Battle of Ypres - Battle of Ypres

Japanese: イーペルの戦 - いーぺるのたたかい
Battle of Ypres - Battle of Ypres

…Intermediate raw materials for chemical weapons and chemical weapons themselves are often produced as intermediate raw materials or by-products of the chemical industry, and since the production of chemical weapons does not necessarily require special facilities, they can be produced secretly in countries with a well-developed chemical industry. The German army, which had succeeded in mass-producing chlorine before World War I, used it in the Battle of Ypres on April 22, 1915. Earlier, in the early autumn of 1914, France had used tear gas and bromoacetate on the Western Front, which was the first time chemical weapons were used in modern warfare, but they were not very effective, so the Battle of Ypres, which proved to be extremely effective, marked the beginning of chemical warfare. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to the Battle of Ypres is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…化学兵器の中間原料や化学兵器そのものが,化学工業の中間原料や副産物として生産されていることも多く,化学兵器の製造には必ずしも特殊な設備を必要としないため,化学工業の発達した国であれば秘密裡に製造できる。 第1次大戦前に塩素の大量生産に成功していたドイツ軍は,これを1915年4月22日イーペルの戦で放射した。これより前の1914年初秋,フランスは西部戦線で催涙ガス,ブロム酢酸エステルを使用しており,近代戦争で化学兵器が使用された最初であるが,あまり効果はなかったため,著しい効果を上げたイーペルの戦が化学戦の口火となった。…

※「イーペルの戦」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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