History 1810E Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Conditionality, War Measures Act, Nykyta Budka
3 Nov 2016
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Tanks creates an escalation in the more lethal gasses skin, incredibly painful, if you inhale it you get the blisters inside. After the germans used gas in 1915 all sides begin to experiment as well, Mustard gas widely used, can also be used as a liquid- creates blisters on the. First major war that technology was used to win. Gas had a devastating effect, used chlorine which smelled awful but later they used odourless gas which were much more lethal (takes much less gas to kill along with the fact that people didn"t know they were affected(cid:524) By 1917 everyone"s using gas- transforms the war into a nightmare, )t doesn"t actually kill that many people- represents a tiny minority of. Gas as a battlefield weapon was largely a failure. Popular undertaking at the beginning of the war. Douglas haig hates tanks because he loves horses.
