World War I

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#	Answer	Appearances	Sample Clue
1	the Lusitania	5	On May 7, 1915 this British liner was sunk by the German submarine U-20, killing 1200 people
2	Gallipoli	4	There were more than 200,000 British casualties in the attempt to take this peninsula along the Dardanelles
3	the Treaty of Versailles	4	This 1919 treaty ending the war provided for putting the Kaiser on trial
4	Eddie Rickenbacker	4	Baron von Richthofen was Germany's top air ace; he was America's
5	John J. Pershing	4	When he arrived in France, this AEF leader laid a wreath on the tomb of the Marquis de Lafayette
6	Russia	3	In 1917, U.S. entered the war, but this power pulled out of it due to internal problems
7	no man's land	3	Nobody wanted to be caught dead there, so area between forward & rear trenches was called this
8	Belgium	3	Britain entered the war when Germany marched against France by way of this neutral country
9	Austria-Hungary	3	After World War I, this empire was divided among 7 nations
10	a trench	3	One of these on the front lines was typically 6 to 8 feet deep & wide enough for 2 men to pass
11	Zeppelins	2	About 40 of these German airships were shot down in combat during the War
12	Verdun	2	There were over 600,000 casualties in the 1916 battle for this French city
13	Turkey	2	Lawrence of Arabia conducted guerilla warfare against this country' forces
14	the Dardanelles	2	In 1915 the Allies failed by land & by sea to win control of this strait between the Aegean & the Sea of Marmara
15	Sergeant York	2	For capturing 132 Germans near Chatel-Chehery, France, this American was awarded the Medal of Honor
16	Sarajevo	2	The war was sparked by the killing of an Austrian archduke in this city that was besieged in 1992
17	poison gas	2	In 1915, Germany 1st employed this now illegal weapon at the 2nd Battle of Ypres
18	Nicholas II	2	In September 1915 this czar replaced his cousin as Russian commander-in-chief
19	Mexico	2	The secret "Zimmerman Note" advocated German alliance w/ this W. Hemisphere country
20	David Lloyd George	2	This British prime minister signed the Treaty of Versailles for his country
21	Churchill	2	As First Lord of the Admiralty, this future British prime minister took the blame for the debacle at Gallipoli
22	Canada	2	In 1917 Allied troops from this North American country stormed up Vimy Ridge in a legendary charge
23	Big Bertha	2	The German gun "Long Max" was not as famous as this alliterative Krupp product
24	Alvin York	2	It was as a corporal that this famed sergeant performed his heroics
25	a Zeppelin	2	In the 1st raid of its kind in history, the British town of Yarmouth was bombed in 1915 by a German one of these
26	All Quiet on the Western Front	2	"The Road Back" was Erich Maria Remarque's sequel to this novel
27	to strafe	2	Adapted from German, this word originally meant to punish but soon came to mean to shoot at the ground from the air
28	the tank	2	Invented by Sir Ernest Swinton in Eng., this weapon was 1st used in 1916 Battle of the Somme
29	the Allies	2	Side supported by Japan
30	Herbert Hoover	2	He organized massive food relief for many countries and later became U.S. president
31	Hindenburg	2	(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Nat'l WWI Museum & Memorial in Kansas City, MO.) The tunic & cap belonged to this Prussian aristocrat who led...
32	Georges Clemenceau	2	This French premier represented his country at the Paris Peace Conference