Germany, Imperial warfare

The introduction of chemical warfare was in fact actively canvassed by the IG cartel from the outset of the war, most notably by its head, Carl Duisberg. An imperious Prussian who would not tolerate dissent in either his personal or his business life ," a man who (specificially) spoke of and believed in the Fuhrer Principle long before Hitler was ever heard of, Duisberg belonged to the scientific and industrial elite whose skill and unscrupulousness was to enable Germany to fight the world for ten out of the next forty years. 

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