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- 4. a type of combat in which opposing troops fight from trenches facing each other.
- 6. 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. a theater of operations that encompassed at its greatest extent the entire frontier between the Russian Empire and Romania on one side and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Bulgaria, the Ottoman Empire and the German Empire on the other
- 8. 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. a way of sharing food fairly.
- 13. were the countries that together opposed the Axis powers during the Second World War.
- 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 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. 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.
- 20. an international organization, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, created after the First World War to provide a forum for resolving international disputes.
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- 1. used to try to make people think a certain way.
- 2. he 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.
- 3. occurs when submarines attack merchant ships without warning rather than following prize regulations
- 5. a proposal made by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson in a speech before Congress on January 8, 1918, outlining his vision for ending World War I in a way that would prevent such a conflagration from occurring again.
- 9. 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. he last German Emperor and King of Prussia, reigning from 15 June 1888 until his abdication on 9 November 1918
- 12. statesman and journalist who was a dominant figure in the French Third Republic
- 17. an agreement between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy.
- 21. an agreement in which both sides agree to stop fighting