World War I

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  1. 2. A rapid-fire, automatic weapon
  2. 4. The peace treaty signed in June 1919 that formally ended the war. It placed full blame for the war on Germany
  3. 5. A British passenger liner sunk by a German U-boat in May 1915
  4. 9. A formal agreement to stop fighting. It was signed between the Allies and Germany at 5:00 AM on November 11, 1918
  5. 12. The Prime Minister of France (1917–1920)
  6. 13. This telegram was a secret communication from Germany to Mexico proposing a military alliance
  7. 15. The U.S. President during WWI
  8. 16. The longest battle of WWI, fought between French and German forces. It resulted in over 700,000 casualties
  9. 18. Intense pride in one's nation
  10. 22. Second Battle here was The final major German offensive
  11. 23. Large-caliber guns that used high-explosive shells, shrapnel, and new recoil systems to fire further and much faster than previous cannons
  12. 26. The use of German submarines (U-boats) to sink any merchant ship in a designated war zone
  13. 27. Germany's execution of the Schlieffen Plan required marching through this neutral country
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  1. 1. The main form of combat on the Western Front
  2. 3. An unsuccessful Allied campaign to seize the Dardanelles Strait
  3. 6. Germany's pre-war operational plan to quickly defeat France
  4. 7. The policy of extending a country's power and influence through colonization
  5. 8. Woodrow Wilson's peace plan and the formation of the League of Nations
  6. 10. The last Emperor of Russia.
  7. 11. Battle infamous for the horrific casualties: on the first day alone, the British suffered 57,000 casualties
  8. 14. Assassination of this Austrian Archduke led to start of WWI
  9. 17. Following the assassination, Austria-Hungary issued a harsh set of demands to Serbia.
  10. 19. The 1917 Russian Revolution led to the collapse of the Tsarist regime. The new Bolshevik government signed this treaty with the Central Powers
  11. 20. The last German Emperor (Kaiser)
  12. 21. A system of formal agreements between nations for mutual defense
  13. 24. Manfred von Richthofen
  14. 25. The policy of building up strong armed forces and aggressively preparing for war.
  15. 28. This A critical early Allied victory where French and British forces stopped the German advance near Paris