THE DAY IN HISTORY · MAY 2
May 2 in history
What happened on May 2: 1 moment from the Maps of History atlases, in 1915, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Gorlice–Tarnów offensive
2 May 1915 — Mackensen breaks through on a 50-km front at Gorlice–Tarnów, unsettling the entire Russian line. By September the Great Retreat has cost Russia Poland, Lithuania and a million prisoners. At home, rumors of treason circulate.
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