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[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 10 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 10 months ago

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