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Entomological Warfare
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Entomological Warfare
James Hart
What is Entomological Warfare?
- Subcategory of biological warfare.
- Three main types
-Direct attacks from insects
-Destruction of crops
-Used as a disease vector
What is it?
Uses Throughout History
Entomological warfare is not a new modern way to wage war. It has been around for thousands of years.
Historical
uses
Ancient bees
First Uses
The first uses of insects in warfare dates back all the way to ancient times. Bee hives were used to flush out combatants that were bunkered up in caves. The hives would be thrown into the mouth of the cave and the bees would then attack and sting the people inside the cave either killing them or forcing them to leave the cave.
WWII
During WWII there was extensive research into entomological warfare on both the allies and the axis forces.
WWII
Germany
After the initial victories against the USSR, Hitler created a biological warfare research division. This division researched using insects to spread diseases such as cholera, typhus and yellow fever. They also did research into the Colorado potato beetle to destroy allied crops
Japan
Imperial Japan deemed biological warfare research too risky to do on mainland Japan. So they did most of their research in their puppet states. Japan researched using infected fleas to infect their enemies. They did extensive human testing on POW's. No one they did tests on ever survived.
United States
USA
The US vowed to never use biological weapons unless they were first used by their enemies. However, Roosevelt saw that the US was being drawn more and more into the war as it raged on and funded biological warfare research. Just like Germany, the US was also interested in using the Colorado potato beetle to destroy crops. They also bred a lot of lice, fleas and yellow fever mosquitoes.
Risks of Entomological warfare
Risks
Just like all other forms of biological warfare, there are many severe risks of using entomological warfare. Using the insects as disease vectors can cause an uncontrollable outbreak that could infect the country that deployed the disease. Then using insects to destroy agriculture can cause a world wide famine if used in a large enough capacity.
Conclusion
Entomological warfare is very risky and is still being researched today. The research going on now is a lot scarier than what was happening in WWII. Research is going into making insects living dirty bombs. Over time they could severely irradiate humans. This form of biological warfare is very risky and could become a very huge issue if ever implemented into a modern war.