WORLD WAR I
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- 3. member if 3 different alliances
- 4. Type of artillery gun capable of protecting shells at considerable heights and ranges
- 7. Did not make a part of the triple entente
- 8. joined by or relating to members of a team
- 9. they stopped fighting for the night and celebrated together
- 13. The process of preparing for war, requiring the enlistment, training, equipping and movement of large numbers of troops.
- 16. a thing designed or used for inflicting bodily harm or physical damage
- 17. president od france during Worl War I
- 20. In the late nineteenth century, the major industrialized states used their increasing economic and technological power to build up stocks of modern weapons such as machine guns and battleships
- 26. Describes a conflict where both sides attempt to wear down or exhaust the other, without attempting a decisive assault or attempt at victorY
- 29. The rear of a trench, the side furthest away from the enemy line
- 31. Acronym for the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, a joint national force assembled in 1915 to participate in the Gallipoli campaign
- 33. Seeking and/or enjoying popular support; appealing to the people
- 34. Words, documents or images intended to persuade, often through distortion or misrepresentation
- 35. A period in history involving dramatic political, social and/or economic change within a particular nation or region
- 36. where they first used modern tanks
- 37. the belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military
- 39. the german fleet of ships was known as the...
- 42. American president during World War I
- 45. Steel balls or fragments from an exploding artillery shell, which injure or kill nearby personnel
- 46. A bulge or projection out from a trench line, and thus the point closest to the enemy
- 47. Derogatory term for Germans, a reference to barbaric warriors of the early Middle Ages.
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- 1. One who campaigns to obtain the right to vote; usually refers to women’s reform groups and activists in Britain in the first quarter of the 20th century
- 2. A term for an aerial gun battle between aircraft, particularly during World War I
- 5. french commander durin World War I
- 6. the longest battle in World War I
- 10. A political ideology, economic system and theory of history, developed in the 1800s by Karl Marx
- 11. A concerted bombardment of a trenchline, front or area, usually with artillery
- 12. Leader of france at the time of World war I
- 14. A foreign policy approach where a nation does not commit to alliances and/or avoids ‘taking sides’ in international disputes
- 15. assassinated the archduke francis ferdinand
- 18. A defensive post, an earth bunker or concrete shelter, designed to house riflemen or machine-gunners
- 19. Government control or restrictions on the media or publishing, the banning of dissent or criticism
- 21. patriotic feeling, principles, or efforts,feeling pride for your country
- 22. A political-economic system where a powerful nation conquers
- 23. Europe’s diplomatic organisation before 1914 and its heavy commitment to alliances, allegedly as a deterrent to war
- 24. The name of the German king or emperor, derived from the Latin ‘Caesar’
- 25. The process where a society or state enacts policies to enable it to become more modern, either in political, economic, industrial or technological terms
- 27. The betrayal of a nation or leader, often in a time of war
- 28. The act of requiring citizens to perform compulsory military service, especially in times of war
- 30. A small, hand-held bomb with a short fuse, able to be primed and then thrown at the enemy
- 32. is a tolerance attributable to a lack of involvement
- 35. Payments of money or goods made for deaths, injuries and destruction inflicted during a war
- 38. Sections of an army comprised of soldiers who advance or move about on foot
- 40. elating to, or characterized by industry
- 41. A term derived from chess, meaning that both sides cannot advance; a deadlock or ‘stand-off’
- 43. Yje king of Germany during World War I
- 44. Any political system where at least some executive power is vested in a hereditary monarch, who is also the head of state