Chemical and bio weapons in a 1950's WWIII?

[Deleted member 96212]

If we assume a POD similar to Turtledove's book series The Hot War, where the Korean War balloons into World War Three*, would chemical or even possibly biological weapons see any use in such a conflict, or would they be buried under the weight of atomic bombs?

*And of course, assuming that the United States doesn't just glass the USSR.

 

[sloreck]

Chemical weapons are certainly possible, bio less so. Actually weaponizing bio weapons, in spite of Col Ishii's work and others, was relatively limited. Furthermore the issue of keeping such a plague from spreading to your own troops is an issue.

 

[Orcbuster]

Chemical weapons in an early 50s world war is almost a certainty, especially for the soviets who would need it as a counter against NATOs superior nuclear arsenal, and yes, chemical weapons would be quite effective for this purpose.