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  • Created on: 06-03-14 14:55
General who led the British forces at the Battle of the Somme
Haig
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The assassinator of Arch-duke Franz Ferdinand, member of the Serbian group the Black Hand
Gavrilo Princep
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The Treaty that ended WW1
Treaty of Versailles
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Leader of Germany throughout WW1
Kaiser Wilhelm
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The name of the area between each side's trenches
nomansland
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When was there a football match ceasefire?
Christmas
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What month did the war end?
September
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What famous war poet wrote 'In Flanders Fields'?
John McCrae
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The term used when it was compulsory for men to join the army and go to fight?
conscription
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Type of chemical weapon used in WW1 warfare
mustard gas
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Term for when soldiers would charge out of the trenches and run towards the enemy
over the top
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The line stretching from the Belgian coast, through northern France, to the Swiss border; the main location of combat between Allied and German forces
western front
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The psychological illness caused by noise and exposure to fighting
shell shock
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A person who refuses to enlist in the military and/or fight because of their religious or political beliefs
conscientious objector
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The underground areas that troops dug in order to have somewhere to hide and fire their guns during warfare
trenches
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The alliance between Great Britain, France and Russia in the years before and during WWI.
Triple Entente
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The battle where the Germans introduced poison gas
Ypres
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The assassinator of Arch-duke Franz Ferdinand, member of the Serbian group the Black Hand

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Gavrilo Princep

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The Treaty that ended WW1

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Leader of Germany throughout WW1

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The name of the area between each side's trenches

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Fantastic, very good indeed

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