The first major gas attack in war occurred 100 years ago this weekend, in what is now Poland. Gas soon became a routine feature of trench warfare, horrifying soldiers more than any conventional weapon. But was it actually as deadly as its terrible reputation suggests? Read more
The Battle of Bolimov was an inconclusive battle of World War I fought on January 31, 1915 between Germany and Russia. The Battle of Bolimów was the first attempt by the Germans at a large-scale use of poison gas; the eighteen thousand gas shells they fired proved unsuccessful when the xylyl bromide - a type of tear gas - was blown back at their own lines. Read more