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- 5. describes the informal understanding between the Russian Empire, the French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
- 8. a statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I.
- 10. a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico if the United States entered World War I against Germany.
- 13. a UK-registered ocean liner that was torpedoed by an Imperial German Navy U-boat during the First World War
- 14. War 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.
- 16. - WWI It was a prolonged naval operation conducted by the Allied Powers, especially Great Britain, during and after World War I to restrict the maritime supply of goods to the Central Powers
- 18. peace document signed at the end of World War I by the Allied and associated powers and by Germany in the Hall of Mirrors
- 21. a type of combat in which opposing troops fight from trenches facing each other.
- 22. a name given after the First World War to German war plans
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- 1. an agreement made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting for a certain time; a truce.
- 2. a type of rigid airship named after the German inventor Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin who pioneered rigid airship development at the beginning of the 20th century
- 3. a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
- 4. 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. information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.
- 7. an aerial battle between fighter aircraft, conducted at close range
- 9. of Attrition a prolonged war or period of conflict during which each side seeks to gradually wear out the other by a series of small-scale actions.
- 11. 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.
- 12. was the opening article of the reparations section of the Treaty of Versailles, which ended the First World War between the German Empire and the Allied and Associated Powers.
- 15. a union or association formed for mutual benefit, especially between countries or organizations.
- 17. the state of not supporting or helping either side in a conflict, disagreement
- 19. a situation in which further action or progress by opposing or competing parties seems impossible.
- 20. a levy on a defeated country forcing it to pay some of the war costs of the winning countries.