Chemical and Biological weapons

  • French and indian war

    The first chemical weapons that were used were poisonous arrows used way back during the French and Indian war
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    Chemical & Biological weapons

  • World war 1

    The use of actuall chemical agents were just starting to be used in world war 1 when both size used chemical gases
  • Geneova protocol

    In 1925 the geneova protocol was signed banning the use of these weapons in the time of warfare
  • World war 2

    Although the geneva was signed poison gases was still used in Nazi concentration camps
  • The cold war

    By the 1970s lots of countries were developing chemical weapons
  • Iraq

    After world 2 chemical weapons weren't used in battles not until the Iraq war when Iraq fought its government
  • The CWC

    The CWC (chemical weapon convention) was put into force, which disarmed multiple weapons and all countries