Weapons
a fully automatic, rifled autoloading firearm designed for sustained direct fire with rifle cartridges.
Machine gun
a class of heavy military ranged weapons that launch munitions far beyond the range and power of infantry firearms.
artillery
In the Pas-de-Calais department of France, during the First World War. The main combatants were the four divisions of the Canadian Corps in the First Army, against three divisions of the German 6th Army.
Battle of Vimy Ridge
It is an area in which important military events occur or are in progress. A theatre can include the entirety of the airspace, land and sea area that is or that may potentially become involved in war operations.
a theatre
why were the children killed?
a long-barreled firearm designed for accurate shooting, with a barrel that has a helical pattern of grooves cut into the bore wall.
Rifle
what forced the armies on the Western Front to dig trenches to protect themselves.
machine guns
The Battle of the Plains of Abraham, also known as the Battle of Quebec, was a pivotal battle in the Seven Years' War.
Battle of Quebec
the First World War was a bittersweet experience. Although it ended with the defeat of the German High Seas Fleet, Britain's Grand Fleet did not claim the decisive victory over its German counterpart for which public opinion clamoured. There was no repeat of the Battle of Trafalgar.
Western Front
Which Romanov child survived?
Grand Duchess Anastasia
an armoured fighting vehicle intended as a primary offensive weapon in front-line ground combat.
A Tank
Sometimes the soldiers just dug the trenches straight into the ground. This method was called...
entrenching
The first major engagement Canadians took part in was the Second Battle of Ypres from April–May 1915.
Second Battle of Ypres
is best known for the multi-year Siege of Leningrad and the bloody Battle of Stalingrad, but it was also the site of the largest armored confrontation of all time.
Eastern Front
Why were the daughters hair shaved?
because after measles much of their hair fell out.
A flamethrower is a ranged incendiary device designed to project a controllable jet of fire.
Flamethrower
The land between the two enemy trench lines was called "..." This land was sometimes covered with barbed wire and land mines. The enemy trenches were generally around 50 to 250 yards apart.
No man's land
This war was one of the first battles of the Pacific War in World War II. On the same morning as the attack on Pearl Harbor, forces of the Empire of Japan attacked the British Crown colony of Hong Kong, without declaring war against the British Empire.
The battle of Hong Kong
involved a series of battles at the border between Austria-Hungary and Italy, fought between 1915 and 1918 in the course of World War I.
Italian Front
Why weren't the Romanovs saved?
political tension
A mortar is usually a simple, lightweight, man-portable, muzzle-loaded weapon, consisting of a smooth-bore metal tube fixed to a base plate with a lightweight bipod mount and a sight.
Mortar
Some trenches were reinforced with wood beams or sandbags. The bottom of the trench was usually covered with wooden boards called "..."
duckboards
Operation Jubilee or the Dieppe Raid was an Allied amphibious attack on the German-occupied port of Dieppe in northern France, during the Second World War.
Dieppe Raid
The Allies suffered over 220,000 casualties out of a force of nearly 500,000. From their point of view, the campaign was a disaster.
Gallipoli
How old was Anastasia when she died?
17 years old