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- 2. a union or association between three powers or states
- 6. a type of combat in which opposing troops fight from trenches facing each other.
- 8. 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. allow each person to have only a fixed amount of (a particular commodity)
- 14. an international diplomatic group developed after World War I as a way to solve disputes between countries before they erupted into open warfare.
- 16. 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
- 20. type of naval warfare in which submarines sink vessels such as freighters and tankers without warning, as opposed to attacks per prize rules (also known as "cruiser rules").
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- 1. the last German Emperor and King of Prussia, reigning from 15 June 1888 until his abdication on 9 November 1918.
- 3. 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.
- 4. a statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I. The principles were outlined in a January 8, 1918, speech on war aims and peace terms to the United States Congress by President Woodrow Wilson
- 5. 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.
- 7. was the main theatre of war during the First World War. Following the outbreak of war in August 1914, the German Army opened the Western Front by invading Luxembourg and Belgium, then gaining military control of important industrial regions in France
- 9. was an American politician and academic who served as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921
- 11. a French statesman who served as Prime Minister of France from 1906 to 1909 and again from 1917 until 1920
- 12. 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.
- 13. a 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.
- 15. the process by which a country determines its own statehood and forms its own allegiances and government.
- 17. an agreement made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting for a certain time; a truce.
- 18. major theatre of combat during World War I that included operations on the main Russian front as well as campaigns in Romania. The principal belligerents were Russia and Romania (of the Allied and Associated Powers) versus the Central Powers countries of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Bulgaria.
- 19. information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.