pushed back.
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Both sides were well supplied, and could call up more arms and men when necessary
Conditions were often appalling – Muddy and Wet – not suited for quick attacks
Artillery bombardments were supposed to weaken enemy lines – but they just warned the enemy an attack was coming.