World War I Source A at first glance doesn't seem to tell us much about why the war went on for so long. It seems to be a poem about two soldiers who met the general and ultimately shows how he was responsible for their deaths in his plan of attack. The only reason he seems to prove is that the generals should have defended when they should have defended themselves because, as he says, many men would have died in the attack and when we think back, we see that they only gained minimal amounts of land for thousands of people. of lives. This, while a good reason for the long duration of the war, is not the only one mentioned in the poem. Looking at it closely you can see that the men had to walk to the front line. This is another reason as it shows us how difficult it was for both sides to move supplies to the front as no vehicle or train could get there, primarily due to the muddy terrain that no vehicle could cross, including tanks. The second reason is that vehicles were not allowed to risk the journey to the front due to the risk of artillery. This motif is also shown in source C where we see a tank that has been abandoned, either because it got stuck in the mud or because it was hit by a bullet. It's a great example of why the third battle of. It is a great example of why the Third Battle of Pres was called "The Battle of the Mud". The mud was created by artillery shells that completely destroyed the drainage systems around low-lying Flanders. The problem with the mud, however, was that it was not only an obstacle for the allies but also for the Germans, which is usually forgotten, when people think about the First World War, they think about the difficulties that the allies had to endure and they forget that the Germans had a