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The flamethrower was invented in Germany.

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The first flamethrower is credited to Richard Fiedler. He submitted evaluation models of his Flammenwerfer to the German Army in 1901.

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The birth of the modern flamethrower, a psychological weapon of WWI. French troops use flamethrowers to flush out German positions in the town of Cantigny, France.

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How was the flamethrower innovative and how did it change warfare?

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How was the flamethrower innovative and how did it change warfare?

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The basic idea of a flamethrower is to spread fire by launching burning fuel.  On July 30, 1915, flamethrowers were used effectively against British positions to flush soldiers out of their trenches and into the open. The flamethrower, like poison gas, was a psychologically terrifying weapon, leading to its use by the German Army in more than 300 battles in the war.

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 Provide modern examples of flamethrowers

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 Provide modern examples of flamethrowers

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The most notable modern example of a flamethrower being used against another person was in 2014, when it was used as an execution tool by North Korea against its Deputy Minister of Public Safety.