Modern resonances of Imperial Germany’s biological-warfare sabotage campaign, 1915–18
Toby Ewin
Abstract
This article summarizes published and archival information about Imperial Germany’s attempts to infect draft animals in some Allied and neutral countries with anthrax and glanders during World War I. It casts doubt on claims that the Isle of Man was among the places affected. It considers the extent to which contemporary terrorist activity more closely resembles German biological sabotage plots than it does most modern state weapons-of-mass-destruction programs.
Topics & Concepts
Biological warfareGermanTerrorismState (computer science)Chemical warfarePolitical scienceModern warfareLawHistoryAncient historyArchaeologyComputer scienceAlgorithmBacillus and Francisella bacterial researchYersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research