To: kearnyirish2
The food never really stared flowing west to the central powers. The infrastructure and the breakdown of social order prevented it. There was still the total allied command of he seas and the universal exhaustion. Even in 1917 the French could get cakes and wine behind the lines, where as the Germans were reduced to eating what they considered pig food (turnips).
227 posted on
10/18/2017 7:56:20 PM PDT by
Lee Enfield
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To: Lee Enfield
The infrastructure was fine (as the Spring Offensive of 1918 demonstrated); the breakdown of the social order was much more of a concern. As far as cakes and wine, the resources of Russia were now available to the Central Powers; the German starvation stories of WWI, while real enough, actually worsened AFTER the armistice (because Britain didn’t immediately lift the blockade). At the same time, there is plenty of data to suggest that the U-boat strategy against Britain was reaping dividends for Germany; they had rationing as well.
229 posted on
10/18/2017 7:59:52 PM PDT by
kearnyirish2
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To: Lee Enfield
To be continued; I’m off to bed. Thanks for an interesting discussion; FRegards!
230 posted on
10/18/2017 8:01:06 PM PDT by
kearnyirish2
(Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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