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Ich las heute in "World War I Trench Warfare (1) 1914-16" von Osprey über die Tötlichkeit von Giftgas im 1. Weltkrieg:
"Moreover, as the war progressed it was proved to be surprisingly non-lethal: while more than a third of men hit by shellsplinters and bullets were killed, fewer thanone in 20 of gas casualties died. Indeed, official figures showed that through the British Army suffered nearly 13,000 gas casualties in 1915, there were only 307 fatalities. During 1916 just 1,123 were killed by gas out of a total of well over 100,000 fatalities to all causes: moreover, though there wetre those who were permamently disabled, 93 per cent of all gas casualties returned to duty, most of them within a few weeks."
Wie es aussieht war Giftgas erstaunlich unwirksam. Kein Wunder, dass es im 2. Weltkrieg gar nicht (oder überhaupt jemals wieder) zum Einsatz kam (ich weis zumindest von keinem).
"Moreover, as the war progressed it was proved to be surprisingly non-lethal: while more than a third of men hit by shellsplinters and bullets were killed, fewer thanone in 20 of gas casualties died. Indeed, official figures showed that through the British Army suffered nearly 13,000 gas casualties in 1915, there were only 307 fatalities. During 1916 just 1,123 were killed by gas out of a total of well over 100,000 fatalities to all causes: moreover, though there wetre those who were permamently disabled, 93 per cent of all gas casualties returned to duty, most of them within a few weeks."
Wie es aussieht war Giftgas erstaunlich unwirksam. Kein Wunder, dass es im 2. Weltkrieg gar nicht (oder überhaupt jemals wieder) zum Einsatz kam (ich weis zumindest von keinem).