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UK Jan-Apr 1915

(Bosnia, I understand you have a plan, so I'll follow your lead while also sticking to historical events)

- Development on the weaponisation of gas is finished, helped in part with the capture of numerous German trenches that possess such weaponry. In subsequent offensives, the British utilise chlorine gas, while meanwhile work begins on outfitting soldiers with gas masks.

- The spring sees a major British offensive at Ypres. Casualties are horrendous, little ground is gained. Battlegrounds are a hellish landscape of mud, twisted metal, corpses and clouds of gas. Reinforcements meanwhile flood in from across the empire, from Canadian to Australian to Afrikaaner.

- South African and Colonial troops launch the offensive into Tanzania, encountering some German resistance in the Mikumi Highlands but otherwise meeting success. In late April Kenyan and South African troops meet at Dar Es Salaam, connecting the two halves of the empire.

- The British and Greek lines benefit from the Danubian offensive, allowing the Greeks to end a dangerous salient in their lines. A British offensive at Alexandrouopolis sees poison gas decimate Ottoman lines, which are mopped up by the soldiers s follow. Elsewhere, preparatory shelling of the Turkish coast and the Dardanelles sees the British preparing for a major offensive which hopes to knock the Ottomans out for good, or at least secure leverage for a peace deal.

- The RAF carries out ambitious bombing raids on German naval bases and zeppelin sheds throughout the early year. This culminates in a disastrous raid on Hamburg which sees the Luftwaffe ambush the RAF attack squadron and decimate their ranks.

- The DoMS is renamed the Department of Warfare, because that's catchier.

- Alarm and dismay at the Japanese offensives in Southeast Asia. Troops in Malaysia and Burma are put on alert.