World War I Crossword

ideas spread to influence public opinion
A form of warfare in which opposing armies fight each other from trenches dug in the battlefield.
A strip of land between the trenches of opposing armies along the Western Front during WW1
A conflict in which the participating countries devote all their resources to the war effort
A strategy drawn up by Germany to avoid fighting a war on two fronts
In WWI, the region along the German-Russian Border where Russians and Serbs battled Germans, Austrians, and Turks
in WWI, the region of northern France where the forces of the Allies and the Central Powers battled each other
A demand or threat that is final
A military alliance between Great Britain, France, and Russia in the years preceding World War I.
A military alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire.
A temporary peace agreement to end fighting
Treaty that ended WW I. It blamed Germany for WW I and handed down harsh punishment.
an international organization formed in 1920 to promote cooperation and peace among nations
As part of the Treaty of Versailles, Germany was ordered to pay fines to the Allies to repay the costs of the war. Opposed by the U.S., it quickly lead to a severe depression in Germany.
A military alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy in the years preceding World War I
The alliance system in Europe was a major cause of World War 1.
28th president of the United States, known for World War I leadership, Treaty of Versailles, sought 14 points post-war plan, League of Nations (but failed to win U.S. ratification), won Nobel Peace Prize
militaristic and nationalistic leader of Germany during the last decade of the 1800's and most of WWI
A coded message sent by Germany to try to get Mexico to attack the US
A deadlock in which neither side is able to defeat the other.
July 28, 1914 - November 11, 1918
A series of proposals in which U.S. president Woodrow Wilson outlined a plan for achieving a lasting peace after World War I.
A policy that the Germans announced on January 1917 which stated that their submarines would sink any ship in the British waters
Wilhelm II or William II was the last German Emperor and King of Prussia, ruling the German Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia from 15 June 1888 to 9 November 1918 and cousin the Edward VII
book by Norman Angell first published in Great Britain in 1910 about the growing rivalry between England and Germany. It was translated into 11 different languages
the siege of Liege
a high ranking senior military officer in the army
The longest battle of WWI at a French fort
German submarine - u boat is short of the German word, Unterseeboot (Under Sea Boat)
The Battle of the Marne was a First World War battle fought from 5-12 September 1914. It resulted in an Allied victory against the German Army
was laid out between the trenches to slow down advancing enemy forces
was a program for settling German reparations debts after World War I written in 1929 and formally adopted in 1930
is an international port city on Belgium's River Scheldt
12-14 April 1915 was between British forces and Ottoman forces that were trying to retake the city of Basra from the British
The Treaty of Versailles (French: Traité de Versailles) was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers
as proposed by the Dawes Committee, chaired by Charles G. Dawes) was an attempt in 1924 to solve the World War I reparations problem, which had bedeviled international politics following World War I and the Treaty of Versailles.
was a commander of French forces in the early days of World War I.
(31 January 1869 - 1 September 1935) was a French politician and general. He served as Minister of War at the start of the First World War
in World War I traces Belgium's role between the German invasion in 1914, through the continued military resistance and occupation of the territory by German forces, known as the Rape of Belgium, to the armistice in 1918, as well as the role it played in the international war effort through its African colony and small force on the Eastern Front. It tried to stay neutral, however, since is was in the path of Germany's invasion to France, got caught up in the war.
Frederick II (German) 24 January 1712 - 17 August 1786) was King of Prussia from 1740 until 1786.[1] Frederick's achievements during his reign included his military victories, his reorganization of Prussian armies, his patronage of the Arts and the Enlightenment in Prussia, and his final success against great odds in the Seven Years' War. He became known as Frederick the Great (Friedrich der Große) and was nicknamed Der Alte Fritz ("Old Fritz") by the Prussian people.