It's obvious that an indiscriminately lethal and uncontrollable weapon is too dangerous to use, because its spread and effects are unpredictable. The Germans had an additional factor to consider. Winds generally blow from West to East, putting them downwind of most of those nasties, most of the time. As the Battle of Towton demonstrated, if you're trying to use airborne weapons, that's a Very Bad Thing.
I truly think the German army would have used chemical or biological weapons but Hitler had been gassed during World War I and he forbade it. Also it must be remembered that in the first years of World War II the Axis looked unstoppable when we look back with 20/20 hindsight we can’t have the same since of fear they did. Same reason during the Cold War the west kept working on WMDs while looking nervously at the huge Warsaw Pact Armies.
Fear of a chemical weapon attack is why the Americans sent a shipload of mustard gas to Italy [it was intended for possible retaliation if the Germans used chemical weapons. It became known, after a Luftwaffe raid hit that ship, releasing the mustard gas, and killing a sizeable number of people.
I visited Grosse-Ile around 10 years ago, when my uncle was working there (restoring the historic buildings). We had the chance to have a local with us, he told us that he worked naked until the end of the use of the site (up to the 60s-70s). I did not know then if he was just making fun of us, looks like it was really the case!
"Working naked" yeah, to be honest I do this a lot when cleaning... if you're home alone/just with your significant other, cleaning naked just makes more sense, pop in the shower after and it's a lot less crap than having all the cleaning chemicals moxed in with your laundry, or how much your clothes just drag filth around if they're loose fitting, plus if your knees get dirty, you can wipe them off, with clothes that just gets tracked around too
@@Tob1Kadach1 he also used to host the today I found out channel with Simon. I think he just decided to do more work behind the scenes because Simon has a more popular presenter personality with his outgoing nature, compared to Dave's more calm presentation style 😊 I love that he's showing back up. Always loved his more layed back style.
Daven is cool. It’s fun to watch the older videos and seeing how much more comfortable he is with the camera now. I miss their podcast tho. I’d love to listen to Daven and Simon geeking out about Star Trek and Stargate
Daven, it's been bugging me for a while so I have to ask lol what is in the bottles on your bookshelves? Heck I'd love a video exploring all the cool stuff on your shelves.
for anyone who wants a deeper look at the Japan stuff, Hello Future Me did an amazing (and very heart wrenching) video essay on it a few months back, called "The US Covered Up Japan's Worst Warcrime. Here's How."
Knowing about Japan’s war crimes is helpful in understanding why so many countries are still upset and hesitant to work with Japan. I wonder if they had their turn at the Nuremberg trials if they would have a different relationship with other countries now
The only reason we never went full out on our biological and chemical warfare options is the same reason we dont have or need a nuclear program. .we get it done conventionally every time.
Not to mention the US already had them and Canada is protected by the US nuclear umbrella. Saved them a lot of money they could use to make national health care.
So the only nation to actually use chemical and biological WMDs in the era around WWII was Japan. Hmm How many Chinese were killed by the Japanese using WMDs? Maybe the U.S.'s use of WMDs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was just.cosmic justice.
Silly clickbait title. Something like 1 in 6 draft-age, Canadian men was a casualty in WWI, by WW2, we had developed a fearsome rep on the front line. No surprise to me we were neck deep in bio warfare stuff back then, whatever the King wanted, we'd pretty much do, likely whole project was at Churchill's request, and the research shows it was funded by the US.
You could argue that since Canada couldn’t fully amend its own constitution until 1982, it wasn’t actually independent until 1982. It claimed Commonwealth status in 31, and gained limited constitutional amendment power in 49, then fully separated from the UK in 82. The US took a more straightforward and violent approach. Canada is more patient evidently 😅
@@TheCanagoose I just meant they are the World's favorite. We know most of the sins of the USA UK, France, etc. but Canada was supposed to be above even planning such things.😉
@@TheCanagoose Sometimes you need a policeman. Who else has the power to confront Iran, China, and Russia right now? As I said, the US, among other major nations have committed sins like helping to overthrow the governments of Iran in the early 1950s and Chile in the 1970s, but you wouldn't want the US to be like Germany and wait for others to take the lead or worse become quasi Isolationist.
@@arrow1414 at least until the Republicans pull off a SUCCESSFUL coup, then it's a fascist GOP kleptocracy like their new hero, Putler, has, and he can finally ditch any pretense of democracy. That's why Putin's Russian Trolls teach the racist underbelly of the GOP (MAGA morons) to despise and distrust both the media and democracy.
