As early as half a year ago, the British Isles had begun enforcing a strict rationing system for supplies.
Compared with before the war, consumption of meat, eggs, sugar, and fruit in the United Kingdom had fallen by 39.6%, 69.3%, 55%, and 76% respectively. Rations of candy, butter, tea, and coffee were practically zero.
Due to insufficient supplies and soaring inflation, the cost of living for the British public rose by 86% in less than a year.
On May 1, 1940, the London government began rationing cloth as well. Each person could receive sixty-six ration coupons per year.
A pair of trousers cost eight coupons, a shirt seven, a pair of socks three, and a pair of underpants four.
To cope with the Holy Alliance's blockade, the British had truly racked their brains. With food in short supply, they increased production themselves; in 1940, cultivated land in the United Kingdom increased by 1.26 million acres. (Approximately 7.6482 million mu)
When meat and cheese ran short, they made up for it with fish. As a country surrounded by sea on all sides, they possessed a natural advantage in this regard.
At first, Bulgarian aircraft bombed British fishing boats as well. Later, the British had a flash of inspiration: they abandoned modern large fishing vessels and switched to more primitive small boats.
After weighing the pros and cons, the Bulgarian Air Force had no choice but to give up hunting them down. The investment was too great for too little return. Even when they encountered them, they would at most fire off a burst of bullets before letting them be.
Relying on coastal fishing, potatoes grown at home, and their original grain reserves, the British struggled through 1940.
London
It was Christmas Eve once again, a rare spell of peace. As fellow