30
/
AIzaSyAYiBZKx7MnpbEhh9jyipgxe19OcubqV5w
April 1, 2024
Public Timelines
FAQ
Menu
Public Timelines
FAQ
Public Timelines
FAQ
For education
For educational institutions
For teachers
For students
Open cabinet
For educational institutions
For teachers
For students
Open cabinet
Create
Close
Create a timeline
Public timelines
Library
FAQ
Download
Export
Duplicate
Premium
Embed
New timeline
Edit
Updated 17 Dec 2022
0
0
25
Share
Contributors
Created by
Daksh
List of Edits
Attachments
Comments
Events
During the first month of World War 1 the French deploy tear-gas grenades
German forces fire 3000 shells of dianisidine chlorosulfate at the British army at Neuve-Chapelle
The Germans fire 18,000 shells filled with the irritant xylyl bromide at Russian troops at Bolinow.
The German military launches the first large-scale use of chemical weapons in war at Ypres, Belgium.
The British military uses chemical weapons for the first time against the Germans at the Battle of Loos. They release chlorine gas from cylinders.
Six days before Christmas, Germans first use phosgene on Allied troops. More than 1,000 British soldiers are injured and 120 die.
Mustard gas is used for the first time by German forces; it causes more than 2,100 casualties.
U.S. research on mustard gas moves from a lab at American University in Maryland to a site called Edgewood Arsenal run by the newly created Chemical Warfare Service. Soon 10% of American artillery shells contain chemical weapons.
The Allies begin using mustard gas against German troops.
A young Adolf Hitler, an enlisted messenger in the trenches at Werwick near Ypres, is temporarily blinded during a gas attack. Hitler is evacuated to a military hospital in eastern Germany and spends the rest of the war recuperating.
World War I ends with 1.3 million casualties caused by chemical weapons, including 90,000 to 100,000 fatalities, primarily from phosgene.
The Geneva Protocol is adopted by the League of Nations. The treaty bans the use of chemical and biological agents in war but does not prohibit the development, production, or stockpiling of such weapons.
German chemist Gerhard Schrader completes the synthesis and purification of tabun, a potent nerve poison. His intention is to build a pesticide, not a chemical weapon.
The Nazis force prisoners at the Dyhernfurth concentration camp to produce tabun.
Periods
Benito Mussolini drops mustard-gas bombs in Ethiopia to destroy Emperor Haile Selassie’s army.
During World War II poison gases are used in Nazi concentration camps to kill civilians and by the Japanese army in Asia.
About & Feedback
Terms
Privacy
Library
2024
©
Time.Graphics
Support 24/7
Cabinet
Get premium
Donate
The service accepts bank transfer (ACH, Wire) or cards (Visa, MasterCard, etc). Processed by Stripe.
Secured with SSL
Excellent (Trustpilot Reviews)
Based on 115+ reviews
Write your own review on
Trustpilot.com
Comments