what was rationing like in the first world war?

Question

how far do you agree that during the first world war the difficulty of food supply was the most important problem faced by civilians in britain?

Answer 1

even way back then the UK used to import about £55m worth of food stuffs into the country- an absolutely staggering figure compared the value of the pound in those days.

When the war struck, Brits were encouraged to dig up their lawns and start growing their old food.

For an idea of what it was like just wait for the next fuel crisis and watch the shelves in Tesco empty like nobody's business. Or, if you remember the last fuel crisis- it was like that but lasted for five years as opposed to four days.

Answer 2

Are you sure you mean the First world war, as rationing wasn't introduced untill late 1918 & the war was almost over then

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/rationing_and_world_war_one.htm

Answer 3

well as 1/3 of volunteers were rejected because they were malnourished I think rationing had a minimal impact.