Did They Use Mustard Gas In Ww1
It is estimated that as many as 85% of the 91,000 gas deaths in WWI were a result of phosgene or the related agent, diphosgene (trichloromethane chloroformate). The most commonly used gas in WWI was ’mustard gas’ [bis(2-chloroethyl) sulfide]. With the Germans taking the lead, an extensive number of projectiles…