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Across
  1. 5. Took over the terrorist actions of Narodna Odbrana, and worked deliberately at obscuring any distinctions between the two groups, trading on the prestige and network of the older organization.
  2. 7. An agreement to stop fighting
  3. 10. Usually for cowardice in the face of the enemy. 332 British soldiers were executed in the war. A campaign is still running to get these men officially forgiven as "shell shock" victims but was not recognised by the military then as a genuine reason for failing in your duty.
  4. 12. A fleet of submarines
  5. 13. Woodrow Wilsons plan of peace after WWI, which included the creation of the League of Nations
  6. 14. A British passenger ship that was sunk by a german U-boat in 1915
  7. 15. Hard fought American victory over the Germans in France in 1918
  8. 16. The spreading of ideas that help a cause or hurt an opposing cause
  9. 19. Alliance formed by Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy
  10. 22. The right of national groups to own their own territories and have their own forms of government without interference & control by stronger nations
  11. 25. The Turkish military officer who led Turkey to independence in 1921.
  12. 26. Plagued soldiers from all sides in the trenches. Carried disease which could spread to soldiers.
  13. 28. The man who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
  14. 29. Soldiers who fought on foot. Took many casualties from machine gun fire, poison gas and poor and out-of-date tactics, suffered trench warfare.
  15. 33. Led by V. I. Lenin, caused Russia to withdrawl from WWI and ultimately become comunist
  16. 35. Large air ships used by Germany to bomb Britain. Very vulnerable to attack
  17. 36. Another word for spying
  18. 37. Alliance formed by England, France and Russia
Down
  1. 1. International organization formed after WWI as part of the Treaty of Versailles to promote world peace. The US Senate refused to allow the US to join
  2. 2. A formal agreement or treaty between two or more nations to cooperate for specific purposes.
  3. 3. Plan devised by Schlieffen of the Germany Army before the war
  4. 4. A law requiring people of certain age to serve in the military
  5. 5. Most famous WW1 treaty; between Germany and the allied powers in which Germany accepted full responsibility for the war and agreed to pay reparations.
  6. 6. Strip of land between the trenches of opposing armies along the western front during WW1.
  7. 8. Russian emperors
  8. 9. Pride in one's nation.
  9. 11. One of the poison gases used on the Western Front
  10. 15. Defeat of the Germans by French and American troops in France in October 1918
  11. 17. Bonds sold by the United States government to raise money for World War 1
  12. 18. The policy of building up strong armed forces to prepare for war
  13. 20. A group that travels with something, such as a ship to protect it
  14. 21. Austro-Hungarian Archduke assassinated on July 23, 1914
  15. 23. Foot If soldiers could not keep their feet dry, they could get this. It could lead to the more serious gangrene.
  16. 24. March aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation
  17. 25. German emperor
  18. 27. World War 1 alliance led by Austria-Hungary and Germany and later joined by Bulgaria and the Ottoman empire.
  19. 30. Gathering resources and preparing for war.
  20. 31. The area of trenches nearest to the enemy
  21. 32. People who refuse to fight in any war because they believe that war is evil
  22. 34. The policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries, or of acquiring and holding colonies and dependencies.