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World War 1 Vocab.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Eastern Front | The region along the German-Russian border where Russians and Serbs battled Germans, Austrians, and Turks |
| Militarism | A policy or glorifying military power and keeping a standing army always prepared for war |
| Propaganda | Information or material spread to advance a cause or to damage an opponent's cause |
| Rationing | The limiting of the amounts of goods people can buy-often imposed by governments during wartime, when goods are in short supply |
| Schlieffen Plan | Germany's military plan at the outbreak of WW1, according to which German troops would rapidly defeat France then move east to attack Russia |
| Total War | A conflict in which the participating countries devote all their resources to the war effort |
| Trench Warfare | A form of warfare in which opposing armies fight each other from trenches dug in the battle field |
| Triple Alliance | A military alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy in the years preceding WW1 |
| Triple Entente | A military alliance between Great Britain, France, and Russia in the years preceding WW1 |
| Unrestricted Submarine Warfare | The use of submarines to sink without warning any ship, found in enemy's waters |
| Western Front | The region of northern France where the forces of the allies and the central powers battles each other |
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