Surviving to fight in 1915: Britain’s rapid reaction to countering Gas Warfare
Published on 28 September 2021
Submitted by Rocky Salmon
In this presentation Rocky examines how the rapid development of British counter-gas warfare capability in 1915 set the conditions for surviving the chemical threat through to 1918 and how that development still has relevance today.
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