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Gas Offensive Opens at Ypres

Germany · Warfare / World War, 1st. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1915Date range
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Chronological records

1915

Albrecht of Wurttemberg22 April 1915

Flanders · Warfare / World War, 1st

German forces release chlorine gas during the opening attack of the Second Battle of Ypres.

Names involved

Albrecht of Wurttemberg

Provenance

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