Foreign Office	department of the British Government which dealt with issues like: Britain's relations with other countries; wars; peacekeeping etc.
Collaboration	working together
Barrage	heavy attack
Amoral	without any morals, untrustworthy
Estrangement	unfriendly relations
Calamitous	disastrous
Endeavour	effort
Adhere	stick
Crimea	region of the USSR
Protocol	agreement reached between states
Occupation	taking over a country
Reparation	compensation payment
Universal suffrage	elections which give a vote to all adults
Capital equipment	heavy industrial machinery