History A-Level
Causation of stalemate
What Causation of stalemate means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Causation of stalemate
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The failure of the Schlieffen Plan, the Battle of the Marne and the 'race to the sea' denied both sides a breakthrough, so the Western Front became a war of attrition.
Topics that use Causation of stalemate
- Paper 3, Option 35.2: The British experience of warfare, c1790–1918 - 4 Trench warfare on the Western Front, 1914–18 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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