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No place to run : the Canadian Corps and gas warfare in the First World War

No place to run : the Canadian Corps and gas warfare in the First World War

Book 2009

"Historians of the First World War have often dismissed the importance of poison gas in the battles of the Western Front. No Place to Run shows that this chemical plague was a serious threat even after gas masks were introduced." "Tim Cook uses diaries, letters, reminiscences, published memoirs, and the official archival record to illustrate vividly the grim reality of gas warfare for the average trench soldier. In response, the Canadian Corps ha...