How Britain Came Together To Feed The Nation During WWII

The Astonishing Realities of Wartime Food Provision in Britain

Jade Revell
The History Edit
Published in
4 min readMar 11, 2024

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British WWII Rations — United States Office of War Information, Overseas Picture Division, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

As Britons learned of the breakout of war at 11:15 am on the 3rd of September 1939, their minds may not have immediately turned to how the country would eat in the coming years.

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Jade Revell
The History Edit

Historian and freelance writer bringing you the best stories from history and beyond https://jaderevell.substack.com/