[Youtube] How World War 2 Rationing Shaped Britain

Kai Robinson

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I often wonder if people from the US and elsewhere were ever told about the experiences we, as a nation, lived through, during WW2.

In particular - rationing and food provision. It's often a trope in American media that 'British food is terrible' yet never stop to consider why that might have once been the case.

Here's a documentary from the Imperial War Museum that you might find interesting, if you have a spare 20 minutes:

 
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