Feeding the Nation in World War II: Rationing, Digging for Victory and Unusual Food

One of the main dangers to Britain during the Second World War was the possibility of the country being starved out of the war. Indeed, it was what Churchill feared the most. Before the war, Britain was hugely dependent upon foreign imports of food and supplies, but with unrestricted submarine warfare these lifelines were in danger of being cut and the amount of imports hugely reduced.

Britain was not unprepared. Lessons had been learned during the First World War, when people had been encou...