Read Taste of War: World War II and the Battle for Food Online
Authors: Lizzie Collingham
Tags: #History, #Modern, #20th Century, #Military, #World War II
sub-Saharan Africa 3, 489, 500
substitute foods 287, 304–5, 308, 310, 327, 330–31, 337–8, 379, 420
sugar 4, 18, 19, 20, 21, 29, 52, 53, 60, 67, 68, 69, 90, 109, 113, 115, 118, 122, 128, 174, 175, 195, 211, 217, 228–9, 239, 281, 286, 288, 330, 333, 334, 335, 339, 341, 351, 364, 377, 391, 392, 404, 422, 431, 451, 457, 470
consumption 20, 21, 495
rations 361, 362, 367, 407, 412, 419, 424, 439, 440, 442, 447, 451
shortages 13, 170, 202, 225, 246, 287, 321, 327, 328, 382, 386, 389
Switzerland 219
Szczebrzeszyn 43, 44, 206, 208, 209, 211, 212
Taiwan
see
Formosa
taste 14, 284, 292, 360, 428, 441, 454, 460
acquisition of new 3, 404, 418, 495, 496, 497
attempts to improve ration 401, 410
difference between American and Australian 446, 450
lack of 13, 85, 101, 392, 440
importance of fat for 13, 22, 157
pleasant 237, 343, 374, 396, 475
sugary 174
standardization of 277, 428, 438, 495
unpleasant 100, 197, 245, 297, 305, 307, 327, 392, 396
tea 18, 19, 20, 31, 52, 67, 69, 115, 128, 131, 133, 177, 281, 283, 302, 310, 322, 325, 333, 334, 339, 351, 361, 364, 365, 369, 374, 377, 388, 400, 403, 404, 407, 410, 412, 414, 436, 447, 470, 496
Thailand
see
Siam
Thomas, General Georg 36, 38
Tonga 453, 459
total war 8, 9, 50, 54, 70, 72, 249, 268, 270, 346, 352, 377
Townsville (Australia) 14, 448
Treaty of Non-Aggression 1939 34, 35, 42, 69
Tripartite Pact 63
Truman, President Harry 316, 478, 479, 480
Turkey 26, 130
Tydings Amendment 79
U-boats 8, 26, 66, 68, 69, 101, 102, 104, 105, 107, 117, 126, 366
Allied losses caused by 103, 110
construction 104, 110
Ukraine 5, 40, 190, 191, 212, 218, 222, 226, 259, 382, 471
collectivization in 221
as source of food for Germany 37, 178, 180, 182, 183, 184, 187, 188, 196, 210, 214, 216, 217, 263
German occupation policy 159, 187, 191, 223
unconditional surrender 311, 312, 314
underdeveloped countries 71, 141, 233, 262, 489
unemployment 29, 54, 56, 78, 98, 172, 349, 352, 353, 394, 416, 417, 477
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) 151, 477, 478, 479, 481, 484, 485
United States 68, 69, 74, 92, 110, 126, 248, 262, 279, 326
abundance of food in 75–6, 87, 88, 118, 272, 416, 460
agriculture in 8, 11, 19, 22, 68, 72, 75–88, 95, 100, 112, 158, 220, 265, 266, 420, 427, 476, 479, 411, 493
agricultural policy 76, 77, 480–84, 489
and Africa 133, 141
and Australia 121, 443, 444, 446–50, 488–9, 492–3, 496
and Britain 24, 97, 101, 113–14, 139, 141, 167, 262, 396, 488
and China 248
and Germany 2, 16, 21, 24, 30, 34, 104, 164
and Japan 2, 8, 49, 50, 62, 63–4, 141, 253, 273, 275, 280, 300, 314–16, 497
and Latin America 68
and Pacific Islands 121, 452–60
and Soviet Union 334
advance in food technologies 10, 92, 388, 492–3
as an economic power 64, 75, 88, 117, 261, 415, 419, 461, 474–5
autarky 31, 262
blacks in 11, 424–6
casualties 317
conscription 417
dissatisfaction with rationing 431–3, 478, 479
fertilizer industry 81, 92, 232, 489
food policy 10, 77, 118, 419–20, 428
growth in prosperity 417, 429
internment of Japanese-Americans 80, 84
laissez-faire policy 11, 419–20, 428
idea of consumption as a key to prosperity 270, 433
importance of meat 112, 431–2
industrial workers in 417, 422–4, 429
influence of food industry in 421–2, 424
malnutrition in 417, 427
meat diversion scheme 98, 110, 111, 114, 116, 125, 449
motivation for fighting 416, 429–31, 433–4, 463
pre-war food economy 417, 426–7
problem/fear of surpluses 27, 75, 76, 427, 477
rationing in 11, 109, 114, 116, 118, 418–22, 424, 430–31, 432, 439, 478
school lunch programme 427–8
unemployment in 416, 417
victory gardens 418
wartime improvement in diet 417–18
see also
black market; calorie consumption
United States armed forces 98, 407
casualties 315
bases in Pacific Islands 453
best fed 118, 415, 434–5, 436, 437, 452, 460
food rations 140, 281, 282, 415, 416, 434–7, 439–42, 446, 448, 449, 451, 462
length of service tail 271
motivation for fighting 460–61
new attitude to nutrition 10, 435, 436–8, 442–3
troop welfare policy 435–6, 438–9
size 415
United States Department of Agriculture 76, 78, 421, 431, 476, 477, 478, 479, 484
US War Food Administration 77n, 88, 422, 477
urbanization 3, 21, 235
vegetable oils 3, 4, 87, 156, 217, 256, 493
vegetables 69, 77, 133, 167, 169, 173, 175, 198, 209, 239, 276, 280, 286, 288, 321, 340, 359, 413, 419, 444, 486, 490, 493
availability/shortages 106, 203, 226, 232, 245, 262, 280, 289, 290, 296, 334, 338, 339, 366, 367, 378, 379, 380–81, 382, 394, 448, 449, 461, 479, 480
consumption 20, 61, 79, 149, 174, 176, 256, 269, 276, 281, 307, 342, 344, 347, 351, 355, 373, 390–91, 394–5, 404, 405, 407, 408, 410, 412, 413, 418, 423, 428, 436–8, 441, 474, 495, 497
difference in American and Australian taste in 450–51
growing 9, 79, 80, 83–4, 85, 93, 137–8, 161, 163, 284, 290, 306, 335, 341, 390–91, 405, 433, 444–6
matter 298, 302
preparation 402, 409
preserving 407–8
Versailles, Treaty of 16, 25, 26
vitamins 195, 275, 369, 240, 402, 409, 422
attempts to address deficiency 225, 245, 277, 337, 389, 394, 396, 408–9, 413, 418, 436
deficiency 13, 172, 176, 240, 245, 275, 290, 292, 311, 327, 339, 344, 350, 351–2, 363, 385, 394, 404, 405, 407, 411, 412, 413, 442, 460, 492, 500
discovery of 268–9
education about importance of 391–2, 405, 421
fortified food 389, 411, 421, 494
in wheat 20, 388
rich foods 14, 20, 156, 280, 323
Volksgemeinschaft
31, 353, 354, 355, 376
Wannsee Conference 205
Warsaw ghetto 5, 206–7, 209, 212, 263, 264
war industries 8, 9, 66, 76, 88, 109, 122, 155, 158, 231, 286, 306, 310, 325, 328, 363, 368, 417, 425–6
weight 499
gain 246, 397, 411, 412–13, 436
loss 5, 9, 25, 182, 203, 245, 304, 311, 335, 344, 368, 407, 442, 468, 472