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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.
Why did Germany use poison gas in the second battle of Ypres?
To get into the enemy trenches and destroy the enemy moral.
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 did the soldiers taste in the trenches?
Mud, dirt, sweat, blood, canned food, dust, poison gas.
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.
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.
Is poison gas still used today?
poison gas is no longer allowed in warfare.
What kind of gas was used in the trenches in ww1?
Chlorine, mustard gas and tear gas.
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 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.
What is the used for poison gas during world war 1?
Poison gas was first used to try to break the deadlock of trench warfare. After nearly two years of trench warfare neither side could gain an advantage or obtain a breakthrough. The reasoning was that if you could envelope the enemy trenches in a cloud of poison gas it would kill all the enemy soldiers in those trenches, and then you could attack and take those trenches without losing many men. At first gas was used by hauling heavy gas flasks to the front lines and planning an attack, which would have to wait for a time when favorable winds were blowing, from the German trenches toward the French of British trenches opposite. Sometimes bad luck caused the wind to reverse direction and blow the gas cloud released from the flasks back over the Germans own trenches. Soon artillery shells were designed which instead of containing explosives contained poison gas, and you could fire these into the enemy trench line where the gas would be released directly among the enemy troops. These artillery shells made a different sound when they landed and experienced troops soon learned to put on their newly issued gas masks when they heard the sound of gas shells landing around them. The gas masks were hot and made many men feel like they were suffocating. They had little windows in them so the wearer could see out, and these would fog up with the wearer's exhaled breath. Gas was never able to help obtain the breakthrough it was hoped it would provide, but it did blind, injure or kill many men and made a lot more very much more miserable than they already were.
What kinds of gas was used in World War 1 against soldiers in the trenches?
Mustard Gas
