World War I Tactics

In the First World War the commanders used old fashioned tactics. A lot of new types of weapons were invented like machine guns, tanks and gas attack. Instead of changing the tactics to suit the weapons, commanders used the same old tactics. Although this war turned out as a "non-contact" war, in the beginning of it the British commanders had cavalry set and to go. Soon it became obvious that the horses were clumsy and a very easy target for German snipers. The highly skilled soldiers were also set out to fight in the beginning of the war (British Expeditionary Force) and a lot of them died and were injured in the countless number of failed attacks that the commanders thought of. By November 1914, of the original 160,000 BEF officers, 90,000 had become casualties. The best soldiers were ordered to fight in the beginning of the war and after most of them died or were injured the British army became weaker.…