rations and diet on
the home front and
in the trenches
By: Camila Vázquez and Esther
Velasco
Introduction
•WWI was characterized by rationing and
change of diet .
•There were many food control stations,
substitutes for food, and other measures for
this crisis.
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Food queues of children and women
Measures
across Europe became a usual
sighting in the land.
In Germany, food controls were
introduced for food production and
sale.
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Substitute
• They introduced substitute
food
food(1916)
• K-Brod bread, made out
of dried potatoes, oats,
barley, and pulverized straw.
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CONSEquences
Scarcity of food was
common, because
agricultural, production,
and transportation
activities were cancelled.
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Rations for
soldiers
When soldiers were not at food
shortage, they were expected to
receive a pound of beef, pork or
fish (protein) and bread,potatoes,
beer or milk.
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Feeding an army was
complicated, not only
for the amount of food
they had to produce, but
because of the difficulty
to deliver it.
Ther e wer e emer gency
r at i ons t hat wer e
expect ed t o be enough
for t he sol di ers t o
sust ai n t hemsel ves.
War
strategies •A popular strategy in this
war became starving the
enemy.
•Supply channels were
sabotaged.
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Conclusion World War I left us with several lessons
. Its essence is to reflect how adaptive
the human can be to solve this issues.
The challenges people fought with this
crisis left us with lasting impacts in our
society that still help us to this day.
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