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Gas In Ww1, A More Humane Way To Kill The Enemy.
I think I read somewhere that the German who developed the poison gas used on the battlefields of WW1 thought it would be a more humane way to dispatch the enemy than bomb or bullet.
Did they Allied forces use it?
Did they Allied forces use it?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.The Germans led the way in using Chlorine, Phosgene and Mustard gas.
The French also used it in large quantities but I think the British commanders were less enthusiastic; partly because they thought it 'cowardly' and 'not cricket' and also because there were notable disasters when we did use it; infamously injuring more British troops than enemy.
The French also used it in large quantities but I think the British commanders were less enthusiastic; partly because they thought it 'cowardly' and 'not cricket' and also because there were notable disasters when we did use it; infamously injuring more British troops than enemy.
not only that, the British couldn't get some of their canisters to open, so they were left lying there - and were hit by German shelling, which released the gas.
Phosgene was French, apparently
http:// en.wiki pedia.o rg/wiki /Poison _gas_in _World_ War_I
Phosgene was French, apparently
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germans used it - developed by Haber of the Haber process
French also did ( chlorine) with disastrous results - wind changed and gassed the froggies oops
It was also used against the Italians at Caporetto I think
I dont think the Brits used it but of course did research - BAL British anti-lewisite springs to mind....as ab antidote
French also did ( chlorine) with disastrous results - wind changed and gassed the froggies oops
It was also used against the Italians at Caporetto I think
I dont think the Brits used it but of course did research - BAL British anti-lewisite springs to mind....as ab antidote
According to:
http:// firstwo rldwar. com/wea ponry/g as.htm
the French started it with tear gas but the Germans escalated it's use. Either way, it seems to me that both sides abandoned any moral consideration.
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the French started it with tear gas but the Germans escalated it's use. Either way, it seems to me that both sides abandoned any moral consideration.
His hanging face, like a devil's sick of sin;
If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood
Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,
Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud
Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
To children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old Lie; Dulce et Decorum est
Pro patria mori.
If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood
Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,
Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud
Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
To children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old Lie; Dulce et Decorum est
Pro patria mori.
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