WW1-1915

What happened in the second year of WW1?

WW1

January 19 - 20

● On January 19th two Zeppelins diverted and bombed Great Yarmouth, Sheringham, King's Lynn and the surrounding villages.

● They were aiming for Humberside.

First German zeppelin attack on England

● On February 4, 1915, Germany's Kaiser warned all the countries which were not participating in the war that if their boats entered the British territory they would be struck by German U-boats.

● This event led to the sinking of the Lusitania, an American boat on May 7th.

February 4German attack on Allied and neutral shipping & blockade of Britain

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May 7

● An American boat was sunk by Germany. ● Before the war started, Britain declared that the ship would

be used for transportation only, from Liverpool to New York. ● Once the war started the ship was meant to go back to

Liverpool, with more than 1,000 civilians in it. ● The ship was secretly contrabanding munitions for America’s

allie.● German submarine targeted Lusitania.

U-boat sinks British liner Lusitania with the loss of American lives, creating a US-German diplomatic crisis

April 22

● This was not the first time these kind of gases were used. The use of tear gas was previously used by France in 1912 in police operations.

● With the outbreak of war, Germany started developing new types of chemical gases. They had several trials before successfully implementing it for the first time in 1915 in a nuclear gas attack in Ypres, Belgium.

First use of poison gas by Germany in the Second Battle of Ypres

April 26

● Italy had an alliance with the Central Powers, Germany & A-H, in which she was obliged to enter the war in case any of them was attacked first.

● Nevertheless, Italy took A-H’s ultimatum to Serbia as an act of aggression, resolving they were free of their alliance obligations.

● She signs the Treaty of London, committing herself to enter World War I on the side of the Allies, but it is signed in secret because the alliance with the Central Powers was still in force.

The Secret Treaty of London

TREATY OF LONDON

TRIPLE ENTENTE AND ITALY

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BY: Anouk, Viole & Juan WW1