The Great War

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Across
  1. 4. the nations that fought together on the side of Great Britain, France, and Russia during World War I
  2. 7. the Second Battle at this place marked the turning point of the war on the Western Front
  3. 9. an agreement to stop fighting; such as the one signed to stop fighting World War I on November 11, 1918
  4. 10. the nations that fought together on the side of Germany and Austria-Hungary during World War I
  5. 11. of the battle was to get Turkey out of the war.
  6. 13. battle in Turkey where Australian and New Zealand troops fought Ottoman Turks. The
  7. 17. the type of war where countries devote all of their resources to the fighting
  8. 19. the peace agreement (1919) that placed sole responsibility for the war on Germany
  9. 20. the German strategy to quickly attack France and then rush east to attack Russia
  10. 23. the German foreign minister who sent a telegram to Mexico encouraging Mexico to attack the USA
  11. 24. the area where Russians and Serbs fought against Germans and Austro-Hungarians
  12. 25. the Archduke who was assassinated in Sarajevo, Bosnia, triggering the start of World War I
  13. 26. This battle had the most casualties on the Western Front
Down
  1. 1. one-sided information designed to influence public opinion, encourage support, and boost morale
  2. 2. idea that people can choose their own type of government
  3. 3. Bismarck’s military pact with Austria-Hungary and Italy set up to isolate France and keep the peace
  4. 5. a type of fighting common during World War I in which soldiers fight from deep ditches on the battlefield
  5. 6. the policy of glorifying military power and keeping an army prepared for war
  6. 8. Woodrow Wilson’s list of steps to achieve a just and lasting peace after World War I
  7. 12. the region between France and Germany that became deadlocked in 1914
  8. 14. the sinking of this ship by a German submarine brought the USA into World War I
  9. 15. international organization proposed by President Wilson that would maintain peace around the world…the U.S. never joined
  10. 16. this battle in France was notorious for the mud
  11. 18. Britain’s 1907 alliance with France and Russia ensuring that it would not fight a war with either
  12. 21. a MAIN cause of World War I and turned the war into a global conflict
  13. 22. The competition for colonies…a MAIN cause of WWI