Across
- 2. Telegram encouraging Mexico to attack the United States
- 6. Agreement that removed Russia from World War I
- 7. Alliance of Britain, France, and Russia
- 8. Military draft used by many European nations
- 9. Deadly new weapon first widely used in World War I
- 16. Russian ruling family overthrown during the revolution
- 17. Rapid preparation of troops for war
- 20. German underwater warship
- 21. Alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy
- 24. Archduke whose assassination sparked World War I
- 25. Communist revolutionary leader in Russia
- 27. Military buildup before the war
- 28. German war plan involving a quick strike through Belgium
- 29. Battle known for enormous casualties on both sides
- 30. System of deep defensive ditches used on the Western Front
Down
- 1. Long battle that became a symbol of French resistance
- 3. President of the United States during World War I
- 4. Western European country invaded to reach France
- 5. Pride and devotion to one’s nation
- 10. Battle that stopped the German advance toward Paris
- 11. Area between enemy trench lines
- 12. Policy of extending a nation’s power overseas
- 13. Ocean liner sunk by German submarines
- 14. International organization proposed by Wilson
- 15. Poisonous battlefield weapon introduced during the war
- 18. Assassination location of Franz Ferdinand
- 19. Country blamed for the war in the Treaty of Versailles
- 22. Region in southeastern Europe known as the “powder keg”
- 23. Country that invaded Belgium in 1914
- 26. Treaty that officially ended World War I