How the Shocking Use of Gas in World War I Led Nations to Ban It
WEBMay 17, 2021 — As the battle began, the Germans released 170 metric tons of chlorine gas from more than 5,700 cylinders buried in a four-mile line across the front. British officer Martin Greener described the...
Chemical weapon | History, Facts, Types, & Effects | Britannica
WEBChemical weapons are chemical agents, whether gaseous, liquid, or solid, that are employed because of their direct toxic effects on humans, animals, and plants. They inflict damage when inhaled, absorbed through the skin, or ingested in food or drink.
A Brief History of Chemical War | Science History Institute
WEBMay 12, 2015 — Chlorine gas, used on the infamous day of April 22, 1915, produces a greenish-yellow cloud that smells of bleach and immediately irritates the eyes, nose, lungs, and throat of those exposed to it. At high enough doses it kills by asphyxiation.
Grenade | Military Weaponry & History | Britannica
WEBSep 23, 2024 — Grenade, small explosive, chemical, or gas bomb that is used at short range. The word grenade probably derived from the French word for pomegranate, because the bulbous shapes of early grenades resembled that fruit. Grenades came into use around the 15th century and were found to be particularly.
How Gas Became A Terror Weapon In The First World War
WEBGases used included chlorine, mustard gas, bromine and phosgene, and the German Army was the most prolific user of gas warfare. Gas did not prove as decisive a weapon as was anticipated but it was effective in clearing enemy forward positions.
The horrifying history of gas warfare - Encyclopedia Britannica
WEBMillions of men did suffer lung damage and millions more lived in terror of gas attacks. But all that suffering still couldn't break the trench stalemate. Gas warfare also destroyed Fritz Haber's personal life. His wife, Clara, shot herself, in part, because of his work on gas.
How a Chemical Weapons Disaster in WWII Led to a U.S. Cover …
WEBTests performed on-site revealed traces of mustard. Ordnance officers from the U.S. Air Force identified the casings as belonging to a 100-pound M47A2 mustard gas bomb.
Fritz Haber’s Experiments in Life and Death | Smithsonian
WEBJun 6, 2012 — One general called the use of poison gas “unchivalrous”; another declared that poisoning the enemy “just as one poisons rats” was “repulsive.” But if it meant victory, that general was...
How a WWII Disaster—and Cover‑up—Led to a Cancer ... - HISTORY
WEBAug 12, 2020 — Caught in the surprise World War II air raid was the John Harvey, an American Liberty ship carrying a secret cargo of 2,000 mustard bombs to be used in retaliation if Hitler resorted to gas...
Thermonuclear bomb | History, Principle, Diagram, Yield, Effects ...
WEBSep 14, 2024 — thermonuclear bomb, weapon whose enormous explosive power results from an uncontrolled self-sustaining chain reaction in which isotopes of hydrogen combine under extremely high temperatures to form helium in a process known as nuclear fusion. The high temperatures that are required for the reaction are produced by the detonation …
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