rationing started in britain during world war 2 on 4 september 1942.
when did rationing start in britain during world war 2?
4 september 1942
while nazi germany never attacked britain with ground forces, it subjected the country to heavy air attacks in the [[battle of britain]] of 1940, which continued until mid-1941 as the nightly attacks of [[the blitz]]. the air attacks killed 40,000 people and prompted [[evacuations of civilians in britain during world war ii|evacuations of major urban centres]], but achieved none of germany's strategic objectives. the economy of britain was re-oriented to [[military production during world war ii|military production]]. efforts like the [[women's land army]] boosted food production, while [[rationing in the united kingdom|a rationing program]] regulated consumption. the united kingdom passed [[national service (armed forces) act 1939|a conscription law]] immediately after declaring war, but conscription was never implemented in [[northern ireland]], despite urgings from the [[parliament of northern ireland|stormont government]], due to irish nationalist opposition.
world war ii by country
the first modern rationing systems were brought in during the first world war. in germany, suffering from the effects of the british blockade, a rationing system was introduced in 1914 and was steadily expanded over the following years as the situation worsened. although britain did not suffer from food shortages, as the sea lanes were kept open for food imports, panic buying towards the end of the war prompted the rationing of first sugar and then meat. it is said to have in the most part benefited the health of the country, through the 'levelling of consumption of essential foodstuffs'. to assist with rationing, ration books were introduced on 1918 for butter, margarine, lard, meat and sugar. during the war, average calories intake decreased only three percent, but protein intake six percent. food rationing appeared in poland after the first world war, and ration stamps were in use until the end of the polish–soviet war.
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