History GCSE
gas masks
What gas masks means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of gas masks
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Distributed to the entire population to mitigate the threat of chemical attacks, with public information campaigns enforcing their carriage.
Topics that use gas masks
- Option 12: The historic environment - 1 London and the Second World War, 1939–45 (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
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