https://padlet.com/chang44/idpr383p5rmrpp98 en-us 2023-10-16 15:36:22 UTC 2023-10-16 16:30:26 UTC hello@padlet.com chang44 https://padlet.com/chang44/idpr383p5rmrpp98/wish/2749095239 Telegram sent from Germany to Mexico by Arthur Zimmerman asking for Mexico to declare war on the US to regain lost land if the US declared war on Germany. Telegram was intercepted by the British and given to the US. The US is not happy to get it but still remains out of conflict.]]> 2023-10-16 15:43:09 UTC https://padlet.com/chang44/idpr383p5rmrpp98/wish/2749095239 chang44 https://padlet.com/chang44/idpr383p5rmrpp98/wish/2749119209 A German U Boat struck a passenger ship called the Lusitania. Over 1,000 people were killed including 128 Americans. Americans were outraged over this incident. The ship was sunk due to it carrying large amounts of muntions, so the Germans thought they were preventing aid to their enemies, despite killing civillians.]]> 2023-10-16 15:56:23 UTC https://padlet.com/chang44/idpr383p5rmrpp98/wish/2749119209 chang44 https://padlet.com/chang44/idpr383p5rmrpp98/wish/2749129898 Germany promised to end unrestricted submarine warfare after the Lusitania, but less than a year later another passenger ship known as the Sussex was also sunk.]]> 2023-10-16 16:01:21 UTC https://padlet.com/chang44/idpr383p5rmrpp98/wish/2749129898 chang44 https://padlet.com/chang44/idpr383p5rmrpp98/wish/2749133665 German promise to not attack any more passenger ships without warning. This pledge was very brief and short lived.]]> 2023-10-16 16:03:37 UTC https://padlet.com/chang44/idpr383p5rmrpp98/wish/2749133665 chang44 https://padlet.com/chang44/idpr383p5rmrpp98/wish/2749148705 July 28-Austria declares war on Serbia, Russia prepares for war
August 1-Germany declares war on Russia
August 3-Germany Declares war on France
August 4-Germany invades Belgium on way to France, Great Britain declares war on Germany, US declares neutrality
August 6-Austria declares war on Russia
August 12-France and Great Britain declare war on Austria]]> 2023-10-16 16:12:02 UTC https://padlet.com/chang44/idpr383p5rmrpp98/wish/2749148705 chang44 https://padlet.com/chang44/idpr383p5rmrpp98/wish/2749180633 Major defeats in battle affecting Russian army. Many Beleived that Tsar Nicholas II was the problem so he stepped down. Monarchy was abolished and a socialist form of government was adopted. Russia pulled out of the war. US entered the war around the same time in April, 1917.]]> 2023-10-16 16:30:26 UTC https://padlet.com/chang44/idpr383p5rmrpp98/wish/2749180633