Use Of Gas
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It was first used in August 1914 by the French. It was used to strike fear in the enemy soldiers.They also used it to temporarily incapacitate the enemy so they could go over no man's land and attack the trenches. One major battle was the battle of the Somme, it was used on the eastern front a lot. Neuve Chapelle was another battle that they used gas. It wasn't the most effective weapon considering that there you could only fire it when the wind was at your back instead of coming toward you. The machine gun actually had more deaths than poison gas. |