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2. Why was there stalemate on the Western Front?

As discussed on the previous page, after the Battle of the Marne and the 'race to the sea' trench warfare developed on the Western Front. With both sides quite evenly balanced in terms of troops, weapons and commanders using similar strategies and tactics a stalemate developed by the end of 1914. Why did the war become bogged down in the trenches? The failure of the Germans to take Paris after the Battle of the Marne...

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