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November 04, 2022

 

  • Chemical weapons

    French front. In Alsace, in a village close the border and exposed to bombardment. Soldiers demonstrating to the women how they can adjust on themselves the masks to guard against the murderous gas. (World War I)
    chemical weapons in World War IEncyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

    Chemical weapons, such as diphosgene and mustard gas, were employed extensively on the Western Front.





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  • Artillery

    Fourteen-inch railway gun, manned by American coast artillerymen, sends its projectiles 20 miles away upon a German railway and troop movement center, such, at least, is the report of the airplane observer working in liaison with the gunners.(World War I)
    World War I; artilleryU.S. Signal Corps/National Archives, Washington, D.C.

    Artillery literally shaped the battlefield in World War I. It ranged in size from the French 75-mm field gun to the massive 420-mm Big Bertha and the 210-mm Paris Gun.

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