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BlitzSpirit 4 Jan 2026 Original Spirit4 min

A Constant Companion: The Gas Mask and Britain’s Wartime Anxiety

BlitzSpirit: Beyond “Keep Calm” – the everyday dread of chemical warfare and how Britain prepared. The air raid siren wails, but it’s not the blast you immediately fear. It’s the invisible. Mrs. Higgins, in a London suburb, doesn’t rush to the Anderson shelter, she rushes for it, fumbling for the small, rubber box she carries […]

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