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Bullets and Booze: How WWII Changed America's Drinks (2024x119)

Fecha de emisión: Nov 01, 2024

Eighty-two years ago, on November 1, 1942, America's distilleries were faced with a second prohibition, this time coming from the War Production Board. No more liquor would be produced by the nation’ s distilleries, as the entire efforts of their industry was needed to produce war alcohol. It is one of the many ways that America's booze was affected by the World War.