Ormand_WWI Timeline by Sarah Ormand https://padlet.com/sorman5890/epz25p1xmjza Made with a stroke of good luck en-us 2018-02-01 20:16:13 UTC 2025-11-07 20:52:53 UTC hello@padlet.com June 28, 1914 sorman5890 https://padlet.com/sorman5890/epz25p1xmjza/wish/227272726 Assassination in Sarajevo]]> 2018-02-01 20:29:57 UTC https://padlet.com/sorman5890/epz25p1xmjza/wish/227272726 Archduke Franz Ferdinand sorman5890 https://padlet.com/sorman5890/epz25p1xmjza/wish/227273170 On June 28, 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie were assassinated. Austria-Hungary saw it as a direct attack to their country which led to the war.
]]> 2018-02-01 20:31:08 UTC https://padlet.com/sorman5890/epz25p1xmjza/wish/227273170 May 7, 1915 sorman5890 https://padlet.com/sorman5890/epz25p1xmjza/wish/229814209 The Lusitania is sunk]]> 2018-02-08 20:34:33 UTC https://padlet.com/sorman5890/epz25p1xmjza/wish/229814209 Lusitania sorman5890 https://padlet.com/sorman5890/epz25p1xmjza/wish/229814935 German submarines torpedoed the Lusitania and sunk it.1,198 passengers were killed and  128 of them were Americans. It put pressure on president WIlson to enter the war.
]]> 2018-02-08 20:36:27 UTC https://padlet.com/sorman5890/epz25p1xmjza/wish/229814935 January 16, 1917 sorman5890 https://padlet.com/sorman5890/epz25p1xmjza/wish/229816650 Zimmerman Note]]> 2018-02-08 20:41:07 UTC https://padlet.com/sorman5890/epz25p1xmjza/wish/229816650 Zimmerman Note sorman5890 https://padlet.com/sorman5890/epz25p1xmjza/wish/229817174 It was a telegraph between Germany and Mexico proposing an alliance and it was intercepted by the US. They were intending to work against the US in the war.
]]> 2018-02-08 20:42:19 UTC https://padlet.com/sorman5890/epz25p1xmjza/wish/229817174 April 6, 1917 sorman5890 https://padlet.com/sorman5890/epz25p1xmjza/wish/231961429 US Declares War]]> 2018-02-15 15:43:01 UTC https://padlet.com/sorman5890/epz25p1xmjza/wish/231961429 Declaration of War sorman5890 https://padlet.com/sorman5890/epz25p1xmjza/wish/232139798 After German U-Boats sunk ships with US passengers and killed them, the US declared war on Germany.
]]> 2018-02-15 20:27:06 UTC https://padlet.com/sorman5890/epz25p1xmjza/wish/232139798 January 18, 1919 sorman5890 https://padlet.com/sorman5890/epz25p1xmjza/wish/232140752 Treaty of Versailles]]> 2018-02-15 20:28:54 UTC https://padlet.com/sorman5890/epz25p1xmjza/wish/232140752 Treaty of Versailles sorman5890 https://padlet.com/sorman5890/epz25p1xmjza/wish/232141022 Peace treaty was signed that ended World War 1. The US did not sign it or join the league of nations because they thought that it would lead to further issues in the future.
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