Prewar expectations of air attack are described as influencing fears during the Battle of Britain. If conventional bombing failed to achieve the expected damage, some feared a German move to chemical weapons. Britain is said to have let information about its own stockpiles reach Germany in response. This is presented as deterrent signaling driven by a concern that did not become a chemical bombing campaign. The stockpiles are not quantified, and the passage does not establish how German decisions were affected.
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Fear of chemical escalation during the Battle of Britain
The exchange links feared chemical escalation with British signaling about its capacity to retaliate.