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By _____ the years of Trench warfare had exhausted the Allied armies.
1917
To ensure that needed ________ reached Great Britain, The U. S. Navy helped the British destroy and protect against German submarines.
supplies
The Allies used _________, in which teams of navy ships sailed side-by-side with merchant ships across the Atlantic Ocean.
convoys
The arrival of _________ troops also helped offset the loss of Russia from the _______ cause.
american, allied
In March 1917, _________ ___ had given up his throne as czar, or ruler, in Russia's first revolution.
nicholas II
In November 1917, riots broke out over the new Russian government's handling of the war and the scarcity of ____ and _____.
food and fuel
A group called the _________ overthrew this government led by Vadimir ______.
Bolshevik,lenin
In March 1918, Lenin signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with _________.
germany
Russia's withdrawal allowed the Germans to move thousands of troops from the Eastern Front to the _________ Front. The line separating the warring armies near the French-German border.
western
In May 1917, General John J. __________ became the supreme commander of what was called the American __________ Force (AEF), the American army in Europe.
pershing,expiditiary
The French and British wanted to use the American soldiers to build up their own troops. However General Pershing refused. He preferred to keep the AEF a ___________ fighting force.
separte
American soldiers were nicknamed "doughboys" because the _________ on their uniforms resembled boiled dumplings, a popular food. And their helmets looked like something mom would make bread out of.
buttons
They saw their first serious fighting in ________ 1918, when the AEF helped turn back German forces at Chateau-_________ on the Marne river east of Paris.
thierry
The American troops then advanced to _______ Wood. For the next three weeks doughboys battled around the clock through the forest against a solid wall of machine-gun fire.
belleau
In mid-September, a half-million American soldiers defeated the Germans at ________-Mihiel.
saint
Later that month, more than 1 million American troops joined the Allies in the Battle of the ________ Forest. It became the biggest attack in American history.
argonne
The Battle of the Argonne Forest raged for nearly _______ weeks.
seven
Many soldiers died. Yet, by early November the _______ had won the battle.
allies
The Germans now faced an __________ of their own country.
invasion
Eddie _______________ was a captain in the 94th Aero Squadron. He fought 134 air battles and shot down 26 enemy aircraft.
rickenbarker
During the fighting at Argonne Forest, Corporal Alvin _____ killed several German soldiers and took _______ prisoners.
york,132
While Germany struggled on the Western Front, its allies faced defeat elsewhere. By early November, the governments of ________-Hungary and the __________ __________ had surrendered to the Allied Powers.
austri, ottoman empire
On October 4, 1918, the German government asked President Wilson for an __________, an agreement to end the fighting.
armistile
Wilson consented, but only under certain _________.
Germany had to _________ his plan for peace and promise not to renew _________.
All German troops had to leave ________ and ________.
Finally, Wilson said he would only deal with ___________ government leaders.
conditions,accept,fighting,belgium,france,nonmillitary
On November 9, Germany became a _________. The leaders of Germany's new government ________ to President Wilson's terms for an armistice.
republic,agreed
The Armistice began on ___________ 11, 1918 - at the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month.
november
What had been called the ________ ______ - the most destructive conflict in human history to that time - was over at last.
Great War
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