WWI Decoder

 

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River in France and site of two WWI battles, in 1914 and 1918

Empire spanning central and eastern Europe, dissolved after the war

Britain's First Lord of the Admiralty, 1911-1915

Field Marshal who commanded the British Expeditionary Force from 1915 to the end of the war

Outbreak of this disease immediately after the war infected 500 million people

This body of water was the main theatre for naval action

Britain inflicted this punishment on 332 soldiers for desertion

One of the bloodiest battles in human history, and site of the worst day in the history of the British Army

German Kaiser during the war

British nurse _____ Cavell, known for helping both sides indiscriminately

Stretch of supposedly uncrossable land between enemy lines

Armoured fighting vehicle that saw its first main use in WWI

Period of severe food shortages inflicted on German cities in 1916-17 by the British navy

Empire that lost 20% of its prewar population, giving it the highest death toll of all belligerents

The 400-mile front spanning from the North Sea to the Swiss border

The signing of this brought an end to conflict between the Allies and Germany

Country which pulled out of the war early following a revolution

Forested region of Belgium and site of one of the first WWI battles

 

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The last Emperor of All Russia before his abdication

The naval Battle of Jutland took place off the coast of this country

Poison gas first used by the Germans in WWI

A substitute good, inferior to the one it replaces; often referring to foodstuffs

This African country, known as German South-West Africa, passed into South African ownership during WWI

Turkish peninsula and site of disastrous Allied campaign

Belgian port held by the Germans, subject to two Allied naval assaults

Type of ditch dug to protect troops

Field-Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck remarked that Britain couldn't have come through WWI and WWII if they hadn't had the army from this colonial property

The rise of this ideology across Europe has been partly blamed for WWI

Title of the king of Russia during WWI

German defensive line built during 1916-1917

Alliance consisting of France, Russia, and the UK: the Triple _______

New country founded by the German Revolution immediately following the war

Army corps consisting of troops from two Southern Hemisphere nations of the British Empire

Site of five battles between German and Allied armies, resulting in hundreds of thousands of casualties

 

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