To the relief of many, cigarettes and whiskey weren’t subject to rationing during World War II. But practically everything else was. Each man, woman and child in the United States required ...

but the food administration freely admitted tonight that it would depend on the patriotism of the American housewife to force observance of the new war rations. "Victory" war bread, the new ...

On March 1, 1943, readers of The Appeal-Democrat learned that grocers in Yuba and Sutter counties reported light sales of newly rationed groceries during the first day of war time “point rationing” ...

Rationing of food and other goods during World War Two changed the social landscape of Britain for a generation, creating a national culture of ingenuity, austerity and making-do. Photo ...

Rationing has helped to stop people starving. And during the war we’ve learnt not to waste any food. As the war went on and food became harder to find, the Government had to introduce it.