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  2. Gas attacks at Hulluch - Wikipedia

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    The Gas Attacks at Hulluch were two German cloud gas attacks on British troops during World War I, from 27 to 29 April 1916, near the village of Hulluch, 1 mi (1.6 km) north of Loos in northern France. The gas attacks were part of an engagement between divisions of the II Royal Bavarian Corps and divisions of the British I Corps.

  3. Chemical weapons in World War I - Wikipedia

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    Italian dead after the Austrian gas attack on Monte San Michele. On 29 June 1916, the Austro-Hungarian Army attacked the Royal Italian Army's Brigade "Ferrara" on Monte San Michele with a mix of phosgene and chlorine gas. [40] Thousands of Italian soldiers died in this first chemical weapons attack on the Italian Front.

  4. Battle of Loos - Wikipedia

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    The battle was the British part of the Third Battle of Artois, a Franco-British offensive (known to the Germans as the Herbstschlacht (Autumn Battle). Field Marshal Sir John French and Douglas Haig (GOC First Army), regarded the ground south of La Bassée Canal, which was overlooked by German-held slag heaps and colliery towers, as unsuitable for an attack, particularly given the discovery in ...

  5. M2 gas mask - Wikipedia

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    American soldiers wearing M2 gas masks in a frontline trench (1919 postcard image) The M2 gas mask was a French-made gas mask used by French, British and American forces from April 1916 to August 1918 during World War I. [1] The M2 was fabricated in large quantities, with about 29,300,000 being made during the war. [2]

  6. Battle of Kitcheners' Wood - Wikipedia

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    The object of their attack was the Ypres Salient, and they concentrated their initial attack on two French divisions, the 45th (Algerian) and 79th (Territorial). Attacking in the evening of the 21st, the two French divisions found themselves ill-prepared to cope with the chlorine gas and promptly broke, leaving a gap in the line six kilometres ...

  7. List of friendly fire incidents - Wikipedia

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    25 September – In the first gas attack launched by British forces prior to their infantry attack that opened the Battle of Loos, about 140 long tons (140 t) of chlorine gas was released, aimed at the German Sixth Army's positions on the Hohenzollern Redoubt but in places the gas was blown back by wind onto the trenches of the British First ...

  8. List of accidents and disasters by death toll - Wikipedia

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    [There were no deaths due to deterministic effects (i.e., people receiving a high dose of radiation, rapidly becoming ill, and dying); the 100–240 figure is an estimate of the number of people who died later in life due to cancer caused by radiation from the accident [30]]. 95–4,000+ [31] [32] 26 April 1986 Chernobyl disaster.

  9. Category : French military personnel killed in World War I

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    Pages in category "French military personnel killed in World War I" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 205 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .