Teatime Tuesday: Tea During WWII
On the other hand, the British consume copious amounts of tea, so there was great unrest when it was rationed during World War II. However, even in rationing individuals received enough to have about three cups a day. The reason for the rationing was to ensure that troops had enough tea for their morale and comfort. More than a beverage, as one site put it, “tea was a symbol of national unity. Drinking it provided a warm, comforting sense of home in the midst of combat. Additional benefits were the caffeine that helped troops stay awake, and the water-based drink helped them stay hydrated. Perhaps they also drank less alcohol.
Another site claims that Prime Minister Winston Churchill called tea more important than ammunition and a quarter pound of Twinings tea was included in all Red Cross packages (an estimated twenty million) and field rations. The site also reports that annual government purchases in order of weight were bullets, tea, artillery shells, bombs, and explosives.
Tea was considered so important that Minister of Food, Lord Woolton told tea company to “remove
A tragic incident occurred on June 13, 1944 when the British 22nd Armored Brigade stopped for a tea break in the village of Villers-Bocage near Normandy. The Germans took advantage of the situation and attacked the “tea party.” The British lost fourteen tanks, nine half-tracks, four gun carriers, and two anti-tank guns, and over two hundred men in a mere fifteen minutes. As a result of this, the Centurion tank produced at the end of the war was equipped with the “Boiling Vessel,” a cube-shaped electric boiler that allowed the crew to brew a cup without leaving the safety of the tank.
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A Lesson in Love
Born and raised in London, Isobel Turvine knows nothing about farming, but after most of the students in her school evacuate during Operation Pied Piper, she’s left with little to do. Then her friend Margery talks her into joining the Women’s Land Army, and she finds herself working the land at a manor home in Yorkshire that’s been converted to a boys’ school. A teacher at heart, she is drawn to the lads, but the handsome yet stiff-necked headmaster wants her to stick to farming.
Left with an arm that barely works from the last “war to end all wars,” Gavin Emerson agrees to take on the job of headmaster when his school moves from London to Yorkshire, but he’s saddled with the quirky manor owner, bickering among his teachers, and a gaggle of Land Army girls who have turned the grounds into a farm. When the group’s blue-eyed, raven-haired leader nearly runs him down in a car, he admonishes her to stay in the fields, but they are thrown together at every turn. Can he trust her not to break his heart?
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