• Wrufieotnak@feddit.org
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    2 months ago

    Yes, but it was undoubtedly the german side that used gases and flamethrowers first and thereby made counterattacks with those weapons a legitimate tactic for the other site.

    I’m not a fan of vilification of Germans in first world war, because all major sides wanted the war and were, as you said, not exactly gentlemen. But those weapons were first used by the Germans.

    • Uranium 🟩@sh.itjust.works
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      1 month ago

      The French were actually the first to use chemical weapons, not the Germans, I believe the French initially used lachyometry agents.