https://padlet.com/20rgentile/ra6m4xwqhrq5 WW1 words en-us 2018-10-31 17:55:26 UTC 2025-10-22 10:21:24 UTC hello@padlet.com 20rgentile https://padlet.com/20rgentile/ra6m4xwqhrq5/wish/299115784 an extreme form of this, especially marked by a feeling of superiority over other countries]]> 2018-10-31 17:56:44 UTC https://padlet.com/20rgentile/ra6m4xwqhrq5/wish/299115784 20rgentile https://padlet.com/20rgentile/ra6m4xwqhrq5/wish/299116400 the belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests.

]]> 2018-10-31 17:57:53 UTC https://padlet.com/20rgentile/ra6m4xwqhrq5/wish/299116400 20rgentile https://padlet.com/20rgentile/ra6m4xwqhrq5/wish/299116757 The Allies included Britain, France, Russia, Italy and the United States. These countries fought against the Central Powers which included Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria. Archduke Ferdinand, of Austria-Hungary, was assassinated by a Serb on June 28, 1914.

]]> 2018-10-31 17:58:26 UTC https://padlet.com/20rgentile/ra6m4xwqhrq5/wish/299116757 20rgentile https://padlet.com/20rgentile/ra6m4xwqhrq5/wish/299117472 World War One is a conflict between the Central Powers and the Allies. The Central Powers (red) consist of Austria-Hungary, Germany, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire. Important allied powers (yellow) are Serbia, Russia, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Belgium and the United States.

]]> 2018-10-31 17:59:26 UTC https://padlet.com/20rgentile/ra6m4xwqhrq5/wish/299117472 20rgentile https://padlet.com/20rgentile/ra6m4xwqhrq5/wish/299117791 Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria-Este was a member of the imperial Habsburg dynasty, and from 1896 until his death the heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne.

]]> 2018-10-31 17:59:58 UTC https://padlet.com/20rgentile/ra6m4xwqhrq5/wish/299117791 20rgentile https://padlet.com/20rgentile/ra6m4xwqhrq5/wish/299118153 disputed ground between the front lines or trenches of two opposing armies.]]> 2018-10-31 18:00:34 UTC https://padlet.com/20rgentile/ra6m4xwqhrq5/wish/299118153 20rgentile https://padlet.com/20rgentile/ra6m4xwqhrq5/wish/299118465 a type of combat in which opposing troops fight from trenches facing each other.]]> 2018-10-31 18:01:05 UTC https://padlet.com/20rgentile/ra6m4xwqhrq5/wish/299118465 20rgentile https://padlet.com/20rgentile/ra6m4xwqhrq5/wish/299118874 On May 7, 1915, less than a year after World War I (1914-18) erupted across Europe, a German U-boat torpedoed and sank the RMS Lusitania, a British ocean liner en route from New York to Liverpool, England.

]]> 2018-10-31 18:01:46 UTC https://padlet.com/20rgentile/ra6m4xwqhrq5/wish/299118874 20rgentile https://padlet.com/20rgentile/ra6m4xwqhrq5/wish/299119241 The Zimmermann Telegram (or Zimmermann Note orZimmerman Cable) was a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico in the event that the United States entered World War I against Germany, Mexico would recover Texas

]]> 2018-10-31 18:02:26 UTC https://padlet.com/20rgentile/ra6m4xwqhrq5/wish/299119241 20rgentile https://padlet.com/20rgentile/ra6m4xwqhrq5/wish/299119657 Edward Vernon Rickenbacker was an American fighter ace in World War I and Medal of Honor recipient. With 26 aerial victories, he was America's most successful fighter ace in the war. He was also considered to have received the most awards for valor by an American during the war.

]]> 2018-10-31 18:03:14 UTC https://padlet.com/20rgentile/ra6m4xwqhrq5/wish/299119657 20rgentile https://padlet.com/20rgentile/ra6m4xwqhrq5/wish/299120126 The Selective Service Act of 1917 or Selective Draft Act(Pub.L. 65–12, 40 Stat. 76, enacted May 18, 1917) authorized the United States federal government to raise a national army for service in World War I through conscription.]]> 2018-10-31 18:04:10 UTC https://padlet.com/20rgentile/ra6m4xwqhrq5/wish/299120126 20rgentile https://padlet.com/20rgentile/ra6m4xwqhrq5/wish/299120415 Background to Naval Convoys. 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.

]]> 2018-10-31 18:04:44 UTC https://padlet.com/20rgentile/ra6m4xwqhrq5/wish/299120415 20rgentile https://padlet.com/20rgentile/ra6m4xwqhrq5/wish/299120670 The American Expeditionary Forces was a formation of the United States Army on the Western Front of World War I. The AEF was established on July 5, 1917, in France under the command of Gen. John J. Pershing.]]> 2018-10-31 18:05:10 UTC https://padlet.com/20rgentile/ra6m4xwqhrq5/wish/299120670 20rgentile https://padlet.com/20rgentile/ra6m4xwqhrq5/wish/299121094 General of the Armies John Joseph "Black Jack" Pershing was a senior United States Army officer. His most famous post was when he served as the commander of the American Expeditionary Forces on the Western Front in World War I, 1917–18.]]> 2018-10-31 18:05:56 UTC https://padlet.com/20rgentile/ra6m4xwqhrq5/wish/299121094 20rgentile https://padlet.com/20rgentile/ra6m4xwqhrq5/wish/299121518 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, taking at least one machine gun, killing at least 25 enemy soldiers and capturing 132. ]]> 2018-10-31 18:06:44 UTC https://padlet.com/20rgentile/ra6m4xwqhrq5/wish/299121518 20rgentile https://padlet.com/20rgentile/ra6m4xwqhrq5/wish/299121944 a person who for reasons of conscience objects to serving in the armed forces.]]> 2018-10-31 18:07:23 UTC https://padlet.com/20rgentile/ra6m4xwqhrq5/wish/299121944 20rgentile https://padlet.com/20rgentile/ra6m4xwqhrq5/wish/299122610 an agreement made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting for a certain time; a truce.]]> 2018-10-31 18:08:40 UTC https://padlet.com/20rgentile/ra6m4xwqhrq5/wish/299122610