e Western Front. This was because it helped to create stalemate and was so effective when used as a form of defence, against on coming soldiers, and created a great numbers of causalities that both sides decided to stay in their trenches. Another weapon that was first used in the war was the tank. When first brought out it was supposed to be a great machine that would help the soldiers a great deal. The tank was however brought out before it was perfected and did not prove a great help in creating causalities. They were however a great moral booster for the soldiers at the front line. When artillery was thought of by the generals to be the most effective weapon. Often however it did nothing more than churn up the ground and make no-mans land harder to cross. Gas was also used but only really served as a 'frightener'. It added a great deal to the misery of trench life but did not really have a great effect in breaking stalemate. New weaponry did not really help break stalemate but did help in creating more suffering to an already miserable situation. In theory, it should have been a new, marvellous weapon which broke stalemate and inevitably won the war but in this war it did not happen. THE WAR AT SEAThe most used tactic at sea was blockades, this helped stop supplies getting to the opposition and should have helped surrender. The blockades did not prove to be the most important of the tactics used in breaking stalemate but was a vital sapping factor in wearing down the Central Powers. There were not many battles fought much at sea but there was one major battle at sea, the Battle of Jutland. This was fought out by the two big navys of the time the Germans and the British. At the end of this battle both of the sides claimed victory, even though neither side actually completed there initial plan. The Germans were the side who went back to harbour and did not come back but the British were the side who lost the most amount of ships and me...
