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  2. 10-in-1 food parcel - Wikipedia

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    Over 300 million rations, costing about 85 cents each, were procured under the 10-in-1 title from mid-1943 to the end of World War II. No other group ration was procured during that period. Hence, in actuality as well as nomenclature, "Ration, 10-in-1" was the final small-group ration of World War II. [1]

  3. Hunger Plan - Wikipedia

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    German leadership, especially Hitler, was very concerned about the impact of reductions in food consumption on civilian morale. They believed the Allied blockade of Germany during the First World War had been a key cause of Germany's defeat in that war. Thus the preservation of food supplies for Germany itself was considered essential, even at ...

  4. Rationing in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. Food Administration encouraged children to consume other types of grain, and not wheat cereals during World War I. Food conservation, as the US government called it, was seen as an act of patriotism. People were encouraged to keep victory gardens or shop locally in order to conserve transportation for the war effort.

  5. C-ration - Wikipedia

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    The Reserve Ration was issued during the later part of World War I to feed troops who were away from a garrison or field kitchen. It originally consisted of 12 ounces (340 g) of bacon or 14 ounces (400 g) of meat (usually canned corned beef), two 8-ounce (230 g) cans of hard bread or hardtack biscuits, a packet of 1.16 ounces (33 g) of pre-ground coffee, a packet of 2.4 ounces (68 g) of ...

  6. United States military ration - Wikipedia

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    U.S. Army soldiers eating C-rations during the Italian campaign of World War II, 1943. After 1918, the army ration system went through several revisions, eventually leading to the: A-ration: Garrison ration. Fresh, refrigerated, or frozen food prepared in dining halls or field kitchens. The most valued of all rations. B-ration: Field ration.

  7. British Restaurant - Wikipedia

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    British Restaurants were communal kitchens created in 1940 during the Second World War to help people who had been bombed out of their homes, had run out of ration coupons or otherwise needed help. [1] [2] In 1943, 2,160 British Restaurants served 600,000 very inexpensive meals a day. [3] They were disbanded in 1947.

  8. Food and agriculture in Nazi Germany - Wikipedia

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    An estimated 13.6 million soldiers, including a few women, served in the Wehrmacht, the German military forces, during World War II—drawn from a German population of about 80 million. [22] 4.3 million were killed during the war [23] The heavy military demand for manpower caused severe shortages of labor in Germany for both industry and ...

  9. Feeding Britain in the Second World War - Wikipedia

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    Britain's experience with food shortages in World War I influenced many of its policies in the Second World War. In 1936, anticipating war, the government began to plan for the "supply, control, and distribution of foodstuffs." In 1939, before the war began in September, the government printed 50 million ration books.