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[edit] World War 1 Project

[edit] World War One Project

Battle of Ypres – first use of gas

[edit] General Information

  • Character is German Oberleutnant <awesome!
  • First time the Germans use gas as a weapon, chemical weapons
  • 168 tons of chlorine gas were released on April 22nd over a four mile front
  • location: Gravenstafel
  • 6,000 soldiers died within the first ten minutes; 70,000 allied soldiers dead in total
  • 35, 000 German Empire soldiers dead

[edit] Combatant Strength

[edit] Central Strength

  • German Empire
  • 7 infantry divisions
  • Cmdr: Albrecht of Württemberg

[edit] Allied Strength

  • France, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Newfoundland
  • 8 infantry divisions
  • Cmdr: Horace Smith-Dorrien