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1915 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1915th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 915th year of the 2nd millennium, the 15th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1910s decade. As of the start of 1915, the ...
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February 2 – WW1: Attempt to bomb the Vanceboro international bridge between the Canadian-US border by a German spy. February 4 – WW1: After a training accident, Lieutenant W. F. Sharpe becomes the first Canadian military airman killed. February 14 – WW1: The 1st Canadian Division arrives in France.
Oct 29, 2009 · Widespread protest over the sinking by U-boat of the British ocean liner Lusitania—traveling from New York to Liverpool, England with hundreds of American passengers onboard—in May 1915 helped ...
Jul 27, 2006 · On 24 April 1915, a second gas attack hit the Canadians head-on. None of the troops carried gas masks at this point in the war. Some Canadians fled, and many sought refuge by lying face-down in the crevices of their trenches, where the green, hazy gas cloud, heavier than air, found and killed them.
3 days ago · World War I - Western, Eastern, 1915: The Western Front was mired in trench warfare. At the Second Battle of Ypres the Germans used chlorine gas for the first time on the Western Front. The Gorlice attack was launched and the Russians were routed.
2 days ago · World War I, international conflict that in 1914–18 embroiled most of the nations of Europe along with Russia, the U.S., the Middle East, and other regions. It led to the fall of four great imperial dynasties and, in its destabilization of European society, laid the groundwork for World War II.
Dec. 25. Turkish defeat at Kut. Excerpted from The War of the Nations: Portfolio of Rotogravure Etchings, 526-27. Jan. 24 Naval battle off Dogger Bank.
3 days ago · World War I - Italy, Italian Front, 1915-16: Great Britain, France, and Russia concluded the secret Treaty of London with Italy on April 26, 1915. In May Italy declared war on Austria-Hungary, and the Battles of the Isonzo ensued.
April 25, 1915 - Allied troops land on the Gallipoli Peninsula in an attempt to unblock the Dardanelles Straits near Constantinople (present day Istanbul, Turkey) to reopen access to Russia through the Black Sea. The landing comes after a failed attempt by British and French warships to force their way through the narrow Straits.
