World War I
Across
- 1. a conflict in which the participating countries devote all their resources to the war effort
- 3. a British passenger ship that was sunk by a German U-Boat
- 6. German submarines used in World War I
- 8. agreement to stop fighting
- 10. International peacekeeping organization formed after World War I
- 12. introduced by the Germans and was used by both sides during the war; caused vomiting, blindness, and suffocation
- 15. a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible
- 16. large-caliber guns used in warfare on land
- 17. an underwater warship usually armed with torpedoes
- 18. _____ Plan: Germany's plan to defeat France quickly and avoid fighting on two fronts
- 19. sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving.
- 20. policy of supporting neither side in a war
- 23. _____ Powers: Austria-Hungary, Germany, Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria
Down
- 2. Region that Germany was forced to give back to France
- 4. Woodrow Wilson's plan for peace after World War I
- 5. strong wire with barbs at regular intervals used to prevent passage
- 7. U.S. President during World War I; he proposed the Fourteen Points
- 9. deep ditches used in battle for cover against enemy gunfire
- 11. area of fighting on the Western border of Germany
- 13. The Treaty of ______ ended the war with Germany
- 14. a rapidly firing automatic gun (often mounted)
- 21. ________ Powers: Great Britain, France, Italy, Russia, and later the US
- 22. heavy armored vehicle which could travel over barbed wire and across enemy trenches