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Learn about the development of chemical warfare during World War I.
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The gas mask became a part of modern warfare with the introduction of chemical weapons...
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American soldiers participating in a simulated gas attack exercise, World War I.
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Australian soldiers wearing gas masks during the Second Battle of Ypres, 1915.
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A German machine gun crew wearing gas masks in World War I.
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French troops wearing gas masks await attack in a trench on the Western Front during...
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A medical attendant giving water to soldiers injured by mustard gas in Royaumeix,...
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U.S. helicopter spraying defoliant in dense jungle during the Vietnam War, 1969.
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American soldiers training with anti-gas fans. The fans were intended to disperse...
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Essential to survival after exposure to chemical weapons on the battlefield are portable...
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Soldiers demonstrating the proper wearing of a gas mask to civilians near the front...
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Woman in a gas mask demonstrating a portable shelter developed by the U.S. Army to...
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The crew of a Byzantine dromon, a type of light galley, spraying an enemy ship with...
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U.S. soldiers using gas equipment and receiving telephone instructions during the...
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ʿAlī Ḥasan al-Majīd at an investigative hearing held by the Iraqi Special Tribunal,...
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Workers cleaning a train car after members of AUM Shinrikyo released sarin in the...
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