(WW1) Why were machine guns the main cause of staleman which led to trench war fare?

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Nina001 · Answer

making offensive assaults extremely costly and allowing defenders to inflict massive casualties on advancing infantry

EdwinJsHispanic · Answer

I think its because they were created for a decisive defense advantage which than made frontal assaults  across open land suicidal

AsianPanda08 · Answer

@edwinjshispanic wrote:

I think its because they were created for a decisive defense advantage which than made frontal assaults across open land suicidal

Machine guns were used for both offense and defense

EdwinJsHispanic · Answer

true

AsianPanda08 · Answer

Is there a specific battle in WWI? Bc rn i am doing WWI in AMH in Coll. about WWI but its the Battle of Catigny and the Second Battle of Marne, Americans vc Germans.

AsianPanda08 · Answer

vs*

gelphielvr · Answer

@asianpanda08 wrote:

Is there a specific battle in WWI? Bc rn i am doing WWI in AMH in Coll. about WWI but its the Battle of Catigny and the Second Battle of Marne, Americans vc Germans.

no it was just a general question / not specific for any battle What class are you learning ww1 about?

AsianPanda08 · Answer

@gelphielvr wrote:

@asianpanda08 wrote:

Is there a specific battle in WWI? Bc rn i am doing WWI in AMH in Coll. about WWI but its the Battle of Catigny and the Second Battle of Marne, Americans vc Germans.

no it was just a general question / not specific for any battle What class are you learning ww1 about?

American Military History

gelphielvr · Answer

@asianpanda08 wrote:

@gelphielvr wrote:

@asianpanda08 wrote:

Is there a specific battle in WWI? Bc rn i am doing WWI in AMH in Coll. about WWI but its the Battle of Catigny and the Second Battle of Marne, Americans vc Germans.

no it was just a general question / not specific for any battle What class are you learning ww1 about?

American Military History

I've never heard of that class but it sounds cool '-' this was for general us history so we didn't really cover any battles in specific

ihy · Answer

they gave the defensive position a huge advantage, making traditional infantry assaults across open ground suicidal