The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
During the Second World War, the British were faced with food shortages, due in part to a concerted campaign by the German Navy, who used U-boats to sink British supply ships. The British government introduced rationing to deal with the food shortages, but also encouraged the populace to voluntarily save food. The upper left portion of the poster depicts a caricature of Winston Churchill as a ceramic casserole pot, and the lower right depicts a cariacture of Adolf Hitler as a cheap pie prepared in a saucepan. The message of the poster is that it is better to have 'pot-luck' - ie., leftovers, and support your country, then to eat well today and support the enemy tomorrow.
This poster is very direct, and is part of a campaign by the Ministry of Food in Britain designed to encourage the populace to respect food rationing. The title, 'EAT LESS BREAD' is superimposed on a
British Second World War poster, produced by the Department of Health for Scotland, encouraging people to eat green vegetables for health. The Minister of Food Control (1916–1921) and the Minister of
Depicts a loaf of bread and the Union Jack as a backdrop to the slogan: 'Waste not want not! Save the Nation's Bread.' The Union Jack and the bread are brightly coloured, creating an unusually eye-ca
British Second World War poster produced by the Ministry of Food depicting a mother carrying a basket of carrots, with her small daughter, waiting in a blackout, as a car speeds by. The poster was int
Australian Second World War poster, produced by the Commonwealth Food Control and the RAAF. The poster depicts an airman holding a knife and fork, encouraging people to not waste food. Shortages of fo
British First World War poster issued by the Ministry of Food (no. 17) to encourage citizens to eat less bread as part of the war effort. Features central image of a giant loaf of bread with the words