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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