Post by chris on Mar 1, 2010 11:49:55 GMT -8
February 3 - 4, 1915, 95 years ago....Egypt - Turkish attacks on the Suez Canal ends in failure....Armenia - Turkish government begins to deport Armenians. This policy is thinly disguised genocide....Aerial Warfare - French pilot Roland Garros uses a fixed, forward firing machine gun with deflectors to protect the propeller.
February 4, 1915, 95 years ago....Atlantic, North Sea - Germany declares the waters around Great Britain a war zone and begins first unrestricted campaign against all shipping.
February 7 - 22, 1915, 95 years ago....Winter Battle of the Masurian Lakes - German 10th Army launches an offensive against the Russian 10 Army with a heavy artillery barrage, breaking open the weak Russian right flank. The German 10th Army Destroys the Russian 10th Army, which suffers 50,000 casualties.
February 16, 1915, 95 years ago....France - French forces renew Champagne offensive, in which they are able to secure the forward German defensive lines around "Hill 180", at the enormous cost of 240,000 casualties.
February 19, 1915, 95 years ago.... Gallipoli Campaign - British launch naval attacks against Turkish outer defenses at the Dardanelles, which involves small landings by the Royal Marines.
February 22, 1915, 95 years ago....Campaigns in Champagne - Reims endures heavy German bombardments, which results in damage to the cathedral.
February 23, 1915, 95 years ago....Gallipoli Campaign - British capture the Island of Lemnos from the Turks and use it as a naval base for Allied action.
February 24, 1915, 95 years ago....Gallipoli Campaign - British High Command decides if the naval bombardments fail to dislodge the Turkish defenders, the army will be dispatched and infantry will have to be landed.
February 25, 1915, 95 years ago....Gallipoli Campaign - British navy launches a second attack on the Turkish outer defenses at the Dardenelles. The naval bombardment destroys the Turkish long range guns.
February 26, 1915, 95 years ago....Gallipoli Campaign - British navy begins first attack on intermediate defenses from within the straits. The three attacking British warships are harrassed by Turkish Howitzers.
February 4, 1915, 95 years ago....Atlantic, North Sea - Germany declares the waters around Great Britain a war zone and begins first unrestricted campaign against all shipping.
February 7 - 22, 1915, 95 years ago....Winter Battle of the Masurian Lakes - German 10th Army launches an offensive against the Russian 10 Army with a heavy artillery barrage, breaking open the weak Russian right flank. The German 10th Army Destroys the Russian 10th Army, which suffers 50,000 casualties.
February 16, 1915, 95 years ago....France - French forces renew Champagne offensive, in which they are able to secure the forward German defensive lines around "Hill 180", at the enormous cost of 240,000 casualties.
February 19, 1915, 95 years ago.... Gallipoli Campaign - British launch naval attacks against Turkish outer defenses at the Dardanelles, which involves small landings by the Royal Marines.
February 22, 1915, 95 years ago....Campaigns in Champagne - Reims endures heavy German bombardments, which results in damage to the cathedral.
February 23, 1915, 95 years ago....Gallipoli Campaign - British capture the Island of Lemnos from the Turks and use it as a naval base for Allied action.
February 24, 1915, 95 years ago....Gallipoli Campaign - British High Command decides if the naval bombardments fail to dislodge the Turkish defenders, the army will be dispatched and infantry will have to be landed.
February 25, 1915, 95 years ago....Gallipoli Campaign - British navy launches a second attack on the Turkish outer defenses at the Dardenelles. The naval bombardment destroys the Turkish long range guns.
February 26, 1915, 95 years ago....Gallipoli Campaign - British navy begins first attack on intermediate defenses from within the straits. The three attacking British warships are harrassed by Turkish Howitzers.