Porton Down: Britain’s Secret Nerve Gas Lab

Check out Squarespace: http://squarespace.com/geographics

→ Subscribe for new videos two times per week.
   / @geographicstravel  

This video is #sponsored by Squarespace.

Our sister channels:
Biographics -    / @biographics  
TopTenz -    / @toptenznettop10  

Credits:
Host - Simon Whistler
Author - Morris M.
Producer - Jennifer Da Silva
Executive Producer - Shell Harris

Business inquiries to [email protected]

Source/Further reading:

Nerve gas tests: www.theguardian.com/science/2004/may/06/science.research
www.historyworkshop.org.uk/testing-secret-agents-a-century-of-human-experimentation-at-porton-down/
Original construction of Porton Downs: www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205204320
History of chemical weapons in warfare: https://www.sciencehistory.org/distil...
Maddison’s death: https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/s...
Timeline of Sarin tests: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
Inside Porton Down: https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-366...
Bioweapons and germ warfare at Porton Down: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/...
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/m...
Government’s own website on Porton Down: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/th...
Porton Down inquiry timeline: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/37...
Operation Paperclip: https://www.history.com/news/what-was...
Porton Down animal trials: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016...