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What's Happened to Sugar? - 1945 film from the Office of Price Administration that explains why sugar rationing had to continue after the end of the war; Ration Coupons on the Home Front, 1942-1945 - Duke University Libraries Digital Collections; World War II Rationing on the U.S. homefront, illustrated - Ames Historical Society
Child's ration book, used during the Second World War. Emergency supplies for the 4 million people expected to be evacuated were delivered to destination centres by August 1939, and 50 million ration books were already printed and distributed. [11] When World War II began in September 1939, petrol was the first commodity to be controlled.
OPA points are small vulcanized fibre red and blue ration tokens issued during World War II to make change for ration coupons. Approximately 1.1 billion red and 0.9 billion blue were produced, and even though many were collected and destroyed after the war, they are still quite common today. The red OPA points are a bit more common than the blue.
The government planned to control the food system including domestic production, imports, rationing, and distribution and controls on consumption. [10] To produce more food, in April 1939, the government devised a plan to pay farmers two pounds sterling per acre (0.4 ha) to plough up pasture and convert the land into cultivated cropland.
Rationing had become the norm in the U.K., and the royal family was not exempt. Determined to get her dream dress, Elizabeth, who was just a princess at the time, saved up clothing coupons in ...
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.
A ration stamp, ration coupon, or ration card is a stamp or card issued by a government to allow the holder to obtain food or other commodities that are in short supply during wartime or in other emergency situations when rationing is in force. Ration stamps were widely used during World War II by both sides after hostilities caused ...
Starting in the autumn and winter of 1940–1941, bread, sugar, milk, butter, cheese, oil, meat, coffee and eggs were all rationed, as was coal. [11] [27] [28] In 1941, rationing was further extended to chocolate, produce, shoes, textiles and tobacco. [11] [27] [28] Non-smokers who drew their ration anyway fed it into the black market. [29]