World War 1 Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• submarines : german u-boats
• colonies : germany lost its _ in africa and asia
• armistice : agreement to stop shooting
• italy : this country switched sides during the war
• tank : new weapon armored vehicle
• france : triple entente - england, _ , and russia
• somme : battle of the _ - british lost 600,000, germans lost 500,000. tanks were used for the first time.
• guilt : war _ clause - germany had to admit wwi was their fault
• lorraine : germany had to give alsace- _ to france after the war
• trench : wwi was the first time soldiers fought mainly in a _
• zipper : new clothes fastening that made us army uniforms quicker to do up
• plastic : this type of surgery owes a lot of its development to ww1
• princip : gavrilo _ assassinated franz ferdinand
• firestep : soldiers stood on this to fire across the their guns
• periscope : used to see over the top of the trench
• helmet : this item led to an increase in head injuries
• pilates : this was used to keep the strength of the soldiers up when living in the trenches
• shellshock : now known as ptsd, this severe mental health condition was caused by the extreme horrors of warfare