1) How did the First Battle of Ypres, followed by Somme and Verdun, demonstrate the basic pattern of World War I battles–stalemate, trench warfare and total war?

• How did the First Battle of Ypres, followed by Somme and Verdun, demonstrate the basic pattern of World War I battles–stalemate, trench warfare and total war?

 

• What role did technology, such as machine guns and tanks play in this war?

 

• What caused the front lines to change from their static state during 1918?
• What were the American contributions to the Allied advance during the last year of the war?

 

4) Durning World War 1  What caused the front lines to change from their static state during 1918?