On June 2, 1918, during Germany’s spring offensive offensive on the Western Front, a French unit pulling back ... knocked down by shrapnel and his gas mask destroyed. Ignoring his wounds and ...

By April, German chemists had tested a method of releasing chlorine gas from pressurised cylinders and thousands of French Algerian ... something to do with gas masks themselves - to protect ...

FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 3, 2014 file photo, gas masks, some still in their containers ... commander Georges Lamour of the French 73rd infantry saw something almost surreal drift his way.

In small French towns along what was once the Western ... Colling says he always takes a gas mask with him because the mustard gas can be lethal — even 91 years later. He is constantly reminding ...

However, gas mask protection went into full gear in 1915 following the use of gas by the Germans at Ypres. Both the British and French looked to devise new ways of protecting soldiers against this ...

Editor’s Note, May 11, 2022: This article previously suggested that John Haldane was the first person to invent a gas mask. In fact, Garrett Morgan, a Black inventor based in Ohio ...

As explained in a passage from A History of the World War, here's how the gas masks worked: The perfected gas masks used by both sides contained a chamber filled with a specially prepared charcoal.

On June 2, 1918, during Germany’s spring offensive offensive on the Western Front, a French unit pulling back to more defensible ground encountered a newly arrived company of Marines marching ...