Chapter ID: CBB631168173

The Gas War, 1915–1918: If not a War Winner, Hardly a Failure (2017)

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Spiers, Edward M. (Author)


Springer International
Pages: 153-168
Publication date: 2017
Language: English


Contemporary claims that gas warfare proved “a failure” during the First World War would have baffled wartime adversaries, who invested heavily in the research, development, and production of gas warfare. If poison gas, like other conventional weapons, never broke the stalemate of the trenches, it evolved into a weapon of harassment that compounded the effects of conventional weapons and degraded the effectiveness of enemy forces compelled to wear gas masks for protracted periods of time. The introduction of mustard gas in July 1917 greatly increased the number of gas casualties, and set the scene for a steady increase in the use of chemical weapons during the later stages of the war. Like the tank and aircraft, gas was not strategically decisive, but continuing investment in this form of warfare underscored its potential utility.

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Authors & Contributors
Johnson, Jeffrey Allan
Peter B. Thompson
Beyrau, Dietrich
Ede, Andrew G.
Girard, Marion
Harvey, A. D.
Journals
Air Power History
Ambix: Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry
Bulletin for the History of Chemistry
Chemical Heritage
Circumscribere: International Journal for the History of Science
History and Technology
Publishers
Cambridge University Press
Springer International
University of Nebraska Press
Einaudi
Nestor-Istoriia
Routledge
Concepts
World War I
Science and war; science and the military
Chemical warfare
Technology and war; technology and the military
Chemistry
World War II
People
Haber, Fritz
Time Periods
20th century, early
20th century, late
Places
Great Britain
Germany
United States
Alps (Europe)
Austro-hungary
Ottoman Empire
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