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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. t stretched from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Black Sea in the south, involved most of Eastern Europe
- 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. allow each person to have only a fixed amount of (a particular commodity).
- 13. a state formally cooperating with another for a military or other purpose.
- 14. 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.
- 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 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. a 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").
- 5. a statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I.
- 9. informal understanding between the Russian Empire, the French Third Republic and Great Britain.
- 10. the last German Emperor and King of Prussia, reigning from 15 June 1888 until his abdication on 9 November 1918.
- 12. a French statesman who served as Prime Minister of France from 1906 to 1909 and again from 1917 until 1920.
- 17. a secret agreement between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy that was formed on the 20th of May 1882.
- 21. an agreement made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting for a certain time; a truce.