WWI Vocabulary
Across
- 3. A temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement of the warring parties; truce: World War I ended with the armistice of 1918.
- 5. Powers Germany and Austria-Hungary, often with their allies Turkey and Bulgaria, as opposed to the Allies.
- 6. of Nations An international organization to promote world peace and cooperation that was created by the Treaty of Versailles (1919): dissolved April 1946.
- 7. The powers of the Triple Entente (Great Britain, France, Russia), with the nations allied with them (Belgium, Serbia, Japan, Italy, etc., not including the United States), or, loosely, with all the nations (including the United States) allied or associated with them as opposed to the Central Powers.
- 9. A fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage: a daily ration of meat and bread.
- 10. Determination by oneself or itself, without outside influence.
- 14. Points A statement of the war aims of the Allies, made by President Wilson on January 8, 1918.
Down
- 1. war A war in which every available weapon is used and the nation's full financial resources are devoted
- 2. The deliberate spreading of such information, rumors, etc.
- 4. A strong military spirit or policy.
- 8. Plan 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
- 11. Entente An informal understanding among Great Britain, France, and Russia based on a Franco-Russian military alliance (1894), an Anglo-French entente (1904), and an Anglo-Russian entente (1907). It was considered a counterbalance to the Triple Alliance but was terminated when the Bolsheviks came into control in Russia in 1917.
- 12. warfare Combat in which each side occupies a system of protective trenches.
- 13. of Versailles The treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of World War I which demanded exorbitant reparations from the Germans