October 29th 1914: The Ottoman Empire entered the First World War, attacking Russian ports on the Black Sea.
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Centenary Anniversary: Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes
7th February 1915: Germany started a second offensive against the Russian Army in the Masurian Lakes region of East Prussia (now Poland).
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Centenary Anniversary: Battle of Neuve Chapelle
10th March 1915: Britain launched its first set-piece offensive on the Western Front, attacking the Germans at Neuve Chapelle in Northern France.
Continue readingCentenary Anniversary: Allied naval assault on the Dardanelles
18th March 1915: An armada of British and French warships attempted to force its way through the Dardanelles Strait in Turkey.
Continue readingCentenary Anniversary: Russians capture fortress of Przemyśl
22nd March 1915: The Austro-Hungarian fortress of Przemyl in Galicia (present-day Poland) fell to the Russians after a siege lasting more than four months.
Continue readingCentenary Anniversary: Second Battle of Ypres
April 22nd 1915: Germany launched its only Western Front offensive of the year, extensively using deadly chemicals for the first time.
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Centenary Anniversary: The Gallipoli Campaign
25th April 1915: The Gallipoli landings begin.
Continue readingCentenary Anniversary: Battle of Gorlice-Tarnów
2nd May 1915: German and Austro-Hungarian troops launched a joint offensive in Galicia (present-day Poland), achieving a major breakthrough against the Russian Army.
Continue readingCentenary Anniversary: Sinking of the Lusitania
7th May 1915: The British transatlantic liner, Lusitania, was sunk by a German U-boat, provoking American outrage at the deaths of neutral US passengers.
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Centenary Anniversary: More than 200 British troops die in train crash
22nd May 1915: A troop train crashed in the worst rail disaster in UK history, near Gretna in Scotland.
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