"Trench Food" Topic
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| Tango01 | 04 Mar 2024 4:57 p.m. PST |
"A total of 3,240,948 tons of food was sent from Britain to the soldiers fighting in France and Belgium during the First World War. The British Army employed 300,000 field workers to cook and supply the food. At the beginning of the war British soldiers were given 10 ounces of meat and 8 ounces of vegetables a day. As the size of the army grew and the German blockade became more effective, the army could not maintain these rations and by 1916 this had been cut to 6 ounces of meat a day. Later troops not in the front-line only received meat on nine out of every thirty days. The daily bread ration was also cut in April 1917. The British Army attempted to give the soldiers the 3,574 calories a day that dieticians said they needed. However, others argued that soldiers during wartime need much more than this…"
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| Nine pound round | 11 Mar 2024 6:17 p.m. PST |
It's enough to make you grateful for an MRE. |
| Tango01 | 12 Mar 2024 3:26 p.m. PST |
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rebases some old soldiers.
