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title: Gas Shell Attack, WWI
author: Imperial War Museums
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21477/gas-shell-attack-wwi/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 2025-12-16
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# Gas Shell Attack, WWI
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## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/21477.png)
## Image Caption
A 1918 photograph taken on the Italian Front showing a gas shell attack and British soldiers wearing gas masks blocking the road ahead. Poisonous gas shells were developed during the First World [War](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/War/) (1914-18). (Imperial War Museums)
## Cite This Work
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Museums, I. W. (2025, December 16). Gas Shell Attack, WWI. *World History Encyclopedia*.
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## License & Copyright
[Original image](https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205267721) by **Imperial War Museums**. Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 16 December 2025. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.