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1915  January 24
 
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The German battle cruiser Blücher is sunk by the British off the Dogger Bank      
1915  January 30
 
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Two passenger liners are sunk by German U-boats      
1915
 
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February - British and French forces invade and capture the German colony of Cameroon      
1915
 
    
Winston Churchill is a firm supporter of a new invention, the tank, encouraging its initial development while still at the Admiralty       
1915  March
 
  
A typhus epidemic sweeps through Serbia, severely weakening the nation's armed forces     
1915  March 18
 
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British and French battleships are sunk by mines in the Dardanelles, with the loss of 620 French sailors on one of them      
1915  March 21
 
    
Two German Zeppelin airships bomb Paris, causing 23 deaths       
1915  April
 
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In a secret pact, signed in London, Italy is promised territorial gains if she joins the Allied side      
1915  April 1
 
   
The French aviator Roland Garros fires a machine gun through the propeller in his fighter plane, using metal plates to deflect any bullets that hit the propeller      
1915  April 22
 
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The Germans attempt an advance on the western front, launching the second battle of Ypres