pardus
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Technically both these cases were pre WWII (by a few days) also but...
"Am 20. September habe ich in Jaslo 10 deutsche Soldaten untersucht, und
bei 9 von ihnen mit Sicherheit die Folgen von Gelbkreuz-Vergiftung
festgestellt, während beim zehnten die Rescheinungen nicht mehr so
ausgesprochen waren, daß man hätte die Diagnose mit Sicherheit stellen
können. Beim den 9 Erkrankenten mit sicheren Symptomen waren
Veränderungen der Haut von so typischem Aussehen und solche
Lokalisation, daß es sich unzweifelhaft um eine Vergiftung mit einem
Gift aus der Gelbkreuz-Grupe handeln muß, die vor etwas mehr als einer
Woche stattgefunden muß. (...) Das vorherrschen der Hautsymptome führt
zu der Annahme, daß das Gift der sogenannte Lost-Kampfstoff
(Dichlordiaethylsulfid - Yperit) sein muß."
It was signed: Berlin, den 21 (!). September 1939".
"On September 20th 1939 I examined 10 german soldiers in Jaslo and with 9 of them I diagnosed implications of toxication with mustard gas for sure. With the 10th soldier however the symptoms were not that downright to tell safely. With the 9 patients to show certain symptoms, changes of the skin with that typical appearance and site were that obvious that the toxication undoubtedly had to be the kind of such with a poison from the mustard gas group. The exposure to the gas should have occured a little more than a week ago. (...) The endemism of the main symptoms leads to the assumption that the poison had to be the so-called Lost warfare agent (Dichlordiaethylsulfid - Yperit)."
http://www.cbwinfo.com/Chemical/Blister/HD.shtml
In 1939, Polish troops used chemical training mines containing diluted mustard agent to mine a bridge near Jaslo, injuring 14 German soldiers. It is unclear whether this was a mistake or an attempt at retaliation for the reported use of chemical bombs by the Germans in Warsaw (on September 3, 1939, a number of sulfur mustard-containing bombs were dropped on a Warsaw suburb - the Germans aknowledged this in 1942, indicating it was accidental). The Germans may also have used mustard gas-containing munitions on a few occasions in the Crimea and elsewhere in Poland, but these appear to have either been genuine mistakes or instances of low-level commanders acting without authority.
"Am 20. September habe ich in Jaslo 10 deutsche Soldaten untersucht, und
bei 9 von ihnen mit Sicherheit die Folgen von Gelbkreuz-Vergiftung
festgestellt, während beim zehnten die Rescheinungen nicht mehr so
ausgesprochen waren, daß man hätte die Diagnose mit Sicherheit stellen
können. Beim den 9 Erkrankenten mit sicheren Symptomen waren
Veränderungen der Haut von so typischem Aussehen und solche
Lokalisation, daß es sich unzweifelhaft um eine Vergiftung mit einem
Gift aus der Gelbkreuz-Grupe handeln muß, die vor etwas mehr als einer
Woche stattgefunden muß. (...) Das vorherrschen der Hautsymptome führt
zu der Annahme, daß das Gift der sogenannte Lost-Kampfstoff
(Dichlordiaethylsulfid - Yperit) sein muß."
It was signed: Berlin, den 21 (!). September 1939".
"On September 20th 1939 I examined 10 german soldiers in Jaslo and with 9 of them I diagnosed implications of toxication with mustard gas for sure. With the 10th soldier however the symptoms were not that downright to tell safely. With the 9 patients to show certain symptoms, changes of the skin with that typical appearance and site were that obvious that the toxication undoubtedly had to be the kind of such with a poison from the mustard gas group. The exposure to the gas should have occured a little more than a week ago. (...) The endemism of the main symptoms leads to the assumption that the poison had to be the so-called Lost warfare agent (Dichlordiaethylsulfid - Yperit)."
http://www.cbwinfo.com/Chemical/Blister/HD.shtml
In 1939, Polish troops used chemical training mines containing diluted mustard agent to mine a bridge near Jaslo, injuring 14 German soldiers. It is unclear whether this was a mistake or an attempt at retaliation for the reported use of chemical bombs by the Germans in Warsaw (on September 3, 1939, a number of sulfur mustard-containing bombs were dropped on a Warsaw suburb - the Germans aknowledged this in 1942, indicating it was accidental). The Germans may also have used mustard gas-containing munitions on a few occasions in the Crimea and elsewhere in Poland, but these appear to have either been genuine mistakes or instances of low-level commanders acting without authority.
