At the start of the war, German U-boats began to destroy merchant ships in the Atlantic and the British Government needed to take action to ensure the nation could survive in such times of shortages so that its armed forces and civilian population could continue to be fed. It therefore introduced - Rationing. Become a Simple History member: null Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simplehistory Copyright: DO NOT translate and re-upload our content on Youtube or other social media. SIMPLE HISTORY MERCHANDISE Get the Simple History books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Daniel-Turner-%60/e/B00H5TYLAE/ T-Shirts null Simple history gives you the facts, simple! See the book collection here: Amazon USA http://www.amazon.com/Daniel-Turner/e/B00H5TYLAE/ Amazon UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/Daniel-Turner/e/B00H5TYLAE/ https://www.facebook.com/Simple-History-549437675141192/ https://twitter.com/SimpleHistoryYT Credit: Created by Daniel Turner Narrator: Chris Kane https://vocalforge.com/ Music Credit: Search And Destory by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Artist: http://audionautix.com/ Americana - Aspiring by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1200092 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Sources: Jose Harris, ‘War and Social History: Britain and the Home Front during the Second World War’, Contemporary European History, Vol. 1, No. 1 (March 1999), pp. 17-35. Ina Zweiniger-Bargielowska, Austerity in Britain: Rationing, Controls, and Consumption, 1939-1955 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000)