the numbers that went 321 were for points and the numbers going 121110987654321 was for the number of ounces
Government issued ration books
Yes. All countries involved in WW2 (and all occupied territories) had rationing and ration books. The only alternative to rationing by coupons would have been rationing by price. In most cases, this would have sent the prices of essentials sky high.
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Rations were limits on food that you could typically buy. For example, in Anne Frank's Diary, they were in the annex of Anne's father's work office, hiding from the Nazi police. They were given ration books. They only had few amounts of food each day.
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The European countries involved in World War 1 introduced food rationing. Obviously, this involved issuing ration-books.
Yes there were.
yes they have it in world war 2
No, soldiers on active duty did not require ration books, the service provided for their needs.
yes
People got given ration books
the shopkeepers in world war 2 had to stamp the ration books to make sure that the person collecting the rations could not collect more.
Government issued ration books
Ration books were issued by the US government to allow everyone to have the same chance to get goods as everyone else. There is no exact number on how many ration books were issued but over 8000 ration offices were opened to control the rationing.
called ration books or ration coupons.
In the UK, Ration Books wee issued by the Ministry of Food.
In Britain ration books where brought out in January 8th, 1940 and were taken out of use in 1954.