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Oil soldiers (German Ölsoldaten) is the name given to soldiers of the Swiss Army poisoned by accident in 1940, when they were served Käseschnitten (fried bread with cheese) in which mineral oil mixed with tricresyl phosphate, intended as a coolant for machine guns, was mistakenly used for the preparation of the dish.

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Oil soldiers

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Oil soldiers (German Ölsoldaten) is the name given to soldiers of the Swiss Army poisoned by accident in 1940, when they were served Käseschnitten (fried...

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in heavy smoke due to the Kuwaiti oil fires on approach to Ras Mishab Airport, Saudi Arabia. 92 Senegalese soldiers and 6 Saudi crew members were killed...

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1973 oil crisis

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Tricresyl phosphate

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similar outbreak when their cooking oil was contaminated with machine gun oil. They became known as the "Oil soldiers". In the 1950s, 11 South Africans...

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