New Weapons During World War 1

During World War I, the defensive weapons used by the German were way more advanced than the offensive weapons of the U.S and their allies. Although the U.S came out on top breaking through the German defenses and forcing their troops to retreat to their trenches, we suffered a great amount of casualties. The lost battalion went into Argon Forest with approximately six hundred men, they left with over four hundred dog tags and less than two hundred men because of the defensive lines advanced armory. Thousand of men were lost during world war I because military leaders were slow to adapt their old-fashioned strategies and tactics to the new weapons. New technology made war more horrible and more complex than ever before. The United States and other countries felt the effects of the war for years afterwards.
Which indeed they did. With the French as their ally they hoped to have three battalions break the Germans defense and meet it in the middle. Unfortunately the french and other U.S battalion didn’t make it through and the 77th division, the lost battalion had to resort a different tactic. Move steadily and keep their position. One group of men wasn’t going to take down the whole German army. So although they were steadily losing many men, they were ordered to stay where they were like a tack in the belly. Frustrating the German army who already tired of fighting and who hoped the surrounded battalion would