When the Dead Attacked

After flooding a Russian position with chlorine gas the German Army though they were clear to move in. They were wrong.

Soldiers during a parade outside the Osowiec Fortress in 1915. Courtesy of Журнал “Летопись войны”

The First World War gave rise to some of the most brutal war tactics ever used throughout human history. The use of chlorine gas was one of these tactics. This noxious gas would be released when the wind blew towards the enemy…