According to historians Yoshiaki Yoshimi and Kentaro Awaya, gas weapons, such as tear gas, were used only sporadically in 1937 but in early 1938, the Imperial Japanese Army began full-scale use of sneeze and nausea gas (red), and from mid-1939, used mustard gas (yellow) against both Kuomintang and Communist Chinese troops.

2015年3月6日 · There is no doubt that most protagonists in World War Two had stockpiles of poison gas. By 1945, the Germans had 7,000 tons of Sarin alone – enough to kill the occupants of 30 cities the size of Paris. The Americans also had sizeable quantities of poison gases stockpiled.

2017年4月12日 · By the end of World War II, Nazi Germany had produced some 12,000 tons of the deadly chemical compound, enough to kill millions of people. From early in the conflict, high-level military officers...

2019年4月24日 · The Nazis actively used gas to exterminate prisoners in gas chambers, but they did not use a nerve agent on the battlefield. Of course, by the beginning of the Second World War in Germany there were enough toxic substances and the means to deliver them—Hitler even had the opportunity to use sarin against opponents.

2016年10月17日 · During the Third Reich, German scientists developed bombs capable of deploying the chemical weapons on the Allies, and the Nazi armed forces secretly stockpiled nerve gas munitions.

2017年1月12日 · Gas attacks are strongly associated with that 'war to end all wars'. Yet during and after the Second World War, too, the United States, Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom exposed tens of...

2020年6月16日 · Beginning in 1937 with attacks on Shanghai and Woosung, the use of poison gas totaled to over 1,100 from March 1938 to January 1943. “Red candles” were widely-issued and employed by Japanese combat troops, containing …

American intelligence feared that Hitler might be tempted to halt the rapid withdrawal by the use of poisonous gas. In order to be able to combat such a move the American high command shipped a...

2023年12月30日 · During World War II, various forms of poison gas were used on the battlefield. These poisonous substances were designed to harm or kill enemy combatants, and in some cases, civilians. While the horrific nature of these weapons quickly led to their internationally recognized ban, it is important to understand the different types of poison gases ...

World War II Exposures. World War II (Sept. 1, 1939-Sept. 2, 1945) Veterans who fought in World War II may have been exposed to a range of environmental and chemical hazards that carried potential health risks.