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The government made preparations to ration food in 1925, in advance of an expected general strike, and appointed Food Control Officers for each region.In the event, the trade unions of the London docks organised blockades by crowds, but convoys of lorries under military escort took the heart out of the strike, so that the measures did not have to be implemented.
Rationing ticket from Ireland, 1918, entitling the holder to 5 gallons of petrol for the use of non-road vehicles (such as agricultural machinery or motor boats). ( Tipperary Museum of Hidden History ) A British government wartime leaflet detailing the consequences of breaking the rationing laws
Even though there is a belief that the inequality among the German population only increased during WW1, a number of studies have shown the opposite. It was proved that the income of the majority of the enterprises declined proportionally to the loss in the real wage. Moreover, the international corporate profits (e.g. in the UK) of that time ...
A garrison ration is a type of military ration that, depending on its use and context, could refer to rations issued to personnel at a camp, installation, or other garrison; allowance allotted to personnel to purchase goods or rations sold in a garrison (or the rations purchased with allowance); a type of ration; or a combined system with distinctions and differences depending on situational ...
United States military ration refers to the military rations provided to sustain United States Armed Forces service members, including field rations and garrison rations, and the military nutrition research conducted in relation to military food. U.S. military rations are often made for quick distribution, preparation, and eating in the field and tend to have long storage times in adverse ...
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 ...
A ration stamp of the city of Erfurt, 1917 for 1 kilogram (2.2 lb) of turnips per week The Turnip Winter ( German : Steckrübenwinter , pronounced [ˈʃtɛkʁyːbn̩ˌvɪntɐ] ) of 1916 to 1917 was a period of profound civilian hardship in Germany during World War I .
Conscription, rationing, and subway stations turned into bunkers. For the first time since the Cold War, Germany has updated its plans should conflict erupt in Europe, with ministers citing the ...