WWI
1914 to 1919
Poison gas was probably the most feared of all weapons in World War One. Poison gas was indiscriminate and could be used on the trenches even when no attack was going on. Whereas the machine gun killed more soldiers overall during the war, death was frequently instant or not drawn out and soldiers could find some shelter in bomb/shell craters from gunfire. A poison gas attack meant soldiers having to put on crude gas masks and if these were unsuccessful, an attack could leave a victim in agony for days and weeks before he finally succumbed to his injuries.
WWII
1939 to 1945
---------------------------------------------------
Agent Orange used during the Vietnam War by the United States.
----------------------------------------------------
President Saddam Hussein (1937–2006) pursued the most extensive chemical program during the Iran-Iraq War (1980–1988), when he waged chemical warfare against his foe. He also used chemicals in 1988 in the Al-Anfal Campaign against his civilian Kurdish population and during a popular uprising in the south in 1991.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
August 2013
Syrian President Bashar Assad wields command over the world's biggest stockpile of chemical weapons, Chemical Weapons used in Syria in the last two weeks.
No comments:
Post a Comment