ScipioAsina
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History PhD with a research background in the ancient Mediterranean and Black Sea. Chinese American in Southern California. Husband and cat dad. Liberal, humanist, and Christian Universalist.
The Chinese government recorded (again, conservatively) a total of 1,312 chemical attacks during the war. The most common chemical agents deployed in battle were tear gas (258 instances), sneezing gas (288), and a combo of the two (371), followed by mustard gas (71) and asphyxiating gas (46).
October 31, 2025 at 5:33 PM
The Chinese government recorded (again, conservatively) a total of 1,312 chemical attacks during the war. The most common chemical agents deployed in battle were tear gas (258 instances), sneezing gas (288), and a combo of the two (371), followed by mustard gas (71) and asphyxiating gas (46).
The Chinese were also very conservative when counting losses. For instance, in a Dec 1943 report on chemical attacks at Changde, the casualty figures "do not factor in reports stating that the majority of a whole platoon, company, or battalion was poisoned but without providing specific numbers."
October 31, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The Chinese were also very conservative when counting losses. For instance, in a Dec 1943 report on chemical attacks at Changde, the casualty figures "do not factor in reports stating that the majority of a whole platoon, company, or battalion was poisoned but without providing specific numbers."
FWIW, a postwar report by the Chinese government counted just 36,968 casualties (with 2,086 deaths and an overall mortality rate of 5.64 percent) from chemical attacks. These figures are highly conservative, of course, as they reflect only what was reported.
October 31, 2025 at 4:58 PM
FWIW, a postwar report by the Chinese government counted just 36,968 casualties (with 2,086 deaths and an overall mortality rate of 5.64 percent) from chemical attacks. These figures are highly conservative, of course, as they reflect only what was reported.
I often think about this part of a speech that Ulysses Grant delivered to veterans of the Army of the Tennessee in 1875.
November 11, 2024 at 5:27 PM
I often think about this part of a speech that Ulysses Grant delivered to veterans of the Army of the Tennessee in 1875.
Photographer captures last moments before being mauled by wild animal.
November 10, 2024 at 7:27 AM
Photographer captures last moments before being mauled by wild animal.