The Great War On This Day
A daily listing of Great War movements, actions, events and political involvements that took place on this day between 1914–1918. This page refreshes every day. To find out more about this project and the various sources used to compile it, see About the Great War 'on this day'.
1915 (Sunday)
- Second Battle of Ypres: British retake Wieltje. They fail in an attack on Aubers Ridge (Neuve Chapelle).
- Allied Spring Offensive begins.
- Second Battle of Artois begins (see 18 June).
- The leading division of the British New Armies leaves England for France (see 21 August 1914 and 24 February 1915).
- Germans defeated at Krakinow (Baltic Provinces).
- President Wilson, in a speech, defines United States policy in regard to the RMS Lusitania outrage (see 7 May).
- Chinese Government yield to Japanese demands (see 7 and 25 May).
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Acknowledgements
Various material contemporary with the war have been used to compile The Great War:On This Day and associated index. Data has been gleaned from two main sources: Chronology of the War (1918-1920), and History of the Great War – Principal Events 1914-1918 (1922). The information in these works were deemed correct at the time of their respective publication dates, and may not accurately represent present-day histories, spelling of place names, political, and geographical boundaries. Click here for a full list of sources.