Trench Slang
Vocabulary
Causes
People
Weapons and attack
100
Cooties is trench slang for this
What is Lice
100
Is a knife, dagger, sword, or spike-shaped weapon designed to fit in, on, over or underneath the muzzle of a rifle
What is bayonet
100
The rapid building up of one's army
What is Militarism
100
The emperor of Germany
Who is Kaiser Wilhelm II
100
People who would hide in fake trees in No Man's Land
What are snipers
200
A WWI ration truck
What is Aunt Sally
200
Soldiers stood on the fire step early in the morning waiting for an attack.
What is "Stand to"
200
Count Berchtold
What is Significant individuals
200
A Serbian Nationalist group
Who is The Black Hand
200
It could take up to a year to set up this type of attack.
What is tunneling
300
Sauerkraut
What is liberty cabbage
300
Soldiers would fire their weapons to relieve stress.
What is "Morning Hate"
300
The assassination of this man was the spark that started WWI
Who is Franz Ferdinand?
300
The first country to use chlorine and mustard gas
Who was Germany
300
Going out late at night with only 3 or 4 men to listen in on the enemy trenches.
What is a trench raid
400
Cigarettes
What are coffin nails
400
After an hour soldier would break for breakfast.
What is "Stand down"
400
An example is Serbs not wanting to be part of Austria any longer.
What is Nationalism
400
German Prime Minister who gave very strong support to Austria during the July crisis while Kaiser was cruising on his yacht
Who is Bethmann Hollweg
400
Weapon that used pressurized air, carbon dioxide or nitrogen to force oil through a nozzle
What is a flame thrower
500
Ace
What is a WWI flying ace with 5 or more planes shot down
500
Soldiers would climb over the parapet and charge into No Man's Land
What is going "Over the Top"
500
An example of Imperialism
What is European powers having colonies in Africa
500
Man who assasinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Who is Gavrilo Princip
500
Predominant type of 20th-century battleship built by the British
What is a dreadnought
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