How chocolate became one of the US military’s most important WWII rations

In 1937, the Army approached the Hershey Company with a blunt request: Create a high-calorie chocolate bar that's ...
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Could You Survive on British World War Two Rations?

In January 1940, the British government introduced food rationing. The scheme was designed to ensure fair shares for all at a time of national shortage. The Ministry of Food was responsible for ...
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These Common Items Were Rationed in WWII — Could You Go Without Them?

Imagine walking into your kitchen to grab your favourite snack, only to find that all of them along with coffee and other daily essentials, were actually luxuries. You couldn’t just use them at your ...
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World War II ration books helped Vigo County residents conserve resources for war effort

Following Japan’s bombing of the United States Navy’s Pacific Fleet in Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941 and the United States’ resulting entry into the second World War, American at home knew there would ...