As a result of the effectiveness of modern weapons such as automatic guns, chemicals, and airplanes, armies discontinued the Napoleonic tactics of warfare.
Instead they resorted to Trench Warfare, they dug trenches and waited for their foes to attack.Â
This often led to extensive stand offs between armies causing the war to drag on for four years.
DECISION: If you were a General during the Great War, what strategy would you implement and why?