The Great War Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 2. Military alliance that included France, Russia, and partially Britain.
  2. 4. The agreement that officially ended Russian involvement in World War I. Russia gave up a good portion of Eastern Europe to Germany.
  3. 9. German government official who sent a telegram to Mexico that advocated for Mexico to ally with Germany against the United States.
  4. 12. Germany launched a massive attack on the Western Front in March 1918. The offensive pushed the Germans deep into Allied territory, less than 40 miles from Paris.
  5. 13. The commander of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) in World War I for the United States.
  6. 14. The strip of land between opposing forces in trench warfare that was covered in barbed wire
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  1. 1. United States forces drove back Germany in this military altercation from September 12th to 15th, 1918.
  2. 3. The region of Europe called a “powder keg” because it was volatile.
  3. 4. A British passenger ship that was sunk by a German U-boat on May 7, 1915, killing 1,200 passengers, including 128 Americans. The attack gave credibility to British propaganda for the United States not supporting Germany.
  4. 5. The largest military operation by the American Expeditionary Forces, it was part of the broader Allied push that ended World War I.
  5. 6. The Supreme Allied Commander of the Allies.
  6. 7. Lenin: He was the leader of the Bolshevik Party that seized power after the Russian Revolution in 1917.
  7. 8. Serbian nationalist that assassinated Franz Ferdinand, the Archduke of the Austria-Hungarian Empire, in June 1914, which helped start World War I.
  8. 10. Military alliance that included the countries of Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary.
  9. 11. The American Expeditionary Forces launched their first major assault and blocked the German advance to Paris.