poison gas

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Another unfounded allegation, that Thailand had dropped poison gas, was accompanied by an image of a water bomber dropping pink fire retardant.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2025

In Ankara, Siegfried became co-director of a gas mask factory, a joint Turkish-German enterprise next door to a poison gas laboratory.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2025

It concludes with a stanza describing the death of a fellow soldier following a poison gas attack:

From Salon • Jul. 9, 2023

A few paragraphs later, though, he concedes that “some are noxious,” listing slavery and poison gas as examples.

From Washington Post • Jun. 24, 2022

Germany was seen as a militaristic threat because of its admittedly brutal actions in Belgium, its introduction of poison gas, and its use of unrestricted U-boat warfare—all magnified by Allied propaganda.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman