Trench warfare began after Germany failed in its initial plan to

Germany’s initial strategy was to defeat France quickly by advancing through Belgium, then turn its forces toward Russia. When the advance into France was stopped at the First Battle of the Marne, neither side could make a decisive breakthrough, and trench warfare developed along the Western Front. Thus, the failed plan was to seize France and bring a quick end to the war.

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