Winston Churchill's shocking use of chemical weapons

The use of chemical weapons in Syria has outraged the world. But it is easy to forget that Britain has used them – and that Winston Churchill was a powerful advocate for them
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A staggering 50,000 M Devices were shipped to Russia: British aerial attacks using them began on 27 August 1919, targeting the village of Emtsa, 120 miles south of Archangel. Bolshevik soldiers were seen fleeing in panic as the green chemical gas drifted towards them. Those caught in the cloud vomited blood, then collapsed unconscious

The attacks continued throughout September on many Bolshevik-held villages: Chunova, Vikhtova, Pocha, Chorga, Tavoigor and Zapolki. But the weapons proved less effective than Churchill had hoped, partly because of the damp autumn weather. By September, the attacks were halted then stopped. Two weeks later the remaining weapons were dumped in the White Sea. They remain on the seabed to this day in 40 fathoms of water.

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Interesting, because the Nazis were waaay ahead of Britain on the chemical weapons department. They developed the modern nerve gasses.

Hitler did not use them on Britain because he was unsure whether we had also developed them and would retaliate in kind.

If we had used this feeble old stuff against the Nazis we would have exposed the fact that we didn't have modern nerve gasses. Then Hitler would have killed us all and won the war!

Good thing the cabinet was against their use - a lucky escape!
Der tägliche HC dient zu nichts anderem als dem Verdrängen der singularen Kriegsverbrechen der Alliierten.