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The question
Why was food so important in the Second World War?
Lizzie Collingham, author of The Taste of War, explains how food and its delivery were critical to the conduct of the Second World War, and could be a matter of life or death.
Key takeaways
- 01Food and its delivery were critical to how WW2 was fought.
- 02Access to food could be a matter of life or death for soldiers and civilians alike.
- 03Collingham's The Taste of War is the ground-breaking study of the theme.
From the transcript
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