Franco-British military co-operation in the Great Gas War 1915-1918

• Autores: Hanene Zoghlami
• Localización: War in history, ISSN-e 1477-0385, ISSN 0968-3445, Vol. 29, Nº. 2, 2022, págs. 406-426
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Because the Anglophone historiography has tended to marginalize the French contribution to the allied chemical war during the Great War 1914-1918, this study has attempted to re-balance the historical narrative by emphasizing the collective nature and importance of this joint Franco-British enterprise. By interrogating a raft of under-utilized primary evidence in the French and British archives, elements of the two armies’ defensive and offensive gas warfare performance have been reassessed through the co-operation prism. The investigation demonstrates how closely, comprehensively, and effectively the two allies worked together in chemical weapon production and exchange, research and development, anti-gas protection, and indirect battlefield applications