British rationing lasted from 1940 all the way to 1954, and they had to completely do without foods like bananas for years.

It features photographs, records, diaries, oral histories, film, posters, and other artifacts across the first, third, and fourth floors of the library.

Food was taken out and prepared by the mothers who found ways of overcoming rationing ... look back at events that led to the end of World War II in Europe and marked a new era.

A brilliant example of Americans making do amid WWII was the 'emergency steak' that helped many families survive through the ...

Irish soldiers faced stigma and shame when returning home from fighting in World War II. The book "Returning ... and putting up with some shortages and rationing. Even the terminology says a ...

Memorial Day originally was known as “Decoration Day.” This day was set aside after the Civil War to decorate the graves of ...

When rationing was at its peak in World War II, gasoline was hard to come by, which led to both sides making the switch to firewood as a fuel source. By the end of the war, Germany had around ...

If you want something said, ask a man; if you want it done, ask a woman. ” – Margaret Thatcher General George Patton told us ...

The highly processed pork snack, which was first manufactured during World War II rationing, is coming back into fashion, according to Waitrose. Interest in spam and other nostalgic classics is ...

And it was an Ohio resident, Harvey Noss, that founded the snack trade association that ensured the salty snack’s production continued even amid World War II rationing. “They successfully ...

The BBC and World War Two The BBC and World War Two The BBC ... ministry announcements, rationing, restrictions, careless talk: Interview with John Snagge, 1982. From the BBC Oral History Collection.