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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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