Why Did the US Stockpile Chemical Bombs in a Remote Part of India?

During WWII, Shamshernagar was a US airbase in a remote part of Northeastern India. Shamshernagar was also the site of a secret “Advance Chemical Park,” containing a stockpile of 1000-pound, M79 chemical bombs filled with highly poisonous cyanogen chloride. Scroll Down to Investigate Why.

Hoosier Scientist’s blog about what might have been happening at Shamshernagar.

Google Maps image of terrain and key locations around Shamshernagar Airbase.

Use this map to consider whether Shamshernagar was really “remote.” Why might some say it was at the center of the action?

Original Source materials from the US National Archives to help you form your own conclusions.

Training film likely viewed by the Chemical Warfare Service soldiers who served at Shamshernagar.

Shamshernagar is now in Bangladesh. This website includes insights about the base from the perspective of US soldiers who served there and from people who now live in the area.