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Gas Mask

Chlorine gas was first used on the Western Front by the German Army against the 45th Algerian and 87th French Territorial Divisions. On April 22, 1915, in the northern part of the Ypes salient, the German army released 5,700 cylinders of chlorine gas. As deadly and terrifying as gas was, it only accounted for 4% of fatal casualties. It was, however, severely debilitating.

Gas mask

Date: 1914-1918

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A WWI gas mask

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