Across
- 2. a French statesman who served as Prime Minister of France from 1906 to 1909 and again from 1917 until 1920.
- 7. a type of naval warfare in which submarines sink vessels such as freighters and tankers without warning.
- 9. 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.
- 10. an international organization, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, created after the First World War to provide a forum for resolving international disputes.
- 13. the main theatre of war during the First World War.
- 14. the most important of the peace treaties that brought World War I to an end.
- 18. the controlled distribution of scarce resources, goods, services, or an artificial restriction of demand.
- 19. military conflict in which the contenders are willing to make any sacrifice in lives and other resources to obtain a complete victory.
- 20. the last German Emperor and King of Prussia.
- 21. the process by which a country determines its own statehood and forms its own allegiances and government.
Down
- 1. a group of nations fighting against the Allied Powers during World War I.
- 3. an agreement made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting for a certain time.
- 4. a name given after the First World War to German war plans.
- 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.
- 6. a theatre of conflict between the European Axis powers against the Soviet Union.
- 8. the first war in which mass media and propaganda played a significant role in keeping the people at home informed about what was occurring on the battlefields.
- 11. the countries that together opposed the Axis powers during the Second World War.
- 12. a type of combat in which opposing troops fight from trenches facing each other.
- 15. a secret agreement between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy that was formed on the 20th of May 1882.
- 16. an American politician and academic who served as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921.
- 17. describes the informal understanding between the Russian Empire, the French Third Republic and Great Britain.