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World War I, Chemistry and the Chemical Industry: Websites

This guide highlights our various holdings on chemistry during and for WWI.

Chemical Warfare

Chemical Warfare and Medical Response During World War I
By Gerard Fitzgerald
Am J Public Health. 2008 April; 98(4): 611–625.
Gas Warfare in WW1
United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
The Medical Front WWI
12 Technological Advances of WWI
How World War I Also Became Known as The Chemist's War
The National Archives Blog
Germany's Use of Chemical Warfare in World War I
By Brian Blodgett, Professor, American Military University.

Industry

Spies and Dyes
by Robert J. Baptista, updated March 4, 2010
An article about the dye industry during WWI.

WWI Soldiers Circa 1918

Charles P. Smyth Collection, Science History Institute Image Archives. Object ID A93:02.041.