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I've read a few arguments on this board that one of the main reasons Hitler didn't unleash poison gas, biological agents etc. was his experiences in the trenches in WWI being gassed by the British.

So... what if, instead of being gassed, Hitler was injured through conventional means, shot or artillery shell? Would WW2 have gone WMD from the start with mustard gas and sarin deployed in the invasion of Poland? Or would it have crept in gradually (Poison gas at Stalingrad or Kursk, or Nazis deploying chemicals as the Soviets and WAllies cross the German border?) Or would it have stayed conventional?

From my reading, biological & chemical weapons were viewed in the 30s in the same way nukes are now, with the added fear that "the bomber will always get through".

Let's assume that the 30s and the rise of Nazism continues as per OTL. What shape will WW2 take?
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