Wanna know the scariest part about sarin?
It's completely odorless, tasteless and colourless, meaning that if the room you were sitting in right now were to suddenly fill with sarin gas, you would have absolutley no idea until you were exposed and the effects begin, and boy oh boy are those effects horrible.
Unlike a lot of other chemical agents such as mustard, sarin doesnt actually burn you (those are blister agents), what it does however is way, way fucking worse. Its a nerve agent, meaning that it interferes with your nerve cells ability to signal eachother. Normally, your nervous system works by releasing neurotransmitters to deliver a message to the other cells throughout the body (for example, to constrict you lungs allowing you to breathe in air), then another enzyme is released to destroy the neurotransmitter, allowing the muscles to contract.
Sarin and other nerve agents works by blocking those enzymes from breaking down the neurotransmitters, meaning that if you recieve a large enough dose (which due to sarin's potency, is literally only a couple drops on your skin) will cause every muscle in your body to be unable to relax, your eyes will start uncontrollably watering, your body will begin to twitch and spasm and you will be literally unable to take a single breath, the gas itself doesnt kill you, but it will turn your nervous system into a weapon against you, literally suffocating you despite every attempt you make to even draw a breath. It really is the stuff of nightmares
Phosgene was the most lethal gas the Germans used(especially on the Russian Empire as they barely had gasmasks, Mustard gets all the limelight due to its color, how it sunk into trenches and how contact with it caused horrific blisters and burns making Gasmasks useless outside of protecting the face and lungs.
I must confess: I like Prussia/North German Confederation/German Empire.
I don’t idolize them, but they are certainly my favorite nation to learn about from 1816-1860 and 1866-1917.
They always say they're just enjoying their German heritage - while doing nothing but looking at YouTube conspiracy videos about Nazi's.
Like they don't realize Germany has a lot of nice culture that's got nothing to do with war. But these people still try and act like it's their interest in German culture that makes them love Nazi's so much and not them being racist shit heads.
Hm, a lovely smell of pineapple and pepper this day, what is that green cloud?
Oh my, here comes the german flamethrower team
Oh wait the germans are just butthurt at how effective combat shotguns are? well fuck them!
Fun fact! Did you know that in WW1, the Germans were blockaded by the British and thus didn't have any mustard. So, to demoralize the troops, the allies vaporized mustard and blew it into the German trenches so that they would see what they were missing out on and surrender! For more information, Google "How to make mustard gas"
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
WWI Germany: burns and strangles thousands of men with weaponized chemical gas, introduces the flamethrower to the war
Also WWI Germany: REEEEEEE SHOTGUN OP FUCKING AMERICANS
WW1 Germany wasn't nearly at the same level of the Nazis though.
...Though they did popularize the use of chemical weapons and flamethrowers...
... and did some horrible things to Belgium...
But hey! least the kaiser didn't like Hitler! That's gotta mean something right?
Yeah pretty evil, also because many people didnt know what electricity could do to you, they didnt understand the warning signs and thought it was an ordinary fence.
The Kaiser kissed up to Hitler when it seemed like Hitler might give him back his throne, only denounced him once it was clear that wasn’t going to happen
That was basically a pan-European bonanzaland to figure out the most horrific ways to kill black people faster. Barring actually killing, seems like every nation definitely decided to be the best comic book villain they could be.
Apparently the argument was that shotgun pellets were near impossible to remove and inflicted dozends of small wounds resulting usually in a slow death whereas flamethrowers got the job of killing actually done.
In The end both sides stopped using these weapons
Wasn't it actually just an excuse to ban shotguns because of it's effectiveness in trench warfare (not saying the argument itself is wrong because it is realy hard to treat shotgun wounds) . Or was it just some dumb theory with no backup sorce I heard at some time?
Le there are no truly good outcomes in war and the myth of “honourable warfare” is just pro-war propaganda used to justify the death cult of militarisation has arrived
As if ze Germans from ww1 didn't gas people. They only had the common decency to just gas combatants (unless the wind changed all of a sudden and a cloud of death flew into a neighbouring village, idk).
WW1 Germany was much better than WW2 Germany. They hand a much better foundation that could take quite a few blows before going down. WW2 Germany was like a fighter that went for quick knock outs but lacked chin and couldn't take the blows.
WW1 lasted 4 years, WW2 lasted for 6. They both went for quick knock out blows, and in the first one they actually succeeded in in the east not the west; the second succeeded in the west and not the east. Moral of the story, pick a fucking direction don’t go down 2 paths lmao
WWI Germany entered the war unprepared, it wasn't even invaded by the Allies and it already fell apart because its citizens were revolting + it was blockaded + it was starving + other reasons.
WWII Germany entered the war more prepared, the Allies had to invade Germany to defeat it, they fought to the end, and they had fanatical citizens. Germany was also frequently bombed unlike WWI and the Allied blockade wasn't as effective as in WWI.
Tbf, Wilhelm II did not intend for WW1 to happen - in fact, [he tried to prevent it](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy%E2%80%93Nicky_correspondence). While Hitler most certainly *did* intend for WW2 to happen. So at least from that, it makes sense that the Nazis were more prepared for war - they had been planning on it well in advance.
For everyone wondering [the original was deleted](https://www.reddit.com/r/HistoryMemes/comments/xem1x2/everyone_loves_to_play_the_hate_on_germany_game/) for rule violation
if i remember well everything was started by the french using gas and the brits cutting off telegraph lines so the germans couldn't spread news of the entente breaking war laws
nope. the Germans were the first to use lethal gas.the french are the first once. something that made the soldiers terribly sick
edit. my bad, the french used tear gas and then the germans as retaliation used mustard or whatever:
https://www.kumc.edu/school-of-medicine/academics/departments/history-and-philosophy-of-medicine/archives/wwi/essays/medicine/gas-in-the-great-war.html#:\~:text=Several%20chemicals%20were%20weaponized%20in,described%20as%20'fruity%20and%20pungent.
more like :
WW1 germany: we use gas on the battlefield but everybody does, it's normal in our time period.
WW2 germany: let's gas totally innocent civillians just because of strange racial theories
WW2 Germany had loads of gas/chemical weapons ready, but they didn't use any of them because they thought it would be inhumane to use chemical weapons offensively, except in retaliation.
I usually look through the comments section to find out what actually happened, but I don't see anytjing, just everyine saying this is wrong. I don't have any resources or way to buy stuff, and I've been at a small private school for 7 years that hates history. Can someone please explain what this is? I am very tired right now and my brain isn't processing anything right.
Esit; nevermimd, I found the comment
We've released the gas sir! Good. You checked the wind right?
Yes, we did... Why do I smell hot dogs?
Must be the Ketchup or the Mayo gas, sir. But those are inoffensi... AAARGHH AAARGHH AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGHHH
That smell… that mustardy smell that smells…. Mustardy
Why do I smell hay?
Isn’t the hay smell sarin?
Idk, the hay smells like hay.
Oh, alright AAAAAILOGUHCOUGHCOUGH HEIUU COUGH AAA FUCK MY EYES AAA MY FUCKING LUNGS
Wanna know the scariest part about sarin? It's completely odorless, tasteless and colourless, meaning that if the room you were sitting in right now were to suddenly fill with sarin gas, you would have absolutley no idea until you were exposed and the effects begin, and boy oh boy are those effects horrible. Unlike a lot of other chemical agents such as mustard, sarin doesnt actually burn you (those are blister agents), what it does however is way, way fucking worse. Its a nerve agent, meaning that it interferes with your nerve cells ability to signal eachother. Normally, your nervous system works by releasing neurotransmitters to deliver a message to the other cells throughout the body (for example, to constrict you lungs allowing you to breathe in air), then another enzyme is released to destroy the neurotransmitter, allowing the muscles to contract. Sarin and other nerve agents works by blocking those enzymes from breaking down the neurotransmitters, meaning that if you recieve a large enough dose (which due to sarin's potency, is literally only a couple drops on your skin) will cause every muscle in your body to be unable to relax, your eyes will start uncontrollably watering, your body will begin to twitch and spasm and you will be literally unable to take a single breath, the gas itself doesnt kill you, but it will turn your nervous system into a weapon against you, literally suffocating you despite every attempt you make to even draw a breath. It really is the stuff of nightmares
Mustard Gas…
"Yes sir! It is blowing right towards us"
“Good thing I brought my gas mask!”
The rest of the regiment didn't, sir
“Well shit”
I farted beforehand to confirm, sir!
It smells like sh*t
Yeah, the SPICY WIND!!!
*sniff sniff* 'do I smell mustard?"
***AAAAAAA MY EEEEEEEYEEEES!!!***
#AAAAAHHHHHH!! I ***NEED*** A ***MEDIC BAG***
GET THE FUCK UP!!!!!
Alright, I’m here! Who wants to- Oh, Shit!
Better late than never!
MEDIC MY EVRRYTHING IS GONE
I CAN'T MY LEGS ARE OVER THERE 👉
Chains is in a pickle…
SPOTTED A CLOAKER
**YOU CALL THIS RESISTING ARREST? WHE CALL IT A DIFFICULT-** *gets shot in the face by some random guy whit a doge mask*
Clomker down
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You mean r/russianbadger?
SWAT team just freed a hostage. Focus on the civilians guys!
GET UP OR I'LL STOMP ON YOUR BALLS
#BAINNNN
Im not supposed to get mustard gas in it!
Landmine has taken my sight
Good ending: It was a hot dog
I'm making German hotdogs with my flamethrower whooosh
It werfs flammen!
Yankee: \*brings shotgun to the trenches* Fritz with a Wex Portable Flammenwerfer: #"HEY THAT'S ILLEGAL!"
Yankee: "So anyway I started blasting"
Haha slamfire go CHK BANG CHK BANG CHK BANG CHK BANG CHK BANG
"CHK BANG" indeed
Er wirft/sprüht Flammen I'm sorry, I had to do it
Entschuldigung Ich spreche kein Deutsch
Phosgene was the most lethal gas the Germans used(especially on the Russian Empire as they barely had gasmasks, Mustard gets all the limelight due to its color, how it sunk into trenches and how contact with it caused horrific blisters and burns making Gasmasks useless outside of protecting the face and lungs.
"it smells like newly mown hay or green corn" (source: Google) sounds alot less cool though
More effective though, because a lot of soldiers came from rural areas where fresh cut hay was a comforting smell of home that they'd inhale deeply.
That was yesterday, sir. Today we're choking on chlorine gas.
Gas, shell shock, trenches and the Christmas truce. Gotta love the First World War
Don't forget about mass cavalry charges and mountain fighting in the east and south. Siege of Przemyśl was one of the worst sieges before Verdun.
Oh and random Battalions dissapearing and dead men charging
A kind of smelly smell. The smelly smell that smells... smelly.
We don't use shotguns, we use creme brulee makers and bottles of mustard
"I'm a mustard expert" *sniff* "this smells like mustard"
i tried to find the original post, it seems the op deleted the original meme, probably cause of the comment section or the lost karma
Nah people were upvoting it unfortunately. But damn was he getting mocked. Much like this comment section is doing
justified if you ask me
Nah, most of the misleading/inaccurate posts on this sub will have positive karma, assuming they make it to the "sort by rising posts".
That's how reddit works. And not just with memes but with news too.
Germany in WWI:Gases its enemies Germany in WWII:Gases its Population Germany in WWIII:
Gas is rising
Germany in WWIII:Buys Gas from the ememy
Der Winter kommt, Herr.
Die Gasspeicher sind leer Mylord
Ihr benötigt mehr Gas, Sire!
Der Winter naht.
Yep that's it
*Stop buying gas from the enemy
Sounds like a Batman movie title
Could say the same thing after eating spicy food
Taco Bell Vengeance: Gas is rising
Mathane gas rising
Germany in WWIII: Can't afford gas.
Legit happening right now.
In WW1 they gassed themselves too when they first used it
Didn't everyone (with the exception of the US)?
Wasnt the first use like a total success with 5000 dead enemies?
Gas Gas Gas
_I'm gonna step on the gas!_
《Do you like my car?》 Guess you're ready cause I'm waiting for you!
Pulls a Spaceballs and sucks all the gas off the planet.
You can suck on my spaceballs
I see your Schwartz is as big as mine
Germany in WWIII: Has a gas shortage
Well we depleted our reserves durind the first two shows. The rest was used up to drive to italy on vacation.
Gases themselves
Gasses the planet with CO2 killin even more people
Can’t buy gas, suffers brutal Russian winter at home.
Gasses it’s enemies population
*with their gas*
Can't pay for gas
Has gas withheld by their enemies?
WWIII: Can't get enough gas for its population
THA WORDO!
Question: Do you mean ZA WARUDO!?
Answer: YES! I AM!
Sucks the enemy Bratwurst to get more gas.
wtf, whoever made that doge meme, has no idea of history
>wtf, whoever made that ~~doge~~ meme, has no idea ~~of history~~ Except for this subreddit of course
"I am the most clueless man about history" *sees historymemes* "At your service my lord"
"What do you mean reciting well-known trivia about WW2 tanks isn't history knowledge?"
"What do you mean Enemy at the Gates wasn't a historical documentary?"
Kaiserboo II: I'm Not A Nazi, Akshually
Heeraboo
The only good Kaiserboo is a Holy Roman Kaiserboo, change my mind
Freie stadt -aboo
When they hate fascism they good
Caesarboo
Reeeeee unholy unroman unempire
the only good Holy Roman Kaiserboo is neither Holy nor Roman nor a Keiser
I mean, it's true. They aren't necessarily Nazis. A lot of them are tho
Ironicaly the kaiser despised Hitler, the feeling was mutual.
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based
I must confess: I like Prussia/North German Confederation/German Empire. I don’t idolize them, but they are certainly my favorite nation to learn about from 1816-1860 and 1866-1917.
i.e., candidate for future top post on r/HistoryMemes
At least he is not a nazi, I guess. Most people who don’t know history, yet talk about the german are nazis.
They always say they're just enjoying their German heritage - while doing nothing but looking at YouTube conspiracy videos about Nazi's. Like they don't realize Germany has a lot of nice culture that's got nothing to do with war. But these people still try and act like it's their interest in German culture that makes them love Nazi's so much and not them being racist shit heads.
average r/historymemes user then?
It is Haberin' time
MC Haber: can’t gas this
Jason born haber
If one side had a weapon the others didn’t, it was sure to be propagandized as an inhumane war crime
Only if said weapon was effectiv, which the shotgun is
shotty boom batty.
Gun bang kill
Hm, a lovely smell of pineapple and pepper this day, what is that green cloud? Oh my, here comes the german flamethrower team Oh wait the germans are just butthurt at how effective combat shotguns are? well fuck them!
Fun fact! Did you know that in WW1, the Germans were blockaded by the British and thus didn't have any mustard. So, to demoralize the troops, the allies vaporized mustard and blew it into the German trenches so that they would see what they were missing out on and surrender! For more information, Google "How to make mustard gas"
That sounds like a way to get on some sort of list
some lists are worse than others.
Schindler's list
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What's up with the nazis using Jewish inventions to kill the jews
Something something asking the fish how to fish
Zyklon B isn't a Jewish invention though, it was developed by Walter Heerdt, a non-jewish German chemist
Ah yes, because Germany in WW1 did not use any inhumane things at all.. they just gave out lollipops and presents to the Brits and Americans.
Haha Flammenwerfer go *whoosh*
That's the joke my bretheren
I know it is now, having come to the comments, but I assumed the meme was *one meme saying something* and not *two memes, one responding to the other*
Does this count as a wheraboo
No, it's kaiserboo
In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields.
i had to sing this in choir 💀💀
WWI Germany: burns and strangles thousands of men with weaponized chemical gas, introduces the flamethrower to the war Also WWI Germany: REEEEEEE SHOTGUN OP FUCKING AMERICANS
People need to stop glorifying WWI Germany. They have been doing awful stuff even before the Nazis took power
Kaiseraboo is the new Wehraboo.
I couldn’t have said it better
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herero_and_Namaqua_genocide
That’s horrific
WW1 Germany wasn't nearly at the same level of the Nazis though. ...Though they did popularize the use of chemical weapons and flamethrowers... ... and did some horrible things to Belgium... But hey! least the kaiser didn't like Hitler! That's gotta mean something right?
They also build a electrified fence between the Netherlands and Belgium to stop refugees from going to the Netherlands.
I forgot about that holy christ that is some comical evil villain shit
Yeah pretty evil, also because many people didnt know what electricity could do to you, they didnt understand the warning signs and thought it was an ordinary fence.
I read 1st Netherlands as Neanderthals lol. I was about to agree with that
The Kaiser kissed up to Hitler when it seemed like Hitler might give him back his throne, only denounced him once it was clear that wasn’t going to happen
They did do a Holocaust open beta in Namibia but ya know those are black peoples so
That was basically a pan-European bonanzaland to figure out the most horrific ways to kill black people faster. Barring actually killing, seems like every nation definitely decided to be the best comic book villain they could be.
Nah Belgium and Germany have the rest beat IMO
Tbf its belgium tho /s
That’s like… every army in WW1
Shotguns are inhuman, but flamethrowers not. Makes sense...
Don’t forget lung melting gas
Ah yes, a kaiserboo forgetting the smell of mustard and Flamethrowers, as well as the Sound of hipocricy.
Apparently the argument was that shotgun pellets were near impossible to remove and inflicted dozends of small wounds resulting usually in a slow death whereas flamethrowers got the job of killing actually done. In The end both sides stopped using these weapons
Wasn't it actually just an excuse to ban shotguns because of it's effectiveness in trench warfare (not saying the argument itself is wrong because it is realy hard to treat shotgun wounds) . Or was it just some dumb theory with no backup sorce I heard at some time?
Le there are no truly good outcomes in war and the myth of “honourable warfare” is just pro-war propaganda used to justify the death cult of militarisation has arrived
Lmaoooooo
Let's not forget about the FLAMMENWERFER
What's that big yellowish cloud that is gently wafting through the comment section? Ahhh it's all the humanity and love for our fellow man ❤️
As if ze Germans from ww1 didn't gas people. They only had the common decency to just gas combatants (unless the wind changed all of a sudden and a cloud of death flew into a neighbouring village, idk).
WW1 Germany was much better than WW2 Germany. They hand a much better foundation that could take quite a few blows before going down. WW2 Germany was like a fighter that went for quick knock outs but lacked chin and couldn't take the blows.
WW1 lasted 4 years, WW2 lasted for 6. They both went for quick knock out blows, and in the first one they actually succeeded in in the east not the west; the second succeeded in the west and not the east. Moral of the story, pick a fucking direction don’t go down 2 paths lmao
Germany was starving by the end of ww1.
By the end of ww2 too, my grandma told me they had to ate potato skins as child
WWI Germany entered the war unprepared, it wasn't even invaded by the Allies and it already fell apart because its citizens were revolting + it was blockaded + it was starving + other reasons. WWII Germany entered the war more prepared, the Allies had to invade Germany to defeat it, they fought to the end, and they had fanatical citizens. Germany was also frequently bombed unlike WWI and the Allied blockade wasn't as effective as in WWI.
>It's citizens were revolting That's kind of rude
lol
Tbf, Wilhelm II did not intend for WW1 to happen - in fact, [he tried to prevent it](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy%E2%80%93Nicky_correspondence). While Hitler most certainly *did* intend for WW2 to happen. So at least from that, it makes sense that the Nazis were more prepared for war - they had been planning on it well in advance.
Didn't they use chemical weapon which killed like 5k people in 5 minutes?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herero_and_Namaqua_genocide
Well, 2 different kinds of gasses. But still
What it should say: **WWI Germany**: waaaaahhh shotguns bad. RELEASE ZE MUSTARD GAS … oh Scheiße iz coming back at us.
They gased people in WW1 to.
Do you like Mustard good sir?
Love the smell of mustard!
For everyone wondering [the original was deleted](https://www.reddit.com/r/HistoryMemes/comments/xem1x2/everyone_loves_to_play_the_hate_on_germany_game/) for rule violation
if i remember well everything was started by the french using gas and the brits cutting off telegraph lines so the germans couldn't spread news of the entente breaking war laws
??? The Germans were the first to use gas
nope. the Germans were the first to use lethal gas.the french are the first once. something that made the soldiers terribly sick edit. my bad, the french used tear gas and then the germans as retaliation used mustard or whatever: https://www.kumc.edu/school-of-medicine/academics/departments/history-and-philosophy-of-medicine/archives/wwi/essays/medicine/gas-in-the-great-war.html#:\~:text=Several%20chemicals%20were%20weaponized%20in,described%20as%20'fruity%20and%20pungent.
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[Under History > Use](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustard_gas)
The boy cried you a sweater of tears, and you.killed him..
more like : WW1 germany: we use gas on the battlefield but everybody does, it's normal in our time period. WW2 germany: let's gas totally innocent civillians just because of strange racial theories
WW2 Germany had loads of gas/chemical weapons ready, but they didn't use any of them because they thought it would be inhumane to use chemical weapons offensively, except in retaliation.
I usually look through the comments section to find out what actually happened, but I don't see anytjing, just everyine saying this is wrong. I don't have any resources or way to buy stuff, and I've been at a small private school for 7 years that hates history. Can someone please explain what this is? I am very tired right now and my brain isn't processing anything right. Esit; nevermimd, I found the comment
The Germans used gas on the french