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They used Penicillin, Sulfanilamide (Sulfa), and Atabrine.
I'm sure they used other Antibiotics, but these are the main three. (Atabrine was mainly used in the South Pacific).
Soldiers carried Sulfa with them to prevent infections, Atabrine was used to stop malaria though it had a lot of negative side effects, and Penicillin was mas produced by the Pfizer company, and saved countless lives during WWII.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoYou are probably thinking of penicillin, which was accidentally discovered by Alexander Fleming, a Scottish scientist. Soldiers also used sulfa-type drugs to disinfect new wounds. Though, not the same sulfa- antibiotics we have today, but a related sulfa-drug.
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∙ 13y agoyes it was. penicillin was discovered in 1928 bu Alexander Flemming
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∙ 15y agoAntibotics were not developed until 1929.
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Was there antibiotics in World War 2?
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Jet engines, rocket power and antibiotics
How did medicine affect World War 2?
There were high death tolls in World War 2 many due to infections,so the discovery of antibiotics reduced death.
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world war 2 was the first war to use weapons because world war1 wasn't a really hard war to battle as world war 2 was a really hard one to battle against over people and countries
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No, most people didn't use bayonets in World War 2.
What did soldiers in World War 2 use to eat?
See the question: What did the soldiers in World War 2 eat?
Did they use horses for world war 2?
no
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Because penicillon and antibiotics did not fully exist before WW2. Many soldiers died from disease.
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Roosevelt did use the deficit spending in World War 2. This was to help with the spending.
Was trench an shotguns used in World War 2?
The Winchester M97, the first pump action shotgun, was massively produced for military use in World War 2. They did not use trench warfare in World War 2. It was a mobile war with modern weaponry.
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All countries fighting in World War 2 used weapons.
Did they use radios in World War 2?
yes
