There was a limited amount of food (sugar, flour, salt, etc.), gasoline and consumer products. Everyone had a ration card so that they could buy their allotment.
Rationing occurred during WWII because there were limited resources available.
In Britain, rationing actually got tougher after WWII.
rationing was used during WWII, carpools, meatless and wheatless days to save food for the troops, and blackouts to save energy.
It was a response to rationing during WWI and WWII to save meat for the troops. There was also wheatless Monday.
Rationing was the restriction by law of food, sweets, clothes, petrol etc so that everyone could get something to eat etc, and so that rich people did not buy up everything. Rationing carried on for seval years after the end of WWII, I remember the end of sweet rationing.
It was established to support the war effort of WWII, we had nothing in this country, rationing took place and was very successful with all commodities going towards the war effort. It was done with pride not like today 2013.
8 January 1940 Britain started to ration butter, sugar, eggs and bacon. Meat rationing started on 11 March that year and clothing was added to the list of things that were rationed later.
some items, such as suger, was rationed to about 1947
During the time of WW2 children ate basically the same sort of sweets as we eat now however they did not eat anywhere near as much of it as kids do today, because there was rationing. Sweet rationing ended several years after the end of WWII.
Only WWII affected the US. Rationing didn't affect Americans in WWI (was only in the war a year), Korea nor Vietnam. The US could've fought 3 Vietnams at once; before any rationing would've been needed. Although there was a "bomb shortage" during the Vietnam War, so make that only 2 Vietnam Wars at the same time, before rationing would have been authorized to take place.
A red cent was a paper token, colored red. During WWII they were used for change in return for rationing coupons. "not one red cent" = "not a penny"
the act of rationing