Even before these gases were used in war, they created a special kind ... substances," says Jonathan Tucker, author of a history of chemical weapons. Tucker says that established nations also ...

Chemical and biological warfare isn't new. Even in ancient times, war wasn't all swords and longbows. Some examples: Unrestricted use of chemical agents caused 1 million of the 26 million ...

Iran is believed to have weaponized pharmaceutical agents to kill or incapacitate.These chemical weapons affect a victim's ...

History Detectives travels to Louisiana, Maryland and Pennsylvania to learn more about this important conflict and shed light on the origins of gas warfare.

Modern warfare can kill more people in a shorter amount of time than at any point in history. Some of the most controversial ...

Canadian soldiers were among the first to witness the horrors of modern warfare as "the war to end all wars" exploded onto the world stage. During the First World War, gas attacks killed or ...

Despite the claims of some agents, their overall impact on the war was negligible. The much more apparent horrors of chemical warfare led, in 1925, to the Geneva Protocol. It prohibits the use of ...

Let’s sketch this hidden chemical warfare and its current impact. In the beginning, Agent Blue was sprayed by the Republic of Vietnam military for three years before the 1965 official start of ...

This day was intended to commemorate the end of World War I on November 11, 1918. Now, it‘s the national holiday we call ...

With 175 years of history we are the oldest chemical society in the world Our mission is to ... We have curated a PDF booklet to tell the stories of our 82 members who died in the First World War.

One of the nation”s least explored – or visited – centres of excellence is the National Museum of Military History. Or simply ...

(MENAFN- Asia Times) For over 50 years US news about chemical warfare during the American Vietnam War has been dominated by the story of Agent Orange and its devastating impacts . During the ...