World War 1 - so far!

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  1. 2. British battleship launched in 1906 that established the pattern of the turbine-powered, “all-big-gun” warship.
  2. 4. Underground areas that troops dug in order to have somewhere to reconvene and fire their guns during warfare.
  3. 7. Soldiers went here to rest or to wait to go to the front line.
  4. 11. Boards placed on the bottom of trenches to keep the soldier's feet dry and out of the water or mud.
  5. 13. German submarine.
  6. 16. Ruler of Germany during WWI.
  7. 17. A geographical region in Southeast Europe that includes countries such as Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Romania, and Serbia.
  8. 19. Heir apparent to the Austro-Hungarian throne whose assassination in Sarajevo set in motion the events that started World War I.
  9. 21. The area between the front lines of two enemy armies.
  10. 23. Occurs when the feet are wet for long periods of time.
  11. 24. Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy/Ottoman Empire
  12. 25. An act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving.
  13. 26. Truce An unofficial cease fire between the two sides of World War I. In some cases the soldiers from each side met, talked, played soccer, and exchanged gifts.
  14. 27. Germany’s battle strategy that called for a quick defeat of France, then attacking Russia in the east.
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  1. 1. Payment for damages after a war.
  2. 3. A type of naval warfare in which submarines sink merchant ships such as freighters and tankers without warning.
  3. 5. Units in the British Army that grouped men who were friends and had enlisted together.
  4. 6. Slowed down attacking troops. Millions of miles of this was used!
  5. 8. A political orientation of a people or a government to maintain a strong military force and to be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests.
  6. 9. A person who is enlisted into the army whether they want to join or not.
  7. 10. The battle fleet of the German Imperial Navy and saw action during the First World War.
  8. 12. Biggest naval battle in History between Britain and Germany.
  9. 14. Information used and distributed to present one side of an issue.
  10. 15. A terrorist Serbian nationalist group that was responsible for training and arming Gavrilo Princip and others who participated in the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
  11. 18. France, Britain, Russia/USSR
  12. 20. Huge guns that fired explosive or poisonous shells for miles.
  13. 22. An engagement lasting from September 20 to October 12, 1917, in which British forces in Belgium continued to push the Germans back. The fighting was especially miserable because it was carried out during a period of heavy rains.