Soldiers’ Rations in WW1 A soldier consumed about 4,600 calories and ate a more balanced diet with larger portions of meat, (mainly tinned corned beef), and vegetables. Soldiers’ families and friends often sent them packages of food, like chocolate, or tins of sardines and sweet biscuits to supplement their rations.
Q. What were French soldiers called in WW1?
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Q. What did French soldiers eat in WW1?
French soldiers would each day get a 300-gram can of boiled beef; 300 grams of hard biscuits, called “war bread”; 80 grams of sugar; 36 grams of coffee; 50 grams of dried soup; 2 ounces of liquor and 125 grams of chocolate as a treat, according to author Silvano Serventi in his book “La cuisine des tranchees.” Many …
Q. Why did soldiers eat bread?
Tintype of soldiers posed eating hardtack and coffee rations,Tennessee State Library and Archives. Confederate soldiers were more likely to get cornbread or cornmeal than flour or bread. Corn was a local crop and easier to get. The main bread for most Union troops was hardtack.
Q. Who has the best military in ww2?
Top Ten Greatest Armies of World War II
- 1 Germany. Basically pioneered modern warfare tactics, not only tank doctrine but also air force and infantry doctrine too.
- 2 United States.
- 3 Russia.
- 4 England.
- 5 Japan.
- 6 Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a sovereign state in Europe.
- 7 Australia.
- 8 Canada.
Q. What did Japanese soldiers think of American soldiers WW2?
In nearly every battle the Japanese fought against us they fought under terrible conditions and showed extreme bravery in the face of certain death. They were the most ferocious soldiers of their time. Because of that, I think they considered Americans somewhat cowardly because we would rather surrender than die.
Q. What happens if US joined Axis?
If the United States did join the Axis powers, it’s entire prewar policy would not move in favor of peaceful isolation but that of expansive military development and not the reactionary type the U.S adopted in our time line. France will likely go the same route of defeat.
Q. Did the US provoke Japan into war?
Roosevelt, inhibited by the American public’s opposition to direct U.S. involvement in the fighting and determined to save Great Britain from a Nazi victory in Europe, manipulated events in the Pacific in order to provoke a Japanese attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, thereby forcing the …
