History, 25.06.2019 12:00 fperez616

Why did world war 1 lasted almost five years ?

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Answer from: daisyyy12

These are the reasons why they asted so long xx

• Barbed wire - Difficult to cut

• Machine guns - mowed down men with intersecting crossfire

• Gas - Slowed down heavily-laden attackers. Not so affective in trenches.

• Shells - saved soldiers from all but a direct hit. Churned up the ground. Destroyed drainage systems and made attack difficult.

• Railway - Could rush reinforcements to a threatened spot very quickly .

• Lack of secrecy - Enemy could easily see when extra supplies were brought up for an attack

• Attack at walking pace - Men could only advance at walking pace

• Lack of experience - Generals never fought this way before and couldn't think of ways of breaking through trenches

• Zigzagging trenches - Used to stop the enemy artillery destroying a whole line of trench and to prevent successful attackers being able to fire along a long length of a trench

• Communication Trenches - Joined lines of trenches

• Blind alleys - Lead nowhere, used to confuse an enemy and sow them down in the event of a successful attack.

• Forward Positions - were built for miners and snipers

• Underground "saps" - tunnels driven under enemy trenches so that explosives could be placed under them and detonated.

• No Man's Land - Difficult to cross as belts of barbed wire, shell holes and very swampy conditions when it rained

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Answer from: potatochin21

Because no one would give up, everyone thought they were winning but all in all everyone was losing

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Answer from: Quest

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