When the U.S. entered World War II in December 1941, virtually every American became part of the war effort in some way. More than 16 million Americans served in the military, millions of civilians ...

Long before grocery inflation or hoarding of toilet paper, there was a different kind of issue with the food supply: lack of volume. Throughout World War II, the U.S. saw severe shortages of items ...

Food during World War II was in a category all its own. Although the United States had emerged from the Great Depression, the need for war materials sparked a system of rationing, which in turn led to ...

At the dawn of the 1940s, much of the world was already at war. Less than two years later, the United States would be drawn into the conflict.