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The poison gas was released and sent adrift towards the enemy trench. It would seep into the trench an dbe breathed in by soldiers, causing death, paralysis and other debilitating symptoms. The poison would linger for days. It would have been the perfect weapon had its single drawback not existed. If the wind was blowing towards YOUR trench, the gas would get into YOUR trench.
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Who didn't use poison gas in world war 1?
In the beginning of the war, only the Axis used poison gas (mustard gas was the first kind to be used), but by the end of the war, both sides used poison gas as a weapon.
What is Zyklon B gas?
Zyklon B was the poison used in the Auschwitz gas chambers.
What was a problem with using poison gas in ww1?
The casualites would have been drastically lower and the terror level in the trenches also would have been less.
Was gas used in the crimean war?
No. Poison gas was first used in World War 1.
How where trenches used in World War 1?
Trenches were used for hidding them selfs and to take cover from people on the opposite side , also could help by giving the soldies 30 seconds to get there gas masks when a gas attak hits them.
When had poison gas been used before?
In World War 1, we begin to see the first use of poision gas use. The Germans used chlorine and mustard gas to clear trenches of the Allied forces.
What is white star that was used in World War 1?
White Star was a poison gas combination of phosgene and chlorine that the Allies deployed. Phosgene was the more poisonous agent, and chlorine was used to disperse the gas on enemy trenches.
What did the soldiers taste in the trenches?
Mud, dirt, sweat, blood, canned food, dust, poison gas.
How did gas masks help people help you in world war 2?
Because poison gas was used against soldiers in the trenches in WWI, gas attack was feared in WWII. Poison gas was rarely used in WWII, except in the German death camps, where 11 million people (including 6 million Jews) were gassed to death. Poison gas in not an effective weapon in combat, if it rains the rain can disperse it, and the wind can blow it back at the side that's using it.
What kind of gas was used in the trenches in ww1?
Chlorine, mustard gas and tear gas.
Is poison gas still used today?
poison gas is no longer allowed in warfare.
Who didn't use poison gas in world war 1?
In the beginning of the war, only the Axis used poison gas (mustard gas was the first kind to be used), but by the end of the war, both sides used poison gas as a weapon.
What is Zyklon B gas?
Zyklon B was the poison used in the Auschwitz gas chambers.
What Poison gas used in World War 1?
A gas called "Mustard Gas"" was used.
What kinds of gas was used in World War 1 against soldiers in the trenches?
Mustard Gas
What kind of gas was used in the trenches during World War 1?
It was called 'Mustard Gas'.
How was chlorine gas used?
It was used as a weapon during WW1. The gas was packed into artillery shells and shot into the enemy trenches.
