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"Turnip winter" (oct 21, 1916 – mar 21, 1917)

Description:

- British ships blockade Germany's ports, food cannot enter country
- hard frosts destroy potato crop, people live on turnips

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Date:

oct 21, 1916
mar 21, 1917
~ 5 months