Witness History: Witness Archive 2015 - Poison Gas in WW1

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Soldiers recount their experiences of poison gas attacks on the Western Front during World War One in BBC archive recodings. Poison gas was first used as a weapon in 1915 and by the end of the war, gas had killed 90,000 soldiers and affected one million.

(Photo: Gas casualties of the British Army 55th Division on the Western Front, dated 10 April 1918. Credit: Lightroom Photos/TopFoto)

Published on Wednesday, 15th July 2015.

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