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Gas warfare during First World War

Chemical warfare at the western front during World War I, 1918

German soldiers anticipate an allied assault. Armed with a heavy machine gun type MG-08 and wearing gas masks, the soldiers have positioned themselves at the edge of a trench.

Soldier with gas mask in World War I, 1915

Soldier of Infantry Regiment 106 with gas mask at the Western Front.

Soldier gives gas alarm, 1917

A soldier gives gas alarm. Lacking a bell, he uses a pan.

Dispatch rider with gas mask at the western front, 1917

A galloper of the German army with gas mask in the battle ground between St. Quentina and Laon during of the battles of Aisne.

Civilians with gas masks, 1918

During World War I the rural population, that lives close to the front in Flandria is equipped with gas masks.

German soldiers at an autocannon used for air defense in WWI, 1918

Soldiers during an exercise at an autocannon in postition, the mount of which allows it to fight against enemy aircraft. The soldiers are wearing gas masks during the gun exercises.

Gas protection in World War I, 1916

Ammunition waggon with soldiers and horses wear gas masks.

German soldiers with gas protection in World War I

A joint exercise of German soldiers with gas masks in a forrest.

Gas warfare between Aisne and Marne, 1918

German shot-up ammunition waggon with horses passes a gasified part of a forrest.

Gas warfare behind the english front, 1917

Portuguese troops at the western front are prepared for an assault and armed with gas masks.

Gas attack against German soldiers at the western front, 1917

Gas alarm on a howitzer battery: Soldiers flee a foxhole.

English soldiers in World War I, 1917

English soccer players with gas masks.

German gas attack against Russia, 1915

German gas attack against Russia. The picture was taken from a Russian airplane.

German pilots in World War I, 1916

Pilots with gas masks in front of their airplane.

German soldiers in gas warfare, 1918

German soldiers with gas masks pass a field during the major offensive of the Alliies in summer 1918.

English soldier in the gas warfare, 1915

English observation officer with new invented english gas mask.

French guard in the battle of Somme, 1916

French guard equipped with a signal siren to warn about gas attacks.

French guards in gas warfare, 1916

French guards with gas masks in a village at the western front.

Trooper in gas warfare, 1917

Troopers and their horses with gas masks.

French soldier with gas mask at Verdun, 1916

French guard at the entrance to Fort Souville with one of the first available gas masks.

English soldiers in gas warfare, 1915

English machine-gun division with masks to protect against toxic gas.

French soldiers in gas warfare, 1915

French soldiers in a trench, trying to protect themselfes against gas.

English officer at the front in Mesopotamia, 1917

English officer in front of a tent at the front in Mesopotamia, equipped with a simple gas mask.

French soldier with gas protection, 1916

French soldier with a primitive gas protection and safety glasses.

Englich dispatch rider with gas protection in Greece, 1916

English dispatch rider is informed by an officer about gas contaminated territories at the Saloniki-Front.

Gas attack at the front of Verdun in World War I

Thick clouds of smoke after a German gas attack at the Verdun front (undated picture).

German Gas attack during the Battle of Ypres, 1914

Attacking German storm troop with gas mask, running through gas clouds.

German soldiers inspect their gas masks, 1917

An officer checks the gas masks of an infantry unit behind the front in the Vosges mountains.

German soldiers practice taking on gas masks, 1918

Officers check privates, whether they wear the gas masks correctly.

Gas poisoned soldiers at the Western Front, 1918

American infantry division in an attack through terrain, that was contaminated by gas during the summer offensive at the Western Front.

First aid after a gas attack, 1917

Nurses take care of a soldiers wounded in a gas attack in World War I.

Gas warfare in the First World War, 1918

Austrian-Hungarian rescue team carries a gas poisoned comrade from a submerged tunnel.

French soldier and dog with gas masks, 1917

A soldier of the French army with his dog at the Western Front in World War I. Both wear gas masks.

German soldiers with gas masks in the First World War

Soldiers practice the attack under gas protection in a wooded area behind the Western Front.

German soldiers using gas, 1918

Soldiers advance on a crater field - perhaps movie image or exercise.

German Soldiers During a Training Exercise Related to Gas Attacks, 1918

Solders at the Western front during a military training exercise that simulates a gas attack.

German Soldiers in Flanders during a Gas Alert, 1916

Sailors at the front in Flanders wear masks during an exercise related to gas attacks. In some cases, the soldiers are already wearing special gas masks. However, even these gas masks were still lacking sufficient filters. Other soldiers are merely wearing simple cloth respirators that were wettened in order to protect the soldiers from the gas.

Cavalry Patrol with gas protection at the western front, 1918

Riders of a German patrol protect themselves and their horses with gas masks.

Soldier on gas alarm post at the western front, 1917

Soldier with gas mask, giving the alarm with a huge bell.

Marine soldiers with gas masks, 1915

Soldiers of the Marine Infantry with gas masks in front of a barbed wire barricade in World War I.

Gas protection box for pigeons, 1917

During gas attacks messenger pigeons, that were used by the German army in World War I, are placed in a gas protection box, that is located at the dugout of the soldiers. The soldiers wear gas masks.

Soldiers with gas masks, 1915

Soldiers of the Infantry Regiment 106 with gas masks in a trench at the Western Front during World War I.

American soldiers on exercises in France, 1918

Soldiers of Battery A of the 108th field artillery of the American expeditionary corps at exercises with gas defenses near Varennes-en-Argonne at the Meuse.

British gunners in Macedonia, 1917

British gunners operate their weapon with gas masks during a gas alarm.

German soldiers inspect their gasmasks, 1917

Gas protection officers check the masks of an infantry unit at the Western front.

German soldiers with gas masks at the western front, 1916

Machine gun crew with a heavy machine gun type 08/15 during a gas defense exercise.

German infantry practice an attack by a gas unit, 1918

In January, 1918 soldiers behind the front in Flanders practice an gas attack.

British soldiers with gas masks, 1917

British infantry with gas masks in a trench on the front in Flanders.

German soldiers during a gas alarm, 1917

Soldiers of a howitzer battery rush out of a trench and put on gas masks.

Rider with gas mask, 1918

German Riders of a German patrol protect themselves and their horses with gas masks.

German soldier with gas mask in the First World War, 1918

Soldier brings a smoke cartridge which was discarded by an own reconnaissance aircraft with a message.

Runner with a gas mask in the First World War

A liaison officer on the Western Front works its way through a terrain which is coated with craters.

Gas war at the Western Front in World War I, 1918

German ammunition column equipped with gas masks and horses, passing a gasified area.

German soldier during a gas alarm in the First World War

A food courier at the entrance of a shelter. The soldier is wearing a protective mask because of a gas alarm.

Floodlight of a German ant-aircraft battery, 1918

Floodlight exercises on the Western front. The soldier wears a gas mask to protect from gas bombs.

Austrian miners in a tunnel, 1918

Austrian soldiers carry an unconscious comrade from a mine tunnel.

German pilots of the close support airplanes with gas mask prior to a deployment, 1916

The pilot and his observer of a German ground attack airplane wear gas masks. On the wing of the airplane was installed a machine gun, on the side of the fuselage signal flares. Below are winged bombs, which were thrown by hand on the enemy positions.

A captive infantryman

This French infantryman was captured in full gear.

English infantry, 1917

British infantrymen with gas masks in a trench in Flanders.

French hand-grenade thrower soldiers, 1915

French hand grenade thrower soldiers in the Champagne region. The troops wear masks to protect against the narcotic gases of their own projectiles and in front of the chest they have metal plates for protection against bullets.

Soldier with a searchlight, 1918

A German anti-aircraft during the First World War. A German soldier with gas mask handles a searchlight.

German soldier with a machine gun, 1914-1918

Soldiers at a heavy machine gun in a foxhole on the Western Front.

British gas tanks at the Western front, 1918

British gas tanks, that were left-behind in a trench. During a gas attack gas was blown out from them.

German Gas Attack at the Eastern Front, 1915

German forces use gas at the Eastern front. The gas is being released from containers while the members of the operating crew have positioned themselves on the lee side.