• Rinox
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    3 months ago

    I mean, we had rationing in Italy too, but you don’t see people struggling to make a passing meal here. I’m pretty sure we were also much poorer than the British both going into and coming out of WW2

    • Dasnap@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Britain was extremely import-based, which is why it lasted so long even after the war.