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- Giulio Cesare was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Giulio Cesare | CPC]
- Conte di Cavour was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Conte di Cavour | CPC]
- Kurt Fricke was awarded Iron Cross 2nd Class. ww2dbase [Kurt Frike | CPC]
Germany
- Georg von Küchler was awarded the Iron Cross 1st Class. ww2dbase [Georg von Küchler | CPC]
Philippines
- Henry Arnold's daughter Lois Elizabeth Arnold was born at Fort William McKinley in Manila, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Henry Arnold | Manila | CPC]
United Kingdom
- Two German Navy Zeppelins made the first airship attack on the United Kingdom. ww2dbase [AC]
Korea
- General Seigo Inokuchi was named the commanding officer of the Japanese Chosen Army in occupied Korea, relieving Sadayoshi Ando. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Erwin Rommel led the German 9.Kompanie in an attack that broke through French lines, but he soon found his unit surrounded. He broke out and returned to German lines. He would later be awarded the Iron Cross Second Class for this action. ww2dbase [Erwin Rommel | CPC]
- Queen Elizabeth was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Queen Elizabeth | CPC]
Burma
- Aung San was born in Natmauk, Magwe in central Burma. ww2dbase [Aung San | Natmauk, Magwe | CPC]
- Russian Sikorsky reconnaissance bombers attacked targets in the Vistula-Dobrzhani area of Poland. ww2dbase [AC]
- Richard O'Connor was Mentioned in Despatches. ww2dbase [Richard O'Connor | CPC]
- Richard O'Connor was awarded the Military Cross. ww2dbase [Richard O'Connor | CPC]
- British Vice-Admiral Sackville Carden commenced the naval attack on the Dardanelles, which all hoped would be sufficient to quell the Turks without recourse to an extensive landing by the army. Twelve capital ships in three divisions shelled the forts at the mouth of the channel, Sedd-al-Bahr on the European side and Kum Kale on the Asiatic side. Bad weather rendered the attack ineffective, and it was not resumed until 25 Feb 1915, when the fortifications were battered into submission and occupied. ww2dbase [AC]
- Henry Plage was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. ww2dbase [Henry Plage | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | CPC]
- The French army decided to introduce a steel helmet in place of the steel skull cap worn under the kepi. The first design by Georges Scott proved too costly to manufacture, and a simplified pattern, the Adrian helmet, was produced on the orders of a Supply Department official of that name. ww2dbase [AC]
United Kingdom
- Winston Churchill established the Landships Committee to investigate the potential of armored vehicles. ww2dbase [Winston Churchill | CPC]
- Paul Tibbets was born. ww2dbase [Paul Tibbets | CPC]
- Erwin Rommel received the Württembergische Goldene Verdienstmedaille award. ww2dbase [Erwin Rommel | CPC]
- Warspite was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Warspite | CPC]
United Kingdom
- James Johnson was born in Barrow-upon-Soar, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [James Johnson | Barrow-upon-Soar, England | CPC]
- The first British bombing raids in tactical support of ground operations were carried out against railway installations in the Menin and Courtrai area in Belgium. ww2dbase [AC]
United Kingdom
- The British Foreign Secretary, Sir Edward Grey, signed a secret pact with the Russian Ambassador in London, England, United Kingdom giving Russia the right to post-war control of Constantinople and the Turkish Straits, in return for recognition of British and French aspirations in the remainder of the Ottoman Empire. ww2dbase [London, England | AC]
- Erwin Rommel was awarded the Iron Cross Second Class medal for his actions of 29 Jan 1915. He became the first Leutnant in his regiment to win this award. ww2dbase [Erwin Rommel | CPC]
France
- Zinovy Peshkov was made a corporal in the French Foreign Legion at Nice, France. ww2dbase [Zinovy Peshkov | Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | CPC]
- Erwin Rommel received the Military Merit Order award. ww2dbase [Erwin Rommel | CPC]
- The French Army decided to issue an order that all men serving at the front should wear the new light blue (bleu clair) uniform. ww2dbase [AC]
- The Germans made the first gas (initially chlorine) attack on French troops, on the front between Bixschoote and Langemaerck, in Belgium. ww2dbase [AC]
- Joseph Stilwell departed the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, United States. ww2dbase [Joseph Stilwell | West Point, New York | CPC]
- British Second Lieutenant W. B. Moorhouse RFC was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross after his B.E.2c was shot down during a raid over Courtrai, Belgium. ww2dbase [AC]
- Italy declared war on Austria-Hungary but not Germany. ww2dbase [AC]
- Joseph Stilwell arrived at Madison Barracks, Sackets Harbor, New York, United States. ww2dbase [Joseph Stilwell | Sackets Harbor, New York | CPC]
United States
- Joseph Stilwell was assigned to the 3rd Infantry Regiment at Madison Barracks, Sackets Harbor, New York, United States. ww2dbase [Joseph Stilwell | Sackets Harbor, New York | CPC]
Taiwan
- General Baron Teibi Ando was named the governor-general of Taiwan. ww2dbase [CPC]
- The keel of battlecruiser Glorious was laid down by Harland and Wolff in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Glorious | Belfast, Northern Ireland | AC]
- Walther von Brauchitsch was awarded the Württemberg Friedrich Order with Swords. ww2dbase [Walther von Brauchitsch | CPC]
- Donald Bennett was born. ww2dbase [Donald Bennett | CPC]
United Kingdom
- Oliver Leese joined the Colstream Guards regiment of the British Army. ww2dbase [Oliver Leese | CPC]
United States
- John Fox was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. ww2dbase [John Fox | Cincinnati, Ohio | CPC]
- The French army officially adopted the Adrian helmet. ww2dbase [AC]
- The Council of Ministers of the Ottoman Empire told its senior army commanders that they were authorised to crush without mercy any armed resistance they encounter from the local population in the war zone. ww2dbase [AC]
- The Ottoman Minister of the Interior, Mehmed Talât, announced that Armenians living near the war zones would be deported to Syria and Mosul. ww2dbase [AC]
- Haruki Isayama graduated from the Japanese Army Academy in Tokyo, Japan. ww2dbase [Haruki Isayama | Tokyo | CPC]
United Kingdom
- The first airship raid was made on London, England, United Kingdom by German Army Zeppelin LZ 38. Bombs fell on the East End of the capital, killing seven civilians and injuring at least fourteen more. ww2dbase [London, England | AC]
- Provence was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Provence | CPC]
United States
- Pedro del Valle graduated from the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, United States and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the US Marine Corps. ww2dbase [Pedro del Valle | Annapolis, Maryland | CPC]
- The first airship to be destroyed in air combat was the Zeppelin LZ 37 which was attacked by British Flight Sub-Lietenant R. A. J. Warneford (No. 1 Squadron RNAS) in a Morane-Saulnier monoplane. Warneford, flying above the airship, dropped six 20-lb Hales bombs, the last of which exploded on the Zeppelin, causing it to crash near Ghent, Belgium. ww2dbase [AC]
- Omar Bradley was promoted to the rank of second lieutenant. ww2dbase [Omar Bradley | CPC]
United States
- Battleship Arizona was launched from Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York, United States. ww2dbase [Arizona | Brooklyn, New York | CPC]
- The German cruiser, SMS Königsberg, which had been blockaded in the Rufiji delta in East Africa by a squadron on twenty-five Allied vessels for half a year, was finally sunk by two shallow-draught monitors. Her crew and guns, dismounted from the ship, joined the forces of Colonel Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck. ww2dbase [AC]
- Hartwig von Ludwiger was promoted to the rank of Leutnant. ww2dbase [Hartwig von Ludwiger | CPC]
- British Flight Commander C. H. K. Edmonds RNAS became the first pilot to attack a ship with an air-launched torpedo. ww2dbase [AC]
- Chancellor Bethmann-Hollweg agreed to support an Austro-Hungarian plan to establish a new Habsburg dominated state, after the war, on captured Polish territory, but only on condition that Austria also agreed to become politically subordinated to Berlin. ww2dbase [AC]
- Remy Van Lierde was born in Overboelare, Belgium. ww2dbase [Remy Van Lierde | CPC]
- Robert Furman was born. ww2dbase [Robert Furman | CPC]
- British Captain A. J. Liddell RFC was awarded the Victoria Cross for valour while flying a RE- 5 aircraft. ww2dbase [AC]
- Bretagne was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Bretagne | CPC]
- Rear Admiral Moshiro Iwasaki was named the Chief of Staff of the Mako naval port at Pescadores islands, Taiwan. ww2dbase [Mako Guard District | Mako, Hoko | CPC]
- Tsar Nicholas II, a notoriously inept military leader and tactician, assumed personal command of the Russian Armies. ww2dbase [AC]
- Ivan Bagramyan volunteered for the Russian Army. ww2dbase [Ivan Bagramyan | CPC]
- Erwin Rommel was promoted to the rank of Oberleutnant. ww2dbase [Erwin Rommel | CPC]
United States
- Joseph Stilwell went on leave in the United States. ww2dbase [Joseph Stilwell | CPC]
- Walther von Brauchitsch was awarded the Iron Cross 1st Class. ww2dbase [Walther von Brauchitsch | CPC]
- Joseph Stilwell was assigend to the Department of Modern Languages at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, United States. ww2dbase [Joseph Stilwell | West Point, New York | CPC]
France
- Robert Greim achieved his first kill as an observation plane pilot over France and was awarded the Iron Cross 1st Class medal. ww2dbase [Robert von Greim | CPC]
United States
- The keel of battleship California (later New Mexico) was laid down at New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, United States. ww2dbase [New York Navy Yard | New Mexico | Brooklyn, New York | CPC]
- Barham was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Barham | CPC]
- Piloted by Lieutenant Commander Henry Mustin, a Curtiss AB-2 aircraft made the first US catapult launch from USS North Carolina whilst the vessel was underway. ww2dbase [North Carolina | AC]
- Fuso was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Fuso | CPC]
- Josef Stroop was awarded the Iron Cross. ww2dbase [Jürgen Stroop | CPC]
- Prince Takahito was born in the Imperial Palace at Tokyo, Japan. ww2dbase [Imperial Palace Complex | Takahito | Tokyo | CPC]
- Chuichi Nagumo was assigned to destroyer Sugi. ww2dbase [Chuichi Nagumo | CPC]
- Rear Admiral Osuke Uemura was made the commanding officer of Maizuru Naval Arsenal in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. ww2dbase [Maizuru Naval Arsenal | Maizuru, Kyoto | CPC]
China
- Some members of the crew of Yingrui mutinied in support of Yuan Shikai's faction; the mutiny was suppressed and Yingrui remained under Nationalist control. ww2dbase [Yingrui | CPC]
- Douglas MacArthur was promoted to the rank of major. ww2dbase [Douglas MacArthur | CPC]
- Isoroku Yamamoto was promoted to the rank of lieutenant commander. ww2dbase [Isoroku Yamamoto | CPC]
- Tamon Yamaguchi was promoted to the rank of sub-lieutenant. ww2dbase [Tamon Yamaguchi | CPC]
- Kasuga was made the flagship of Destroyer Squadron 3. ww2dbase [Kasuga | CPC]
- Vice Admiral Takeshi Takarabe succeeded Vice Admiral Reijiro Kawashima as the commanding officer of the Ryojun Military Port (previously known as Port Arthur; now Lushunkou, Liaoning Province, China), Kwantung Leased Territory in northeastern China. ww2dbase [Ryojun Guard District | Lushunkou, Liaoning | CPC]
- Prince Hiroyasu was named the commanding officer of the 2nd Squadron. ww2dbase [Hiroyasu | CPC]
- Captain Kesataro Kawahara was named the commanding officer of Settsu. ww2dbase [Settsu | CPC]
- Admiral Teijiro Kuroi was named the commanding officer of the Mako naval port at Pescadores islands, Taiwan. ww2dbase [Mako Guard District | Mako, Hoko | CPC]
- Yoshimi Minami was born. ww2dbase [Yoshimi Minami | CPC]
Japan
- Masafumi Arima was promoted to the rank of midshipman. ww2dbase [Masafumi Arima | CPC]
- Sir Douglas Haig assumed command of the British forces in France. ww2dbase [AC]
- Lieutenant G. S. M. Insall of the British Royal Flying Corps was awarded the Victoria Cross for valour whilst flying his Vickers F.B.5 aircraft. ww2dbase [AC]
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