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[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 9 months 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.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

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