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Second Year of the War Reviewed in 1915
The piece surveys the second year of World War I, noting German advances in Europe, Russian counteroffensives, and Allied responses. It covers Verdun, the Italian front, Balkan campaigns, Mesopotamia, Gallipoli, and the British blockade, plus naval clashes and U‑boat tensions with the United States. It highlights Russia’s big push, Austro‑German setbacks, and Allied diplomatic moves. It also notes Zeppelins, Edith Cavell, and the Sussex crisis shaping US policy toward Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Russia
Great Britain
France
Italy
Austria
Bulgaria
Turkey
Jutland
Germany
America
Reichstag
Lublin
Poland
von Mackensen
Galicia
von Ee
Warsaw
Vilna
Baltic
Riga
Dvina
Poilessie
Pinsk
Nicholas
Grand Duke
Caucasus
Tarnopol
Trembowla
Teutons
Lutsk
Czartorysk
Iuxt
Serbia
Sofia
Peter
Belgrade
Saloniki
Mesopotamia
Tigris
Bagdad
Kut-el-Amara
Kut
Gallipoli
John Bull
England
Earl of Derby
David Ae Bri
Trentino
Vicenza
Count Cadorna
Rome
Verdun
Brusiloff
Shoovaieff
Dubno
Stokhod
Lipa
Volhynia
Bukovina
Carpathians
Hungary
Saghalien
Turkestan
Somme
Anmonth
Paris
Liverpool
Edith Cavell
Brand Whitlock
Belgium
Skaggerrak
North Sea
Kiel
Deutschland
Baltimore
Kaiser
United States
Ancona
Persia
Mediterranean
Wilson
Egypt
Erzerum
Bitlis
Trebizond
Asia Minor
Moewe
Africa
Appam
Hampton Roads
Atlantic
Portugal
Lord Kitchener
Hampshire
Esauishis
Montenegro
Japan
Austria-Hungary
Central Powers
Spi