Martin Gilbert states that the use of chlorine gas was to break the trench lines but the use of the gas just created a stalemate. What adaptions did other nations use to defend themselves from this gas?
Stalemate became a major component of this war, because as soon as one side came out with a new technology or war strategy, the other quickly caught up, or topped it. I don't know if nations so much defended themselves from the chlorine gas, as much as they tried to take the offensive and hit the opposing side just as hard.
I know that once the gas was dropped, it took a long time for it to dissipate. So if gas was dropped and the enemy cleared, it took a while before that trench was safe to overrun. So because it was slow, and as Nicole said, because both sides had it, it only served to make a nasty war much, much nastier.
To defend against Gas attacks the British soliders actually invented the World's first gas masks. These masks were not entirely effective at first, they worked by dipping the mask into anti gas chemicals such as washing soda or glycerine. Later on, the British developed more advanced gas masks with respirators.
Stalemate became a major component of this war, because as soon as one side came out with a new technology or war strategy, the other quickly caught up, or topped it. I don't know if nations so much defended themselves from the chlorine gas, as much as they tried to take the offensive and hit the opposing side just as hard.
ReplyDeleteI know that once the gas was dropped, it took a long time for it to dissipate. So if gas was dropped and the enemy cleared, it took a while before that trench was safe to overrun. So because it was slow, and as Nicole said, because both sides had it, it only served to make a nasty war much, much nastier.
ReplyDeleteTo defend against Gas attacks the British soliders actually invented the World's first gas masks. These masks were not entirely effective at first, they worked by dipping the mask into anti gas chemicals such as washing soda or glycerine. Later on, the British developed more advanced gas masks with respirators.
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