22 Apr 1915
- 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 | CPC]
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