Gas Warfare in the First World war: Gas Masks and Gas Defence Equipment of the Armies of the German Empire, Austria-Hungary and Italy

This book contains over 200 examples of gas-defence equipment preserved in private collections or museums and seeks to describe and illustrate the most important gas-defence equipment used during the First World War by the imperial armies of Germany and Austria-Hungaryand by the army of the Kingdom of Italy.

Defeating the enemy by any means has alwaysbeen a goal of warring parties. This was alsotrue during the First World War, when no stonewas left unturned to eliminate the enemy, evenby using aggressive chemicals or poisonoussubstances, which science readily provided. Forthis reason, it soon became necessary to provide one’s own soldiers with special equipment toprotect them against this invisible enemy.In recent years the study of the gas-defenceequipment supplied to the warring armies hasseen growing interest. This book, comprehensively illustrated with photographs of more than200 original specimens preserved in privatecollections or museums, seeks to describe andillustrate the most important gas-defence equipment used during the First World War by the imperial armies of Germany and Austria-Hungaryand by the army of the Kingdom of Italy.

Weight: 2676g
Dimension: 254 x 298 x 38 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783903341173