One hundred years of chemical warfare: research, deployment, consequences
On April 22, 1915, the German military released 150 tons of chlorine gas at Ypres, Belgium. Carried by a long-awaited wind, the chlorine cloud passed within a few minutes through the British and French trenches, leaving behind at least 1,000 dead and 4,000 injured. This chemical attack, which amount...
Gespeichert in:
| Weitere Verfasser: | , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | UnknownFormat |
| Sprache: | eng |
| Veröffentlicht: |
Cham
Springer Open
2017
|
| Schlagworte: | |
| Online Zugang: | Cover Inhaltstext Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| Tags: |
Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
|
Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | On April 22, 1915, the German military released 150 tons of chlorine gas at Ypres, Belgium. Carried by a long-awaited wind, the chlorine cloud passed within a few minutes through the British and French trenches, leaving behind at least 1,000 dead and 4,000 injured. This chemical attack, which amounted to the first use of a weapon of mass destruction, marks a turning point in world history. The preparation as well as the execution of the gas attack was orchestrated by Fritz Haber, the director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry in Berlin-Dahlem. During World War I, Haber transformed his research institute into a center for the development of chemical weapons (and of the means of protection against them). The volume consists of papers presented at the symposium and supplemented by additional articles that together cover key aspects of chemical warfare from 22 April 1915 until the summer of 2015. |
|---|---|
| Beschreibung: | Enthält Literaturangaben "This book is a collection of the contributions to the symposium organized at the Fritz Haber Institute in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the gas attack at Ypres during the First World War..." (S. V) |
| Beschreibung: | xi, 408 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten 23.5 cm x 15.5 cm |
| ISBN: | 3319516639 3-319-51663-9 9783319516639 978-3-319-51663-9 |