Germany. They used Chlorine gas in the second battle of Ypres.
chlorine gas was used for one of the first times!
The first large scale and successful use of poison gas was at the Second Battle of Ypres. Germany released chlorine gas in a light wind that took it into trenches controlled by French forces, causing them to flee. Canadian forces filled in the gap created and counterattacked through further gas attacks, eventually winning the battle.
Ypres, France
battle of the ypres
That would be during WW1, Not WW2. But nonetheless, the Germans first used gas at Ypres in April 1915.
Gas was first used in warfare during the Second Battle of Ypres in 1915 by the Germans.
Germany. They used Chlorine gas in the second battle of Ypres.
The new technologies used in the Battle of Ypres was poisonous gas, and larger cannons and guns.
chlorine gas was used for one of the first times!
The first large scale and successful use of poison gas was at the Second Battle of Ypres. Germany released chlorine gas in a light wind that took it into trenches controlled by French forces, causing them to flee. Canadian forces filled in the gap created and counterattacked through further gas attacks, eventually winning the battle.
Ypres, France
In April 1915, Germany began using poison gas for the first time during the Second Battle of Ypres, in this case chlorine gas. In previous months they had used tear gas with little effect. The Second Battle of Ypres was also the first time a former colony, Canada, defeated a European power on European soil.
battle of the ypres
Poison gas was first used by the Germans at Second Battle of Ypres during the First World War.
Germany was the first country to use gas, chlorine in particular, in world war one. it was first used against British and French units in the first battle of Ypres.
April 22. 1915 at Ypres, Belgium