https://padlet.com/23maiken/74snmdtlw02r82tt en-us 2022-11-02 12:14:45 UTC 2022-11-02 12:25:28 UTC hello@padlet.com 23maiken https://padlet.com/23maiken/74snmdtlw02r82tt/wish/2366548669 Nationalism is an idea and movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the state. As a movement, nationalism tends to promote the interests of a particular nation, especially with the aim of gaining and maintaining the nation's sovereignty over its homeland to create a nation state.]]> 2022-11-02 12:16:38 UTC https://padlet.com/23maiken/74snmdtlw02r82tt/wish/2366548669 23maiken https://padlet.com/23maiken/74snmdtlw02r82tt/wish/2366549581 Militarism is the belief or the desire of a government or a people that a state should maintain a strong military capability and to use it aggressively to expand national interests and/or values. ]]> 2022-11-02 12:17:16 UTC https://padlet.com/23maiken/74snmdtlw02r82tt/wish/2366549581 23maiken https://padlet.com/23maiken/74snmdtlw02r82tt/wish/2366550581 The Allies, formally referred to as the United Nations from 1942 were an international military coalition formed during the Second World War to oppose the Axis powers, led by Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan, and Fascist Italy. Its principal members by 1941 were the United Kingdom, United States, Soviet Union, and China.]]> 2022-11-02 12:17:53 UTC https://padlet.com/23maiken/74snmdtlw02r82tt/wish/2366550581 23maiken https://padlet.com/23maiken/74snmdtlw02r82tt/wish/2366551525 The Central Powers, also known as the Central Empires, was one of the two main coalitions that fought in World War I. It consisted of the German Empire, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and the Kingdom of Bulgaria and was also known as the Quadruple Alliance]]> 2022-11-02 12:18:31 UTC https://padlet.com/23maiken/74snmdtlw02r82tt/wish/2366551525 23maiken https://padlet.com/23maiken/74snmdtlw02r82tt/wish/2366552394 Archduke Franz Ferdinand Carl Ludwig Joseph Maria of Austria was the heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary. ]]> 2022-11-02 12:19:09 UTC https://padlet.com/23maiken/74snmdtlw02r82tt/wish/2366552394 23maiken https://padlet.com/23maiken/74snmdtlw02r82tt/wish/2366553481 Two classic examples of No Man's Land are the demilitarised zone between North and South Korea, and the UN buffer zone that stands between the Greek and Turkish-controlled territories in Cyprus - both born of conflicts that were never entirely resolved.]]> 2022-11-02 12:19:53 UTC https://padlet.com/23maiken/74snmdtlw02r82tt/wish/2366553481 23maiken https://padlet.com/23maiken/74snmdtlw02r82tt/wish/2366554146 Trench warfare is a type of land warfare using occupied lines largely comprising military trenches, in which troops are well-protected from the enemy's small arms fire and are substantially sheltered from artillery]]> 2022-11-02 12:20:24 UTC https://padlet.com/23maiken/74snmdtlw02r82tt/wish/2366554146 23maiken https://padlet.com/23maiken/74snmdtlw02r82tt/wish/2366554836 The Lusitania was a British passenger ship that was owned by the Cunard Line and was first launched in 1906. Built for the transatlantic passenger trade, it was luxurious and noted for its speed. During World War I the Lusitania was sunk by a German torpedo, resulting in great loss of life.]]> 2022-11-02 12:20:54 UTC https://padlet.com/23maiken/74snmdtlw02r82tt/wish/2366554836 23maiken https://padlet.com/23maiken/74snmdtlw02r82tt/wish/2366555567 The Zimmermann Telegram was a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico if the United States entered World War I against Germany. With Germany's aid, Mexico would recover Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico.]]> 2022-11-02 12:21:27 UTC https://padlet.com/23maiken/74snmdtlw02r82tt/wish/2366555567 23maiken https://padlet.com/23maiken/74snmdtlw02r82tt/wish/2366556363 Edward Vernon Rickenbacker or Eddie Rickenbacker was an American fighter pilot in World War I and a Medal of Honor recipient. With 26 aerial victories, he was the most successful and most decorated United States flying ace of the war.]]> 2022-11-02 12:21:58 UTC https://padlet.com/23maiken/74snmdtlw02r82tt/wish/2366556363 23maiken https://padlet.com/23maiken/74snmdtlw02r82tt/wish/2366557224 The Selective Service Act of 1917 or Selective Draft Act authorized the United States federal government to raise a national army for service in World War I through conscription.]]> 2022-11-02 12:22:35 UTC https://padlet.com/23maiken/74snmdtlw02r82tt/wish/2366557224 23maiken https://padlet.com/23maiken/74snmdtlw02r82tt/wish/2366558247 The convoy system, a group of ships sailing together for protection, was designed to help protect cargo in passenger ships during the First and Second World War. The system was created out of desperation. The modern convoy system is most associated with the First World War, but it has a much longer pedigree in history.]]> 2022-11-02 12:23:07 UTC https://padlet.com/23maiken/74snmdtlw02r82tt/wish/2366558247 23maiken https://padlet.com/23maiken/74snmdtlw02r82tt/wish/2366558904 The AEF was created to fill the need for troops in Europe, especially for the weary British and French troops who had been fighting since 1914. The AEF when they first began had a standing army of 127,500 officers and soldiers. By the end of the war, four million men have served in the Army.]]> 2022-11-02 12:23:37 UTC https://padlet.com/23maiken/74snmdtlw02r82tt/wish/2366558904 23maiken https://padlet.com/23maiken/74snmdtlw02r82tt/wish/2366559487 General of the Armies John Joseph Pershing GCB, nicknamed "Black Jack", was a senior United States Army officer. He served most famously as the commander of the American Expeditionary Forces on the Western Front during World War I, from 1917 to 1918.]]> 2022-11-02 12:24:01 UTC https://padlet.com/23maiken/74snmdtlw02r82tt/wish/2366559487 23maiken https://padlet.com/23maiken/74snmdtlw02r82tt/wish/2366560111 Alvin Cullum York, also known as Sergeant York, was one of the most decorated United States Army soldiers of World War I. He received the Medal of Honor for leading an attack on a German machine gun nest, gathering 35 machine guns, killing at least 25 enemy soldiers and capturing 132 prisoners.]]> 2022-11-02 12:24:29 UTC https://padlet.com/23maiken/74snmdtlw02r82tt/wish/2366560111 23maiken https://padlet.com/23maiken/74snmdtlw02r82tt/wish/2366560812 A conscientious objector is an "individual who has claimed the right to refuse to perform military service" on the grounds of freedom of thought, conscience, or religion. In some countries, conscientious objectors are assigned to an alternative civilian service as a substitute for conscription or military service.]]> 2022-11-02 12:24:59 UTC https://padlet.com/23maiken/74snmdtlw02r82tt/wish/2366560812 23maiken https://padlet.com/23maiken/74snmdtlw02r82tt/wish/2366561526 An armistice is a formal agreement of warring parties to stop fighting. It is not necessarily the end of a war, as it may constitute only a cessation of hostilities while an attempt is made to negotiate a lasting peace. It is derived from the Latin arma, meaning "arms" and -stitium, meaning "a stopping".]]> 2022-11-02 12:25:28 UTC https://padlet.com/23maiken/74snmdtlw02r82tt/wish/2366561526