HISTORY
WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
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machine guns
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poison gas
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nuclear bombs
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tanks
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Detailed explanation-1: -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].
Detailed explanation-2: -Missiles: The pulse jet-powered V-1 flying bomb was the world’s first cruise missile, Rockets progressed enormously: V-2 rocket, Katyusha rocket artillery and air-launched rockets. Specialised bombs: cluster bombs, blockbuster bombs, bouncing bombs, and bunker busters.
Detailed explanation-3: -Tanks. The Allies began developing these armoured ‘landships’ in 1915, but the first tanks didn’t make their way into battle until the Somme offensive the following year. Machine guns. Tactical air support. Poison gas. Sanitary napkins.