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  2. German phosgene attack of 19 December 1915 - Wikipedia

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    Phosgene was used by the German army from the end of May 1915, when attacks were conducted on the Western Front against French troops and on the Eastern Front on Russians, where 12,000 cylinders with 240–264 long tons (244–268 t) of 95 per cent chlorine and 5 per cent phosgene was discharged on a 7.5 mi (12 km) front at Bolimów. [5]

  3. Verdun: The Game of Attrition - Wikipedia

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    Verdun is a 2-player board wargame in which one player controls German forces, while the other controls French forces. [2]In keeping with historical amounts of reinforcements that were available during the actual battle, the French always get reinforcements each turn, while the German player must roll a 6 on a die in order to receive reinforcements. [3]

  4. Chemical weapons in World War I - Wikipedia

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    British emplacement after German gas attack (probably phosgene) It quickly became evident that the men who stayed in their places suffered less than those who ran away, as any movement worsened the effects of the gas, and that those who stood up on the fire step suffered less—indeed they often escaped any serious effects—than those who lay down or sat at the bottom of a trench.

  5. Gas attacks at Wulverghem - Wikipedia

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    On 19 December 1915, the German 4th Army conducted an attack at Ypres using a new gas, a mixture of chlorine and phosgene, a much more lethal concoction.The British took a prisoner who disclosed the intended gas attack and gleaned information from other sources, which led to the divisions of VI Corps being alerted from 15 December.

  6. List of World War I video games - Wikipedia

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    Warbirds (video game) (1991) Wings 2: Aces High (1992) Dogfight: 80 Years of Aerial Warfare (1993) Aces of the Deep (1994) Wings of Glory (1994) Dawn Patrol (1994) Flying Corps (1996) Red Baron II (1997) Master of the Skies: The Red Ace (2000) Red Ace Squadron (2001) Wings of War (2004) Snoopy vs. the Red Baron (2006) First Eagles: The Great ...

  7. Gas attacks at Hulluch - Wikipedia

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    Just before dawn on 27 April, the 16th (Irish) Division and part of the 15th (Scottish) Division were subjected to a cloud gas attack near Hulluch. The gas cloud and artillery bombardment were followed by raiding parties, which made temporary lodgements in the British lines. Two days later the Germans began another gas attack but the wind ...

  8. Traces of toxic gas found during evacuation of Swedish ... - AOL

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    Traces of a toxic, colorless gas were found at the headquarters of Sweden’s security agency where a suspected gas leak last week forced authorities to evacuate some 500 people from the facility ...

  9. Verdun (video game) - Wikipedia

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    Verdun is a realistic, tactical squad based game set in the trenches of World War I that can be played with up to 64 players (with 32 on each side). [4]Squads typically consist of 4 players, each with a unique role that is also typically made up of a squad leader called an NCO, and three roles dependent on the nation and type of squad selected.