Machine gun, airplane, rifles, swords/knives, submarines, bullets, chains, barbed wire, tanks
Yes, it was.
They rationed certain metals during the war, even tin because metal could be used in weapons manufacturing, but they didn't ration vital things like food. However Europe rationed butter for some reason.
World War One.
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Marston mats were snap together metal mats that were used on the airfields of of the South Pacific and Central Pacific islands during World War 2. They were named after the city that made and sold them. They were used in Vietnam war too.
cocain and other drugs such as cigrettes were used in world war 1
they used to recycle metal to make guns out of them and suck other things
Metal
During World War 2, women would donate items that were made of metal to help with the war effort. The metal could be used to make weapons and vehicles.
they could roll bandages, collect scrap metal, knit things like socks for the soldiers and many other things.
A tin coverd hat was used in the war and was thre to protect the soldiers heads from any nasty blows and other things because the the metal was very hard and therefore quite heavy .
Metal was a war time commodity and not readily available. Often surplus war materials were used to make useful items. I would suspect that brass from shell casings would have been a common metal to use for ice buckets.
Yes, all metal was needed desperately and British people even gave their pots and pans to make weapons.
to kill bacteria
The saying comes from World War Two when every piece of metal was used in the war effort. This left homeowners with nothing but their kitchen sink which was made of porcelain. Everything but the kitchen sink comes from World War II where people were asked to contribute locally to the war. All metal was used and the only objects left out were porcelain (kitchen) sinks.
Yes, there is a list of the American veterans with the China Service Metal in the World War 2.
Well I was in world war 2 so I studied lots of things from science to math I studied how the vehicles that I used works.
During world war two, metal was of short supply, and needed for the war effort. As americans, in support for the troops, and war effort, all metal was saved, and recycled..