Churchill's plans 'to drench Germany with poison gas' and anthrax - Robert Harris and Jeremy Paxman

'... It may be several weeks or even months before I shall ask you to drench Germany with poison gas, and if we do it, let us do it 100%.' - Winston Churchill

Extracts from: A Higher Form of Killing - The Secret Story of Gas and Germ Warfare

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Churchill and Poison Gas.pdf (2.89 MB)

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