Where did womd get started? (Blog #3)
Weapons of mass destruction are very dangerous weapons. But where did all of it start? In 1937 is when it was first used as a word in reference to the aerial bombardment of Guernica, Spain. They came from a few countries during WW2 such as the U.S. And Japan. Biological WMD’s were first used the United States in 1763 when British officers planned to distribute blankets with smallpox. Attempts such as this continued during war as soldiers were steadfast in killing off their enemies.
Much different from the WoMD we know today it dates back to 1346 when the Tartars laid siege to Kaffa. During the siege an outbreak of plague infested their men. Before they left, the Tartars used catapults to throw the plague-infested bodies of their dead over the city walls. The plague spread through out the city. Europe’s second outbreak of the plague can partly be blamed on biological warfare.