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Great War events that took place on 20 February.
1915 (Saturday)
| Western Front | ▶ Germans gain a little ground near Ypres. | ▶ French take wood north of Perthes, and progress near Les Éparges. | ▶ German advance south-east of Sulzern (Alsace). |
| Eastern Front | German attacks at Kosziowa repulsed. | ||
| Southern Front | Bombardment of Dardanelles forts continues. | ||
| Political | ▶ Orders issued for employment at the Dardanelles of the Australian and New Zealand troops in Egypt (see 16 February and 1 December 1914). | ▶ Muavin ed Douleh succeeds Ala es Sultaneh as Persian Foreign Minister (see 19 August 1914, and 26 April 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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