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The first gas that was used was Chlorine by the Germans. That was used by opening canisters and letting the wind blow it across no mans land. Tthen as the gasses became more advanced such as Mustard Gas, which is probably the most known one, they were launched over by artillery shell.

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They where fired into the trenches to try and make the soldiers come over the top.

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