Explaining History

Poison gas on the Western Front - 1915-18


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Between 1915 and 1918 all sides in the First World War used poison gas against one another, but it was Germany that was the biggest pioneer of battlefield chemical weapons. The last year of the war saw the highest intensity of gas use as the desperation by all sides for a breakthrough intensified.

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Explaining HistoryBy Nick Shepley

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