https://padlet.com/torf4/t5dhmxe6t6p03hi6 Add a minimum of 3 significant events to the timeline en-us 2020-12-06 21:00:07 UTC 2025-10-30 13:32:51 UTC hello@padlet.com torf4 https://padlet.com/torf4/t5dhmxe6t6p03hi6/wish/992165541 Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy created a defensive alliance known as the Triple Alliance. German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck was the primary author of this alliance. The alliances created by Bismarck eventually led to an intertwined system of alliances. ]]> 2020-12-06 21:00:28 UTC https://padlet.com/torf4/t5dhmxe6t6p03hi6/wish/992165541 torf4 https://padlet.com/torf4/t5dhmxe6t6p03hi6/wish/992167587 Austria-Hungary's declaration of war against Serbia was the result of Serbia's refusal (with the support of their Slavic allies - Russia) to adhere to Austria's many demands following the assassination of Franz Ferdinand a month earlier and Germany's "Blank Check". Within the next month nearly every major European power will end up in a state of war with one another. ]]> 2020-12-06 21:02:06 UTC https://padlet.com/torf4/t5dhmxe6t6p03hi6/wish/992167587 https://padlet.com/torf4/t5dhmxe6t6p03hi6/wish/994433663 Hiram Maxim built the first effective machine gun, which revolutionized warfare. It shot up to 500 rounds per minute. Machine guns were one of the reasons that trench warfare was used in World War 1. ]]> 2020-12-07 15:27:44 UTC https://padlet.com/torf4/t5dhmxe6t6p03hi6/wish/994433663 https://padlet.com/torf4/t5dhmxe6t6p03hi6/wish/994438275 In April of 1911, France sent troops to Morocco to establish a protectorate there. Tensions between various European powers, most notably France and Germany, over the status of Morocco had caused the First Moroccan Crisis five years earlier, souring relations between the two powers. After taking control of Morocco, France was able to placate Germany with territorial concessions in Central Africa, but British prime minister David Lloyd George, fearing increasing German naval power, vocally criticized Germany for their aggressiveness, causing the deterioration of the already tense  relationship between Germany and Great Britain.]]> 2020-12-07 15:28:38 UTC https://padlet.com/torf4/t5dhmxe6t6p03hi6/wish/994438275 https://padlet.com/torf4/t5dhmxe6t6p03hi6/wish/994441097 Between 1906 and 1914, the race to create and innovate a more powerful Navy caused heavy tension between these 2 nations. This led to these nations not being in an alliance for the war and actually fighting against each other. Britain eventually came out on top in this race through the creation of the British dreadnought, a ship with firepower before its time.]]> 2020-12-07 15:29:13 UTC https://padlet.com/torf4/t5dhmxe6t6p03hi6/wish/994441097 https://padlet.com/torf4/t5dhmxe6t6p03hi6/wish/994442456 Forming an alliance with these countries which have big armies can lead to mass war between Europe, because if just one of them enters a conflict, the rest of the alliance is involved with that conflict which could lead to more alliances, which adds more countries to the war.
Paul Avioli]]> 2020-12-07 15:29:30 UTC https://padlet.com/torf4/t5dhmxe6t6p03hi6/wish/994442456 https://padlet.com/torf4/t5dhmxe6t6p03hi6/wish/994443911 Bosnia was annexed from serbia by the austrians]]> 2020-12-07 15:29:48 UTC https://padlet.com/torf4/t5dhmxe6t6p03hi6/wish/994443911 https://padlet.com/torf4/t5dhmxe6t6p03hi6/wish/994446492 In 1901 Richard Fiedler submitted his design for a flamethrower to the German army. It had a range of about 45 yards when on ones back, and when mounted to a tank it could reach almost 100 yards. This weapons was extremely effective at clearing treaches. It brought terror upon the French and British soldiers when the Germans first started to use them. ]]> 2020-12-07 15:30:19 UTC https://padlet.com/torf4/t5dhmxe6t6p03hi6/wish/994446492 https://padlet.com/torf4/t5dhmxe6t6p03hi6/wish/994446854 Russia saw the troops of the Ottoman First Army Corps led by Liman Von Sanders as a direct threat to Russia. Russia suspected German plans to take the Russian capital. Raised tensions of Germany and Russia]]> 2020-12-07 15:30:23 UTC https://padlet.com/torf4/t5dhmxe6t6p03hi6/wish/994446854 https://padlet.com/torf4/t5dhmxe6t6p03hi6/wish/994448929 Italy captured many costal cities of the Ottomans including Tripoli, Fezzan,  and Cyrenaica. This action inspired other Balkan states to attack the Ottomans, starting a sort of land grab in the Balkans. ]]> 2020-12-07 15:30:48 UTC https://padlet.com/torf4/t5dhmxe6t6p03hi6/wish/994448929 https://padlet.com/torf4/t5dhmxe6t6p03hi6/wish/994451265 The exact date of the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, one of the most important causes of WW1. ]]> 2020-12-07 15:31:16 UTC https://padlet.com/torf4/t5dhmxe6t6p03hi6/wish/994451265 https://padlet.com/torf4/t5dhmxe6t6p03hi6/wish/994452040 The First Moroccan Crisis was an international dispute between March 1905 and May 1906 over the status of Morocco. The crisis worsened German relations with both France and Britain, and helped ensure the success of the new Entente Cordiale. In the words of the historian Christopher Clark, "The Anglo-French Entente was strengthened rather than weakened by the German challenge to France in Morocco.]]> 2020-12-07 15:31:26 UTC https://padlet.com/torf4/t5dhmxe6t6p03hi6/wish/994452040 https://padlet.com/torf4/t5dhmxe6t6p03hi6/wish/994454679 In 1912 the progressives were gaining a lot of power, and a lot of attention. Germany however, was still a conservative government, and so the progressive's thought, by starting a war, the patriots of Germany would support and help the government with the war. ]]> 2020-12-07 15:31:59 UTC https://padlet.com/torf4/t5dhmxe6t6p03hi6/wish/994454679 https://padlet.com/torf4/t5dhmxe6t6p03hi6/wish/994456506 2020-12-07 15:32:18 UTC https://padlet.com/torf4/t5dhmxe6t6p03hi6/wish/994456506 https://padlet.com/torf4/t5dhmxe6t6p03hi6/wish/994460442 2020-12-07 15:33:05 UTC https://padlet.com/torf4/t5dhmxe6t6p03hi6/wish/994460442 https://padlet.com/torf4/t5dhmxe6t6p03hi6/wish/994460781 Was a war between the Balkan League( Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Greece) vs the Ottoman Empire. This league was made on the heels of Macedonia's rebellion in an Ottoman controlled land. Within a year the Balkan league took the Ottomans land from Southeastern Europe. 

]]> 2020-12-07 15:33:09 UTC https://padlet.com/torf4/t5dhmxe6t6p03hi6/wish/994460781 https://padlet.com/torf4/t5dhmxe6t6p03hi6/wish/994472801 Wilhelm refuses to renew the Reinsurance Treaty with Russia which allows Russia and France forge an alliance in 1892 which becomes the basis for the Triple Entente.]]> 2020-12-07 15:35:34 UTC https://padlet.com/torf4/t5dhmxe6t6p03hi6/wish/994472801 https://padlet.com/torf4/t5dhmxe6t6p03hi6/wish/994489157 Austria-Hungary announced its annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The announcement of this annexation angered Serbian and pan-Slavic nationalists throughout Europe as it upset the balance of power in the Balkans. Russia's response to this was to support pro-Russian and anti-Austrian sentiments. ]]> 2020-12-07 15:38:40 UTC https://padlet.com/torf4/t5dhmxe6t6p03hi6/wish/994489157 jwillard12 https://padlet.com/torf4/t5dhmxe6t6p03hi6/wish/994491859 The First Battle of the Isonzo took place in the late spring of 1915, soon after Italy’s entrance into the war on the Allied side. In the Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo, also known as the Battle of Caporetto (October 1917), German reinforcements helped Austria-Hungary win a decisive victory.




]]> 2020-12-07 15:39:13 UTC https://padlet.com/torf4/t5dhmxe6t6p03hi6/wish/994491859 https://padlet.com/torf4/t5dhmxe6t6p03hi6/wish/994501346 France and Russia, two major powers that are on opposite sides of Germany forge an alliance which eventually leads to the formation of the Triple Entente.]]> 2020-12-07 15:41:03 UTC https://padlet.com/torf4/t5dhmxe6t6p03hi6/wish/994501346 https://padlet.com/torf4/t5dhmxe6t6p03hi6/wish/994503167   ]]> 2020-12-07 15:41:25 UTC https://padlet.com/torf4/t5dhmxe6t6p03hi6/wish/994503167 https://padlet.com/torf4/t5dhmxe6t6p03hi6/wish/994503947 Haber and his assistant figure out how to synthesize ammonia from hydrogen and nitrogen. This creates the deadly mustard gas that takes many lives.]]> 2020-12-07 15:41:34 UTC https://padlet.com/torf4/t5dhmxe6t6p03hi6/wish/994503947