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One Hundred Years of Chemical Warfare: Research, Deployment, Consequences /

This book is open access under a CC BY-NC 2.5 license. On April 22, 1915, the German military released 150 tons of chlorine gas at Ypres, Belgium. Carried by a long-awaited wind, the chlorine cloud passed within a few minutes through the British and French trenches, leaving behind at least 1,000 dea...

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Corporate Authors: SpringerLink Online service
Group Author: Friedrich, Bretislav; Hoffmann, Dieter; Renn, J rgen; Schmaltz, Florian; Wolf, Martin
Published: Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
Publisher Address: Cham :
Publication Dates: 2017.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
History
Military history
Politics and war
Chemistry > History
Research > Moral and ethical aspects
System safety
INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW
History of Military
Military and Defence Studies
History of Chemistry
Research Ethics
International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict
Security Science and Technology
Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51664-6
Summary: This book is open access under a CC BY-NC 2.5 license. On April 22, 1915, the German military released 150 tons of chlorine gas at Ypres, Belgium. Carried by a long-awaited wind, the chlorine cloud passed within a few minutes through the British and French trenches, leaving behind at least 1,000 dead and 4,000 injured. This chemical attack, which amounted to the first use of a weapon of mass destruction, marks a turning point in world history. The preparation as well as the execution of the gas attack was orchestrated by Fritz Haber, the director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physical
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (XI, 408 pages): illustrations
ISBN: 9783319516646
Access: Open Access
Index Number: D25
CLC: E19

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