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QUESTION Who invented the flamethrower?
THE concept of a flame-throwing device has been around since the earliest days of warfare.See the full content of this document
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Burning Question ; Answers to Correspondents [Eire Region]
The Greek historian Thucydides describes a flame-throwing device used by the Boeotians during the siege of Delium in the Peloponnesian War in 424 BC: 'The blast, prevented from escaping, passed into the vessel which contained burning coals and sulphur and pitch; these made a huge flame, and set fire to the rampart, so that no one could remain upon it. The garrison took flight, and the fort was ta...
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