World War 1

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  1. 6. The longest and most bloodiest battle in the war.
  2. 7. The alliance between Britain, France, and Russia during the war.
  3. 9. The war tactic that became famous during World War 1 and was first used at the First Battle of the Marne; this lengthened the duration of the war from months to years.
  4. 13. The area of land between two hostile trenches, across which artillery and gun fire and ground assaults were launched.
  5. 15. The message sent by Germany to Mexico in order to convince them to engage the US in conflict if they violate their proclamation of neutrality.
  6. 17. A belief that the Slavic peoples of the Balkans and southern Europe should form their own independent, unified nation.
  7. 19. The kind of naval warfare that Germany was most famous for using during the war, especially against Great Britain.
  8. 21. The surprise French attack on the Germans marching through France that proved that the Western front would not be an easy win.
  9. 23. A period where two or more nations engage in the rapid production of military technology and equipment, usually in response or rivalry to each other.
  10. 27. The country that declared war on Germany due to the violation of neutrality of a country between Germany and France.
  11. 28. The archduke of Austria-Hungary who was the presumptive heir to the royal throne. His assassination in Sarajevo led to the ultimately causation of World War I.
  12. 29. The battle of the war in which tanks were first introduced.
  13. 30. Material intended to persuade or invoke an emotional response, often through distortion or misrepresentation.
  14. 32. A large region of south-eastern Europe, bordered by Austria-Hungary to the north, the Black Sea to the east, the Mediterranean Sea to the south and the Adriatic Sea to the west. Nations in the Balkans include Serbia, Bosnia, Greece and Montenegro.
  15. 33. A temporary suspension of hostilities in a war, often while a peace treaty is being negotiated.
  16. 34. The British ocean liner that was sunk by a German U-boat and provoked American neutrality.
  17. 35. One sided conflicts against undeveloped or inferior forces, waged to gain control of a colonial possession.
  18. 37. A Serbian nationalist group, formed in 1901 and particularly active after 1908. Among their objectives were the removal of Austrian control in Bosnia and the formation of a ‘Greater Serbia’ for Slavic people in the Balkans.
  19. 38. The Russian Tsar that abdicated his throne during the war.
  20. 39. The treaty that ended World War 1.
  21. 40. The last nation to involve themselves in the war by declaring it on Germany.
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  1. 1. The agenda that the Germans had planned in order to quickly defeat the French on the Western front and attend to the intimidating Russians to the east.
  2. 2. The country who had been declared war upon first.
  3. 3. The peace treaty between Russia and the Triple Alliance.
  4. 4. The body of water which was declared a military area by Great Britain, effectively creating a blockade of goods to Germany.
  5. 5. The overthrow of the former Russian government.
  6. 8. The Serbian assassin of the Austrian Archduke.
  7. 10. The type of submarine warfare used by Germany in 1915 that included attacks on all military as well as merchant boats going to Britain.
  8. 11. The communist leader of the Bolsheviks that takes over Russia.
  9. 12. The first use of this gas by the Germans during World War I.
  10. 14. The title for the ruler of Germany
  11. 16. The nickname of the legendary German flying ace.
  12. 18. The country that declared war shortly after the assassination of the Archduke.
  13. 20. The country that mobilized to protect the country who had been declared war upon.
  14. 22. The alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy.
  15. 24. The US president that officially announced their neutrality.
  16. 25. The country that immediately declared war upon the country that had begun to mobilize, as well as France and neutral Belgium; annexed the former country of Prussia.
  17. 26. An aerial battle between aircraft.
  18. 31. A collective term for large calibre mobile guns, capable of firing explosive shells that cause considerable destruction.
  19. 36. A higher ranking member of the military.