thorr97
Banned
Short answer: no.
Longer answer: Still no. And here's why...
What caused the static nature of the Western Front in World War One was the overwhelming number of troops involved and the inability of either side to keep those troops supplied once they'd move away from their rail heads.
Note the fluidity of the engagements on other fronts throughout the war. Those involved far fewer troops and they were deployed against more thinly held lines. Once a breakthrough on those lines was achieved, the advancing unit essentially had free reign to go as far as they could. The units involved were small enough and light enough that pack animal logistics could support them, more or less.
On the Western Front this was anything but the case. The amount of logistical support of an advancing heavy unit required far outstripped what could be readily moved across the battlefield by horse drawn logistics. And as the nature of the battlefield often meant roads were rendered impassable to the vehicles of the day, pack animal logistics was as good as it was liable to get. Which meant that any breakthrough quickly ran out of the logistical support it needed to keep going. And it also quickly ran into thickly held enemy lines that were falling back onto their railheads so they weren't lacking in their logistics.
It wasn't until motorized transport of sufficient capability to operate off road was developed that this paradigm could be broken.
So, earlier portable radios would not have changed that aspect of the fighting.
Longer answer: Still no. And here's why...
What caused the static nature of the Western Front in World War One was the overwhelming number of troops involved and the inability of either side to keep those troops supplied once they'd move away from their rail heads.
Note the fluidity of the engagements on other fronts throughout the war. Those involved far fewer troops and they were deployed against more thinly held lines. Once a breakthrough on those lines was achieved, the advancing unit essentially had free reign to go as far as they could. The units involved were small enough and light enough that pack animal logistics could support them, more or less.
On the Western Front this was anything but the case. The amount of logistical support of an advancing heavy unit required far outstripped what could be readily moved across the battlefield by horse drawn logistics. And as the nature of the battlefield often meant roads were rendered impassable to the vehicles of the day, pack animal logistics was as good as it was liable to get. Which meant that any breakthrough quickly ran out of the logistical support it needed to keep going. And it also quickly ran into thickly held enemy lines that were falling back onto their railheads so they weren't lacking in their logistics.
It wasn't until motorized transport of sufficient capability to operate off road was developed that this paradigm could be broken.
So, earlier portable radios would not have changed that aspect of the fighting.