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1979 BCE
Soviet "Superbugs"
In 1979, a rare outbreak of anthrax disease in the city of Sverdlovsk killed nearly 70 people. In 1992 the U.S, team visited Sverdlovsk. Many died by inhaling anthrax. -
1969 BCE
Cold War
In 1969, the U.S. military conducted a massive field in the Pacific. The U.S. team did not know that the caged animals were infected. At the end of 1969, President Richard Nixon terminated the offensive biological warfare program and ordered all stockpiled weapons destroyed, -
1936 BCE
World War 2
The japanese military practice biowarfare on a mass scale in the years leading up to and throughout World War 2. In 1936 the chinese scientists used objects to test various diseases, including Anthrax. 10,000 people were killed by the experiments. In 1940 the japanese dropped paper bags filled with infested fleas over the cities of Ningbo. -
1763 BCE
America Revolution
The British military inoculated their own troops against smallpox, soldiers to the disease of smallpox. The british also attacked the Native Americans. The British supplied the Natives with infected blankets and personals by the disease of smallpox. They also infected animals to kill them. This happened during World War 1. -
1340 BCE
Medieval Siege
In the 14th and 15th centuries, there was not much information about germs causing diseases. 1340, attackers hurled dead horses and other animals. Fleeing residents carried the disease back to Europe -
Period: Dec 24, 1342 to
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Iraq's Bioweapons
Under Saddam Hussein, Iraq launched a bioweapons around 1985 but initially lacked the expertise to develop sophisticated arms. Iraq unleashed chemical weapons on Kurdish and Iranian soldiers.
