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French Soldiers Wearing Gas Masks

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French soldiers wearing gas masks in a trench, 1917. Gas mask technology varied widely during the war, eventually developing into an effective defense, limiting the value of gas attacks in later years

German Troops Loading Gas Canisters

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German troops load gas projectors. Attempting to exploit a loophole in international laws against the uses of gas in warfare, some German officials noted that only gas projectiles appeared to be specifically banned, and that no prohibition could be…

Gas Attack

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Flanders front. Gas attack, September, 1917.

Europe Before World War I

Audio Guide File for Panel 2 of Voices From the Great War

Voices from the Great War

Audio Guide for Panel 1 of Voices from the Great War

Life in the Trenches

Audio Guide for Panel 3 of Voices from the Great War

Wartime Leadership

Audio Guide for Panel 4 of Voices from the Great War

Doughboys Join the Fight

Audio Guide for Panel 5 of Voices from the Great War

War in the Skies

Audio Guide for Panel 6 of Voices from the Great War

Witness to Genocide

Audio Guide for Panel 7 of Voices from the Great War