World War I – Key Battles and Events

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Across
  1. 2. A 1914 battle where Germany defeated Russia early in the war.
  2. 4. Germany’s naval tactic of using U-boats to sink enemy and neutral ships.
  3. 7. The heavily contested region between France and Germany characterized by trench warfare.
  4. 8. A failed Allied campaign in the Ottoman Empire in 1915, involving ANZAC forces.
  5. 9. A major 1916 British offensive marked by high casualties and little territorial gain.
Down
  1. 1. A muddy 1917 battle in Belgium, also called the Third Battle of Ypres.
  2. 3. A 1916 battle between France and Germany, remembered as one of the longest and bloodiest of the war.
  3. 5. The agreement that ended fighting on the Western Front on November 11, 1918.
  4. 6. A type of static and defensive warfare dominant on the Western Front.
  5. 8. A deadly chemical weapon first widely used during WWI.