Why were poison gasses not used as weapons in WW2?

Answer 1

both side saw the devastating effect of gas during WWI and neither in Europe was willing to do it again besides gas can be as hazardous to your side at to your enemy

Answer 2

Hitler gave an order forbidding the use of gas, he had been partially blinded in WW1 by British Gas shells and remembered the horror of that weapon.
Most German troops did the same as the Allies dumped their gas masks the first chance they got, they used to carry smokes, writing paper & Pen and toilet paper in the canister as they were waterproof.

One incident of Gas posioning happened in Italy in WW2 a US ship which had just arrived at an Italian port was hit by German bombers, gas shells in the hold, were ruptured and the gas released, the gas cloud blew inshore and Italian civilians died, estimates were between 100-400 civilians, but this was an accidental discharge.

Answer 3

Post Geneva Convention

Answer 4

Fear of retaliation. That said the Japanease did have an active bio/chemical weapons program and WW2 and used them on Chinease civilians. Also for proposed invasion of Japan there were plans for the use of gas if things were not going well. Several top US leaders said it would have been justified given Japans actions in China

Answer 5

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Answer 6

I can answer this one from personal experience. Before the war, we were given extensive training in putting on a gas mask without breathing. When anyone yelled GAS, we had to be able to stop breathing instantly. Then we had to be able to get our masks out of the case, and on our face before taking another breath.
We got to Eurpoe fully pepared or a gas war. The Germans knew that we had many many tons of gas ready to dump on them, so they never used it. Somewhere around the middle of France, we were told to pile our gasmasks at the side of roads. Trucks picked them up - - unused.
The Germans had gasmasks that they carried in a metal cannister fastened to their belts. When we discarded our masks, the Germans did the same. Gas was never used.

Answer 7

It was the pre-nuclear version of MAD. Remember, Hitler was a corporal in the trenches of WW I. The Allies had large stocks of chemical agents and would have used them if the Germans had, and the Germans knew it.

Answer 8

It was banned during the Geneva Convention.

THough it was never used in battle, the Germans used it in concentration camps.

Answer 9

WRONG!!! Poison gas was used extensively in WWII. Please get the facts before making a blanket statement. The reason it was not used more widely is because it is hard to control. Wind currents can change and send gas in the wrong direction.

Usage in WWII was one reason for the Geneva convention. to limit use of WMD's, including poison gas. However, those nations that did not sign on to Geneva do not feel bound by it. That's why the Arabs use many tactics that were outlawed at Geneva- beheading, for one.
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Answer 10

the geneva protocol of 1925. http://whyfiles.org/025chem_weap/3.html

although gas was used to kill jews in concentration camps, they were not used in the battle field. they were a good way to kill your own troops (because of wind)