World War 1
Across
- 4. Longest Battle of WW1 from 21 February - 18 December 1916
- 5. President of the USA at the end of the war
- 6. Heavy armored vehicle which could travel over barbed wire and across enemy trenches
- 8. Used extensively in trench warfare; laid, several rows deep, by both sides to protect the front line trench
- 9. Part of the Central Powers; declared war on Russia first; received total blame for the war
- 10. Part of the Triple Entente; largest navy in the world; blockaded the Germans
- 14. Part of the Allies; Battle of the Somme and Battle of the Marne took place in this country
- 15. French General who was overall commander of the Entente Forces during WW1
- 19. Trenches used to move between the front and rear trenches and to transport injured men to the field hospitals
- 20. These weapons fire a very fast stream of bullets for a long time (500-600 bullets/min)
- 21. Large and heavily armed Battleships which were a key part of the Naval Arms Race
- 22. Wilson's peace plan
- 23. Where the big field guns were located used to fire shells at the enemy
- 25. A medical condition caused by prolonged exposure of the feet to damp, unsanitary, and cold conditions
Down
- 1. Payments for war damage
- 2. Poisonous gas used against the enemy
- 3. French President at the end of the war
- 7. These were underground and were used as command centres, to store food, weapons, and artillery
- 11. Part of the Central Powers; had many different nationalities within country all wanting their own nation
- 12. International Organisation founded after end of WW1, largely failed to maintain international peace
- 13. war from inside trenches enemies would try killing each other with machine guns, tanks, and poison gas
- 16. British General associated with attrition
- 17. Another Name for the Third Battle of Ypres
- 18. The name given to the area between the two lines of trenches
- 24. German General who led the unsuccessful final attack of 1918