During a time where the use of chemical and biological weapons was quite liberal, at least by modern standards, what if the Central Powers or the Entente were able to develop "Dirty Bombs" sometime near the climax of the war?
Since they have never exactly been "tested", I am unsure as to how it would effect the soldiers at even the same level as the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs after those contaminates had been allowed to settle. I know for a fact, however, that such use would make the land infertile for quite some time, up to Chernobyl levels and beyond; think of it as salt that never goes away until it itself decides to leave. Applied on the battlefield, however, I am not sure how effective it would be.
Since they have never exactly been "tested", I am unsure as to how it would effect the soldiers at even the same level as the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs after those contaminates had been allowed to settle. I know for a fact, however, that such use would make the land infertile for quite some time, up to Chernobyl levels and beyond; think of it as salt that never goes away until it itself decides to leave. Applied on the battlefield, however, I am not sure how effective it would be.