War. Chemical warfare was to be considered the most deadly weapon that you
can use against your enemies. Because the death rate was so high there were
many meetings held on the discussion of rather or not countries could use
chemical viruses in war. It was stated in Hague convention of 1899 that there the
use of gas was a barbaric way to kill someone. The convention ended with the
signing of most of the countries from Europe. There were three countries that did
not sign however; one was Italy, U.S and Turkey.
During the year of 1914 trench warfare became a very common way of
battling one another. The German's attacked against Belgium was stalled in
August 1914 because of the trenches. Germany was in a deadlock with Belgium
due to this and the German's wanted to break this by using poisonous gases.
Even though they had got that in mind they did not break the signing of Hague. In
that same month the French used 26-mm gas grenades during their battle.
Although they had no proofs that they were using gases the German's had to go
and retrieve a document to prove their facts. Th
chemist by the end of the war. The rest of the people who worked in the research
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