In other extracts, he describes the effects of mustard gas, a German plane being shot down and 'two commanders killed whilst bandaging another comrade up who had been hit in the head'. Frank ...

Summary and Key Points: On April 24, 1918, during WWI, the first-ever tank battle occurred near ... a thousand German ...

Through all the pain & suffering it inflicted during WWI, mustard gas still managed to lead doctors to a live-saving treatment for cancer. Notable People who died in 2024 The 30 best action movies ...

But the most infamous - and deadliest - was mustard gas, in reality an oily vapour first used by the Germans in July 1917, again near Ypres. Known as the “King of Battle Gases”, it acted by ...

We hear the ‘guttering’ and ‘gargling’ of a dying man and almost taste the ‘green sea’ of lethal mustard gas. These vivid ... responses to the war. WW1: Did the machine-gun save ...

mostly mustard and tear gas. I remember well that both the General and I consumed so much of the gas that neither of us could hardly see or talk on account of the effect of the fumes." The Rainbow ...

Around 650,000 Canadian soldiers fought in WW1. In the east ... Division blinded by a poison gas attack, 1918. As well as choking soldiers, poisonous gases such as mustard gas caused skin to ...

Some examples: Unrestricted use of chemical agents caused 1 million of the 26 million casualties suffered by all sides in WWI ... devastating effect. Most effective was mustard gas dropped ...

The IBM deal is a reaction to the loss of the Nortel patents -- they didn't get the nukes, so they went for the mustard gas." Noting that a number of the IBM patents focus on search, Entner added ...

These phenolic compounds react with free radicals in the body and inhibit their harmful effects. Mustard seeds also contain tocopherols, part of the family of E vitamins, that are fat-soluble ...