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WWI Centenary: The first world war saw the birth of modern chemical weapons, with poison gas and mustard gas spreading terror
But the most infamous - and deadliest - was mustard gas, in reality an oily vapour first used by the Germans in July 1917, again near Ypres. Known as the “King of Battle Gases”, it acted by ...
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Putin deploying new WW1-style undetectable gas weapon on frontline to choke Ukrainian soldiers, claims Kyiv
Russia has now used a mysterious WW1-style gas ... sides used poisonous gas to cause intense suffering on the battlefield. Chlorine, phosgene - a choking agent - and mustard gas which inflicts ...