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Already subjected to constant bombardment by artillery, enemy sniper fire, and the awful living conditions, soldiers fighting in the muddy trenches of the First World War did not imagine their situation could get...

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 (1914-18). (Imperial War...

The First World War (1914-18) has a close association with static trench warfare dominated by heavy artillery and machine guns, but the conflict witnessed many entirely new...

Auschwitz was a concentration and extermination camp in German-occupied Poland operated by the Nazi SS from 1940 to 1945. Around 1.1 million people died at the Auschwitz complex from overwork, malnutrition, disease, and in the gas...

A German steel gas alarm gong, to be struck in the trenches as a warning when under attack by poisonous gas during the First World War (1914-1918). (Imperial War Museums)

An 1809 engraving by Thomas Rowlandson from an original drawing by Woodward showing the public's reaction to the first coal gas street lighting in Pall Mall, London in 1807. The new lights were invented by Frederick...

Coal mining boomed during the British Industrial Revolution as it provided fuel for steam engines of all kinds in factories, transport, and agriculture. Draining flooded mines to extract more coal was...

A photograph showing German troops releasing poisonous gas from canisters during the First World War (1914-18). Imperial War Museums, London.

A photograph showing British Army soldiers wearing PH Type helmets as protection against poisonous gas at the First Battle of the Somme during the First World War (1914-18). (Imperial War Museums)

A line of British soldiers injured during a German tear gas attack at the Battle of Estaires in April 1918 during the First World War (1914-18). (Imperial War Museums)