Napoleon Bonaparte is often credited with saying that â€˜an army marches on its stomachâ€™. A hundred years after his time, the soldiers of the Great War would do little

Bully Beef and Biscuits - Food in the Great War

Napoleon Bonaparte is often credited with saying that â€˜an army marches on its stomachâ€™. A hundred years after his time, the soldiers of the Great War would do little marching. Instead, they would fight their battles from cold, muddy trenches, looking out across No Manâ€™s Land towards another set of trenches that housed the enemy. It is one of the remarkable successes of the war that they rarely went hungry.

During the war, the army grew from its peacetime numbers of 250,000 to well over 3 million. They needed three meals a day and, using the menâ€™s own letters and diaries, John Hartley tells the story of the food they ate, how it got to them in those trenches and what they thought of it. Itâ€™s the story of eating bully beef and army â€˜dog biscuitsâ€™ under fire and itâ€™s the story of the enjoyment of food parcels from home or eating egg and chips in a cafÃ© on a rare off-duty evening. Itâ€™s also the story of the lives of loved ones at home â€“ how they coped with rationing and how women changed their place in society, taking on jobs previously held by men, many working as farm laborers in the Womenâ€™s Land Army. This is a book which will appeal to food lovers as well as those with an interest in military and social history.
Country USA
Brand PEN AND SWORD MILITARY
Manufacturer Pen and Sword Military
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber Approx 120 B&W photographs
ReleaseDate 2015-04-19
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781473827455

Country	USA
Brand	PEN AND SWORD MILITARY
Manufacturer	Pen and Sword Military
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	Approx 120 B&W photographs
ReleaseDate	2015-04-19
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781473827455

Bully Beef and Biscuits - Food in the Great War

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