What battle strategies did each side employ in World War 1?

Question

what battle strategies did each side employ in World War 1

Answer 1

dig a trench, get cosy, then fire artillery at their trench untill one side dies of disease

Answer 2

trench warfare,

Answer 3

The greatest change in warfare in Europe from the Napoleanic wars of the early 1800's and WW1 was the dramatic increase in range, mobility, and usage of artillery.  The combination of this more advanced firepower and the sheer size of the armies in motion meant that the usual plan of encircling an enemy army and annihalating it was thrown out the window.

This is what ended up causing the armies to settle on rather static lines where they dug trenches.  The trenches would be for both offense, defense, supplying, and communicating between various sectors of the front.

As far as other stategies, the main goal for the Entente powers was to focus on Germany.  The GB and French wanted to push through the Alsace-Lorraine region into Germany and the Russians through East Prussia.  The Germans for their part had a plan to move through Belgium and sweep up the entire northern part of France up through Paris in a sycle like motion.

Once the war bogged down for all sides, the Germans were much better at then giving themselves smaller tactical objectives to achieve.  They had realized defensively that East Prussia and Alsace had to be defended at all costs firsts.  Once this way done they pinpointed the forts at Verdun as a tremdendous blow to French moral if they were to lose it, and focused there.  These German attacks and successes resulted that for years the French bloodied themselves trying to retake land in that sector that their own population had never been told had been lost earlier.  While the French were busy trying to retake what was their moral strongpoint they could not really make any substantial attack into Alsace.  

The British for their part bloodied themselves on a large front in Belgium.  The objectives were many but none seemingly going to end the war against Germany.  The strategy was push the Germans into Germany and then keep pushing.  Without more tactical and demoralizing objectives the Brits, like the others, died over essentially useless land.

For the most part the strategies were few and far between and the lack of creativity by many of the cheifs of staff lead to the overwhelming deaths that that war resulted in.

Answer 4

gas warfare. the scientist who 'found' the use of NItrogen received the Nobel Peace Prize.