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Terms	Definitions
alliance	formal agreement between two or more nations or powers to cooperate and come to one another's defense
Triple Alliance	Alliance between Germany, Italy, and Austria Hungry
Triple Entente	Alliance between Great Britain, France and Russia
conscription	compulsory military service, draft
militarism	a policy of glorifying military power and keeping an army always ready for war.
nationalism	a strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country
mobilization	act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency
Schlieffen Plan	Germany's military plan where German troops would rapidly defeat France and then move east to attack Russia, avoiding war on two fronts.
propaganda	ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause
stalemate	a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible
trench warfare	Fighting with trenches, mines, and barbed wire. Horrible living conditions, great slaughter, no gains, stalemate, used in WWI.
Live and Let Live	Many troops of both the central and allied powers did not know why they were fighting and therefore did not want to fight. Many soldiers from opposing sides would warn when they were going to drop bombs and grenades onto the enemies trenches so that they could take cover.
Movement and Maneuver	the commanding officers were implementing battle techniques different from what they'd learned
War of Attrition	a war based on wearing the other side down by constant attacks and heavy losses
zeppelin	a large rigid dirigible designed to carry passengers or bombs, a German airship
blockade	a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy
Total War	the channeling of a nation's entire resources into a war effort, involving soldiers and citizens
planned economy	economy that relies on a centralized government to control all or most factors of production and to make all or most production and allocation decisions
Defence of the Realm act	act enacted in Great Britain to deal with domestic instability and anti-war protesters; this act allowed public authorities to arrest those against the war as traitors; later, this act allowed for the censorship of newspapers, the deleting of "objectionable material," and also the suspension of newspaper publication
u-boat	a German submarine that was the first submarine employed in warfare, initially used during WWI
Wilfred Owen	writer of Dulce Es Decorum Est; wrote about horrors of his experiences in WWI
mustard gas	new invention in WWI; a yellow colored gas that was fired at the enemy, caused blindness, damage to the lungs and death
Five-Nines	shells that emitted poison gas, mentioned in Dulce Et Decorum Est
Dulce Es Decorum Est	...Pro Patria Mori" poem written by Wilfred Owen, translated "It is sweet and proper to die for one's country"

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