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What were the causes and effects of rationing and recycling during World War 2?
While there were many causes and effects of rationing and recycling during WW II, I can summarize them succinctly; the cause was scarcity, and the effect was that more people were able to survive the war.
I can only tell you what was derived from a TV documentary about comic books which I watched in the 1990's. After World War 2 was over, comic book superheroes lost their propaganda value, and they...
The war effort required an extensive use of many commodities such as oil, rubber, copper, aluminum and foods, such as sugar. Also, due to the Axis occupation of the countries that supplied these...
One reason was secret treaties. Because countries had alliances that were hidden, unknowing countries attacked what they thought was defenseless countries. In turn, countries attached by treaties...
Russia was brought into the war when Hitler ordered some 3 million German troops into Stalingrad, therefor breaking the treaty with Stalin. The united states was brought in on 2 factors, German...