Glossary of terms

a group of ships organised to act together, such as fight a battle

a line where two opposing military forces are facing each other

a mock attack or military movement designed to distract an adversary

the most important ship in a fleet, on which the commander of the fleet sails

describes a weapon designed to explode into many small pieces, especially an anti-personnel weapon

a World War I battle area in Belgium's East and West Flanders, the Netherlands' Zeeland and France's Nord

a situation when large numbers of people experience extreme hunger due to drought, overpopulation or civil war, and many of them die

a weapon that sprays a stream of burning fuel, such as gasoline or napalm

a step dug into the front side of a deep trench for soldiers to stand on when firing over the parapet