How Does a Gas Mask Protect Against Chemical Warfare? In Israel, people are scrambling to get gas masks in case of a possible attack. By Jaclyn Skurie. September 1, 2013 ...

During World War I, more than 90,000 soldiers died on all sides from gas attacks, which debilitated many more. And it wasn’t just human combatants who suffered — many military working animals ...

When Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Nicholas Roberts was sent to the Persian Gulf war, he thought his gas mask would protect him. Now he is not so sure. Roberts and others in his Alabama Naval Reserv… ...

Gas Mask: Why Is Chemical Warfare Obama’s ‘Red Line’ in Syria? 4 minute read. In this Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012 photo, a man collects his belongings after his home was damaged due to heavy ...

In January 1942, Walt Disney came to Washington and met with civil defense and chemical warfare officials. Disney wanted to check the progress of a gas mask he'd designed. With large glass eyes, a ...

Though poison gas wasn’t used during the D-Day invasion, Allied forces came prepared. In this video, we explore the protective gear, training, and tactics soldiers carried with them in case chemical ...

Nikki Haley’s recent call for UN collective action against Syria’s use of chemical weapons echoes a century-old refrain dating back to the World War I battlefield of Ypres in April 1915.

U.S. Marines discovered chemical suits, masks and nerve gas antidote during a raid on buildings used by Iraq's 11th Infantry Division in the southern city of Nasiriyah, U.S. Central Command ...

THREE new and powerful weapons of warfare were developed in the World War -- aëroplanes, gas and submarines. It is fortunate for the world that two of these -- aëroplanes and gas -- are bound up with ...