British soldiers with machine gun & gas masks

The military commanders were unprepared for the first major war fought with the new mechanized weapons produced by an industrialized Europe. The machine gun was most responsible for turning the new war into a defensive stalemate.

World War I Part of The Great War Exhibit copyright 1998-2008 HistoryWiz
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