Like what I make? Want fewer sponsorship ad reads? Consider contributing to my Patreon at https://patreon.com/OurOwnDevices

In the buildup to the Second World War, both the Allied and Axis nations lived in fear of large-scale poison gas attacks on civilians. Extensive precautions were thus taken against such attacks, including the issuing of millions of specially-designed gas masks to civilians. In this episode, we look a few of the more common masks issued in the British Commonwealth, the United States, and Germany.