World War One Retrieval Crossword
Across
- 2. Archduke assassinated in 1914
- 5. New deadly technology in WWI that would mow down troops
- 6. Name of women working in weapons factories
- 7. Title given to the plan Germany had to invade France through Belgium
- 11. Place in a trench for sleeping and storing items
- 12. Chlorine gas first used in 1917
- 14. This act, passed in 1914, encouraged women to go into the workplace to support the war effort
- 19. Year WWI ended
- 21. Name given to the civilian population and activities of a nation whose armed forces engaged in war abroad
- 23. All able-bodied men between 18-40 had to serve in the War Effort by war
- 27. This was signed 11th November 1918
- 30. Name given to soldiers rations
- 32. Year rationing introduced in Britain
- 34. Sweet thing that was rationed
- 35. Where food was controlled in Britain during WWI
- 36. Mental Health condition of those who suffered trauma at war
- 37. Type of ship being build in the AGNR
- 39. Place of fighting between France and Germany
- 41. Competition between Britain and Germany to build the biggest navy
- 42. Put on top of trenches to conceal troops
- 43. People who refused to be conscripted
Down
- 1. This is created more daylight for farmers to work in
- 3. Group of women who would farm in men's absence
- 4. Year WWI began
- 8. Soldiers would do this on rags to protect themselves from mustard gas
- 9. A soldier accused of cowardice would stand for trial in front of one of these
- 10. Barren area between two opposing trenches
- 13. Place of fighting between Greece and Ottoman Empire
- 15. Method of execution for soldiers convicted of cowardice
- 16. Britain had one of these which was a key reason why WWI became a World War
- 17. Name given to weaponary in WWI
- 18. Kaisers policy of global domination
- 20. Recommended calorie intake for a soldier on the front line
- 22. Alliance including Russia
- 24. Name given to when troops would have to enter no man's land
- 25. Alliance including Germany
- 26. Assassin of 1914
- 28. Place where a soldier would stand to shoot his fun in a trench
- 29. Used to recruit people to the war effort
- 31. Formation trenches were built in
- 33. Number of men pardoned for cowardice in 2006
- 38. These were put down to help protect troops feet in the trenches
- 40. City of assassination