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Chemical weapons between the two world wars: the 1914 war and the 1939 war

Between the two wars, discussions took place between countries, please limit
of the use of chemical weapons under the banner of the League of Nations in Geneva, but it did not result in a decisive agreement. That is why the major powers maintained the research they were conducting in this regard for fear of being taken by surprise.

Despite this, the temptation to use chemical weapons remains great for an industrially advanced country. If it quarrels with a backward country, war must break out between them.

This happened between the two world wars, the first and second
In Italy, and in Japan. As for Italy, it fought Ethiopia (or Abyssinia when we called it then),
She soon saw the opportunity to spray a petroleum gas on the Ethiopian army from the air, and this gas was mustard gas. The Ethiopian army had no protection or deterrent against it. Only a few days passed until the Ethiopian army lost its ability to fight.
This was in January 1936.

Here, can I stand up and warn the Arabs against such a calamity? Mustard gas subdues any army, whatever it is, as long as it does not have masks to protect it.

Just as the Italians did, Japan did in its war with China (1937-1942). Japan threw gas bombs at Chinese soldiers, mustard gas, to dismantle a zone that the Chinese had made around a group of Japanese soldiers.

The reason for the temptation is one: the backward enemy does not have protective masks. It's the opportunity of a lifetime.

Chemical weapons in World War II:

All the countries that participated in this war prepared with their chemicals, but did not take them to the field. The Second World War is a war started by the Germans with a blitz. It is unlike the First World War, which began as a trench war. It had to be initiated by removing the soldiers from their trenches with gas.

There is no doubt that one of the factors in stopping the use of chemicals in that war was the preparedness of both sides, chemically and preventively, for such a war. This was abstinence, not chastity.