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Hague Convention
Banned chemical-based weapons. Signed by all except the U.S. -
First Use of Bromine Lacrimators
French government collared a ring of Parisian bank robbers with ethyl bromoacetate -
First Use of "White Cross"
White Cross was a bromide lacrimator with shrapnel, bypassing the Hague Pact -
Widespread Use of Mustard Gas
Also known as yellow cross -
End of Molybdenum Trade
Molybdenum prics bottom out, being superseded by tungsten -
Beginning of Germany Trade for Tungsten
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End of Tungsten Trade with Nazis
U.S. pressure forces Portugal out of trade with Nazis -
Beginning of Metal Revolution
Gandolinium, neodymium, scandium and other metals have "found niches" -
Climax of Congo Conflict
War in Congo is being encouraged by profits made through mining tantalum and niobium
