“We had to go to the library to get gas masks,” she said ... in our Sunday story, “Blitz Kids,” about life as an English youngster during World War II. Did you know?

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

They all smelt terrible, much worse than gas. The Mickey Mouse ones for the little kids Looked silly, unless you had to wear the thing. Then, all were equal, frightening, claustrophobic ...

Now put your books down…and get your gas masks out. Quietly. Now take them carefully out of their boxes - no, no, Isobel, don't drag at it…you show her how to do it, Margaret, will you.

I remember my gas mask which used to terrify me. It felt as though I would suffocate when I put it on. We used to have to take these masks to school every day, they folded up and fitted into small ...