Identify 2 things you learned from the Western Front reading by Anna Harrington https://padlet.com/aharrington_harrington/WesternFront HW Review- Operations on the Western Front en-us 2016-11-15 15:35:36 UTC 2025-12-10 04:09:50 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/File.png Japan declared war on Austria and Germany https://padlet.com/aharrington_harrington/WesternFront/wish/137822709 2016-11-15 17:25:48 UTC https://padlet.com/aharrington_harrington/WesternFront/wish/137822709 The U.S was the last to declare war on a country https://padlet.com/aharrington_harrington/WesternFront/wish/137823459 2016-11-15 17:27:09 UTC https://padlet.com/aharrington_harrington/WesternFront/wish/137823459 zlduffens https://padlet.com/aharrington_harrington/WesternFront/wish/137823500  Bomb dropping Zeppelins were  one of the first uses of aerial bombardment.
 ]]> 2016-11-15 17:27:14 UTC https://padlet.com/aharrington_harrington/WesternFront/wish/137823500 279842 https://padlet.com/aharrington_harrington/WesternFront/wish/137823545 Trenchlines went farther north to try and outflank eachother. Known as the Race to the Sea

Trench Warfare caused a stalemate]]> 2016-11-15 17:27:19 UTC https://padlet.com/aharrington_harrington/WesternFront/wish/137823545 Belgium had heavily armored forts guarding the route through Belgium from Germany to Paris 284040 https://padlet.com/aharrington_harrington/WesternFront/wish/137823697 2016-11-15 17:27:37 UTC https://padlet.com/aharrington_harrington/WesternFront/wish/137823697 China declared war on Austria and Germany https://padlet.com/aharrington_harrington/WesternFront/wish/137823707 2016-11-15 17:27:39 UTC https://padlet.com/aharrington_harrington/WesternFront/wish/137823707 https://padlet.com/aharrington_harrington/WesternFront/wish/137823915 The German army in Ypres sector released 170 tonnes of chlorine gas on April 22, 1915.]]> 2016-11-15 17:27:51 UTC https://padlet.com/aharrington_harrington/WesternFront/wish/137823915 Germany wanted their army to travel through Belgium https://padlet.com/aharrington_harrington/WesternFront/wish/137824128 2016-11-15 17:28:15 UTC https://padlet.com/aharrington_harrington/WesternFront/wish/137824128 Austria -Hungary declared war on Serbia in 1914 https://padlet.com/aharrington_harrington/WesternFront/wish/137824136 2016-11-15 17:28:16 UTC https://padlet.com/aharrington_harrington/WesternFront/wish/137824136 France didn't declare war right away https://padlet.com/aharrington_harrington/WesternFront/wish/137824140 2016-11-15 17:28:17 UTC https://padlet.com/aharrington_harrington/WesternFront/wish/137824140 B https://padlet.com/aharrington_harrington/WesternFront/wish/137824164 2016-11-15 17:28:20 UTC https://padlet.com/aharrington_harrington/WesternFront/wish/137824164 Belgium had a small army but very strong forts https://padlet.com/aharrington_harrington/WesternFront/wish/137824345 2016-11-15 17:28:39 UTC https://padlet.com/aharrington_harrington/WesternFront/wish/137824345 https://padlet.com/aharrington_harrington/WesternFront/wish/137824410 Belgium built strong forts intended to withstand Germanys army

]]> 2016-11-15 17:28:49 UTC https://padlet.com/aharrington_harrington/WesternFront/wish/137824410 The U.S. declared war on both of the alliances of Germany and Austria-Hungary 283877 https://padlet.com/aharrington_harrington/WesternFront/wish/137824497 2016-11-15 17:29:00 UTC https://padlet.com/aharrington_harrington/WesternFront/wish/137824497 the Germans would use zeppelins to drop bombs and trench warfare was brutal and devastating; such as disease foot fungus and much more. 473326 https://padlet.com/aharrington_harrington/WesternFront/wish/137824616 2016-11-15 17:29:15 UTC https://padlet.com/aharrington_harrington/WesternFront/wish/137824616 https://padlet.com/aharrington_harrington/WesternFront/wish/137824858 Plan XVII was a massive failure for the French army

]]> 2016-11-15 17:29:49 UTC https://padlet.com/aharrington_harrington/WesternFront/wish/137824858 https://padlet.com/aharrington_harrington/WesternFront/wish/137825153 The German Second Army consisted of more than 300,000 men.]]> 2016-11-15 17:30:27 UTC https://padlet.com/aharrington_harrington/WesternFront/wish/137825153 Big Bertha could launch 420 mm shells almost 8 miles https://padlet.com/aharrington_harrington/WesternFront/wish/137825532 (German)]]> 2016-11-15 17:31:05 UTC https://padlet.com/aharrington_harrington/WesternFront/wish/137825532 Germany captured the forts guarding Belgium in 11 days 284040 https://padlet.com/aharrington_harrington/WesternFront/wish/137825654 2016-11-15 17:31:21 UTC https://padlet.com/aharrington_harrington/WesternFront/wish/137825654 https://padlet.com/aharrington_harrington/WesternFront/wish/137825880 bomber aircrafts were constantly being improved   upon in order to carry bigger bombs

]]> 2016-11-15 17:31:49 UTC https://padlet.com/aharrington_harrington/WesternFront/wish/137825880 German Zeppelins https://padlet.com/aharrington_harrington/WesternFront/wish/137826080 2016-11-15 17:32:14 UTC https://padlet.com/aharrington_harrington/WesternFront/wish/137826080 https://padlet.com/aharrington_harrington/WesternFront/wish/137826146 Five months after the first battle of Ypres, the Germans released 170 tonnes of chlorine gas.]]> 2016-11-15 17:32:21 UTC https://padlet.com/aharrington_harrington/WesternFront/wish/137826146 Germany threw "iron dice" by declaring war on russia https://padlet.com/aharrington_harrington/WesternFront/wish/137827244 2016-11-15 17:34:38 UTC https://padlet.com/aharrington_harrington/WesternFront/wish/137827244