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10 Cards in this Set
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Mobilize |
prepare and organize (troops) for active service |
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Alliance |
an association formed for mutual benefit, especially between countries |
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Neutrality |
not supporting or helping either side in a conflict |
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Modernize |
to update or to renovate |
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Trench warfare |
type of combat in which opposing troops fight from ditches facing each other |
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Retreat |
to withdraw from enemy forces as a result of their superior power or after a defeat |
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Counterattack |
an assault made in response to one by an enemy or opponent |
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Casualties |
people killed or injured in a war or accident |
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Reconnaissance |
military observation of a region to locate or examine an enemy |
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Encircle |
to surround or enclose |
