Pavel,
Try:
http://primaryfacts.com/2482/world-w...d-information/
http://www.worldwar2facts.org/world-...rationing.html
http://primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/war/rationing2.html
I was born 1936, so I grew up during UK WW2 rationing. My mother was a nurse, so she knew a reasonable amount about diet, vitamins, etc, etc. We grew lots of our own veg, and kept bees. She also helped to nurse the aged rellies of the local butcher (say no more!). I never went hungry in WW2. There were very few obese persons in WW2 (as opposed to now!). I grew up to be reasonably fit and healthy – along with most of the blokes/blokesses of my age.
There was little, or no, “civil” petrol (doctors, etc). Allied (non-US!) servicemen did not have many cars. Beer was not rationed, but its alcoholic level was fairly weak (and got weaker!). Visiting servicemen, off base, paid the same price as the local UK civilians. Cigarettes varied. Better to have a ‘black market contact’ near a USAAF base (if you could stand their ‘toasted’ tobacco!!)! The local, UK, fags were often described as being made from ‘HM&TT’ – Horse Muck and Tram Tickets!! But they were still smoked by the millions (lung cancer was not yet widely known as a result!!).
Hope this helps!
Peter Davies
Meteorology is a science; good meteorology is an art!
We might not know - but we might know who does!
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