World War One Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. refers to the act of deliberately killing mass groups of people, especially those from a specific ethnicity or nation
  2. 5. Open areas between trenches
  3. 8. Where participants use all of their disposable resources in an effort to aid their needs in war.
  4. 10. Held in 1917 on the western front, IT was the first large-scale effective use of tanks in warfare.
  5. 12. Remembered as the longest and one of the most costly battles of WW1, it was almost a year of fighting.
  6. 13. A type of combat which involves using the toxic properties of chemical substances as weapons.
  7. 16. Consisted of members from the Triple Alliance and other nations during WW1
  8. 17. a type of combat in which opposing troops fight from trenches facing each other.
  9. 18. armored land ships developed around 1915 which held enormous potential on the battlefield during WW1
Down
  1. 1. These extended sea battles from the surface to the depths below.
  2. 2. a message in January 1917 by Germany proposing a military alliance between Mexico and Germany
  3. 4. the first major battle in WW1 on the eastern front held in 1914
  4. 6. refers to the strategy where the participating groups of the war do not use all of their disposable resources (zB. human, industrial, agricultural, military, technological, etc.) during a conflict
  5. 7. For nearly 400 years, Russia had been ruled under this dynasty in various forms prior to the revolution
  6. 9. The sinking of this British Ocean liner carrying 128 Americans helped spur the U.S. to enter WW1.
  7. 10. Served as the Allie’s first major battle and victory on the western front. For the Central Powers (and specifically Germany), it became battle that signified the failure of the Schlieffen Plan
  8. 11. Consisted of members of the Triple Entente and other nations during WW1
  9. 14. required enlistment for service into the armed forces
  10. 15. An event during the Revolution of 1905 where hundreds of unarmed protestors would be fired upon and killed by the Imperial Guard on their way to the Imperial Palace.