A comparison with the blockade of Germany raises the possibility that the U-boat campaign threatened British morale more directly than it threatened starvation. Dig for Victory complicates a simple account of Britain being starved into defeat. British personnel serving around the world also drew food from other regions. Those factors affect how the population's food requirements and the effects of blockade are assessed.
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Atlantic blockade, morale and Britain's food supply
Dig for Victory and the supply of personnel overseas complicate comparisons between Britain's Atlantic supply danger and Germany's experience of blockade.