World War One Concepts
Across
- 2. endless warfare fought with the hope of eventually grinding down your enemy through casualties
- 7. a large luxury passenger ship that was sunk by a German submarine -over 1,000 passengers were killed
- 8. units in the British army that grouped men based on regional enlistment
- 10. the extremely dangerous area between opposing trenches
- 11. the region of fighting that took place in Western Europe between the central powers and the triple Entente
- 13. the alliance between the Russians, the French and British
- 14. the Serbian terrorist group that carried out the assassination
- 15. the British naval tactic used to starve out Germany
- 16. Germany's foolish promise of support to Austria
- 18. were large and heavily armored battleships: part of the pre-war arms race
Down
- 1. a geographical region in Southeast Europe that includes countries such as Bulgaria and Serbia
- 3. the agreement between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy
- 4. a type of land warfare where each side digs long lines of trenches for protection
- 5. an unwinnable problem
- 6. the reckless German King
- 9. Germany's plan to invade France through Belgium
- 12. a new weapon designed to solve the problem of trench warfare
- 17. a geographical region of the German Empire that included northern Germany and Poland