During and after the Blitz, food and clothing, as well as furniture and petrol, were rationed. This made children experience a restricted diet and lack of health. The rationing started because the Germans wanted to make britain weak and attempted to cut off their supplies. “Before the war, Britain imported 55 million tons of food, a month after the war had started this figure had dropped to 12 million.” Due to this Britain had to step forward and introduce the rationing system, and every citizen of Britain was to have an ration book. Ration books were small books that contained coupons that shops would sign every time you bought something, to ensure that everyone was getting a good and equal amount of food. Food rationing, like many other