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Great War events that took place on 17 February.
1915 (Wednesday)
| Western Front | ▶ Small French advances near Roclincourt (north of Arras), near Perthes, and north-west of Verdun. | ▶ Two Zeppelins wrecked off north-west Denmark: L-3 is stranded and destroyed off Fanö, and L-4 is destroyed near Blaavands Huk. | |
| Eastern Front | ▶ Russians defeated on line Plotsk-Ratsionj (north-west Poland). | ▶ Great battle near Nadworna and Kolomea. | ▶ Czernowitz (Bukovina) is retaken by Austrian forces (see 28 October 1914, and 17 June 1916). |
| Naval and Overseas Operations | Baltic: Memel reoccupied by German forces (see 11 November 1914, and 18 March 1915). |
Sources: Various material contemporary with the war have been used to compile The Great War On This Day and its associated Index.
Text has been transcribed from two out-of-copyright sources: Chronology of the War (1918-1920), and History of the Great War – Principle Events 1914-1918 (1922). Spelling of place names are original to British use at the time. Some typos have been altered or corrected for consistency. Duplicate or identical events between these sources have been amalgamated; as a result the date and wording may differ to the original texts.
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Images come from scans or photographs of original sources, Wikimedia Commons, and the Imperial War Museum's online collections under the IWM Non-Commercial Licence. Attribution is given separately to the latter and do not come under the general licence of this site.
Advisory note: The information in these sources may not accurately represent up-to-date histories, present-day spelling of place names, or geographical boundaries. In some instances the language used may appear sexist or derogatory to the modern reader, and in rare cases, images may depict distressing scenes.
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