The bravery of women who risked their lives rescuing injured civilians in wartime London has been highlighted in newly ...

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.

In the lead-up to World War II there were fears that the Germans ... More than 40 million gas masks were issued. In America there was a gas mask for children that looked like Mickey Mouse, with ...