How people have used Bioterrorism in history

By phoreall
  • The first recorded event of bioterrorism-Medieval Siege
    Dec 24, 1340

    The first recorded event of bioterrorism-Medieval Siege

    Attackers hurled dead horses and other animals by catapult at the castle of Thun L'Eveque in Hainault, in what is now northern France
  • Dec 24, 1346

    The second attack

    They suffered an outbreak of plague. Before abandoning their attack, they sent the infected bodies of their comrades over the walls of the city. Fleeing residents carried the disease to Italy, furthering the second major epidemic of "Black Death"
  • Dec 24, 1422

    The third attack

    At Karlstein in Bohemia, attacking forces launched the decaying cadavers of men killed in battle over the castle walls. They also stockpiled animal manure in the hope of spreading illness.

  • The Fourth attack-The American revolution

    In the american revolution the British would give the civilians
    smallpox. This isn't the first time they have used smallpox to kill. The also used smallpox to kill the natives
  • The fifth attack-World War One

    The fifth attack-World War One

    During the war, German scientists and military officials applied this knowledge in a widespread campaign of biological sabotage.The diseases they cultivated as weapons were glanders and anthrax.
  • The sixth attack-World War Two

    The sixth attack-World War Two

    In October 1940, the Japanese dropped paper bags filled with plague-infested fleas over the cities of Ningbo and Quzhou in Zhejiang province. Other attacks involved contaminating wells and distributing poisoned foods.