https://padlet.com/10206624/9dp7o0vep3wjgjt3 en-us 2023-01-25 21:37:47 UTC 2023-01-25 22:19:34 UTC hello@padlet.com 10206624 https://padlet.com/10206624/9dp7o0vep3wjgjt3/wish/2456826379 Francis Ferdinand was driving to Sarajevo, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary. While in the car, Gavrilo Princip, a Serb conspiring against Frediand's rule of Bosnia, shot the Archduke and his wife, killing them both.]]> 2023-01-25 21:41:11 UTC https://padlet.com/10206624/9dp7o0vep3wjgjt3/wish/2456826379 10206624 https://padlet.com/10206624/9dp7o0vep3wjgjt3/wish/2456826494 Austria-Hungary had an alliance with Germany, promising support if war ever came to the area. Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, who allied with Russia who then declared war on Germany. Many other alliances in Europe triggered declarations of war all around, initiating a full world war.]]> 2023-01-25 21:41:22 UTC https://padlet.com/10206624/9dp7o0vep3wjgjt3/wish/2456826494 10206624 https://padlet.com/10206624/9dp7o0vep3wjgjt3/wish/2456826600 In the stalemate of the Western Front millions of soldiers died due to poor conditions war brutality. They were trapped for months with no-man's land being a death pool in the middle.]]> 2023-01-25 21:41:32 UTC https://padlet.com/10206624/9dp7o0vep3wjgjt3/wish/2456826600 10206624 https://padlet.com/10206624/9dp7o0vep3wjgjt3/wish/2456826812 The British used their navy to block German ports from importing or exporting any goods or resources. This included, not only military items, but essentials such as food, despite this breaking international laws.]]> 2023-01-25 21:41:48 UTC https://padlet.com/10206624/9dp7o0vep3wjgjt3/wish/2456826812 10206624 https://padlet.com/10206624/9dp7o0vep3wjgjt3/wish/2456826895 Germany responded to the British Blockade by sinking allied ships. This escalated into sinking the Lusitania which carried passengers, killing over one thousand people and triggered many protests from world powers.]]> 2023-01-25 21:41:55 UTC https://padlet.com/10206624/9dp7o0vep3wjgjt3/wish/2456826895 10206624 https://padlet.com/10206624/9dp7o0vep3wjgjt3/wish/2456827092 Germany attempted sent the Zimmerman Note to propose an alliance with Mexico, against the US. The British intercepted this telegram and warned the US.]]> 2023-01-25 21:42:10 UTC https://padlet.com/10206624/9dp7o0vep3wjgjt3/wish/2456827092 10206624 https://padlet.com/10206624/9dp7o0vep3wjgjt3/wish/2456827251 Seeing the publication of the Zimmerman note shocked the US and President Wilson, who tried so hard to keep the country at peace, sent a request to Congress to declare war. Congress accepted and war was officially declared.]]> 2023-01-25 21:42:25 UTC https://padlet.com/10206624/9dp7o0vep3wjgjt3/wish/2456827251 10206624 https://padlet.com/10206624/9dp7o0vep3wjgjt3/wish/2456827451 The German front was collapsing and both the German and Austro-Hungarian armies had enough. Many people refused to fight and Germany had no choice but to surrender, ending the war after millions of causalities.]]> 2023-01-25 21:42:42 UTC https://padlet.com/10206624/9dp7o0vep3wjgjt3/wish/2456827451