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2023-08-02 08:51:16 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 1BE930A0C2FF24F1249EC87109BD804C28381F5E2A9ADAC8B52772DBACB7C720
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1) The cause of the Bengle Famine was a cyclone that whipped out the areas rice crop. The lack of shipping due to the war hindered getting food from elsewhere. 2) Churchill was an advocate non-leathal tear gas, which he did tend to call 'Poisonous gas'. https://winstonchurchill.org/churchill-central/storyelement/did-churchill-cause-the-bengal-famine-of-1943-as-has-been-claimed/ https://winstonchurchill.org/publications/finest-hour/finest-hour-160/leading-myths-churchill-advocated-the-first-use-of-lethal-gas/
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