1; They used all different types of strategies and tactics to try and break the stalemate on the western front as the war dragged on from the end of 1914 to 1915.
As seen in Source A, one of the tactics they used was tear gas and you call by the picture that it blinded the solders, they had to wait in horrible conditions for god knows how long, out in the trenches in the middle of battle for medical assistance.
The strategies and tactics that were used to try and break the stalemate on the western front were categorised into 2 groups:
Orthodox Attempts:
Use of sea power
War on two fronts
Search for a decisive breakthrough – artillery and infantry
Unorthodox Attempts:
Submarine warfare
Use of chemistry
War in the air
Use of the tank
One of the orthodox attempts was the ‘Use of sea power’, in order for the war to be successful; both sides needed a supply of goods, food and materials for making weapons and ammunition, although they could obtain some of these things from their own countries, many could only obtain them from overseas. Both sides therefore tried to start to maintain control of the seas. When the War first started, Britain had the largest navy, Germany with the second largest.
In late August 1914, there were skirmishes near the German naval base. Several German cruisers were damaged and or destroyed.
One of the unorthodox tactics and strategies was Submarine Warfare:
The German government decided to prevent their allies from getting any supplies that they needed from overseas what they had to do was to take over the seas, but they couldn’t use the blockade tactic like the British did, because the German wasn’t as powerful as the British navy was.
The tactic the Germans decided to go with was Submarine Warfare; this involved using their fleet to sink merchant ships carrying goods and materials to Great Britain.
During the early months of their warfare campaign, the Germans achieved impressive