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chemical warfare

type of warfare that involves using the toxic properties of chemical substances as weapons
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Summary

chemical warfare ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,827 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: warfare[2]
  • Commons category: Chemical warfare[3]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Chemical warfare[4]
  • Topic has template: Template:Chemical warfare[5]
  • Short name: CW[6]
  • History of topic: history of chemical warfare[7]
  • Uses: chemical weapon[8]

Why It Matters

chemical warfare has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 82 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4d ago · Yukkuri Shambis · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image license type → —
    Thumb url → —
    Armament → —
    Image url → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Armament: chemical weapon"
  2. 7w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → chemical-warfare
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: chemical-warfare, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289922989|chemical warfare (#289922989)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harpe"
  3. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0005419-chemicka-valka
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0005419-chemicka-valka, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
  4. 19w ago · Surajr7 · 2026-06-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Poison gas attack.jpg, John Singer Sargent - Gassed (1919).jpg, Chemical agent protection.jpg
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Image: John Singer Sargent - Gassed (1919).jpg"
  5. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Armament → —
    Subclass of → warfare
    Subclass of → —
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 2698555
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007285071505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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