jan 31, 1915 - 31 Jan 1915 - First large-scale use of poison gas during the war
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Germany attacks the Western Front of Russia by use of weaponized tear gas. Germany fires 18,000 gas shells. However, they have little effect on their adversary as frigid temperatures prevent the gas from vaporizing.The following is an article by an English newspaper, the Daily Mirror.
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Date:
jan 31, 1915
Now
~ 111 years ago