The first gas masks were made by the British. Gas attack alarms were put in trenches. An empty large-caliber shell casing was used for a bell or gong, ... Both sides preferred it in WW1.

School pupils handle a British gas mask from WW1. Newsreels of the period show soldiers using gas masks in training and at the front. H is for Home Front. video H is for Home Front.

One hundred years ago, a green cloud of chlorine gas drifted gently towards Allied trenches around Ypres, ... WWI Ypres gas attack sears the memory 100 years on. By. AFP. Published.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A World War I gas mask stolen from the Wyoming Capitol and missing for almost a century is on display in Cheyenne again after a South Dakota pawn shop donated it back to ...

Patriotism, at times, demands odd sacrifices from Americans. During WWI, it asked for peach pits -- and lots of them.

Editor’s Note, May 11, 2022: This article previously suggested that John Haldane was the first person to invent a gas mask. In fact, Garrett Morgan, a Black inventor based in Ohio, filed a ...