Warfare is one of the most dangerous‚ violent and most physically and mentally traumatic atrocities of our world‚ accounting for hundreds of thousands of deaths and costing nations billions of dollars in supplies‚ weapons development and other war-time needs every year. In the Twenty-First Century‚ one of the biggest “frontiers” in weapons development has been the idea of chemical weapons‚ especially those in the form of weaponized gasses. These weapons‚ which are defined as an “ammunition or device
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facet of war that could be considered most detrimental chemical warfare. "Chemical warfare is warfare (and associated military operations) using the toxic properties of chemical substances to kill‚ injure or incapacitate the enemy" (Chemical Warfare). But not only does it leave its mark on society and the people of the world‚ chemical warfare can destroy the unique qualities of nature as well. The practice of chemical warfare dates back to 1000 B.C and is still used today (Smart). Its impact
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Factors and Motivations That Influence Biological Warfare Maham Ahmed November 11th‚ 2010 Modern World History Katie Ehrlich Many troops during the years of World War I met their demise in what is arguable the most terrifying and inhumane of all military tactics - biological warfare. Soldiers inhaled a deadly acidic gas that burned them from the inside out‚ suffocating them in an excruciating and unimaginable pain. Kurth Audrey‚ a professor of strategy at the U.S. National War College in
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World War I Chemical Warfare On April the 22‚ 1915 at the start of the Second Battle of the Ypres‚ the first poison gas attack and the first use of chlorine gas in a battlefield started‚ even though the Hague declaration and Convention forbade the use of poison weapons in the warfare. The Germans attacked France with the chlorine gas‚ but the French were not prepared at all for this attack. The effects of the chlorine gas to the soldiers was very severe; within seconds it destroyed their respiratory
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Juliana Amenta 2/18/13 Mr. Zastrow Chemical Warfare During World War 1 The first World War has been reported to be one of the most brutal wars in the history of time for many reasons. One of those reasons was strategic usage of chemical warfare. Chemical gas was used on both sides of the line‚ which turned out to be fatal for many. World War I was mostly fought in the trenches‚ where soldiers lived in deep‚ v-shaped holes or underground bunkers. Both sides would occupy these trenches in order
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Medieval European Warfare Weapons In early to mid Medieval Europe‚ the armies had nothing very complicated. The nobles had solid iron weapons‚ and the not as rich had brass coated in iron. There was the lance‚ the spear‚ the pike‚ throwing axe‚ battle axe‚ short sword‚ the horsebow‚ the longsword‚ broadsword‚ dagger‚ shortbow‚ longbow‚ crossbow‚ mallet‚ mace‚ greatsword‚ serrated sword‚ halberd‚ throwing knives‚ and the wrist knife. The lance‚ dagger‚ longsword‚ and horse bow were generally used
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Examine the reasons for a contribution of Guerrilla warfare to the outcome of one twentieth century war. The word guerrilla comes from the Spanish word ‘little war’‚ and involves a struggle between an established army and irregular forces. There are specific tactics that are employed by guerrilla fighters. Guerrilla warfare was used by the Viet Minh in the first Indochina war against the regular army of France. The guerrilla forces of Ho Chi Minh were fighting to rid Vietnam of Imperialistic powers
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suffer a nuclear filled catastrophe‚ killing millions. Not only are they potentially life threatening‚ the biggest nations in the world have stockpiles of these weapons of mass destruction. That is not the scariest part however. The effects of nuclear warfare are just as deadly‚ if not‚ worse. Nevertheless‚ the rapid extermination of the radioactive explosives ought to occur globally because not only is the explosion from one highly destructive to humans‚ animals‚ and the environment‚ it also brings deadly
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Christmas Truce Robert graves The young man Stan visits his grandfather. He wants the grandfather to join in the demonstration against nuclear bombs. The grandfather is a First World War veteran and has lost his foot in the war. He does not want to join in the demonstration because he does not believe that you can fight organized propaganda with amateur propaganda. The grandfather’s friend Dodger visits him meanwhile Stan is there. Dodger tells about the first Christmas Truce in 1914. He tells
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In 1925 the Geneva Protocol was instituted. Signed by 38 states initially the Geneva protocol banned the use of chemical gases. The protocol called banned the use of chemical warfare do to the inhumane side effects of the gases used. Chemical gases would not only affect the soldiers fighting‚ they would also affect the civilians in surrounding areas of where the chemical’s were used. There was between “100‚000-260‚000 casualties
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