Long before grocery inflation or hoarding of toilet paper, there was a different kind of issue with the food supply: lack of volume. Throughout World War II, the U.S. saw severe shortages of items ...

By the end of May 1945 Southern England had become the world's largest military base with almost 2 million men ready to to participate in the invasion of Nazi occupied Europe. 54,000 of those men were ...

Following Japan’s bombing of the United States Navy’s Pacific Fleet in Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941 and the United States’ resulting entry into the second World War, American at home knew there would ...

Amid global egg shortages, let’s look back at a wartime staple: powdered eggs. “Eggs are extremely perishable and fragile, and so there is always a lot of interest in trying to extend that shelf life ...

A focus on certain types of power foods helped the nation survive a blockade. A British shopkeeper cancels the coupons in a homemaker's ration book for the tea, sugar, cooking fats and bacon during ...