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The French Army's Wine Ration

World War I Podcast by MacArthur Memorial

Dec 5, 202433:05Society & Culture

As stalemate ensued on the Western Front in the fall of 1914, the French Army began providing a daily wine ration for its soldiers stationed there. As the war went on, the ration went from about ¼ litre to about a bottle...

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