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sides attempted to break out of the Western front stalemate
with a massive use of force. The British offensive at the Somme
cost over 1,000,000 casualties - the result was a gain of a
mere 6 miles along a 25 foot long stretch of the western front.
The German offensive at Verdun cost 500,000-600,000 casualties,
also with little gain.
Trench
warfare was an enormously wasteful process which produced
few results - and the cost in human life was atrocious.
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