During the First World War which started in 1914 and ended in 1981, Germany reportedly used chemical weapons on a massive ...

The world's horror led the League of Nations in 1925 to draft the Geneva Protocol, banning chemical weapons in war and declaring that their use "has been justly condemned by the general opinion of ...

Back then, the site was used to test everything from chemical sprays and flamethrowers to various antidotes and protective equipment, and even fire-bombing. After World War II, Dugway mostly shut ...

Chemical and biological warfare isn't new. Even in ancient times, war wasn't all swords and longbows. Some examples: Unrestricted use of chemical agents caused 1 million of the 26 million ...

The association claimed that over 60 Iranian soldiers succumbed to the (chemical warfare injuries) in the last single year and 12 others died in the past two weeks. The letter said that the ...

The first world war saw the first widespread combat use of modern chemical weapons, starting with the 168 tonnes of chlorine released by the Germans over the trenches near Ypres. Officers hoped ...