It gets uglier for Germany and to some extent the Soviets. German nerve gas production had a lot of glitches and by this time the Allies had overwhelming air superiority, which would have left German cities and logistics vulnerable. If the Germans were going to use Nerve Gas, the time to have done it would have been much earlier--1940 for the Battle of Britain or 1941/42 in the Soviet Union, and especially for the battles of Stalingrad and Leningrad. My understanding is that production lagged and stockpiles were deemed inadequate during that period, which was factor in them not getting used.
One ex-Soviet germ warfare guy claims that the Soviets probably used bacteriological weapons on two occasions in 1942. One involved rabbit fever and ended up infecting a lot more Soviet civilians than it did Germans. Apparently the Germans never figured out they were under biological attack. If that's true, and I'm not sure it is, German detection of that attack and retaliation for it would have been a logical time for the use of nerve gases. Anyone know what the Germans were doing in terms of germ warfare?
The Soviets can take the resulting nerve gas losses. Germany can't take the retaliation. Germany surrenders earlier with higher casualties on all sides. Occupation zones will probably wind-up the same as OTL.
A bigger problem is this might prompt either the Japanese or the Americans (or both) too go chemical/biological in the Pacific. That might effect whether the Japanese surrender as OTL or keeps fighting, with the resulting repercussions from the American and Soviet invasions.
A bigger problem is this might prompt either the Japanese or the Americans (or both) too go chemical/biological in the Pacific. That might effect whether the Japanese surrender as OTL or keeps fighting, with the resulting repercussions from the American and Soviet invasions.
A bigger problem is this might prompt either the Japanese or the Americans (or both) too go chemical/biological in the Pacific. That might effect whether the Japanese surrender as OTL or keeps fighting, with the resulting repercussions from the American and Soviet invasions.
WI when the Soviets where coming into Germany, and everything was thrown at them from young boys, to old men Hitler decided to use the German chemical weapon stockpiles?
But if we're talking 1945, then the cracks are already beginning to show between the West and Communism. It's not guaranteed that the Western Allies will retaliate chemically for a German biological attack on the Eastern Front. This would have an interesting effect on the Cold War, if the Allies withheld in this event. It would cause a lot of animosity between East and West.
I thought the reason why the Nazis didn't offensively use gas weapons, was due to Hitler being gassed in WWI and his fear of it?
What if B & C attacks were used in Korea?