https://padlet.com/troupes7118/5c4uf89febwncml3 en-us 2023-03-03 19:39:59 UTC 2023-03-31 12:40:17 UTC hello@padlet.com troupes7118 https://padlet.com/troupes7118/5c4uf89febwncml3/wish/2503056997 On 31 July, Germany sent an ultimatum to Russia demanding its decommission. The next day, there was no reply, so Germany declared war on Russia and ordered its own general mobilization. France knew that it faced German invasion, but was clear that it must stand or fall with Russia. The German ambassador to Russia delivered an ultimatum that night; "halt the mobilization within 12 hours, or Germany would begin its own mobilization" that would reasonally lead to war. By four o'clock in the afternoon of August 1, in Berlin, there was still no reply from Russia.]]> 2023-03-03 19:41:04 UTC https://padlet.com/troupes7118/5c4uf89febwncml3/wish/2503056997 troupes7118 https://padlet.com/troupes7118/5c4uf89febwncml3/wish/2503058682 Italy was a partner in the Triple Alliance with Germany and Austria-Hungary but decided to remain neutral. However, a strong sentiment existed within the general population and political factions to go to war against Austria- Hungary, Italy's historical enemy. Italy was promised Trieste, southern Tyrol, northern Dalmatia, and the other territories in return for a pledge to enter the war within a month. Despite the opposition of most Italians, who favored neutrality, Italy joined the war against Austria- Hungary in May.]]> 2023-03-03 19:42:58 UTC https://padlet.com/troupes7118/5c4uf89febwncml3/wish/2503058682 troupes7118 https://padlet.com/troupes7118/5c4uf89febwncml3/wish/2503059474 The togoland Campain was a French and British invasion of the German colony of Togoland in West Africa, which began the West African Campaign of the First World War. Allied Victory. Western Togoland annexed by Britian Eastern Togoland annexed by France.]]> 2023-03-03 19:43:51 UTC https://padlet.com/troupes7118/5c4uf89febwncml3/wish/2503059474 troupes7118 https://padlet.com/troupes7118/5c4uf89febwncml3/wish/2503060953 The Battle of Heligoland Bight was the first Anglo-German naval batlle of the First World War, fought on 28 August 1914, between ships of the United Kingdom and Germany. The battle was in Heligoland Bight, North. While several British ships were damaged by gunfire, none were sunk: three German ships were sunk; a British victory.]]> 2023-03-03 19:45:25 UTC https://padlet.com/troupes7118/5c4uf89febwncml3/wish/2503060953 troupes7118 https://padlet.com/troupes7118/5c4uf89febwncml3/wish/2503062395 Starting on 28 April, three days after the Landing at Cape Helles, the defensive power of the Ottoman forces quickly overwhelmed the attack, which suffered from poor leadership and planning, lack of communication, and exhaustion & demoralization of the troops. Krithia was regarded as the key to the principal British objective in the south of the peninsula, the dominating heights of Achi Baba, and the village gave its name to three separate battles. The first battle was the Ottoman victory.]]> 2023-03-03 19:47:04 UTC https://padlet.com/troupes7118/5c4uf89febwncml3/wish/2503062395 troupes7118 https://padlet.com/troupes7118/5c4uf89febwncml3/wish/2503063745 The Carpathian campaign of 1915, described by some as the " Stalingrad of the First World War," engaged the million-man armies of Austria-Hungary and Russia in fierce winter combat that drove them to the brink of annihilation. The Carpathian mountain region provides important ecosystem goods and services such as food, fresh water, forest products and tourism and is part of three major river basins: the danube, the dniester (to the black sea) and Vistula (to the Baltic Sea).]]> 2023-03-03 19:48:33 UTC https://padlet.com/troupes7118/5c4uf89febwncml3/wish/2503063745 troupes7118 https://padlet.com/troupes7118/5c4uf89febwncml3/wish/2503064394 In August 1916, Rominia recieved an ultimatum to decide whether to join the Entente "now or never". Under the pressure of the ultimatum, the Romanian government agreed to enter the war on the side of the Entnte, although the situation on the batlle fronts was not favorable.]]> 2023-03-03 19:49:18 UTC https://padlet.com/troupes7118/5c4uf89febwncml3/wish/2503064394 troupes7118 https://padlet.com/troupes7118/5c4uf89febwncml3/wish/2503064879 On 21 February, Minsk the capital of Belarus fell to the Wehrmacht. A second red army counter-attack by the 20th Mechanized Corps and 4th Airborne Corps failed to breach the encirclement as well, and by 30 June the pocket was completely closed. As much as 80% of the city's buildings and the entire infrastructure was destroyed. More than 1,000 people were killed.]]> 2023-03-03 19:49:48 UTC https://padlet.com/troupes7118/5c4uf89febwncml3/wish/2503064879 troupes7118 https://padlet.com/troupes7118/5c4uf89febwncml3/wish/2503065340 On June 28, 1919, The treaty of Versailles was signed at the Palace of Versailles outside Paris, France. The treaty was one of serveral the officially ended five years of conflict. It conified peace terms between Germany and the victorious Allies. The four representatives of the principle allied powers were at the table: Clemenceau for France, Wilson for USA, Lloyd George for Great Britian, and Orlando for Italy. The German delegation was composed of Muller, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and a jurist Doctor Bell.]]> 2023-03-03 19:50:22 UTC https://padlet.com/troupes7118/5c4uf89febwncml3/wish/2503065340 troupes7118 https://padlet.com/troupes7118/5c4uf89febwncml3/wish/2503065745 The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, he was the heir to the Austro- Hungarian throne. And his wife Sophie was assassinated too. In Sarajevo, 28 June 1914 eventually led to the outbreak of the First World War. They believed that the Serbians had helped the Bosnian terrorists in the attack.]]> 2023-03-03 19:50:51 UTC https://padlet.com/troupes7118/5c4uf89febwncml3/wish/2503065745