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The hypocrysis of the german government/army of that time, is staggering. They were the the ones, who introduced chemical weapons, poison gas, to the battlefiel
by hutzlibu 5y ago
The hypocrysis of the german government/army of that time, is staggering.
They were the the ones, who introduced chemical weapons, poison gas, to the battlefield - and then cried about shotguns?!
Oh and later, when the war was lost, it was of course the fault of the communist and socialdemocrats, who stabbed the army in the back and not of the glorious, heroic army.
And there are still lots of people glorifying the Kaiserreich. I am glad its gone.
- Bost 5y ago> The hypocrysis of the german government/army of that time, is staggering. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_weapons_in_World_War_I#1914:_Tear_gas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_weapons_in_World_War_... All sides started to develop these weapons before the war, and apparently it's the Germans who were capable of deploying these weapons sooner and with greater success. What you present here nothing less than a one-sided propaganda. It reminds of French villages hundreds of kilometers far from any WWI front line, deep in the rear with memorials dedicated to "Innocent children fallen in the great war" followed by a list of some 10 to 15 male names. Innocent children, the throat cutter sort, same as those from the other side.
- thatguy0900 5y agoIs it fair to call the ones who were declared war on "throat cutters"? Especially since they almost certainly didn't want to be there anyway.
- kingsuper20 5y agoI think the French were first.
- meinersbur 5y agoThey were not the ones who introduces gas warfare into WW1. It was the French: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrHFEPu_ANI&t=80s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrHFEPu_ANI&t=80s The Hague Convention of 1899 banned chemical warfare, with the US being the only ones to not have signed it. Doesn't mean that the Germans weren't hypocrits, the complains about shotguns might have been rooted in wanting to point fingers back: https://youtu.be/fvrIVZn1jH8 https://youtu.be/fvrIVZn1jH8
- greesil 5y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_weapons_in_World_War_I https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_weapons_in_World_Wa... The French used tear gas first, the Germans were the first to use chlorine. There's a big difference between these gasses.
- hutzlibu 5y agoYes, you cannot really compare tear gas with chlorine. One gives you trouble breathing and is used widely against civilian demonstrants, because it is very mild - the other one - the one the german army was first to use - kills or cripples your loungs in a horrible way. But I rather leave this debate. P.s. I tasted some tear gas, it is certainly not nice. But thats it. It doesn't actually harm you, unless you have a precondition. Chlorine on the other hand is just pure deadly poison
- greesil 5y agoI mean, it was war. Conventions are nice, but my read on both world wars nobody actually cared, they just practiced tit for tat. The comment I was responding to made what I interpreted as a false equivalence.
- lainga 5y agoSame with flechettes, to which end they were stamped with "INVENTION FRANCAIS, FABRICATION ALLEMAND" ("Invented in France, made in Germany").
- NikolaeVarius 5y agoYou have a,very distorted knowledge of WW1 and the post war years in Germany.
- marton78 5y agoCare to elaborate?