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The First Time to Use Poison Gas
French begin using tear gas in grenades and Germans retaliate with tear gas in artillery shells. -
Fight Back in The Same Way
Three months later, on 31 January 1915, tear gas was employed by the Germans for the first time on the Eastern Front. -
The First Significant Use of Poison Gas
Germans attack the French with chlorine gas at Ypres, France. This was the first significant use of chemical warfare in WWI. -
Battle of Loos
First British chemical weapons attack; chlorine gas is used against Germans at the Battle of Loos. -
Mustard Gas
I.G. Farben created a new gas initially called “Yellow Cross” by German artillerymen. Yellow Cross was more lethal than anything that had come before. This gas, dichlorethyl sulphide came to be known as “mustard gas.” -
The First Time German Used Mustard Gas
The Germans used mustard gas for the first time during war in 1917. -
The First Major Use of Gas Against American
Germans launch the first projectile attack against US troops with phosgene and chloropicrin shells. The first major use of gas against American forces. -
Fist US Use of Gas in Warfare.
Fist US use of gas in warfare. -
Chemical Warfare Service.
The US begins its formal chemical weapons program with the establishment of the Chemical Warfare Service. -
Temporary Blindness of Hitler
In one attack on October 14, 1918 Adolf Hitler would be temporarily blinded by a British attack against the 16th Bavarian Reserve Infantry Regiment. -
Casualties in World War I
World War I - the use of chemical agents in WWI caused an estimated 1,300,000 casualties, including 90,000 deaths.
