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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.
- 7. 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
- 8. 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. The Allies of World War I or Entente Powers were the coalition of countries led by France, Britain, Russia, Italy and Japan against the Central Powers of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria during the First World War.
- 14. an American politician and academic who served as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921
- 15. 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. meaning that a nation can seek to create its own independent government or state.
- 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 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 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. first introduced in World War I in early 1915, when Germany declared the area around the British Isles a war zone, in which all merchant ships, including those from neutral countries, would be attacked by the German navy.
- 5. a statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I.
- 9. the informal understanding between the Russian Empire, the French Third Republic and Great Britain.
- 10. the last German Emperor and King of Prussia
- 12. a French statesman who served as Prime Minister of France from 1906 to 1909 and again from 1917 until 1920
- 17. an agreement between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. It was formed on 20 May 1882 and renewed periodically until it expired in 1915 during World War I.
- 21. an agreement made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting for a certain time