British soldiers wearing early gas masks. The masks were developed to protect soldiers from the poison gas used as a weapon by both sides. The gas masks which had been issued to British troops ...

Though poison gas wasn’t used during the D-Day ... and tactics soldiers carried with them in case chemical warfare erupted. From gas masks to ointments, this is a look at one of the silent ...

Officers hoped the vomiting, suffocation and burns caused by poison gases would force troops ... important reminder of the stupidity of war “Gas masks and their grotesque appearance became ...

The First World War was the first-time poison gas was used on a large scale during war. The gas could affect someone in just a few minutes so protective masks were given to all soldiers.

However, the use of poison gas in warfare had been prohibited ... wounding an estimated one million. As gas masks were distributed, which largely negated the effects of chlorine, the chemicals ...