Assuming yourself as Russian newspaper reporter during the first World War, write a newspaper report on how the at the eastern front differed from that on the western front
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While the war on the western front was won by allies, it did not happen the same way in the eastern front.
Another significant difference was that the two fronts were much different in size. While officially over 400 miles from the Swiss border to the North Sea, the Western Front mostly consisted of a series of trenches along the borders of France, Belgium, and Germany. For four years, the British, French and Germans dug themselves in and traded the same land back and forth in a brutal war of attrition that caused millions of casualties on both sides.
In contrast, the war on the Eastern Front spanned some 900 miles from the Black Sea in the south to St. Petersburg in the north. Battles were fought across this long front with troops traveling great distances to engage the enemy.
Technologically, the fronts were also different. British, French, and German armies employed a series of new technical advancements during the war on the Western Front. Tanks, airplanes, flamethrowers, and a wide range of other assorted devices were employed for the task of killing. Newsreels shot footage of early tanks, which were little more than tread, metal, and gun. However, they struck fear in the hearts of infantry men.
The Russians not only lacked modern equipment, their country's roads and railway systems were totally lacking in their ability to transport troops in a timely fashion. Even worse, some of the country's nearly twelve million troops went into battle without guns.