WW1 timeline by Anya Patel https://padlet.com/apatel2314/rluh3xqhdp3kjjkm en-us 2023-04-20 17:01:07 UTC 2023-05-03 02:37:35 UTC hello@padlet.com June 28, 1914- Archduke Ferdinand is assassinated while visiting Sarajevo. apatel2314 https://padlet.com/apatel2314/rluh3xqhdp3kjjkm/wish/2562168108 Archduke Francis Ferdinand who was disliked by many, visited Sarajevo, during which Bosnia was under Austria-Hungary rule. It was home to many Serbian nationalists. Members of the Serbian terrorist group known as the Black Hand orchestrated the assassination. Gavrillo Princip shot him in his car.]]> 2023-04-20 17:01:50 UTC https://padlet.com/apatel2314/rluh3xqhdp3kjjkm/wish/2562168108 July 23, 1914 - Austria presents Serbia with an ultimatum, backed by Germany. apatel2314 https://padlet.com/apatel2314/rluh3xqhdp3kjjkm/wish/2562192805 Germany gave Austria a “blank check” or a promise of unconditional support. Austria sent Serbia an ultimatum to avoid war, Serbia must end all anti-Austrian agitation and punish any Serbian official involved in the murder plot. ]]> 2023-04-20 17:21:10 UTC https://padlet.com/apatel2314/rluh3xqhdp3kjjkm/wish/2562192805 July 25, 1914 - Serbia accepts most but not all of Austria’s demands. apatel2314 https://padlet.com/apatel2314/rluh3xqhdp3kjjkm/wish/2562195741 Serbia agreed to most of the demands and agreed to allow an internal conference to settle the others.]]> 2023-04-20 17:23:23 UTC https://padlet.com/apatel2314/rluh3xqhdp3kjjkm/wish/2562195741 July 28, 1914 - Austria rejects Serbia’s offer and declares war on Serbia apatel2314 https://padlet.com/apatel2314/rluh3xqhdp3kjjkm/wish/2562199826 Austria- Hungary did not want to negotiate and declared war.]]> 2023-04-20 17:26:38 UTC https://padlet.com/apatel2314/rluh3xqhdp3kjjkm/wish/2562199826 August 3, 1914 - Germany declares war on France. apatel2314 https://padlet.com/apatel2314/rluh3xqhdp3kjjkm/wish/2562201351 Germany then declares war on France after they refused to keep out of the conflict. ]]> 2023-04-20 17:27:47 UTC https://padlet.com/apatel2314/rluh3xqhdp3kjjkm/wish/2562201351 August 3, 1914 - Germany demands that France stay neutral, but France backs it ally, Russia. apatel2314 https://padlet.com/apatel2314/rluh3xqhdp3kjjkm/wish/2562204910 Russia appealed to its ally France. Germany demanded France to keep out of the conflict, but France refused.]]> 2023-04-20 17:30:44 UTC https://padlet.com/apatel2314/rluh3xqhdp3kjjkm/wish/2562204910 August 3, 1914 - German army invades Belgium on its way to France. apatel2314 https://padlet.com/apatel2314/rluh3xqhdp3kjjkm/wish/2562206338 Germany designed the Schlieffen Plan to avoid a two front war. The plan required German armies to march through neutral Belgium and swing south behind French lines. They wanted to encircle and crush France’s army. ]]> 2023-04-20 17:31:57 UTC https://padlet.com/apatel2314/rluh3xqhdp3kjjkm/wish/2562206338 August 4, 1914 - Great Britain, honoring a treaty guaranteeing Belgium’s neutrality, declares war on Germany. apatel2314 https://padlet.com/apatel2314/rluh3xqhdp3kjjkm/wish/2562207659 Britain and other European powers signed a treaty guaranteeing Belgium neutrality. Great Britain was enraged and declared war on Germany.]]> 2023-04-20 17:32:56 UTC https://padlet.com/apatel2314/rluh3xqhdp3kjjkm/wish/2562207659 August 1, 1914 - Germany declares war on Russia. apatel2314 https://padlet.com/apatel2314/rluh3xqhdp3kjjkm/wish/2562211163 Germany responded by declaring war on Russia. ]]> 2023-04-20 17:35:41 UTC https://padlet.com/apatel2314/rluh3xqhdp3kjjkm/wish/2562211163 July 30, 1914 - Russian leaders order mobilization of troops and move them toward the Austrian-border. Tzar Nicolas II tells Kaiser Wilhelm II that the moves are only a precaution. apatel2314 https://padlet.com/apatel2314/rluh3xqhdp3kjjkm/wish/2562211958 Russia (Serbia’s ally) urged Austria to soften its demands but failed. Russia began to mobilize and prepare its military forces for war. ]]> 2023-04-20 17:36:17 UTC https://padlet.com/apatel2314/rluh3xqhdp3kjjkm/wish/2562211958