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To what extent do people(a specific country ) use chemical warfare in The…
To what extent do people(a specific country ) use chemical warfare in The Battle of loos
First time British people used poison gas as a weapon
they battle of loos was in France (Loos-en-Gohelle)
What cause the Battle of loos to start?
Where is the loos memorial
what type of chemical warfare Britain used in this war
The Battle of Loos was fought in September 1915. The battle at Loos was part of Marshal Joffre's campaign in Artois that was designed to push back the Germans in a two-pronged offensive. Hence why on September 25th the British 1st Army commanded by Douglas Haig attacked German positions at Loos.
British casualties in the main attack were 48,367 and they suffered 10,880 more in the subsidiary attack, a total of 59,247 losses of the 285,107 British casualties on the Western Front in 1915.
it was fought in France Loos-en-Gohelle
The Battle of Loos was part of the final attempt by Franco-British forces to push the German Army out of France before the onset of winter in 1915. ... Casualties on 25 September were the worst yet suffered in a single day by the British army, including some 8,500 dead.
250,000 shells were fired within only 4 days
The main reaon of the battle was an attempt to breakthrough the German lines
the battle was known as the "big push"
The first record of the British using poisonous gas
Battle started very well
The British planned to let the 5100 cylinders of chlorine gas off from the front line. but due to bad weather it blew back on the British lines resulting in 2632 casualties.
some of the weapons used in loos were: :!!: - artillery - bayonets - shells - gas - hand grenades
results of the battle
the British attempted a final attack on 13 October, which failed, due to a lack of hand grenades
General Haig wnted to alunch an attack on 7th November he was eventually dissuaded because of certain conditions
this resulted in stalemate
this was the largest British offense mounted on the western Front in 1915
The french and British joined Forced against Germans in this battle
THe loos memorial commemorates over 20,000 soldiers who fell in the battle and have no known resting place
The British released tons of chlorine gas and it blew back onto the British trenches. Gas masks were inefficient as the soldiers removed them so that they could see, leading the British soldiers to be affected by their own gas. the British lost this battle
https://prezi.com/luqsy0bavwzu/poison-gas-in-ww1/
Modern chemical warfare began on April 22, 1915, when German soldiers first used chlorine gas to attack the French in Ypres. But long before 1915, miners, firemen and underwater divers all had a need for helmets that could provide breathable air. Early prototypes for gas masks were developed to meet those needs.