To what extent was the stalemate on the Western Front a consequence of poor military leadership? ... For example the Russian army mobilised in a shorter time than the Germans expected and the Belgians put up a tough resistance; this led to trench warfare and stalemate between the two opposing sides. ...
Throughout the four-year period of the Great War there were arguably a great number of poor leaders, which contributed to the stalemate on the Western Front. ... An example would be The Battle of the Somme where the British were ordered to fight on a 30-mile front with limited resources and men. ... Feuding between Generals enforced poor leadership, an instance being during the Battle of the 3rd Ypres. ... The consequence being heavy losses and further damage of Haigs and Lloyd George’s relationship. ... Trenches evolved into remarkable systems including the features of front lines, secondary lines that were more efficiently defended, communication trenches and fire trenches; these joined up the main trenches. Other conditions that contributed to stalemate on the Western Front were severely strong winds, like those present at the Battle of Loos where chlorine gas aimed at the enemy reciprocated back at the British killing and wounding countless. ... As a consequence tactics couldn’t be tested and the defences of the German army were becoming harder to break through since the creation of the stronger second lines. ... The German General Hutier first used the storm troopers on the Eastern Front in Riga where they tried to infiltrate the enemy. This alongside the newly invented ‘Creeping barrage’ proved successful, in effect the storm troopers were guarded by shells going over them and then exploding in front of them. ... Another tactic that assisted with breaking the stalemate on the Western Front was with the invention of tanks. ... To have a greater chance of breaking the stalemate on the Western Front it was necessary to have the Storm troopers, infantry, tanks and aircraft in a combined effort. ... Unfortunately this was often impossible and accordingly caused unnecessary losses such as at the Battle of Loos in 1915 where there was a severe shortage of ammunition to deal with an 8-mile front.
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