{"id":43211,"date":"2015-09-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/43211\/gas-masks-in-wwii-vs-gas-masks-in-lebanon"},"modified":"2023-08-11T04:28:04","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T04:28:04","slug":"gas-masks-in-wwii-vs-gas-masks-in-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/43211\/gas-masks-in-wwii-vs-gas-masks-in-lebanon\/","title":{"rendered":"Gas Masks in WWII vs. Gas Masks in Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"<big>I came across this photo a while ago.<br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/43211-2.png\" width=\u201c100%\"><br \/>  <br \/>   The backstory is this: during World War II, Britain feared that the Germans would drop gas bombs and promptly issued millions of mandatory gas masks to the citizens. <br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/43211-250x183.png\" width=\u201c100%\"><br \/>  The masks had to be carried at all times and promptly worn if there was a drill. Even if you were playing double-dutch with your best pals Elizabeth and Mary. <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  Today in Lebanon, you see a similar view. <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/43211-1-250x175.png\" width=\u201c100%\u201d><br \/>  So everyone dress your best because you never know when you\u2019ll end up in a history book! Maybe your spoiled and probably alien-esque decedents will be checking you out in a few hundred years.<\/big> <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  [Images via english.alarabiya.net and huffingtonpost.com]     <figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"183\" data-id=\"416139\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/43211-250x183.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-416139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/43211-250x183.png 250w, https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/43211-600x440.png 600w, https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/43211-1024x751.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/43211-768x563.png 768w, https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/43211.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"175\" data-id=\"416141\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/43211-1-250x175.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-416141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/43211-1-250x175.png 250w, https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/43211-1-600x420.png 600w, https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/43211-1-1024x717.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/43211-1-768x538.png 768w, https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/43211-1-1536x1076.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/43211-1-2048x1434.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure><\/figure>    ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><big>I came across this photo a while 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