World War I By 1900 the germ theory and advances in bacteriology brought a new level of sophistication to the techniques for possible use of bio-agents in war. Biological sabotage in the form of anthrax and glanders was undertaken on behalf of the Imperial German government during World War I (1914–1918), with indifferent results.Koenig, Robert (2006), The Fourth Horseman: One Man's Secret Campaign to Fight the Great War in America, PublicAffairs. The Geneva Protocol of 1925 prohibited the first use of chemical and biological weapons against enemy nationals in international armed conflicts.
World War I By 1900 the germ theory and advances in bacteriology br,ought a new level of sophistication to the techniques for possible use of bio-agents in war. Biological sabotage in the form of anthrax and glanders was undertaken on behalf of the Imperial German government during World War I (1914–1918), with indifferent results.Koenig Robert (2006), The Fourth Horseman One Man's Secret Campaign to Fight the Great War in America PublicAffairs. The Geneva Protocol of 1925 prohibited the first use of chemical, and biological weapons again:st enemy nationals in international armed conflicts.