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 628 General History of Europe make reprisals. English and French airmen dropped bombs on the more accessible German towns, Freiburg, Karlsruhe, and Mannheim, and many military places. QUESTIONS I. What led Germany to attack Belgium ? Trace the advance of the German armies into France. Describe Germany's treatment of Bel- gium during her occupation of the country. Give some account of the course of the fighting on the Eastern Front. What was the policy of the Entente in regard to Turkey ? II. What policy did England and Germany adopt in marine warfare? What effect did this have on the commerce of neutrals ? Compare the situation with that during the Napoleonic wars. What was the policy of the Balkan states? III. Why did the Germans undertake the drive at Verdun and what was the outcome? Describe the battle of the Somme. What do yoi know of the conditions of trench warfare ? What importance hac aircraft in -the war ?