The first large scale and successful use of poison gas was at the Second Battle of Ypres. Germany released chlorine gas in a light wind that took it into trenches controlled by French forces, causing them to flee. Canadian forces filled in the gap created and counterattacked through further gas attacks, eventually winning the battle.
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Germany. They used Chlorine gas in the second battle of Ypres.
chlorine gas was used for one of the first times!
Germany was the first country to use gas, chlorine in particular, in world war one. it was first used against British and French units in the first battle of Ypres.
The Germans used the deadly poison Mustard Gas in World War I. The British used something equivalent to this, but not exactly the same.
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