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except : that none are ava la lable lable laMe ble Th s w nter there 11 be one egg egga a v . week eek for every GermanBut GermanBut German GermanBut But food prices both m in Germany Germanyand Germanyand Germanyand and Bnta BrIta n are kept low Ger Germans Germans Germans mans who are able try to supple supplement supplement supplement ment fundamental foods with h gh ghgrade ghgrade ghgrade grade vegetables vegetablesBritain vegetablesBrItalD Britain BrItalD Has Full LarderBy LarderBy Larder LarderBy By contrast France has no food foodproblem foodproblem foodproblem problem being bemg principally prmclpally an ag agrIcultural agricultural agncultural rIcultural nat on And Br ta to n al although although although though she has distributed rat on oncards oncards oncards cards has vast amounts of foods foodsstored foodsstored foodsstored stored in her larder Moreover she sheIS sheis sheis IS st 11 II able to import while Germa Germany Germany Germany ny is hemmed in m by a blockade blockadeProbably blockadeProbably blockadeProbably Probably the Reich can count on onRussIa onRussia onRussia RussIa for some ra v materials but butnot butnot butnot not unless she can supply the SovIet SovIetWIth Sovietwith Sovietwith WIth manufactured items in m return returnAnd returnAnd returnAnd And German factor es are kept keptbusy keptbusy keptbusy busy turning turnmg out war suppi suppl esThe esThe es esThe The importance of food in m wmnmg winning winninga wmnmga a war is not overlooked by m 1 I tary tarye taryexperts taryexperts e experts perts who agree that victory al always always always ways goes to the nat on with the thegreatest thegreatest thegreatest greatest phys plIys ploys cal tes Yes res stance Th s IS ISa isa isa a psycholog cal factor too for a awell awell awell well fed sold er at the front goes goesweak goesweak goesweak weak when he learns Icarns that h s family - - - - - - , , . , - , . . , - , k { X 's s 'sLITERALLYFrench ' LITERALLY LITERALLY-French LITERALLY French LITERALLYFrenchsol LITERALLYFrenchsot - French sol sot soldlers sotdiers soldiers dlers diers defending defendmg defendmga defendinga a railitay railltaY railway railltaYreally railwayreally reallydo really reallydo reallydo do travelon travel on their stomachs stomachsas as this tlus thus photo shoivs shows 1II Men 1IIen en can cannot cannot cannot not fight on empty stomachs so sofolJ.s sofolks sofolks folJ.s folJs folks . back bacT . home must dietback diet dietback back home is hungry That is one onereason onereason onereason reason Germany has cut off all cornmun com corn commun cornmun mun cat ons between civil and mIll mils mIlltary milstary milltary tary groups dur ng the present war warReich warReich warReich Reich m in Bad SpotIt SpotIt Spot SpotIt It was food that won the World Worldwar Worldwar Worldwar war and Germany is mak ng a bad badstart badstart badstart start in m the new conflict For m in in1918 1918 at the very end of the last lastwar lastwar lastwar war Great Britain was eat ng bet better better better ter than the Germans are today todayThen todayThen todayThen Then Britain s weekly domest c con consump consumption consumption sump sumption lIon of meat per person was was1 1 54 pounds There was one half halfpound halfpound haltpound pound of sugar 45 of a pound of offat offat oftat fat and 657 6 57 pounds of white bread breadand breadand breadand and flour Contrast this with Ger Germany Germany Germany many s current rationsOn rationsOn rations rationsOn On the other hand the Re ch IS ISaccustomed isaccustomed isaccustomed accustomed to th n diets Ever smce since smceNat sinceNat sinceNat Nat onal Socialism came into mto po ver verIt verit verit It s been a cho ce ee cc between butter butterand butterand butterand and guns and guns have usualIy usually usualIywon usuallywon usuallywon won Several weeks before the cur current current current rent hostilit hostIllt es began German GermanhousewIves Germanhousewives Germanhousewives housewIves were ordered to 1 I mlt mit mltthe mitthe mitthe the r weekly purchases Hence the thepeople thepeople thepeople people are psycholog cally and phys physIeally physically physically Ieally ically prepared for food ratIonmg rationing ratIonmghavmg rationinghaving rationinghaving havmg having learned from experience ho v vto vto vto to get the most nourishment fromthe from fromthe fromthe the least amount of food Amerl Amery Amerlcans Amerycans Amencans cans would probably starve on the thesame thesame thesame same d et |