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How deadly was the poison gas of WW1?

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?
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 Poison gas in World War I

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WWI Poison Gas

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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.

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