Geneva Accords Denounced 1935 wmds for ww2

Italy used poinson gas during its 1935 east africa war

What if the Germans first than everyone else following suit used this as an excuse to denounce the geneva convention and build up their wmd capabilites

So lets say the Germans get the ball rolling and use chem and bio weapons against poland

where does the war go?
 

LittleSpeer

Monthly Donor
world war 2 with gas masks
might be a little easier to take down much more soviet troops too.

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Italy used poinson gas during its 1935 east africa war

What if the Germans first than everyone else following suit used this as an excuse to denounce the geneva convention and build up their wmd capabilites

So lets say the Germans get the ball rolling and use chem and bio weapons against poland

where does the war go?

As I recall, most of the other powers had plenty of poison gas capability and massive stockpiles throughout the war. However, gas in World War I was nasty and futile enough that it nobody wanted to be the first one to use gas, especially as that would prompt the enemy to respond in kind. It also bears mentioning that gas weapons aren't very effective against a prepared opponent or in mobile warfare.

Ethiopia was subjected to gas primarily because they had no capacity to respond in kind, no protection against gas attacks, and lacked sufficient mobility to lessen the impact of gas weapons.
 
Nerve Gas...

Didn't Germany have a monopoly on nerve gas? That would be devastating, when no one else had it--or its antidote.
 
they could probably use it on the poles with impunity... the brits and french in 1939 i dont think had the political will to pull out the chem sword without being fired upon.... maybe this causes peace negotiations during the phoney war?
 
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