World War Site and Poison Gas
The use of poison gas as a method of offense in warfare was first observed in World War II. Though popular opinion believes Germans were the first users of this deadly aliment, it is in fact not true, the French were the first to utilizes poisonous gas in World War II. The French fired tear-gas grenades at German soldiers, scientifically known as xylyl bromide. Following this event the Germans became the first to develop chemical weapons on a large scale. Germans came back with chlorine gas to surprise the French on the Western Front, this attack left a 4 mile wide gap in the line in which the Germans could have made a decisive move on Allied forces, but they were left unprepared due to their lack of trust in their new found chemical weapon. This German move left neutral powers including the U.S. shocked at the use of such weapons and mass propaganda against gas followed. The British responded with special gas companies, which experienced little success. Phosgene followed chlorine gas and proved somewhat more successful. Mustard gas came last and also experienced the most success. Protection from gas evolved during this period as well, and gas became a less deadly aliment and lost a lot of support. Worldwide bans of the use of poison gas exist today.
This summarizes the poison gas section of the website. I personally thoroughly enjoyed the website, I learned many things, including much on poison gas. The pictures on the site are also quite interesting. The site is put together very well and is a great find. Thanks for the resource G.
-Donald
This summarizes the poison gas section of the website. I personally thoroughly enjoyed the website, I learned many things, including much on poison gas. The pictures on the site are also quite interesting. The site is put together very well and is a great find. Thanks for the resource G.
-Donald
posted by Drummond | 5:20 PM
2 Comments:
The poison gas was definately something that caught my eye. I had no idea that it was created during World War I. But reading about the tear gas just kind of made me laugh. I mean, what kind of person develops a gas to make someone go into a sneezing fit. I also thought the way the men died, choking on the poisonuos vapor, was sad. I think humans are extremely brutal in that way.
Yeah, the gas was pretty brutal and it was definitely used by both sides. After the first attacks, both sides began issuing gas masks to combat this tactic. Chemical warfare is pretty found upon these days though.
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