"D. Patterson" wrote in message
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More arms were needed than what we could make. Duh!


Yes, the UK could not arm or feed itself during WWII.

It could feed itself, but it took until 1943 until UK industry
outperformed
Germany. Today, with modern farming techniques, the UK can easily feed
itself, and others. At one point it produced more food than Canada, and
more than Australia. We pay farmers not to produce now.

Britain produced only 30% of its food going into the war. It never
remotely
approached 100% and badly damaged its soil fertility for decades to come
in
the efforts to increase the food production.

Nonsense. Britain invented globalisation in the 1700s. The UK has
consistently imported produce and products that are cheaper than the home
market. When it comes down to it, it can feed itself. In 1939 it was not
ready,still importing vast qualitioes of food from the empire and others. By
1945 internal food production was way ahead of 1939.