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(A Bloody Stalemate (War in the Trenches (In 1915, opposing armies int eh…
A Bloody Stalemate
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War in the Trenches
In 1915, opposing armies int eh western Front had dug mikes
of parallel trenches to protect themselves from enemy fire.
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Life in the trenches was pure misery
The men would sleep in the mud, washed in mud, ate much and dreamed mud. wrote of the soldiers.
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The new tools for war - machine guns ,poison gas, armored tanks, larger artillery - they were not delivered the fast-moving war they had expected.
In February the Germans launched a massive attack against the French near Verdun. Each side lost than 300,000 men.
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First day of battle alone more than 20,00 British soldiers were killed.
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Setting the Stage
By 1914 Europe was split into "Triple Entente" (Great Britain, France, and Russia) and the "Triple Alliance" (Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy)