During World War II, the American military began investigating methods to protect the civilian population from domestic saboteurs. One solution the military devised was this extremely eerie Mickey ...

For years, claims have spread on social media platforms that a Mickey Mouse gas mask was produced during World War II. The oldest social media post we found that contained the claim was posted on ...

This Gas Mask was used from 1939 - 1945 in World War 2. It shows how prepared Britain was for World War 2. Britain had remembered how in WW1 they used lots of gas attacks. People had to always carry ...

Sometimes parents have to explain things to their kids in more child-friendly terms. During World War II, that meant outfitting a child with a weird Mickey Mouse gas mask. It was 1942, just about a ...

Me with my Gas Mask on in Kelsey Park, Beckenham in 1940 I was only an infant (4 years old) when the war started. When gas masks were introduced I prayed that we would never have to use them as I ...

Lasting for 267 days, the Blitz rendered 1.4 million people homeless and killed 9,000 civilians in London. Buildings were torn to shreds, walls crumbed, families were displaced. Because of the fear ...

This story was submitted to the People`s War site by Linda Nicholson(nee Dixon) on behalf of Margaret Simpson (nee Dixon)and has been added to the site with her permission. The author fully ...