They feared retaliation by Allies, iirc. British were prepared to use chemicals to repel German invasion of the Isles
It is interesting that Hitler didn't use chemical weapons on troops. That's something worth wrestling with.https://twitter.com/RyanLizza/status/851881306678059008 …
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Use of chemical weapons by both sides in WWI made clear potential cost of using them in military theater for WWII
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Deterrence works.
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Neither side had any qualms about intentionally bombing civilians, tho, so what exactly was being deterred?
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It deterred the Allies from using chemical weapons against German troops.
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I read it's bc he held military opponents in higher regard than Jews, travelers, homosexuals, etc., who he considered sub human.
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It may have something to do with the fact that he was gassed in WWI.
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He had been gassed himself with Mustard gas in WWI. He didn't want it used on soldiers in WW2. Jews on the other hand...
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Right, they were positively benign in treatment of troops, except for little things like massacres of Soviet POWshttp://bit.ly/2o1adwe
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Seriously what's to wrestle? It wasn't a combat weapon to him. It was means to a more efficient mass extermination of the Jewish ppl.
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They did test mustard gas on people though.
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