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Albert John carpenter Extended
As a soldier in the trenches along Hindenburg Line,he experienced the gassing,mud, and the blood shed for which the war is infamous. In the series of short but vivid entries, his diary chronicles a single month, October 1918, Which he calls “the most eventful month of [his] life.” -
Albert John Carpenter
A 19 years old student when he enlisted in the 36 the division of the 142nd Infantry, Albert Carpenter served in the Meuse Argonne Offensive in France during the final days of the war. -
World War I Begins
World War 1 started in August 4th 1914.
The thing that ignited the war was struck in Sarajevo,Bosnia, where Archduke Franz Ferdinand heir to the Australian Hungarian empire was shot to death along with his wife Sophie by the Serbian nationalist Cigarillo Principe on June ,28, 1914 -
Cause of war
The start of the war was Archduke Franz Ferdinand at Sarajevo on 28 June 1914. However historians feel that a number of factor contributed to the rivalry between the Great powers that allowed war on such a wide scale to break out. -
Archduke assassination
He was assassinated in June 28,1914,Archduke Franz Ferdinand,He was assassinated in Sarajevo.
They received 6 handheld bombs
They smuggled there weapons across the border
He attended 2 days of military exercises while Sophie visited school, and orphanage. Young Bosnian also looks at archduke but apparently lost the nerve to attempt an assassination. -
Schlieffen Plan
chief of the German general staff, that was designed to allow Germany to wage a successful two-front war.it was heavily modded by Schliemann's successor. -
Trench warfare
a type of combat in which opposing troops fight from trenches facing each other.
Trench warfare is a type of land warfare using occupied fighting lines consisting largely of military trenches, in which troops are well-protected from the enemy's small arms fire and are substantially sheltered from artillery. -
Lusitania Sinks.
On the afternoon of May 7,1915, the British ocean liner Lusitania is torpedoed without warning by a German submarine off the south coast of Ireland. Within 20 minutes, the vessel sank into the celtic sea. Of 1,959 passengers and crew,1,198 people were drowned including 128 Americans. -
Germans limit submarine
In 1916,Germany responds to a demand by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson by agreeing to limit its submarine Warfare in order to avert a diplomatic break with the United states. -
Image
It looks like he is super mad and his hat is crooked on his head with a dress shirt and a buttons on his dress shirt he has a big rifle and it has a big ammo thing were the bullets go in and dto fire it. -
memories
“Our eats have run out,but still trying to keep up good spirits.”
They were saying that the food was bad and they are still keeping good spirit. -
First Tanks
The military combined with engineers and industries and by the early 1916 a prototype was adapted as the design of future tanks.Britain used tanks in combat for the first time in battle of Filers courgette on September 1916. -
His crew
He also carried a testament 2 ¾ by 3 ¾ on the front flyleaf, it says”Albert Carpenter Co B 142 U.S. inf. he was written the Morse code alphabet on both sides and on the back of the fly leaf”. -
His squad
was a photograph of him and the squad he was in, here is what he said “Dear mother,Here is the picture of the squad i was in. this is a frightful day.I do wish they would move us out of this place. I sign the pay role in the morning and will be paid in about two weeks Albert” -
Armistice Day
Armistice day is now called Veterans day it is a day were you celebrate the troops that lost their lives
