What Happened in Feb 1915

Armenian Genocide - 1,000,000 Massacred by the Turks and Kurds

Russian Forces, 180,000 General Yuclenitch, Commander-in-Chief General Woronozov, Erzerum Army Turkish Forces, 200,000 General Enver Pasha,... Read more

Third Assault on Warsaw

Russian Force, 100,000 General Russky German Force, 150,000 Gen. Mackensen Hindenberg, on February 1, 1915, launched his third drive on... Read more

Battle of Koziowa

Russian Army, 300,000 General Ivanoff Austro-German Army, 350,000 General von Linsingen The Second Austrian Army, under General von... Read more

Birth of a Nation Premieres

On Febuary 8, 1915, D.W. Griffith's controversial silent film, The Birth of a Nation, premiered in Los Angeles, California. Released under the... Read more

Russian Disaster in East Prussia

Russian Forces, 160,000 General Sievers General Bulgakoff German Forces, 300,000 General von Eichhorn General von Below General von... Read more

"A Night Out" (film) is Released

A Night Out is a 1915 Charlie Chaplin comedy short. It was Chaplin's first film with Edna Purviance, who would continue as his leading lady for the... Read more

Bombardment of the Dardanelles

Allied Army and Navy, 300,000 General Sir Ian Hamilton General Monroe General Gouraud General Marshall General D'Amade Major-General... Read more

Winston Churchill Establishes The Landships Committee

It was Churchill who, on Colonel Swinton's urging (and backed by Hankey), sponsored the establishment of the Landships Committee to investigate the... Read more

Battle of Przasnysz

Russian Force, 50,000 General Sievers German Forces, 100,000 General Gallwitz General Scholz While the Russians were being driven out of... Read more