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Fit; in top form
Explanation: By 1916 the British War Office had created an ABC system of classification for the Department of Recruiting. Each category was then graded in a scale of 1 to 3. A-1 men were fit for general service overseas. |
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| A fighter pilot who had shot down at least 5 enemy planes |
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| A war of attrition is a war when each side seeks to wear the other out |
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| A large German artillery piece--named for the daughter of Alfred Krupp, the German a German arms manufacturer |
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| A nonrigid airship used for observation |
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| To do something not done before (Probably an allusion to digging a new trench) |
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| Fortification set mostly below ground level with overhead protection |
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| Uniforms and equipment that are made harder to see |
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| Slang for stopping, failing, passing out or dying---Originated in the American Air Service, conk being the last sound an engine makes before it ceases operating |
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| Air combat at close quarters---Based on the scrambling, twisting appearance of air warfare from the ground |
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| Nickname for US soldier--donuts were once called doughboys, but this is probably from the term doughhead--meaning stupid--calvary soldiers called infantry soldiers this to insult them |
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| A conscription soldier (one who did not volunteer) |
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| Just is time and at the last moment--The armistice of WW1 came into effect at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month |
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| A slang term for Frenchman---coming from 'frogeater'(people in France eat frog legs) |
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| Slang for drunk -- from the disorienting effects of a gas attack |
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| Secret; used in the war to describe topsecret operations |
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| From the word Germany--a nickname for a German soldier |
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| Control handle or lever for machinery |
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| The region between the opposing trenches |
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| A small insignificant person |
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| Specially trained German assault troops used in their 1918 Offensives |
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| Out of control (like an airplane spinning towards the ground) |
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| A belted waterproof coat that officers wore in the trenches |
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| A German submarine---from the German word Unterseeboot, meaning under the sea boat |
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| In serious difficulties--like a soldier facing a firing squad and standing against a wall |
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| A critical time. This was the term used for the starting time of a military operation |
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