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- 4. a type of combat in which opposing troops fight from trenches facing each other.
- 6. The Central Powers were a group of nations fighting against the Allied Powers during World War I. The members included Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria and their territories.
- 7. The Eastern Front of World War II was a theatre of conflict between the European Axis powers against the Soviet Union, Poland and other Allies, which encompassed Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Northeast Europe, and Southeast Europe from 22 June 1941 to 9 May 1945
- 8. The Western Front, a 400-plus mile stretch of land weaving through France and Belgium from the Swiss border to the North Sea, was the decisive front during the First World War.
- 11. Rationing is the controlled distribution of scarce resources, goods, services, or an artificial restriction of demand
- 13. a state formally cooperating with another for a military or other purpose.
- 14. Thomas Woodrow Wilson was an American politician and academic who served as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921.
- 15. The Treaty of Versailles was the most important of the peace treaties that brought World War I to an end. The Treaty ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers.
- 16. the process by which a country determines its own statehood and forms its own allegiances and government.
- 18. the belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests.
- 19. Total war, military conflict in which the contenders are willing to make any sacrifice in lives and other resources to obtain a complete victory, as distinguished from limited war.
- 20. The League of Nations was an international diplomatic group developed after World War I as a way to solve disputes between countries before they erupted into open warfare.
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- 1. information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.
- 2. The Schlieffen Plan was the operational plan for a designated attack on France once Russia, in response to international tension, had started to mobilise her forces near the German border. The execution of the Schlieffen Plan led to Britain declaring war on Germany on August 4th, 1914.
- 3. Unrestricted submarine warfare is a type of naval warfare in which submarines sink vessels such as freighters and tankers without warning, as opposed to attacks per prize rules.
- 5. The Fourteen Points was a statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I.
- 9. The Triple Entente describes the informal understanding between the Russian Empire, the French Third Republic and Great Britain. It built upon the Franco-Russian Alliance of 1894, the Entente Cordiale of 1904 between Paris and London, and the Anglo-Russian Entente of 1907.
- 10. Wilhelm II, anglicised as William II, was the last German Emperor and King of Prussia, reigning from 15 June 1888 until his abdication on 9 November 1918.
- 12. Georges Eugène Benjamin Clemenceau was a French statesman who served as Prime Minister of France from 1906 to 1909 and again from 1917 until 1920.
- 17. The Triple Alliance was a secret agreement between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy that was formed on the 20th of May 1882. Italy sought support against France shortly after losing North African ambitions to the French. Otto von Bismarck is regarded as the principal architect of the alliance.
- 21. an agreement made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting for a certain time; a truce.