Complete Clue List
Across
1. UK ladies' flying corps (abbr.)
4. Area that is called the powderkeg of WWI
8. Extra troops that are trained and available if needed (abbr.)
9. His assassination began the war
11. A commander or governor in the Ottoman Empire
13. A dogfight took place in the ___
14. Where the armistice was signed
15. A Portuguese coin circa 1430-1911
16. Word preceding either Alliance or Entente
18. Warfront: Russia vs. Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, Germany, Bulgaria
20. ___ Baron
21. Air ___
24. An ally's sea force (abbr.)
25. A way to identify all soldiers (abbr.)
26. Type of warfare on the Western Front
27. It can be either chlorine or mustard
28. Pilot who shot down 5 planes
29. U.S. Army Officer ___ Alva Helmick
30. Five-month battle of British volunteers
32. Another name for WWI is the Great ___
34. Collected to provide food for wounded British soldiers
36. Mounted troops (abbr.)
38. German submarine
42. Countries compete to see who can acquire the most and best weapons (2 words)
43. The "U" in USSR
Down
1. "Wartime Poet" Yeats' initials
2. French general
3. Created messy living conditions in the trenches
5. Soldiers in the trenches may have enjoyed this alcoholic beverage - or rum!
6. Old English/Scottish term for jay
7. Princip was a Bosnian and ___ nationalist
8. Commonwealth heavy weapon division (abbr.)
9. Truce or ceasefire
10. Wilhelm II was emperor or ___ of Germany
12. First important Allied victory saved Paris
14. Zimmermann ___
16. Title of Nicholar II
17. Country entered war in 1917 (abbr.)
19. Country left war in 1917
22. Understanding between England, France, and Russia
23. WWI PTSD, ___ Shock
24. Leaving without authorization (abbr.)
27. Material used to make military trash cans and buckets (abbr.)
28. Another word for front or place of fighting
31. A popular song was "___ There"
33. Cause of disease in the trenches
35. Trench mouth was a ___ disease
37. Slang for German soldier
39. Vickers Experimental Fighting ___plane 1
40. Chorus of "The Guns" - ___-plonk! ___-plonk!
41. Commonwealth sea reinforcement