Verdun / Somme (Introduction)
Based off these two battles, this became the new objective of Commanders.
What is attrition of the enemy's army? (Carrying on until the resources of the enemy's entire nation were depleted which leads to a collapse of their political will to fight)
These are the names of the armored vehicles that the British employed during the Battle of the Somme and the chemical weapon that Germans employed at the Battle of Verdun.
What are tanks?
What are diphosgene rounds?
This is why Brusilov's Offensive ultimately ended in a stalemate after Russia's initial success.
What is the Russians outpaced their supply lines, which allowed the Central Powers to reinforce and reorganize?
Why did two British battle cruisers explode at the start of the battle?
What are faults in construction?
These were the struggles of both sides of these two battles.
What is leaders struggled with articulating their strategic visions to subordinates?
What is the integration of new tactics and techniques?
What is assimilating a massive influx of newly recruited and poorly trained Soldiers?
Explain why the new technologies employed by the Germans at Verdun and the British were unsuccessful.
What is the Germans lacked sufficient operational reserves to exploit tactical success, thus their attack died short of the final objective.
What is the British lacked good communication forwards, and the Germans were able to hastily rebuild their defenses.
These are the two main reasons Brusilov's Offensive was initially successful.
What is the Russians surprised the Germans and Austrians, who thought the Russian Army was incapable of offensives after 1915?
What is the four Russian Armies concentrated their artillery fires and forces against a narrow front to achieve local superiority?
Why was the Battle of Jutland ultimately a defeat for Germany?
What is while they lost less ships and sailors than the British, they failed to dent the blockade.