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[โ€“] exocrinous@startrek.website 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Boomers weren't children during WWII. Boomer means baby boomer, as in someone born during the baby boom. The baby boom happened after the war ended.

Good point. But rationing continued in the UK until 1954 so it did affect them.