Why was World War I a failure?

Answer 1

The Battle of Gallipoli's failure resulted from several causes including: * An underestimate of the quality and strength of the Turkish forces. * A failure to mass adequate forces at any point to secure a beachead and no method of how to make a break-out. * A lack of Naval Gunfire and fire direction. * Political and high level military leadership's failures in planning, intelligence and operations which spread out landings at multiple beaches without ever providing the essential critical mass. * Dismounting the ANZAC horsemen which decreased their mobility. * A lack of on the beach artillery support. * A failure to properly combat loadneeded amphibious supplies. * The lack of an Exit Plan. * A trench-warfare mentality.

Answer 2

Modern weaponry, to put it in short terms.

The machine gun was about two decades old, and hadn't been used in much major conflict. Also, barbed wire had recently begun to be used in the military (it was originally invented to make fences on cattle ranches in America). A combination of this as well as other inventions that came about because of the war such as tanks (pretty much useless), fighter/observer planes, poison gas and more advanced grenades, as well as the fact the soldiers were hidden away in trenches and pill-boxes led it to become a stalemate and a war of attrition.

After bleeding millions of men, the larger powers finally decided the war was pointless and declared an armistice.

Answer 3

World War 1 was a failure because the landing was badly planned, the ANZACS had landed 16 kilometeres away from their original destination Cape tepe, the destination they landed in was later Called Anzac cove, the Turks had then reinforced their postitions.

Answer 4

Because the combination of trenches, heavy machine guns and barbed wire gave a huge advantage to the defence. Millions of soldiers were slaughtered making attacks which though gallant were doomed to failure. The end of the war came through a combination of a naval blockade which deprived the Germans of much that they needed, the invention and use of the tank by the British, and the arrival from America of many fresh troops. This triple whammy so discouraged the Germans that they asked for an armistice. Note. The Confederate General Longstreet recognised the change in the military paradigm as early as 1862. He was laughed at by the rest of the army, and it was only toward the end of the civil war that both North and South began to dig trenches. The small lesson that trenches should be dug was picked up, to some extent, by the armies of other nations. The much larger lesson that war was, for the time being, a pointless excercise was not appreciated by anyone.