Page 175 - Mastermind: The Truth of the British Deep State Revealed

Adnan Harun Yahya

To Churchill, chemical gas was just another advanced weapon British

possessed. He told his political colleagues that mustard gas could have a de-
structive effect and help reach a breakthrough in the Gallipoli war, and hoped

that 'the unreasonable prejudice against the use by us of gas upon the Turks
will cease.' He even took into account the season and claimed the high wind

'would afford a perfect opportunity for the employment of gas.' 89

One document in the archive penned by Churchill himself, reveals that

Churchill requested 'gas masks' for the British troops in Gallipoli. In May
1915, at the height of the Gallipoli battle, Churchill told British General Kitch-

ener to send a gas-making outfit to the Dardanelles, as 'the use of gas on ei-
ther side might be decisive.' Churchill was arguing with Kitchener that gas
90
should be used on the Gallipoli front as the Turks were without gas masks. 91

Churchill claimed that it was justified
to use chemical weapons in warfare
and that it should be used especially
against the Turks.