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Gas in The Great War


Gas in The Great War - University of Kansas Medical Center

One of the enduring hallmarks of WWI was the large-scale use of chemical weapons, commonly called, simply, 'gas'. Although chemical warfare caused less than 1% ...

How Gas Became A Terror Weapon In The First World War | IWM

The trench warfare of the Western Front encouraged the development of new weaponry to break the stalemate. Poison gas was one such development.

First Usage of Poison Gas | National WWI Museum and Memorial

This was the first effective use of poison gas on the Western Front and the debut of Germany's newest weapon in its chemical arsenal, chlorine gas.

Mustard gas - from the Great War to frontline chemotherapy

Mustard gas went from the very real battleground of the WWI trenches into the frontline of cancer treatment. But for JD, the treatment came too late.

DoD Recovered Chemical Warfare Material (RCWM) Program - DENIX

The United States' long history relating to chemical warfare stretches back to before World War I. Once chemical warfare was a battlefield reality.

Chemical weapons in World War I - Wikipedia

The use of toxic chemicals as weapons dates back thousands of years, but the first large-scale use of chemical weapons was during World War I. They were ...

Gas: The Greatest Terror of the Great War - Sage Journals

1915 saw the emergence of gas warfare —the first weapon of mass terror. It is relevant to anaesthetists to reflect on these gases for a number of reasons.

Terror Weapons: The British Experience of Gas and Its Treatment in ...

Chemical weapons accounted for only 1 per cent of the 750000 British troops killed in the First World War and yet caused disproportionate casualties ...

Weapons on Land - Poison Gas | Canada and the First World War

The first large-scale use of lethal poison gas on the battlefield was by the Germans on 22 April 1915 during the Battle of Second Ypres.

Gas Gangrene in the First World War

Gas gangrene, an almost uniformly fatal suffusion of tissues with noxious gases from specific bacterial wound infections.

How deadly was the poison gas of WW1? - BBC News

Gas soon became a routine feature of trench warfare, horrifying soldiers more than any conventional weapon. But was it actually as deadly as its terrible ...

A Brief History of Chemical War

Three substances were responsible for most chemical-weapons injuries and deaths during World War I: chlorine, phosgene, and mustard gas.

The Horrifying History of Gas Warfare | Britannica

Learn about the development of chemical warfare during World War I.

JoiN ANCA - Army Nurse Corps Association

When the United States entered the World War in April 1917, American forces were ill-prepared to confront the horrors of chemical warfare. Mustard “gas,” ...

Germans introduce poison gas | April 22, 1915 | HISTORY

On April 22, 1915, German forces shock Allied soldiers along the western front by firing more than 150 tons of lethal chlorine gas against two French colonial ...

Modern chemical weapons and World War I - SciELO México

ABSTRACT. While chemical weapons have been used since the beginning of armed struggles, either for their flammable or toxic properties, it was only during ...

Chemical Weapons - UNODA

The modern use of chemical weapons began with World War I, when both sides to the conflict used poisonous gas to inflict agonizing suffering.

Chemical Warfare and Medical Response During World War I - PMC

The development, production, and deployment of war gases such as chlorine, phosgene, and mustard created a new and complex public health threat.

WATCH: A Closer Look at a WWI Gas Hood (video) | Khan Academy

Trench warfare in the First World War was horrific enough, but mustard gas really sent it over the top. In this short video, Andrew Wallis ...

Voices of the First World War: Gas Attack At Ypres

On 22 April 1915, German forces launched a renewed offensive against the Ypres Salient. Their attack featured a weapon that had not been used before on the ...


Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War

Book by Max Hastings

The Great War: Western Front

Video game

The Great War: Western Front is a real-time strategy video game based on the First World War. Developed by Petroglyph Games and published by Frontier Foundry, the game was released in March 2023 for Windows PC.