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Eastern Front 1915. Image courtesy US Department of Military Art and Engineering.

Eastern Front 1915.
Image courtesy US Department of Military Art and Engineering.

  • Poison gas is used for the first time in the Battle of Bolimov, as German soldiers on the Eastern Front attack Russian positions west of Warsaw. Although the Germans fire 18,000 gas shells, they have little effect on the Russians as frigid temperatures prevent the gas from vaporizing.