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Poison Gas in WW1

Soldiers who witnessed gas attacks on the Western Front in World War One recount their experiences in archive recordings from the 麻豆社.

Soldiers recount their experiences of poison gas attacks on the Western Front during World War One in 麻豆社 archive recodings. Poison gas was first used as a weapon in 1915 and by the end of the war, gas had killed 90,000 soldiers and affected one million.

(Photo: Gas casualties of the British Army 55th Division on the Western Front, dated 10 April 1918. Credit: Lightroom Photos/TopFoto)

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