As the nutritional value of official civilian rations remained below subsistence level, the French continued to evade all control efforts and depended on the illegal market for their survival: countermanding food restrictions became something of a national pastime.
The French continued to evade all control efforts. The French depended on the illegal market for their survival. The nutritional value of official civilian rations remained below subsistence level. Countermanding food restrictions became something of a national pastime.