Why did the Italian army in World War II become a laughingstock?
At that time, in World War II, everyone must have thought that the United States, which had the strongest comprehensive strength at that time, had the best food, but it was precisely different to rank the food of the armies of various countries, and the first place was not the United States, but Italy. Don't look at Italy, although the combat results are not good, but they fight like tourism, meals have desserts, red wine, although the United States is not as good as Italy, but the degree of luxury in the United States is also not vain, there is meat to eat, meat to eat to want to vomit. But in stark contrast to the Chinese and Soviet armies, and the German, German, and Japanese food is magical, so how luxurious is the American and Italian food? And how bad are chinese and Soviet food? Why can German and Japanese food be called artifacts? This video allows me to understand the food comparison of the six countries in World War II, and friends who like it remember to like and pay attention. The first thing we're going to talk about is the U.S. Army Meal. As the United States, which only joined the war in the middle of World War II, because the two world wars did not affect the United States mainland, so the American factories began to operate in an all-round way, and the supply of materials for the front-line soldiers was quite sufficient, and the food eaten by the American soldiers on the battlefield was shocked by other countries.
In World War II, the most common food eaten by soldiers was C-type food and the total weight was about 3 kg, which consisted of six tin cans in total, which was the daily ration of American soldiers. Of the six cans, half of the cans are meat, called the m-ingredient, which can be freely chosen among ham, eggs, potatoes, and macaroni. The other three cans are needed by the human body. Carbohydrates are also essential ingredients, made from a combination of cereal, coffee, chocolate beans and other foods mixed with compressed biscuits. There are a variety of combinations according to the ingredients and the required ingredients, and the logistics staff will match them according to different recipes to form the energy source required by the soldiers. This kind of energy pairing with food has been ahead of the world trend for decades. So while soldiers from other countries were still on the front lines watching familiar bread and side dishes, American soldiers were already eating a nutritionally balanced and hearty buffet blind box. With the U.S. military having a supply of food for logistics troops at any cost, American soldiers rarely face the dilemma of insufficient supplies. After many American soldiers were captured by the Germans, many American troops immediately took out their combat rations and ate them, causing the Germans who guarded them to only drool. Looking at the rations in his hands was really difficult to swallow, and he really didn't know that he thought that the Germans were prisoners. But as U.S. troops, they were dissatisfied with their food.
One of the most important points is that although the U.S. military has a wide variety of meals, every meal of the U.S. military can never escape the lunch meat. During World War II, Spamm's canned luncheon meat became an indispensable source of protein for combat soldiers in World War II because of its simple preparation, rich nutrition and low price, and its taste was also very delicious. But no matter how delicious the food is eaten every day, it will always be disgusting. The American soldiers ate lunch meat in the morning and ate roast lunch meat at noon, and in the evening they put the lunch meat in the rice bowl, and finally after a day, when it was time for dinner the next morning, they were waiting for them with lunch meat pie. The various luncheon meats were not made of heavy samples, so American soldiers began to envy the Italian soldiers' food.
In World War II, don't look at the Italian war is not good, but their cooking level is absolutely world-class, as if they were not here to fight, but to go on vacation. Fresh vegetables from the Rear Garrison of Italy, as well as stews and soups fried in olive oil. The main food is pasta and bread potato cakes, and red wine and bread coffee are also available after meals. What's more, the above food is not a compressed biscuit, canned or the like, but a delicious dish made by the chef cook on the spot. The mere fact that a chef accompanied the army was enough to make soldiers in other countries want to see through. But that's not all, but the troops will have at least one cooking squad in combat, serving pizza and pasta, and sometimes even serving food such as drinks and drinks. You tell me, are you here to fight? He's not here for a vacation, is he? Of course, not all Italian soldiers were able to enjoy this treatment. The main reasons for this treatment are the troops in the rear. Because of the limited capacity of Italy's logistical forces, it did not have much advantage in controlling the seas. Therefore, compared with the rear troops, the fire of the soldiers on the front line was much worse than that of the rear troops, and coupled with the German army's happy buckle, the soldiers in the Italian front were even more dissatisfied. As a result, many Italian soldiers were unable to contribute.
They were very bad at fighting, because they all arranged them to the rear of the pension troops to enjoy a hearty meal. After talking about the United States and Italy, let's talk about Germany and Japan, two amazing countries. Why are these two countries called magical? Because their diet will change dramatically over time. The German food was basically lunch as the core, their three meals a day were divided according to the distance of the front line, the closer to the front line, the more generous the food. The Germans fighting on the front could eat rye bread and boiled vegetables, meat, sausages and butter jam every day, as well as coffee beans, chocolate and other desserts. The most special thing is that the German army also prepared tobacco and other consumables. During the march, German soldiers could even receive three or four servings of rye bread. The Food of the German Army can be said to be quite sumptuous, but this has also become a problem that plagues the German Army. The Germans supported the German food with high troops in the war, but as the war progressed, the german logistics expenditure was obviously overwhelmed. As a result, they often had food shortages on the battlefields of North Africa, and they could only barely fill their stomachs by withholding food from the Italian army. Later, due to the long-term lack of supply of vegetables and fruits, the German army gradually developed sepsis, which also greatly affected the combat effectiveness of the German army. On the battlefields in Europe, the German army was not well, and as the battle progressed, the German army fighting on the Eastern Front could only have 50g of bread per person per day, and 15 people could only have 1kg of potatoes. The severe decline in food also caused a serious lack of morale in the German army, which was also a reason for the defeat of the German army. The situation in Japan was similar to that of the German army, and the food of the Japanese army also changed with the change of time, and in the early days of their invasion of China, a lot of the materials came from China.
At that time, the food of an ordinary Soldier of The Japanese Soldier was quite abundant, with fine barley, fresh meat, vegetables, and many seasonings, and most of the food was distributed in the form of canned military food. In addition, the Japanese army will also have 400g of sake and 20 cigarettes as a concoction every day. Japan's productivity is very limited, and most of the food they can eat is self-sufficient in the occupied areas, and they can eat as much as they want. The Japanese Navy, on the other hand, relies entirely on domestic public welfare, and their treatment is much better, and they can enjoy Western-style full meals, curry beef and other specialties. Fed by such a sumptuous meal, many Japanese naval soldiers began to hate the taste of barley and poured it directly into the sea. While the Japanese Navy was wasting food recklessly, the Japanese troops stationed in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands could hardly eat. They could not plunder resources, and the supplies they transported could not meet the needs of the soldiers, and they even thought of opening up the land on the island and growing their own food. However, in the subsequent war, Japan gradually lost the initiative in the Pacific theater, and the areas it controlled were gradually lost, and naturally fell into exhaustion. Barley, which was dumped into the sea by the Navy at that time, has become a precious food. Sometimes the Japanese army could only eat porridge and pickles, which was a lunch. This has also formed a Japanese eating habit, and they like to eat bento tour. Most of the supply lines of the Japanese army are too long, many soldiers can not even achieve the most basic food rations, can only cook banana leaf bark to maintain business, many soldiers have different degrees of edema. In this case, either it becomes a problem, let alone marching to fight. Of course, the Germans and Japanese troops, at least from the beginning, were in good food conditions.
And when it comes to the Soviet Union, their food is called a miserable. The staple food of the Soviet soldiers was whole wheat bread, and after three days of baking, a whole wheat bread baked turned out to be a daily ration for ten soldiers. But don't underestimate this whole wheat bread, which has no nutrition, because of its existence, it has saved 400,000 lives, maintained the combat effectiveness of nearly 10 million people, and created a miracle in the history of war. But even such things are not easy to come by. Soviet soldiers also had to exchange the watches, rings, and other valuables worn by all the soldiers for hard-to-swallow brown bread and horse meat. The Soviets' beverages were tea bricks made from cream, butter, salt and sugar and tea. But the Soviet soldiers preferred the Fords to the drink. It was in these difficult times that U.S.-aided lunch meat became their favorite. It was because of the existence of luncheon meat that Khrushchev once said after the war that without luncheon meat, Soviet soldiers would have no food to eat. The food of Soviet soldiers has been quite solved, but compared with the Chinese food, the Soviet food can be called a big meal.
At that time, Chinese army soldiers only had 844gm per day, which could be about 44g of meat, 44g of beans and 19g of salt, which was far lower than the daily supply standard of normal soldiers. In such a situation, the troops have long been undernourished and severely underserved. But even these foods are exploited by high-energy layers, often short of pounds. The survival of the soldiers was problematic, and the troops were turned into beggars by many, and the treatment of the soldiers was slightly improved until the Food Supplied by the Americans. Compared with the Chinese army, the Food of the Eighth Route Army was even more scarce, but the Eighth Route Army shared the happiness and suffering of the people. In Yan'an, only those who need special care will be given some big gifts, and the rest of the personnel are all soup cooked with millet and cabbage.
Under such conditions, the food conditions of the Chinese army are very bleak, and eating can only reduce the degree of hunger, and there is no nutritional balance at all. During World War II, the food of soldiers of various countries and the performance of soldiers on the battlefield of various countries were also very different, and it was not possible to fight a good victory by eating well. The Existence of the Chinese army at the end of the food rankings has been fighting hard and has created one miracle after another of war. From the aspect of food, it is enough to see the difficulty of the Chinese army.
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