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		<title>War Diary &#8211; May</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[War Diary &#8211; May

War Diary &#8211; May
2ND MAY 1940Allies evacuate Namsos and Andalasnes, Norway, King Haakon VII escapes to Britain

10th MAY 1940Winston Churchill becomes British Prime Minister as Neville Chamberlain resigns after the debacle of the Allied intervention in Norway, he forms a war cabinet from the main political parties, German invasion of Holland and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>War Diary &#8211; April</title>
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War Diary &#8211; April
9TH APRIL 1940Germany invades Norway; major Norwegian ports occupied by advance detachments of German troops. Simultaneously. German troopships, covered by aircraft, enter Copenhagen harbour as Denmark becomes occupied territory

9TH APRIL 1940Germans seize Denmark, invade Norway, Oslo captured
14TH APRIL 1940British forces make landings in Norway
24TH APRIL &#8211; 28TH MAY 1940Battle [...]]]></description>
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		<title>War Diary &#8211; March</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[War Diary &#8211; March

War Diary &#8211; March
17TH MARCH 1941Ernest Bevin, Minister of Labour, announces a plan to mobilize masses of women to perform essential jobs in industry and the auxiliary services, especially in round-the &#8211; clock shell &#8211; filling factories

11TH MARCH 1942The government announces a ban on the baking of white bread
5TH MARCH 1943The Krupp [...]]]></description>
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		<title>War Diary &#8211; February</title>
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War Diary &#8211; February

5TH February 1941British victorious at Beda Fomm
6TH February 1941The government publishes an official recipe for Blitz Broth; there are to be many such austerity recipes from the Ministry of Food, including Woolton Pie, a vegetarian dish named after Lord Woolton, Minister of Food from 1940.
9TH February 1941Royal Navy bombards [...]]]></description>
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		<title>War Diary &#8211; January</title>
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War Diary &#8211; January

8th JANUARY 1940.Wide food- rationing regulations introduced in Britain for the first time since 1918. Butter, bacon, sugar and ham can only be bought with a ration book.
22nd January 1941.British capture Tobruk, Luftwaffe aircraft arrive in Sicily.
1st January 1942.United Nations Declaration signed. U-Boat offensive off US coast begins
4th January [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Month by Month diary of WWII</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Month by Month diary of WWII

Month by Month diary of WWII

This section has been contributed by our friends at UK Homefront out.
JANUARY out.
FEBRUARY out.

MARCH out.
APRIL out.
MAY out.

JUNE out.
JULY out.
AUGUST out.

SEPTEMBER out.
OCTOBER out.
NOVEMBER out.
DECEMBER out.


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		<title>The post-war years</title>
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The post-war years

Many people expected rationing to be lifted as soon as peace was declared, but it was nine years until the last ration book was issued. The interim period between 1945 and 1954 was one of gradual change as people adapted to a new and more exciting way of eating. 
Tinned foods [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British Restaurants</title>
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British Restaurants


Meals eaten away from home, whether in expensive restaurants or industrial canteens, were &#34;off ration&apos; and provided a very popular option for people who could afford them. 
The ability of the rich to enjoy almost pre-war quality meals at top hotels led to such resentment that the government prevented restaurants charging more than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WWII Rationing Timeline</title>
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WWII Rationing Timeline

1939 WWII declared 

1939 &#8211; Petrol rationed 

8 January 1940 &#8211; Bacon, butter and sugar rationed

11 March 1940 &#8211; All meat rationed 

July 1940 &#8211; Tea and margarine rationed 

March 1941 &#8211; Jam rationed 

May 1941 &#8211; Cheese rationed 

1 June 1941 &#8211; Clothing rationed and coupons issued

June 1941 &#8211; Eggs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Molly comes to London</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Molly comes to London

Molly comes to London

In 1942, wartime Britain was delighted when Morfydd (Molly) Jeffreys (33) from Dunvant, near Swansea (one of 24 women selected from all over the country) came all the way to London to share her knowledge and experience of cooking with the rest of the nation. 
Molly&apos;s task was to [...]]]></description>
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