An example of a ration book from World War 1. Comments are closed for this object What's this? Most of the content on A History of the World is created by the contributors, who are the museums and ...

Rationing during the Second World War lasted for 14 years, from 1940 until 1954. Ration books were issued by the Ministry of ...

The war meant nearly six long years of enemy bombings, food rationing and the heartache of missing loved ones who were away ...

This week saw a huge variety of poignant VE Day 80 commemorations, here and around the UK, with many special events ...

Unbeknown to many, the Women’s Land Army was originally formed in World War I. However, it was after its re-introduction in ...

‘The arrival of the food parcel was a red-letter day in our family. Much of the contents I had never heard of before let ...

Our readers have shared so many memories of V-E Day with us over the years and it is important they are not forgotten so here ...

Many of the adults alive when Victory in Europe was declared in Britain on May 8 1945 are no longer with us. So it remains ...

A great-grandmother who served as a Wren during the Second World War has described how celebrations for VE Day were happy occasions but limited by ongoing rations. Mabel Kidney ... She said: “We did ...

World War II rationing gave rise to a renewable alternative fuel source on a global scale - and it hasn't quite faded into ...

As World War Two raged across Europe, those back in Britain faced their very own battles on the home front. The war meant nearly six long years of enemy bombings, food rationing and the heartache ...

Britain provided a convenient bolthole for many European monarchs as the Nazis marched across the continent... with some ...