... I will look at the 4 reasons given as the causes of the stalemate ending. I will make a judgement on whether I think they were all equal causes that ended the stalemate. I will also think about other causes of the breaking of the stalemate. First, I will look at the new technology being created at the time; Gas, Tanks, Machine Guns to name but a few. These had a severe impact on the time of war it became, and accounted for the vast number of deaths and casualties during the war, which numbers were previously unprecedented. The technology was created desperately, searching for an end to the war that was having huge negative impacts on every country involved. To begin with, I will look at machine guns. Machine Guns were designed to fire multiple bullets quickly, without the need for reloading. At the start of ...

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