U.S. Army Chemical Corps Historical Studies, Gas Warfare in World War I: The 26th Division in the Aisne-Marne Campaign, July 1918

Abstract

In its week of fighting, the 26th Division advanced seventeen kilometers, the first real advance made by an American division as a unit in World War I. Unlike the French divisions on its flanks, the 26th Division made that advance without the advantage of gas. Its gas casualties, on the other hand, were all out of proportion to those suffered by the French divisions. The emphasis in this report is almost equally divided between the gas experience of the division in the two weeks prior to its advance and, partly as a result of that experience, its reaction to gas during the advance.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1957
Accession Number
ADA955200

Entities

People

  • Rexmond C. Cochrane

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammunition
  • Ammunition Fragments
  • Artillery
  • Artillery Fire
  • Battles
  • Burns
  • Explosives
  • Gas Masks
  • Health Services
  • High Explosives
  • Hospitals
  • Machine Guns
  • Military Hospitals
  • Mustard Agents
  • Phosgene
  • Poisoning
  • Warfare

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  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Military Science
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