Myths - WW1 Uncut - BBC

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WWI was a calamity masquerading as policy. Once the front stabilized to a stalemate, Allied and Central Power leaders alike just shoveled more and more men into the meat grinder, knowing full well that little to nothing would be accomplished. Operations that has a real chance of affecting the outcome, like the Gallipoli offensive, were botched so thoroughly that the stalemate persisted.

The enduring lesson was the final end of positional warfare, replaced by maneuver warfare going forward. Indeed, the Scheiffen plan was intended to be maneuver oriented, but once stalled the sides entrenched and four years of stalemate was what they got.