"Spiv" wrote:
"Keith Willshaw" wrote in message
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In 1939 it was not ready,still importing vast quantities
of food from the empire and others. By
1945 internal food production was way ahead
of 1939.

But still nowhere near self sufficiency.

It didn't need to be in 1945, as it imported food from its North American
colony, Canada,

Canada wasn't a "colony" in 1945 and it took Britain until 1954 to eliminate
rationing on some protein sources.

by then with the U boat problem suppressed.

suppression of the "U- boat problem", what U boat problem were they
suppressing for most of 1945.

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