Why was there a stalemate in europe the first few years of wwi?

Stalemate developed along the Western Front because they tactics of offensive warfare had not developed while the technology of defensive warfare had. ... You could also argue that the stalemate happened because the Germans did not put enough faith in the Schlieffen Plan.

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Hello,

Well,WW1 was a was of attrition which means that the opposing sides were really just trying to wear their opponents down.

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