My great grandma is still alive at 98 and she still remembers knitting in the underground during the blitz.
@depressedkid97604 жыл бұрын
I love Britain
@chargingnoisesintensify63354 жыл бұрын
Your gran is a chadette
@archivistpercy4 жыл бұрын
ZoeQuinnIsAMurderer wtf
@lucasevans72014 жыл бұрын
Long live ur nan 😊
@joseluisnegerede94964 жыл бұрын
Balls of steel
@stevenaudet4 жыл бұрын
1939: Ministry of Food needed 2020: Ministry of Toilet Paper needed
@sussekind97174 жыл бұрын
What we really need is, a ministry that's responsible for protecting the people from disease outbreaks. I don't know, like some sort of Center for Disease Control or something. It would be really nice to have something like that up and running right now.
@europe_ablaze4 жыл бұрын
Bruh that’s the CDC @Susse Kimd
@europe_ablaze4 жыл бұрын
Susse Kind Are you dumb?
@USrifles4 жыл бұрын
@@europe_ablaze r/wooosh
@UgandanAirForce4 жыл бұрын
federal bureau of toilet paper, or FBTP
@wesleywebb55544 жыл бұрын
The distaste for spam after having to eat so much of it during the war eventually led to many survivors of the war swearing never to eat it. This led to in 1970 when the surrealist comedy group Monty Python created a skit in which spam was a part of practically every dish in a restaurant which an old couple complained about. Over the course of two minutes the word spam would be said 132 times, including with vikings chanting it. Then during the days of usenet and later the early internet junk email would be sent to email. People started calling it spam because it was repetitive and undesired much like the singing of the vikings in the Monty Python skit. And that is how war time rationing made the name of a salted meat product from the US to also be the name of unwanted emails. The public consciousness works in strange ways.
@The-Spanish-Inquisition4908 ай бұрын
It was only the wife that was complaining, the husband wanted her Spam. Wife: Can I just have the egg beans and Spam without the Spam. Husband: can I have her Spam! Vikings: Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spamty Spam Spamy Spam!!
@simpleviewer13344 сағат бұрын
My great Grandfather (A filipino during the occupation) apparently never touched spam until the day he died afterwards
@piotrekszczepanski51254 жыл бұрын
It's amazing how the British got used to the Blitz so quickly; In fact by the end of the Blitz many were able to sleep through it.
@p4m2094 жыл бұрын
My great grandma slept through a bombing in her street
@thecoolguy74034 жыл бұрын
I sleep at night during coronacation
@stuartward17554 жыл бұрын
Kids: "mum what's that noise outside?" Mum: "it's just a bombing raid kids. Go back to bed"
@Capthrax14 жыл бұрын
me how... the concussion, the noise, I imagine all the windows were broken by then but the house musta shaken, I mean god damn I wake up when my dog is snoring weird cause he is sleeping funny
@armergamer21794 жыл бұрын
Cause we are humans, we adapt and evolve
@samuel88andrews4 жыл бұрын
My grandma told me that during the war her father bought her a bicycle on the black market. It was a racing bicycle which was the only one available so she took a wrench and flipped the handlebars upside down so it would be more comfy to hold onto the handlebars.
@dylanleamananderson78114 жыл бұрын
Right on
@Fred_the_19964 жыл бұрын
Mekanik 100
@collinhennessy31904 жыл бұрын
Did she make the seat vertical?
@Juber7774 жыл бұрын
@@collinhennessy3190 .....
@magicman92184 жыл бұрын
The handlebars on racing bikes are already upside down
@djsalad57524 жыл бұрын
Britain: Store essentials only Everyone: Wait tea is essential right
@3.2187_Kilometres4 жыл бұрын
It is to us Brits.
@bigbrotheriswatching11903 жыл бұрын
Most british thing I've heard in a while.
@erinandcory78123 жыл бұрын
Well yea doesn’t expire so it’s a good choice.
@ultrablueslime82163 жыл бұрын
don't forget the milk. this isn't a joke, forget the milk and we're not letting you into the bomb shelter.
@ThatD1spynser3 жыл бұрын
@@3.2187_Kilometres I may be bullied for saying this just like one time before when I understood a joke, but I'm American and tea is actually pretty gud
@branden31184 жыл бұрын
Essentials: Tea *Laughs in British*
@dapperfield5954 жыл бұрын
AnotherHoly Templar damn it! Was about to comment that one ;(
@Predator42ID4 жыл бұрын
Essentials: Bullets Laughs in American.
@cf19254 жыл бұрын
Essentials: Meatballs *Laughs in Swedish*
@aslamnurfikri76404 жыл бұрын
Essentials: Vodka *Laughs in Russian*
@Fred_the_19964 жыл бұрын
DON'T DISRESPECT THE HOLY EARL GREY
@thecrippledpancake94554 жыл бұрын
My grandma has a good rationing story. Her and her older sister were out shopping and the store had a policy of 1 bag of sugar per family. When they got to the checkout the clerk asked if they were sisters. She looks her dead in the eye and cooly says, “Never seen her before in my life.” The clerk believed her and they bought two sugars.
@attiepollard78474 жыл бұрын
Lol omg that's funny and smart.
@MyShiroyuki Жыл бұрын
I remember dealing with that so much back during the early days of the recent pandemic. People thinking they could trick me by saying they weren’t together when they were buying more than what was allowed. I wasn’t paid enough to care so unless they were buying way too much toilet paper, I didn’t care.
@emmiesevillana459 Жыл бұрын
Perfect plan
@FortyJester Жыл бұрын
That sums up siblings perfectly
@charakaamayantha_ca97849 ай бұрын
Thanx for sharing the story ♥️
@silakkalaatikko4 жыл бұрын
Peacetime: Green Eggs and Ham Wartime: Powdered Eggs and Spam
@donaldboughton86863 жыл бұрын
I have never seen a green egg in my 71 years in the UK. I would suggest such a thing would be toxic or that it might be a duck egg.
@Shadow-sq2yj3 жыл бұрын
@@donaldboughton8686 yes, I am also confused on what a green egg is
@cannoneer66803 жыл бұрын
Ahem the netflix show green eggs and hamm
@cannoneer66803 жыл бұрын
I just discovered it on netflix just curios
@wiselychosenname28673 жыл бұрын
Ahem Nice name op
@wheneggsdrop17014 жыл бұрын
Preserve essentials. Normal people: water British people: TEA
@bryankentcartujano54844 жыл бұрын
Russian :vodkas
@battlesheep25524 жыл бұрын
French: white flags
@bullabuck75354 жыл бұрын
weeb: wifi hotspot
@thatonepriest694 жыл бұрын
Canadians:maple syrup
@doom7ish4 жыл бұрын
Tea is important.
@samueleveleigh27674 жыл бұрын
Fun fact Due to rationing in the war many britons actually got healthier and more fit for war since they were no longer on a highly fat-sugar diet
@alek4884 жыл бұрын
Mr Miner Obviously because they were eating less and not as much sugar
@alek4884 жыл бұрын
Mr Miner Obviously because they were eating less and not as much sugar
@attiepollard78474 жыл бұрын
Just like during prohibition in the 1920s a lot of alcohol consumption did go down.
@ganjaman47554 жыл бұрын
@OCD Stig still not the fattest country anymore
@benn4544 жыл бұрын
@OCD Stig Only those who don't serve in combat.
@todortodorov940 Жыл бұрын
Fun fact: While WW2 rationing limited people to 1 fresh egg a week it also limited Churchill to 1 bottle of premium Cognac/Brandy a day, somewhat below his daily consumption target.
@simonh637110 ай бұрын
In fact when Churchill was shown the weekly ration for one person laid out on a table - the 1 egg, 4 rashers of bacon, 2 oz butter, however many oz meat - he said ''you could make a reasonable meal from that''.
@IntrepidMilo4 жыл бұрын
I have had the chance to speak with a gentleman who served in the home-guard his name was Jack. When Jack moved from England to Canada in 1950's he said that England was still rationing food, clothes and other goods. He crossed on a Cunard liner and he said that there was so much food that he could hardly believe it.
@amxelcbis44644 жыл бұрын
Seems like he crossed on Queen Mary.
@aaron81694 жыл бұрын
Oof
@iriscollins75832 жыл бұрын
Rationing didn't completely end until 1954
@billijomaynard89242 жыл бұрын
Makes sense, Canada had a smaller population during ww2 then Britain and far more arable land to grow crops. Today Canada has a little over half the population then Britain, 38 million for Canada compared to 70 million for Britain.
@michaelplunkett80597 күн бұрын
Cunard advertised that they provisioned their food stores in North America so as not to consume limited food resources.
@jewishspacelaseroperator54104 жыл бұрын
My grandfather grew up in Scotland during the war, he says the candy ration for children is the only reason he still has his teeth
@attiepollard78474 жыл бұрын
He must really love candy back then
@ChristianVBlue34 жыл бұрын
LUMBAGO THE FROG Couldn’t people in the countryside grow their own food rather than ration
@benn4544 жыл бұрын
@@ChristianVBlue3 People in the countryside already grow everyone's food in peacetime.
@photoisca73864 жыл бұрын
@@ChristianVBlue3 Yes they did and people still rent small pieces of land in cities called allotments to grow food as a hobby.
@whocares2694 жыл бұрын
@@ChristianVBlue3 scotland isnt the countryside, its a whole country 🙄
@piobmhor85292 жыл бұрын
In Canada we had rationing as well, albeit it not nearly as limiting as in the UK. My parents both grew up during that time and the lessons learned weren’t lost on them. I remember my mother baking “War Cake” decades after the war was over. It was a recipe using maple syrup, flour, margarine and one egg. It was a dense, chewy square that actually tasted pretty good. I guess people got pretty innovative back then.
@Labyrinth60002 жыл бұрын
You have the recipe? How much of each other than the egg and how long to bake?
@piobmhor85292 жыл бұрын
@@Labyrinth6000 I’ll have to ask. It may have been one of those recipes my mother never wrote down (like most of her recipes) and she’s beginning to get a little forgetful lately so I can’t promise anything.
@tetraxis3011 Жыл бұрын
That war cake sound tasty.
@Astrocat-od5cy Жыл бұрын
@Labyrinth6000 it seems that the recipe can be found online (or at least one of the iterations that people call war cake)
@tommyfox854 Жыл бұрын
Hmm, "War Cake" aye? Is there anything else you can say about it or no, you have my intention with it. =)
@door-to-doorhentaisalesman29784 жыл бұрын
1942: Psst you want spam? 2010s: Psst you want crack? 2020: Psst you want toilet paper?
@cOOLray134 жыл бұрын
2020: psst you want a mask?
@ballsquid41354 жыл бұрын
@patrick howard aight grandma killer
@frizzy99194 жыл бұрын
psst you want a rapid test?
@blankblank54094 жыл бұрын
Yer Nan cause the pandemic is 20s
@hectorleon4654 жыл бұрын
2020: Psst you want a Nintendo Switch??
@noahboat5804 жыл бұрын
Ian from forgotten weapons did a good rationing "simulation" where he ate a weeks worth of rations throughout the week, eating potato leek soup and whatever. Its a good food week, probably the only food week i watch
@ErickSatoh4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the tip, going to look the videos, take care with the corona
I second this. You actually got quite a lot of food, and tasty too. Home Made Bread, Soup and meat.
@ianhomerpura89372 жыл бұрын
Try watching the BBC Wartime Farm series as well.
@rasdread09894 жыл бұрын
Food inspector: this is a fine meal Also food inspector: now that, was a FINED meal Restaurant manager who wasn't told earlier: *LISTEN HERE YOU LITTLE SH--*
@nomos_lol4 жыл бұрын
Right? He ate it and everything.
@zeferinoresendiz16984 жыл бұрын
That was FINED huh
@Boypogikami1323 жыл бұрын
That we not a food inspector, that was a police officer
@Boypogikami1323 жыл бұрын
Was*
@thefatjapanesepufferfish19063 жыл бұрын
@@zeferinoresendiz1698 Hahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
@SakorskySP4 жыл бұрын
it's really nice to watch Simple History during Quarantine Edit: finally, i found this comment
@Simplehistory4 жыл бұрын
We have many episodes to watch through during lockdown!
@tylerj28874 жыл бұрын
True
@SakorskySP4 жыл бұрын
@@Simplehistory yep i'm watching all of them
@lincolnsmith70674 жыл бұрын
Agreed
@davidsi53764 жыл бұрын
It's amazing what we are going though right now. I hope we get through this quickly.
@cannonball6664 жыл бұрын
"I can't walk down the street without dogs licking my legs" "Maybe you should stop wearing gravy stockings."
@sliverbullet79734 жыл бұрын
b ray ?
@TheTux4 жыл бұрын
I heard it was actually shoe polish that women used to darken their legs, not gravy, that's ridiculous.
@ludo92344 жыл бұрын
Me and my dog are doing just fine.but having a broken arm things are a bit awkward at the mo.
@michaelsorenson38874 жыл бұрын
"But what would the neighbors think of it?!"
@bcubed724 жыл бұрын
@@TheTux Actually, gravy legs would improve dating...
@f4fphantomii4684 жыл бұрын
Meanwhile in the USSR: We don't need no food men! We are powered by the will of the workers!
@theoilandgasresourceportal21324 жыл бұрын
And cannibalism
@jimboonie98853 жыл бұрын
@@clashoclan3371 STALIN NOT GOOD EVERYONE AFTER HIM BETTER
@jimboonie98853 жыл бұрын
@@theoilandgasresourceportal2132 IM FUCKING TRIGGRRRRRREDDD
@thes.k.eletonhunter79513 жыл бұрын
And vodka...
@ThatD1spynser3 жыл бұрын
Us seeing that there is no description of one singular being in the comment: WE ALLOW IT COMRADE
@Jack-je8zu4 жыл бұрын
20 years after Coronavirus *Simple History: COVID-19, The toilet paper crisis*
@Menaceblue34 жыл бұрын
Child: "Daddy, what did you wipe your butt with when the Corona virus hit the world?" Father: "I had to make sacrifices..."
@AureliusLaurentius10994 жыл бұрын
Me with a toilet bidet:Sorry is this a peasant joke I am too rich to understand
@1appa9144 жыл бұрын
Well if we survive the virus that vid woulf exist
@dahaproject34984 жыл бұрын
you can use water to wash....
@korbuy15644 жыл бұрын
Jack not funny
@frederickoftheartic22094 жыл бұрын
the 12 people who disliked were the people who weren't given rations
@DESIBOY-fe7nm4 жыл бұрын
Probably British colonies.
@raddactcontent4 жыл бұрын
MUSIC LOVER but they most likely didn’t need it as much as the U.K.
@miguelmendoza45134 жыл бұрын
Pinoy !!!
@vexus64444 жыл бұрын
Jews?
@jadenyuki31384 жыл бұрын
Theres 39 now
@ezioleonardo174 жыл бұрын
British people: Oh no we can't get French cheese 🧀 Soviets: You guys get food?
@wolfen86194 жыл бұрын
Not funny didn't laugh
@Mechabang4 жыл бұрын
Very funny, laughed hard.
@folderboy4 жыл бұрын
Wolfen stfu
@heinz71173 жыл бұрын
Unfunny have heard it 3764746737392 times
@KoitTamme3 жыл бұрын
Yea, stalin was evil
@edgelord83374 жыл бұрын
British soldier: these rations aren't great but at least it's food. Soviet solider: *wait you guys get food?*
@DESIBOY-fe7nm4 жыл бұрын
@Lucas The F22 Jetfighter India:- yeah. Cute.
@garmenlin59904 жыл бұрын
Stupid joke. If Soviet soldier didn't get food, how did they get all the way to Berlin?
@firedskull50154 жыл бұрын
@@DESIBOY-fe7nm might come as a surprise but India can feed it's 1.3b people by itself, that's mainly because 60% of those people are engaged in agriculture. Food is rationed monthly. The only time India had a famine was during the British rule which you can probably guess why it happened.
@stanleysmith75514 жыл бұрын
* In Soviet Russia, food eats you. *
@pritsingh97664 жыл бұрын
Soviet union didn't stole food from colonies and starved million to win the war .Still Russia is far superior than your tiny island. UK navy can't even dare to take it's ship from a small county like Iran hahahahahahah .
@thestupidgamerz53524 жыл бұрын
What to do during quarantine: Eat Sleep Watch Simple History
@Simplehistory4 жыл бұрын
🥫😷📺
@spongebobbies4 жыл бұрын
The Stupid GamerZ don’t forget about TERRORIZING DEMONS
@Tydorstus4 жыл бұрын
And video games
@Sarahbryson3214 жыл бұрын
You forgot overthink
@TU-mf2ut4 жыл бұрын
And rationing Toilet Paper.
@OregonDX3 жыл бұрын
I can remember my great grandma. She survived the Great Depression as well as the war. Anytime we went out everyone had to finish their meal or else you’d hear about it from her lol. She would reuse anything she could. Including washing and reusing straws, and plastic silverware, and plastic microwave trays. Events in the lives of people from those years changed them forever!
@LamborghiniDiabloSVPursuit4 жыл бұрын
Meanwhile, in the Eastern Front: Stalin: Yeah, we need more food. Tell Ukraine to screw off and give everything to us for the war effort. Adviser: But comrade Premier, won't that cause a massive nation-wide famine leading to thousands of casualties, and eternal resentment for your rule? Stalin: You have implied that I stuttered. Off to gulag.
@ImageLimestone4 жыл бұрын
Based anime profile picture
@MechWarrior8944 жыл бұрын
*GREAT PURGE INTENSIFIES *
@lc92454 жыл бұрын
This is misleading. Ukraine fall under Nazis controls within 3 months of the invasion, with Kiev fall in September. There is scorched earth carried out by the Soviets, but were limited due to the quick advance of the Wehrmacht. Meanwhile it is the Wehrmacht whose scorched earth reduce many Soviets cities into rubbers, including Novgorod being razed. Collectivisation is another problem. The entire Soviets were under ration since Lenin’s death. Economic activities were restricted in order for Stalin to rapidly industrialised the Soviet Union. This is 2 very different matters, not to mention the Ukrainian were not the specific target of collectivisation, many other members of the Union suffered under collectivisation and many of whom are Russian, not Ukrainian. Ukrainian and Union members who lived in cities are largely unaffected by collectivisation.
@randomnerd90884 жыл бұрын
@@lc9245 Not questioning the validity of anything you said, but it is also well documented that much of the grain produced in the Soviet Union was intentionally withheld from citizens despite it being very much available.
@VeryProPlayerYesSir11224 жыл бұрын
@@lc9245 Rationing, socialism and communism are evil.
@SaifSheikh4454 жыл бұрын
WW2: People Rationed food. Soviet Union: Rationed you. 2020: People Ration Toilet Paper.
@ethanvaughn93864 жыл бұрын
Saif Sheikh lmao
@discountpotato56804 жыл бұрын
Use water stupid
@gazzaalfarisyi8734 жыл бұрын
*laughs in bidets*
@adobotravels4 жыл бұрын
discount potato correct term is use tabo + water
@dahaproject34984 жыл бұрын
south asia : we need only water
@gonzalezag4 жыл бұрын
The waiter: your bill sir The cop: *pulls out uno reverse card*
@definitelynotjames3 жыл бұрын
*your* bill sir
@chickensoup52253 жыл бұрын
Ngl this comment is pretty funny
@roninski36382 жыл бұрын
Plot twist: The waiter shoots the cop for resisting.
@footballman2714 жыл бұрын
the only thing we’re rationing these days are medical supplies and toilet paper for some reason
@ykewl13724 жыл бұрын
And hand sanitizer
@MsZen214 жыл бұрын
In Australia everything is rationed right now. Just stupidly. Can't buy more than 2 jugs milk or 1kg meat or 1 packet of toilet paper... Almost everything has a limit... No more than 2 spam. 1 bag of rice.... Single Bachelor or family of 6 has the same rationing. :/
@SaifSheikh4454 жыл бұрын
And food
@johnrandolph19894 жыл бұрын
What's not being rationed? 1. Lube/vaseline 2. Condoms 3. Brownie mix 4. Powdered corn starch 5. Preparation H Everything for after a good time.
@jeffbrooks55804 жыл бұрын
Dayton Ohio USA same thing we can't get to much of one thing
@demoncore44674 жыл бұрын
“when a nation that’s never known hunger or desperation descends into madness, we’ll be ready”
@JaKingScomez4 жыл бұрын
Who
@royalteluis6234 жыл бұрын
Not the tea drinkers 🇬🇧
@demoncore44674 жыл бұрын
Ordian Syah My maaaaaaans you caught it
@vincivedivicilextalionas40364 жыл бұрын
Just take it from India, just in case. *winks in Imperialism
@LucaTheDevilCat4 жыл бұрын
"We will cull the herd, we will do what needs to be done" ONLY YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
@dhruvmaslekar3 жыл бұрын
7:00 Commentators in early 1940s be like: "It's Manchester United vs Liverpool in the most important game of the year, We will find out who harvests more carrot in 90 minutes"
@afailureofaanimator67442 жыл бұрын
The rivalry between those two just never dies eh?
@Simplehistory4 жыл бұрын
Any one like Spam? 🥫🥚🧀🥓☕🧈😋
@haydendenden90764 жыл бұрын
Simple History me PS. Simple history, I love your channel
@MrLGJ114 жыл бұрын
Great on grilled cheese or as a breakfast meat!
@smort35474 жыл бұрын
I do!
@lachlanrose43484 жыл бұрын
Yes
@eco23124 жыл бұрын
Yes
@Simplehistory4 жыл бұрын
Hope you are all staying safe during these times!
@smort35474 жыл бұрын
You too, simple history.
@atrociousbean40964 жыл бұрын
Okay.
@Sergeant_D4 жыл бұрын
Can you make a video on the bombing of Darwin please?
@thedoomslayer78544 жыл бұрын
Simple History thanks my guy
@arachnoslayer4 жыл бұрын
Simple History Hope you are as well! I love your videos!
@stonebay21112 жыл бұрын
Turned some friends on to an old pbs show called the victory garden. Used to watch it with my great grandmother born in 1904...she would tell stories of ww2 and what it was like growing and canning vegetables and raising cattle, hogs and chickens to trade food for other food among neighbors. She was a wealth of information, living through ww1, the dust bowl, great depression, and ww2. Her knowledge was a gift that still gives today. I once received a gingerbread cake baked, sealed and preserved in a 1qt Mason jar and sent all the way to FOB Cobra Iraq on my 23rd birthday.
@MattMontana-jk4ro4 жыл бұрын
Y’all think I came here to learn about history... naw I’m over here taken notes bruh
@puppylovera4 жыл бұрын
makes sence
@davidsi53764 жыл бұрын
Fo sho
@thecoolguy74034 жыл бұрын
but this sounds a bit commie to me
@user-gn6wz9fe1c4 жыл бұрын
@@thecoolguy7403 it was brought in by conservatives, if you dont have rationing and the poor starve, Then you really will really have a revolution, better to bring in a few soc-dem interventionist policies in crisis than get shot in the streets (Trump is even bringing in universal basic income, which is too commie even for Scandinavia rn lmao )
@masonsilvers67894 жыл бұрын
@@user-gn6wz9fe1c did you not realise that was probably a joke?
@loganshelby90074 жыл бұрын
Watch this get demonetized because of "current events"...
@oshervaruk47624 жыл бұрын
every history video gets demonetized
@TheAirportAviation4 жыл бұрын
lmao so true
@nuklearra15814 жыл бұрын
lmao KZbin be like: AN EVENT THAT HAPPENED 8 DECADES AGO???!!!!!! DEMONITIZED!!!!!!1!1!1!1!1
@CR-ef4op4 жыл бұрын
e e exactly 😂😂
@clevermcgenericname8914 жыл бұрын
They also showed the dreaded swastika
@newhorizon13554 жыл бұрын
At 6:15 gotta love that guy. He consumed the fish & steak, then fined them. 7 dollars says he didn't even pay his bill.
@honestyprofessorcaesarreal50914 жыл бұрын
0:37 that guy with the Martini-Henry has super human old man strength.
@onebigfatguy4 жыл бұрын
Isn't that from the fucking Zulu wars?
@johnsother24404 жыл бұрын
Welcome to Texas.
@yoboikamil5254 жыл бұрын
I know jackshit about guns so can you be more specific?
@onebigfatguy4 жыл бұрын
@@yoboikamil525 0:34 Of the two old men in the front of the group the one holding the rifle across his chest is holding a Henry-Martini Rifle. Those were the standard infantry rifles of the British army during the Zulu wars some 70+ years prior.
@yoboikamil5254 жыл бұрын
@@onebigfatguy thanks
@Kyle-jc8no4 жыл бұрын
"And Essential Rations, which included Flour, TEA, and Sugar." Why Tea?
@jakobmorris14834 жыл бұрын
To drink mate.
@MechWarrior8944 жыл бұрын
Because they're British.
@jonkerr79594 жыл бұрын
did you see what happened last time England went with out tea, The opium wars happened
@user-qv8rb9jp3l4 жыл бұрын
"why tea" because british people need tea just like all other humans need food and water.
@jjjjjjjjjjjmmmmmmm44614 жыл бұрын
*british anthem intensifies*
@josephattwell10064 жыл бұрын
2:17 Only the British would consider Tea an essential food.
@howardhamlin73864 жыл бұрын
At the time it was an extremely popular drink. I mean we’re talking drinking it like water popular.
@generaladvance58124 жыл бұрын
It is essential though.
@3.2187_Kilometres4 жыл бұрын
Are you implying that Tea isn't essential.
@1buddahead4 жыл бұрын
Spam has come a long way. I can remember when the tin need one of those keys to be opened.
@donaldboughton86863 жыл бұрын
Now use ring pulls. I have had a ring pull Spam can with fungus on the meat. Threw it away. Never happened with Spam cans and a key. The can seals were way better. I have stopped buying canned Spam.
@neoandroid42034 жыл бұрын
1940s: staying vigilant, and not being discourage even if their homes are being destroyed 2020 italy: During covid 19 staying vigilant by pumping music from their balconys Staying strong can be different
@kurros12704 жыл бұрын
Italy during Covid-19: *plays Evangelion theme on the flute.*
@Gamer883344 жыл бұрын
2020 USA: panicking (because some people seriously need to practice controlling their emotions. If ya don’t control your emotions, they’ll control you) and hoarding stuff, which is only going to make the outbreak last longer than it should. Remember to think about the long term results of your actions instead of just the short term results.
@MadamePianissima4 жыл бұрын
@@Gamer88334 >implying that's exclusive to America How goes the looting in italy and the uk?
The Home Guard was initially called the LDV, which stood for the Local Defence Volunteers. It was jokingly referred to as "Look, Duck and Vanish". 😊
@SBragg88 Жыл бұрын
In a similar light, the BEF due to so many WWII evacuations was called "Back Every Fortnight" lol
@xeanderman6688 Жыл бұрын
@@SBragg88no way, Fortnite irl???!?!?
@coolspider295 Жыл бұрын
@@xeanderman6688Yes, it was exactly like Fortnite
@DESIBOY-fe7nm4 жыл бұрын
Britain:- plans to stockpile food. Colonies:- *confused screaming.*
@VeryProPlayerYesSir11224 жыл бұрын
Rationing and socialism are evil.
@scumf68624 жыл бұрын
@@VeryProPlayerYesSir1122 Not all socialism is Marxian socialism, you have the mentality of a baby boomer
@adept1514 жыл бұрын
@@VeryProPlayerYesSir1122 ok boomer.
@GurpreetSingh-es1cn4 жыл бұрын
From where do you think british got there food supply they killed million of people from India you just chose to ignore that part of history
@DESIBOY-fe7nm4 жыл бұрын
@@GurpreetSingh-es1cn mai bhi Indian hi hu. In Angrezo ne Apna desh to luta hi. Mgr Africa, Southeast Asia or kai sare desh lute hai. Bharat bhi colony hi thi.
@ArroyoEnterprise4 жыл бұрын
1940 Currency: Tin food and tea 2020 Currency: butt wipes (toilet paper) When the Currency of the Apocalypse Turns our to be Toilet paper instead of bottle caps: :(
@AureliusLaurentius10994 жыл бұрын
Toilet Bidets:Am I a joke you?
@tordaimihai53944 жыл бұрын
How many games of the Fallout series have you played?
@ArroyoEnterprise4 жыл бұрын
I have played fallout 4 and watched another channel play fallout 3
@onebigfatguy4 жыл бұрын
@@ArroyoEnterprise If you haven't played New Vegas with all dlc's included you missed out. Easily the Best Fallout game over the last decade.
@ArroyoEnterprise4 жыл бұрын
Ok I’m ask my mom to buy it for me and my bro so we can play it
@darrenphillips18454 жыл бұрын
This channel makes a great substitute for The History Channel now that it's no longer The History Channel.
@wonk1234 жыл бұрын
here is your ration of food *-1*
@Alejandro-Chapter14 жыл бұрын
*Fallout item grabbing sfx*
@TrusteeNail4 жыл бұрын
Gain trait *canibalism*
@jjjjjjjjjjjmmmmmmm44614 жыл бұрын
i yearn for true rationing equality.....
@samuelhaley61144 жыл бұрын
Soviet Union be like
@DonkeyKickingMC4 жыл бұрын
So wait, do I just get hungrier?
@ashtoncunningham69813 жыл бұрын
I was doing a job painting deck just yesterday and guy 97 year old told how all the kids learnt to garden and older people helped teach him during the war as victory garden ..... he had one of most beautiful gardens I've ever seen
@ianfinrir87244 жыл бұрын
"You want some clothing coupons?" "No" "Petrol coupons?" "I don't have a car" "Ah, I can help you there"
@matthewoconnell47004 жыл бұрын
My Grandad continued to grow food from the second world war right up until a few years before he passed.
@jonnylee70534 жыл бұрын
"essentials like tea" I love my country
@3.2187_Kilometres4 жыл бұрын
So do I mate.
@frizzy99194 жыл бұрын
*Walks to british in scottland*
@3.2187_Kilometres4 жыл бұрын
@Death Metal Mate nearly every country has killed more people than Hitler.
@3.2187_Kilometres4 жыл бұрын
@Death Metal Highly debatable, as what do we count as this "country kills" obviously we count wars and deaths by colonization, but do we count every death that ever happened in Britain. Besides it's impossible to pin down which country has indeed killed the most because lack of evidence and another thing why are you blaming us modern Brits? It's not like we were the ones who did all the horrific deaths so bringing up the "your country killed more than Hitler" is kinda pointless.
@jonnylee70534 жыл бұрын
My country is the only reason that hitler isnt in control of all of europe
@cyberleaderandy12 жыл бұрын
My parents were kids during the war but because they lived in the country had access to "illegal" eggs, chickens, pigs hidden by farmers away from farms, extra milk, butter and all sorts of produce that many never had beyond the ration amounts. They even got thrown sweets and gum by American troops they say, yelling the obligatory "got any gum chum?".
@IrkenExile4 жыл бұрын
00:38 I got that reference immediately!! I love "Dad's Army!"
@spencerfaithfull92474 жыл бұрын
You found an Easter egg
@maximilianolimamoreira50024 жыл бұрын
me too,amazing.
@Lucky-be3oq4 жыл бұрын
Brits in the 1940s: *T E A* Brits/All of humanity: *T O I L E TP A P E R*
@kenzozo343 жыл бұрын
Asian i dont have such weakness
@obviouslytwo4u3 жыл бұрын
I still have my ration book. With the way things are looking today , I might need it again.
@RamanShrikant4 жыл бұрын
last time I was this early the United Kingdom were still garrisioning their ports and didn't have their entire army in cairo. hoi4 momments
@edgarbanuelos64724 жыл бұрын
Let's stop my was the surly it was still an Empire.
@gabrielmora50924 жыл бұрын
Last time i was this early, USA were still training their only one division
@tuccerjim30844 жыл бұрын
Oh, and they were sending half their army to occupy Sardinia to stop an Italian naval invasion while leaving France undefended...
@dakotaraptor59184 жыл бұрын
2:42 “was”? Last I checked we still are 😂
@blankblank54094 жыл бұрын
☕️
@jimboonie98853 жыл бұрын
☕️
@farahahmedkarim3773 жыл бұрын
Don't whoooosh me but he said "as"
@retrograde71564 жыл бұрын
3:57 ahh, I mean surely everyone would be respectful of other people needing food, surely no one would hoard insane of food which probably would never be consumed. I mean it’s not like it’s happening right now.
@donaldboughton86863 жыл бұрын
One can play spot the idiot in the Supermarket. These were the ones stocking up on frozen food and fresh food for a lock down forgetting that they are dependent on an electricity supply to keep the freezer running. If one persists in wishing to stock up one should buy canned or dried food. Also take note of the best by dates, milk puddings go brown after a few months, some stuff lasts for years. Also remember to use in the order the food was purchased as the contents of the cans may be in edible when one gets to them if one does not. I did not bother to stock up for the lock down and never went hungry.
@ThatD1spynser3 жыл бұрын
@@donaldboughton8686 yes
@locutus1552 жыл бұрын
No, they were buying up all the bog roll!
@Jingles2423x4 жыл бұрын
"Women painted their legs with gravy" WTF? There goes old gravy legs again....
@x66214 жыл бұрын
Yes, women wanted stockings so badly they would paint their legs with gravy; or those willing enough even became hookers for American soldiers so they could get stockings from America 😳
@CleoS-vx5pd3 жыл бұрын
It was tea! They painted their legs with the browned water from leftover tea leaves. Never heard of gravy legs!
@donaldboughton86863 жыл бұрын
No nylons available. Some women have been known to get stocking seams tattooed on their legs.
@dp-sr1fd3 жыл бұрын
It was actually gravy browning powder and a little water I think. The seam at the back was put on with an eyebrow pencil. I suppose in the blackout you would not notice. Female vanity, a multi billion pound industry today.
@roonilwazlib30893 жыл бұрын
Delicious
@WRGOP4 жыл бұрын
My Grandfather had a ration book during WW2, when he was a teen in the 50s and the rationing books weren’t needed anymore, he and his friends burned them all in a giant bonfire.
@estradamurcielgo1753 жыл бұрын
Now you have Vaccine Passports
@archiegoddard27143 жыл бұрын
Just re watching this and noticed at 0:38 , the ‘home guard’ depicted are the dads army characters.
@zirofastable4 жыл бұрын
My grandma ( French ) has talked to me only once about the war, from 1940 till 1944. She told me how, horrified, she saw on the newspapers that the Germans were advancing inexorably toward her city ( Rouen ), and how she and her whole family had to leave because of the heavy fighting that started to occur in the city. They were now on the road, during the exode, with thousands of other french civilians, when German stukas bombed them ( I was playing as a stuka in a computer game and she recognized it ) and everyone died around them. Then how until 1944 they were terribly suffering from malnutrition, and that the only thing they cared about was that little ration card they had to show to the local provider to get a little bit of food. My point is that the crisis we're going through today, even if it shouldn't be taken lightly, is cat piss compared with what our elders went through and that a lot of people I know should stop complaining all the time
@Renrang4 жыл бұрын
1940: Civilian grow vegetables for food in wartime. 2019: MrBeast plants 20 million trees🌲 preparing for 2020 toilet paper crisis.
@Jay-hb2xf4 жыл бұрын
In Taiwan we have rations for masks now. Everyone can get 2 masks with less than 1USD over the government website or from a pharmacy with his National Health card every week.
@woopyinator0213 жыл бұрын
CCP
@Jay-hb2xf3 жыл бұрын
@@woopyinator021 Taiwan has nothing to do with evil CCP. You need to study for more knowledge.
@woopyinator0213 жыл бұрын
@@Jay-hb2xf Republic of China
@xanrhind93503 жыл бұрын
glory to the ccp 🇨🇳🇨🇳
@Slavtron3 жыл бұрын
Taiwan is screwed
@wunderwaffeyt40774 жыл бұрын
7:46 I like how she's smiling and making clothes from curtains while people are scared and panicking because of the air raid outside. It is a perfect representation of the British people's resilience and bravery during war time conditions.
@giovannicervantes20533 жыл бұрын
Good as new!
@CRENOKOGOD4 жыл бұрын
Do a video on the invasion of Germany during the late war period
@irnbru64184 жыл бұрын
Fun fact in ww2 the RAF said they had night vision from carrots this was to hide that they had radar because we knew where german aircraft were I just remembered this
@taskforceboi89772 жыл бұрын
German pilots proceeded to reqisition and consume untold amouts of carrots in an attempt to gain the same ability.
@tommcewan79362 жыл бұрын
There were also rumours during the war that the Germans had discovered some wonderful new vitamin that they were issuing to their troops and fighter pilots. It was actually amphetamines. There turned out to be downsides.
@tessat3382 жыл бұрын
@@taskforceboi8977 Well no, the Germans also had developed a form of radar as well. They also used directional radio beacons to help their bomber squadrons to navigate. It wasn't perfect over such a long distance but it helped.
@tessat3382 жыл бұрын
Yes, a lack of beta carotene can cause vision problems but an excess of vitamin K will not improve vision beyond a person's normal capacity. It can, however, give a person a faint orange tint to their skin.
@taskforceboi89772 жыл бұрын
@@tessat338 oof, messed up, thanks
@dteddy3044 жыл бұрын
1 egg per week??? Fam, I use 3 eggs per day in my omelets lmao.
@blankblank54094 жыл бұрын
Jesus
@arandomperson54344 жыл бұрын
I use 6 eggs for a single breakfast
@ericsuarez8343 жыл бұрын
That's why you all are the first ones to die of become mad
@aclown364 жыл бұрын
Some person: *serves inspector meat and fish combo* The inspector after he ate the meal: *that was good, now you get fined for serving me a combo that's not allowed*
@bonktonk742 жыл бұрын
ngl the weekly rations for a single adult sounds so little, it seems more fitting to be a breakfast rather than a whole week ( 5:29 )
@ianfinrir87242 жыл бұрын
People managed to get by on it, though. Although there was also the British Restaurant which was used to either supplement your ration or used when you ran out of ration coupons.
@Dezzerray4 жыл бұрын
Inspector; "ah! waiter, bill please the meal was quite delicious" Waiter; "why thank you sir, we're glad yo-" Inspector; "BUT you're getting fined instead!" NANI!??
@dominicsacchetti23604 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest "No U" moments in history
@lalakers19844 жыл бұрын
7:59 DUBIOUS methods 😂 i don't know why but the delivery of that line made me laugh
@SamMorrison-n9b2 ай бұрын
My great grandmother told me stories about her experiences during the war. She was evacuated, and brought back by her brother. A story for another day. What stuck with me was the ingenuity and creativity of her, the family and people around her. How they used what they had, during and after the conflict. And how it defined them, and the new generation they brought up.
@ewancampbellcampbell15504 жыл бұрын
I've got a 1938 "Rational Association Friendly Society" book that seems to be unused. It's amazing how these little peices of history survive up to the present!
@pierre-mariecaulliez62854 жыл бұрын
7:05 FYI, the balloons you always see in this time period are 'interdiction balloons'. They are what they appear to be, except there is a grenade attached to the balloon, meant to detonate if a plane were to detach the rope... At the time, what people feared the most was (propeler) fighter planes strafing with machineguns or diving for a precision bombing run ! Interdiction balloons prevented exactly that as the plane would end up at very low altitude once done with its manœuvre, and likely collide with one such balloon, prompting an explosion that wooden planes of the era couldn't wistand !
@someguy17472 жыл бұрын
So that is what they were, I always assumed they were some kind of Early-Warning Observation Radar Airships for the RAF against the Luftwaffe.
@sarkybugger5009 Жыл бұрын
Where on earth did you hear such rubbish?
@ghazghkullthraka97143 жыл бұрын
‘Essentials like tea’ GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
@LS_Customs.3 жыл бұрын
I like how we (british people) class tea as an essential oh i love Britain
@matthewgibson82454 жыл бұрын
I was in the middle of watching a simple history episode when I saw the notification. Switched over to this episode real quick!
@Simplehistory4 жыл бұрын
:)
@w.a.w.o33873 жыл бұрын
3:00 An addition to this video is that many of those supplies came from the British Commonwealth. Canada, India, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. These merchant seamen from these nations risked their lives onboard ships without military escort guard until they reached at least the South or Mid Atlantic and were under constant threat from German U Boats operating as far as the Pacific and Indian Oceans. In order that Britain could continue the war effort these nations also went without, rationing their food sources so that Britain could continue to be fed.
@lightfootpathfinder82182 жыл бұрын
I agree the commonwealth played a important role in ww2 and were very brave in doing so however British merchant seamen did the exact same job as Canadian, Australian,new Zealand merchant seamen only to come back to there towns & cities in ruins and possibly there loved ones dead from the air raids
@GeorgeyTheApe2 жыл бұрын
@@lightfootpathfinder8218 Yeah I think the original poster is one of those people that would find fault if the British were to cure cancer tomorrow.
@lightfootpathfinder82182 жыл бұрын
@@GeorgeyTheApe lol I know what you mean.... unfortunately it's trendy to hate everything British at the moment
@lightfootpathfinder82182 жыл бұрын
@@reminiscence4142oh really?? Can you name me a single British extermination camp in India or name me any Indian women that were forcefully sterilised or disabled indian children that were murdered by British doctors🤔??? ...thought not!. Yes the empire was not perfect but to compare it to the Nazis is ridiculous. the only reason India is a democracy and that we have a "free world" today is because of the British empire. Britain stood alone against the combined dictatorships of the world and a lot of it's people died defending democracy so show some respect instead spouting your anti British rhetoric
@asahelsmith94904 жыл бұрын
I have more appreciation for my grandfather's ration book I inherited.
@Station_Master_134 жыл бұрын
6:52 when you and your identical quadroplets are bored so decided to watch a man digging
@Plantrum2 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: The whole "carrots are good for your eyes" thing was created around this time in britain because of the extensive propaganda surrounding home grown foods, such as carrots
@ismaeljimenez65622 жыл бұрын
And throw off the Germans from figuring out about their radars
@justinpenney68413 жыл бұрын
I still have my grandmas ration book ❤️
@MrEadan4 жыл бұрын
0:37 "Who do you think you are kidding Mr. Hitler?"
@greg19384 жыл бұрын
me: chillin during quarantine YT/Simple History: here's a video about rationing me: withdraw all cash to atm, listing essential items, buying those items, cupboard is now full of SPAM
@totallyfrozen4 жыл бұрын
Riel Rosete And tea. LOL!
@MichaelDavis-mk4me4 жыл бұрын
Lucky you, I only got spam in my mailbox.
@SHZ_Tristan193 жыл бұрын
100% a good video about WWII. Love this video, thanks Simple History!
@daciamcv1026 Жыл бұрын
I was born during the 2nd world war and I remember there was still shortages in Britain up to the late 1950's (bit like today)
@1940sExperiment2 жыл бұрын
What a fantastic resource! This would be so good to use in schools, I love these types of explainer animated videos. Loved watching C xxx
@Waldemarvonanhalt3 жыл бұрын
My grandmother was born in 1943 and recalls rationing continuing in South Africa for years after WW2 ended.
@kennyflanders83374 жыл бұрын
Hey Simple History do the battle of leyte gulf (the largest Naval Battle in History)
@1Maklak3 жыл бұрын
I like the barrage balloons in the background. It's such a nice touch. They're balloons shaped like blimps anchored to the ground with strong steel cables. They can sever an airplane wing if it hits a cable, so having them discourages bombardment.
@keithcorrigan6584 жыл бұрын
My father was a child in the north of England during WW2 he told me that the rationing made people healthier and this was visible in that generation of young people.I believe that rationing played a vital roll in the war effort !🇳🇿👩🎓🙈🙊🙉
@leechowning2712 Жыл бұрын
I love seeing all the "we could never survive on that" when "that" was a 3,000 calorie diet, spaced over a week. If we have a hard time imagining surviving on 3,000 calories... suddenly the US/UK weight gains make sense.
@coltbolt61934 жыл бұрын
6:12 That's one 'no u' moment right there. The manager paying the customer for the food
@ModellingWeekly4 жыл бұрын
0:37 Dad's army reference? As in the people in the picture
@ewcc88474 жыл бұрын
You made a Dad’s Army image. I am very happy indeed
@Fakedino-dm1uq4 жыл бұрын
9:40 damn she hasn't even taken a sip and she still pouring?!
@vickypedias4 жыл бұрын
5:45 surely you don't mean that they only received that much a week? That's barely 2000 calories worth of food: 1 egg - 90 cal 4 oz marg - 50 cal 4 oz bacon - 600 cal 2 oz butter - 200 cal 2 oz tea - 0 cal 1 oz cheese - 70 cal 8 oz sugar - 880 cal Total: 1890 cal. How could they stretch that for a week? That's beyond starvation level of diet, which requires 450-800 calories a day.