Deeply challenging involved governments all around the world, the impact of war is an issue of ensuring that there is enough food for every person on the planet: especially during times of hardship. There are boundless reasons justifying that scarcity is not to blame for food shortage, but humans and policies are. As exemplified in Remarque’s, All Quiet on the Western Front, Paul and his friends are constantly in search for food, even with the policy of Army rationing, which was indicative of Germany’s losing war effort. Because of World War I’s high demands, food shortage grew to be an extreme problem all over. Not only was importing goods during wartime arduous, but growing new crops and providing enough food for everyone was near impossible.