WW1 events time table
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Updated: 26 Apr 2023
All the events that happened in 1915 during the War. :)
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Created byOscar Turner
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The first German Zeppelin raid on the east coast of EnglandThe Germans declare a submarine blockade of BritainIn response to a request from Russia to help fend off a Turkish attackRussia suffers heavy troop losses following the Second Battle of Masurian Lakes.In an attempt to starve the enemy into submission, Britain announces a blockade of German ports.The British steamship RMS Falaba becomes the first passenger ship to be sunk by German U-boat, U-28. 104 people are lost to the sea, including one American passenger.Germany uses poison gas for the first time in a major offensive.Several weeks after the Anglo-French naval bombardment of Turkish positions, Allied forces finally land in the Gallipoli region of the Dardenelles.The British liner Lusitania is sunk by a German U-Boat with the loss of 1,198 civilian lives.Italy joins the Allies by declaring war on Germany and Austria.The British Prime Minister Herbert Asquith reorganises his Liberal government into a coalition of the political parties.
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