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https://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,
by greesil 5y ago
https://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.