After the failure of the early offensives, both sides dig an elaborate network of trenches across Europe. A stalemate turns the conflict into a war of attrition. An ABC News Production.
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Europe's system of alliances and centuries-old tensions erupted into war in August of 1914. This week on Crash Course Euro, we're talking about the military history of World War I, and taking a look at the broad strokes of how the war unfolded. We'll take you from the guns of August through gruesome battles like Verdun and the Somme, and follow the thread all the way through to the Armistice in 1918. It didn't turn out to be the War to End All Wars, sadly, but there is a lot to learn from it.
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Trench warfare on the Western Front claimed hundreds of thousands of casualties from both sides but accomplished very little. New military technology introduced during World War I included machine guns, chemical weapons, tanks, aircraft, and submarines.
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