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> "Our principal foods were bran bread, barley porridge, potatoes, greens, milk and some butter Nearly every Dane lives within an hour walk from the ocean and
by louprado 10y ago
> "Our principal foods were bran bread, barley porridge, potatoes, greens, milk and some butter
Nearly every Dane lives within an hour walk from the ocean and even from the center of the country you are only 70km to the ocean. How is fish not the principal food, especially during war time.
This omission is so glaring that it undermines the credibility of the article.
- throwaway2048 10y agoThe north sea was a warzone, fishing ships were highly likely to be attacked and sunk. The entire reason there was a food shortage was that the allies were attacking any ships leaving/approaching the european mainland. Thats what a blocade IS.