World War Vocabulary

Trench Warfare

• Civilians living in a system of trenches dug into the ground in order to avoid air strikes

• the making of amends for a wrong one has done, by paying money to or otherwise helping those who have been wronged

• Pushing an opponent into a trench dug into the ground to neutralize them

• combat in which armies fight in a permanent systems of trenches dug into the ground

rapid buildup of military to prepare for war

• imperialism

• militarism

• imperialism

• alliances

war fought from trenches dug into the ground

• dog fights

• trench warfare

• stalemate

• standoff

German submarine

• u-boat

• dreadnought

• zeppelin

an agreement to stop fighting

• trench warfare

• alliance

• armistice

• victory

France, Great Britain, Russia, and eventually the United States

• Allied Powers

• Central Powers

spreading ideas and information to help your cause or hurt the opposing cause

• propaganda

• rumors

• allies

• militarism

A type of warfare characterized by the use of chemical weapons

• Chemical Warfare

• Biological Warfare

• Nuclear Warfare

• Guerrilla Warfare

A large-scale battle fought primarily in the air

• Naval Warfare

• Trench Warfare

• Aerial Warfare

• Guerrilla Warfare

A military strategy aimed at wearing down the enemy through continuous losses in personnel and material

• Attrition Warfare

• Blitzkrieg

• Guerrilla Warfare

• Cyber Warfare