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A ration stamp of the city of Erfurt, 1917 for 1 kilogram (2.2 lb) of turnips per week

The Turnip Winter (German: Steckrübenwinter) of 1916 to 1917 was a period of profound civilian hardship in Germany during World War I.

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agricultural production by taking so many farmers into their armies. The turnip winter of 1916–17 already showed severe shortages. By 1918, German cities were...

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and German casualties. The Turnip Winter begins—a period of famine in which the German people were driven to subsist on turnips. 1917 1 February The German...

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freezing 'Turnip Winter' of 1916-17 only compounded the growing subsistence problem; wheat and potato crops failed and Germans had to turn to turnips to satisfy...

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British blockade that cut off imports from abroad. The winter of 1916–1917 was known as the "turnip winter", because that vegetable, usually fed to livestock...

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potato supply ran short, and Germans substituted almost inedible turnips; the "turnip winter" of 1917–18 was remembered with bitter distaste for generations...

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virtually collapsed, with people eating animal fodder to survive the Turnip Winter. Conditions in Vienna worsened as the army got priority in the food...

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