Hidden Home Front: Episode 5 - Food @historywm
Hidden Home Front: Episode 5 - Food  @historywm
Uploaded June 2018 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
From the beginning of the First World War, Britain had great difficulty feeding itself causing hardship at home. Despite voluntary programmes food rationing was the only solution to the crisis.

Historian Elspeth King of the University of Worcester shows how food was a critical weapon of war.
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Hidden Home Front: Episode 5 - Food

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