poison gas

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Auschwitz and the Holocaust didn't begin with poison gas.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2025

Before we walk into a room, we like to be fairly certain of what we’ll find — walls, floor, furniture, not hot coals or clouds of poison gas.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2024

It concludes with a stanza describing the death of a fellow soldier following a poison gas attack:

From Salon • Jul. 9, 2023

A few paragraphs later, though, he concedes that “some are noxious,” listing slavery and poison gas as examples.

From Washington Post • Jun. 24, 2022

In both sectors, the attacks were preceded by the discharge of chlorine gas—the first time poison gas had been used by the Allies.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman