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Hint
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Answer
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M
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River in France and site of two WWI battles, in 1914 and 1918
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Marne
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A
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Empire spanning central and eastern Europe, dissolved after the war
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Austria-Hungary
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C
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Britain's First Lord of the Admiralty, 1911-1915
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Churchill
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H
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Field Marshal who commanded the British Expeditionary Force from 1915 to the end of the war
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Haig
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I
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Outbreak of this disease immediately after the war infected 500 million people
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Influenza
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N
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This body of water was the main theatre for naval action
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North Sea
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E
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Britain inflicted this punishment on 332 soldiers for desertion
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Execution
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S
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One of the bloodiest battles in human history, and site of the worst day in the history of the British Army
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Somme
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W
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German Kaiser during the war
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Wilhelm II
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E
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British nurse _____ Cavell, known for helping both sides indiscriminately
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Edith
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N
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Stretch of supposedly uncrossable land between enemy lines
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No Man's Land
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T
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Armoured fighting vehicle that saw its first main use in WWI
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Tank
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T
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Period of severe food shortages inflicted on German cities in 1916-17 by the British navy
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Turnip Winter
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O
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Empire that lost 20% of its prewar population, giving it the highest death toll of all belligerents
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Ottoman
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W
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The 400-mile front spanning from the North Sea to the Swiss border
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Western Front
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A
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The signing of this brought an end to conflict between the Allies and Germany
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Armistice
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R
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Country which pulled out of the war early following a revolution
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Russia
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A
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Forested region of Belgium and site of one of the first WWI battles
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Ardennes
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N
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The last Emperor of All Russia before his abdication
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Nicholas II
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D
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The naval Battle of Jutland took place off the coast of this country
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Denmark
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M
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Poison gas first used by the Germans in WWI
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Mustard
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E
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A substitute good, inferior to the one it replaces; often referring to foodstuffs
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Ersatz
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N
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This African country, known as German South-West Africa, passed into South African ownership during WWI
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Namibia
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G
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Turkish peninsula and site of disastrous Allied campaign
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Gallipoli
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O
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Belgian port held by the Germans, subject to two Allied naval assaults
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Ostend
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T
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Type of ditch dug to protect troops
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Trench
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I
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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
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India
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N
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The rise of this ideology across Europe has been partly blamed for WWI
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Nationalism
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T
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Title of the king of Russia during WWI
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Tsar
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H
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German defensive line built during 1916-1917
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Hindenburg Line
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E
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Alliance consisting of France, Russia, and the UK: the Triple _______
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Entente
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W
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New country founded by the German Revolution immediately following the war
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Weimar Republic
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A
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Army corps consisting of troops from two Southern Hemisphere nations of the British Empire
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Anzac
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Y
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Site of five battles between German and Allied armies, resulting in hundreds of thousands of casualties
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Ypres
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Quote
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Machines went to war and men got in the way
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