WW1 Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 3. a type of combat in which opposing troops fight from trenches facing each other.
  2. 6. Germany and the Allies signed a peace treaty at the end of World War I. The United States, Great Britain, France, and Italy negotiated the treaty at the Peace Conference held in Versaille beginning on January 18, 1919.
  3. 8. a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico in the prior event of the United States entering World War I against Germany.
  4. 10. the strait between the Aegean and the Sea of Marmara, separating European from Asian Turkey. Ancient name: Hellespont.
  5. 11. "war that is unrestricted in terms of the weapons used, the territory or combatants involved, or the objectives pursued, especially one in which the laws of war are disregarded." In the mid-19th century, scholars identified "total war" as a separate class of warfare.
  6. 12. an aerial battle between fighter aircraft, conducted at close range
  7. 14. information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, or nation. In this case, Britain used propaganda to help themselves in order to harm the enemy.
  8. 15. the policy or status of a nation that does not participate in a war between other nations
  9. 16. he policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries, or of acquiring and holding colonies and dependencies
  10. 18. a temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement of the warring parties; truce
  11. 19. a British luxury liner sunk by a German submarine in the North Atlantic on May 7, 1915
Down
  1. 1. a plan intended to ensure German victory over a Franco-Russian alliance by holding off Russia with minimal strength and swiftly defeating France by a massive flanking movement through the Low Countries, devised by Alfred, Count von Schlieffen (1833–1913) in 1905.
  2. 2. a type of rigid airship named after the German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin (German pronunciation: [ˈt͡sɛpəliːn]) who pioneered rigid airship development at the beginning of the 20th century.
  3. 4. Compensation demanded by a victorious nation from a defeated nation
  4. 5. military strategy in which a aggressive side attempts to win a war by wearing down its enemy to the point of collapse through continuous losses in personnel and materiel. The war will usually be won by the side with greater such resources.
  5. 7. the interdiction of a nation's lines of communication at sea by the use of naval power
  6. 9. a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible. Trench Warfare
  7. 13. a formal agreement or treaty between two or more nations to cooperate for specific purposes.
  8. 17. The belief that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests.