They’re about to find out how long it takes an obese nation to starve.
Checkmate, Axis Powers
inwarded_04 on
Context: During WW2, German military’s biggest cause of casualty (especially on the Eastern Front) was due to manutrition and starvation. Imagine their surprise when they find the American military is being shipped ice cream in frozen containers, alongwith Hershey bars and energy snacks with the previous week’s manufacturing dates
robber_goosy on
I would prefer double grog rations over ice cream to keep morale up.
Fresh_Tomato_soup on
Context: In WW2 the loss of transport ships in the Pacific theatre led to an estimated 60% of the 1.7 million Japanese soldiers dying of starvation or associated malnutrition. On Guadalcanal for example suffered 3x more deaths from starvation than to combat. Many island bases were bypassed and simply left to starve as the island hopping campaign continued. Meanwhile the USA had 4 ice cream barges built to maintain morale and many ships had their own ice cream makers. [https://www.unknownwarriorspod.co.uk/post/the-big-killer-of-ww2-starvation](https://www.unknownwarriorspod.co.uk/post/the-big-killer-of-ww2-starvation)
callmedale on
If I remember correctly, they weren’t originally built as ice cream ships, but just as regular food transportation ships, they just built so many that it justified specializing some to specific food
thrownededawayed on
Soldiers loved them some fucking ice cream, can’t remember the ship, but it was sinking and sailors were running to the fridge to scoop out helmets full of ice cream before abandoning ship. Morale so damn good that they raid the pantry as the ship goes down like children raiding the cookie jar before fleeing a burning house.
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They’re about to find out how long it takes an obese nation to starve.
Checkmate, Axis Powers
Context: During WW2, German military’s biggest cause of casualty (especially on the Eastern Front) was due to manutrition and starvation. Imagine their surprise when they find the American military is being shipped ice cream in frozen containers, alongwith Hershey bars and energy snacks with the previous week’s manufacturing dates
I would prefer double grog rations over ice cream to keep morale up.
Context: In WW2 the loss of transport ships in the Pacific theatre led to an estimated 60% of the 1.7 million Japanese soldiers dying of starvation or associated malnutrition. On Guadalcanal for example suffered 3x more deaths from starvation than to combat. Many island bases were bypassed and simply left to starve as the island hopping campaign continued. Meanwhile the USA had 4 ice cream barges built to maintain morale and many ships had their own ice cream makers. [https://www.unknownwarriorspod.co.uk/post/the-big-killer-of-ww2-starvation](https://www.unknownwarriorspod.co.uk/post/the-big-killer-of-ww2-starvation)
If I remember correctly, they weren’t originally built as ice cream ships, but just as regular food transportation ships, they just built so many that it justified specializing some to specific food
Soldiers loved them some fucking ice cream, can’t remember the ship, but it was sinking and sailors were running to the fridge to scoop out helmets full of ice cream before abandoning ship. Morale so damn good that they raid the pantry as the ship goes down like children raiding the cookie jar before fleeing a burning house.