The First World WarSource A, at first glance, doesn't seem to tell us much about why the war lasted so long. It appears to be a poem about two soldiers who encountered the general and shows at the end how he was responsible for their deaths in his plan of attack. The only reason this seems to show is that the generals should have defended when they should have because as it says many men were going to die in the attack and when we look back we let us see that they gained only minimal amounts of land for thousands. of lives. This, although a good reason for the length of the war, is not the only one mentioned in the poem. On closer inspection, we see that the men had to march to the front line. This is another reason, because it shows us how difficult it was for both sides to get supplies to the front, because no vehicles or trains could get there, primarily because of the muddy terrain that no vehicles could cross, including tanks. The second reason is that vehicles were not allowed to risk the journey to the front because of the risk of artillery. This reason is also shown in source C where we see a tank that was abandoned, either because it got stuck in the mud or because it was hit by a shell. This is a great example of why the third battle of. This 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 which completely destroyed the drainage systems around the Flanders lowlands. The problem with the mud was that it was not only an obstacle for the Allies but also for the Germans, which is usually forgotten. When people think of World War I, they think of the hardships the Allies had to endure and forget that the Germans had a problem.