On 22. April 1915, a wall of greenish-yellow fog, up to 2m high, was slowly creeping towards the Allied lines on the Ypres salient. A sweetish-chloric smell preceded the horrific effects of the deadly gas. Coughing, spitting, and retching, men were abandoning their trenches, hurrying to the rear, or #youtube

Liked: The Attack of the Dead Men Pt.2 – Gas! Gas! Gas! – Sabaton History 095 [Official] On 22. April 1915, a wall of greenish-yellow fog, up to 2m high, was slowly creeping towards the Allied lines on the Ypres salient. A sweetish-chloric smell preceded the horrific effects of the deadly gas. Coughing, spitting, and retching, men were abandoning their trenches, hurrying to the rear, or falling to the ground, clutching their throats. It was the same desperate, gruesome scenery, the Russian soldiers at Osowiec Fortress had to fight through. From then on, a scientific race to counter and protect against those deadly chemicals began. Support Sabaton History on Patreon: https://ift.tt/jXw4CBL Listen to Attack of the Dead Men on the album The Great War: https://ift.tt/FVEHgwv Watch the Official Lyric Video of Attack of the Dead Men here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AFdwoyNT24 Watch more videos on the Sabaton YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/Sabaton Listen to Sabaton on Spotify: https://ift.tt/2RAbODw Official Sabaton Merchandise Shop: https://ift.tt/uOXzHcQ Get your hands on official Sabaton History merch here: https://ift.tt/7H01WoN Check out Indy Neidell's channels: World War Two: https://www.youtube.com/c/worldwartwo TimeGhost History: https://www.youtube.com/c/timeghost Hosted by: Indy Neidell Written by: Markus Linke and Indy Neidell Directed by: Astrid Deinhard and Wieke Kapteijns Produced by: Pär Sundström, Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson Creative Producer: Maria Kyhle Executive Producers: Pär Sundström, Joakim Brodén, Tomas Sunmo, Indy Neidell, Astrid Deinhard, and Spartacus Olsson Community Manager: Maria Kyhle Post-Production Director: Wieke Kapteijns Editor: Karolina Dołęga Sound Editor: Marek Kamiński Maps by: Eastory - https://www.youtube.com/c/eastory Archive: Reuters/Screenocean - https://ift.tt/OCeMovA Colorizations by: Adrien Fillon - https://ift.tt/TvPuz1L Sources: - National Archives NARA - Library of Congress - Bundesarchiv - Imperial War Museums: IWM Q 56546, HU67224, Q 60344 - Canadian War Museum - Auckland Museum - Wellcome Images - Icons form The Noun Project: Arrow by 4B Icons, gas bomb by Mete Eraydın, Gas by Andrejs Kirma, Skull by Muhamad Ulum, smoke grenade by 1516 All music by: Sabaton An OnLion Entertainment GmbH and Raging Beaver Publishing AB co-Production. © Stuffed Beaver LTD, 2019 - all rights reserved. via YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fi_ql1ZDdwo