{"id":97160,"date":"2025-08-16T04:00:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T08:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=97160"},"modified":"2025-08-15T17:38:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T21:38:08","slug":"the-first-poison-gas-attack-of-ww1-2nd-battle-of-ypres-1915","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2025\/08\/16\/the-first-poison-gas-attack-of-ww1-2nd-battle-of-ypres-1915\/","title":{"rendered":"The First Poison Gas Attack of WW1: 2nd Battle of Ypres 1915"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m7OstPrdkZg?si=NwKpdeHI5kTd1NFm\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>The Great War<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 15 Aug 2025<\/p>\n<p>By April 1915, the Western Front was mired in trench warfare. Germany&#8217;s new Chief of Staff, General Erich von Falkenhayn, didn&#8217;t think his army could break the deadlock, and Germany needed to help struggling Austro-Hungarian forces in the East. Before the Germans turned against Russia though, they decided to attack in the West to keep the Allies off balance. They chose to strike at the vulnerable Ypres Salient \u2013 and they would support the coming offensive with a weapon their enemies had never seen.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Support us and get 40% off Nebula: <a href=\"https:\/\/go.nebula.tv\/the-great-war\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/go.nebula.tv\/the-great-war<\/a><br \/>\nWhat Rhineland 45: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbTluWlltQVlWakVXZ05VNUdwdC1wMFNTa05VZ3xBQ3Jtc0tuVlduOGh4ZlpXQ2NOekFfb3hOR2h6bjBHMUZidjJBZ2U5WUp0cFNHT2ZKQ2hMb2QwUjljWmhmZl9yVmw2Q0w1cVMtT1B5TEdwRGZKS1ZJbmgyaXpyWl9BWWhFMTJMbm52V016Mlppd0tLYVBHdTJXMA&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fnebula.tv%2Fvideos%2Freal-time-history-1-come-hell-or-high-water-i-rhineland-45%3Fref%3Dthe-great-war%26utm_content%3Dthe-great-war&#038;v=m7OstPrdkZg\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/nebula.tv\/videos\/real-time-hi&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00bb SUPPORT THE CHANNEL<br \/>\nNebula: <a href=\"https:\/\/nebula.tv\/the-great-war\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/nebula.tv\/the-great-war<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00bb THANKS TO OUR CO-PRODUCERS<br \/>\nRose Flaglor, Reed Spilmann, Erik Ritter, Cardboard, Ken Brownfield, David Garfinkle, Raymond Martin, Konstantin Bredyuk, Lisa Anderson, Brad Durbin, Jeremy K Jones, Murray Godfrey, John Ozment, Stephen Parker, Mavrides, Kristina Colburn, Stefan Jackowski, Cardboard, William Kincade, William Wallace, Daniel L Garza, Chris Daley, Malcolm Swan, Christoph Wolf, Simen R\u00f8ste, Jim F Barlow, Taylor Allen, Adam Smith, James Giliberto, Albert B. Knapp MD, Tobias Wildenblanck, Richard L Benkin, Marco Kuhnert, Matt Barnes, Ramon Rijkhoek, Jan, Scott Deederly, gsporie, Kekoa, Bruce G. Hearns, Hans Broberg, Fogeltje<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb SOURCES<br \/>\nCassar, George H. <em>Trial by Gas: The British Army at the Second Battle of Ypres<\/em>. Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, 2014.<br \/>\nCook, Tim. <em>At the Sharp End. Canadians Fighting the Great War 1914-1916<\/em>. Penguin, 2007.<br \/>\nEverts, Sarah. <em>100 Years of Chemical Weapons<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbjBDR3FSaU1TWTNGY1NuZGs3dlVIS2dfZlNHd3xBQ3Jtc0tteHZEMWhOd05pdFRqc2ZaNU5YLVk5X1pGSzVGOUhzeHkwYnBFSDdaZjVxOTJ6a0JGZ1EzbzZKdzhROWt5QTZlbEMzemk0VkdQNzlQOTJ3ZFdaX2NPOG1HWUtEQmlxYzRKMXJ5Z0sya2xvZE1iRlZYUQ&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fcen.acs.org%2Farticles%2F93%2Fi8%2F100-years-chemical-weapons.html%3Fref%3Dsearch_results&#038;v=m7OstPrdkZg\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/cen.acs.org\/articles\/93\/i8\/10&#8230;<\/a>, 08.02.2025.<br \/>\nGirard, Marion. <em>A Strange and Formidable Weapon: British Responses to World War I Poison Gas<\/em>. University of Nebraska Press, 2008.<br \/>\nHaber, L. F. <em>The Poisonous Cloud: Chemical Warfare in the First World War<\/em>. Oxford University Press, 1986.<br \/>\nHart, Peter. <em>The Great War: A Combat History of the First World War<\/em>. 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