World War One Crossword

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Across
  1. 5. refers to the strategy where the participating groups of the war do not use all of their disposable resources (zB. human, industrial, agricultural, military, technological, etc.) during a conflict
  2. 10. Served as the Allie’s first major battle and victory on the western front. For the Central Powers (and specifically Germany), it became battle that signified the failure of the Schlieffen Plan
  3. 12. The sinking of this British Ocean liner carrying 128 Americans helped spur the U.S. to enter WW1.
  4. 14. Held in 1917 on the western front, IT was the first large-scale effective use of tanks in warfare.
  5. 15. Consisted of members of the Triple Entente and other nations during WW1
  6. 16. For nearly 400 years, Russia had been ruled under this dynasty in various forms prior to the revolution
  7. 17. Remembered as the longest and one of the most costly battles of WW1, it was almost a year of fighting.
  8. 18. refers to the act of deliberately killing mass groups of people, especially those from a specific ethnicity or nation
  9. 19. armored land ships developed around 1915 which held enormous potential on the battlefield during WW1
Down
  1. 1. A type of combat which involves using the toxic properties of chemical substances as weapons.
  2. 2. Where participants use all of their disposable resources in an effort to aid their needs in war.
  3. 3. An event during the Revolution of 1905 where hundreds of unarmed protestors would be fired upon and killed by the Imperial Guard on their way to the Imperial Palace.
  4. 4. a message in January 1917 by Germany proposing a military alliance between Mexico and Germany
  5. 6. Open areas between trenches
  6. 7. the first major battle in WW1 on the eastern front held in 1914
  7. 8. a type of combat in which opposing troops fight from trenches facing each other.
  8. 9. Consisted of members from the Triple Alliance and other nations during WW1
  9. 11. required enlistment for service into the armed forces
  10. 13. These extended sea battles from the surface to the depths below.