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The British government requested that all women should wear flat-heeled shoes in order to conserve wood, and light clothes in order to save dye for forces uniforms.
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WWII Posters
War wasn’t only fought on the battlefield, it was fought on the wall. Propaganda was a vital weapon in World War II.
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Food rationing
As World War II progressed, Britain became hungrier as the Ministry of Food instituted a rationing system which covered most kinds of food.
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Feeding the Nation
Marguerite Patten worked for the Ministry of Food in World War II, writing delicious recipes and inventing new ways to use rations.
Try some of Marguerite's recipes -
Bombs over Britain
Check out images of Blighty, from the near-destruction of Liverpool, London and Plymouth to the novel use of the capital's tube stations.
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Views of Europe
Look back at the devastation across the continent as Hitler’s military machine rumbled on, from dogfights over Germany to the Nazis in Paris.
View Europe in World War II