What Food did Soldiers Eat?

This episode is Sponsored by Wix! Support the Simple History channel by going to: https://www.wix.com/go/simplehistory What did soldiers eat throughout history, we explore army rations and logistics from the ancient era up until modern times. Become a Simple History member: https://www.youtube.com/simplehistory/join Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simplehistory Copyright: DO NOT translate and re-upload our content on Youtube or other social media. SIMPLE HISTORY MERCHANDISE Get the Simple History books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Daniel-Turner-%60/e/B00H5TYLAE/ T-Shirts https://teespring.com/stores/simple-history-official-merch Simple history gives you the facts, simple! See the book collection here: Amazon USA http://www.amazon.com/Daniel-Turner/e/B00H5TYLAE/ Amazon UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/Daniel-Turner/e/B00H5TYLAE/ https://www.facebook.com/Simple-History-549437675141192/ https://twitter.com/SimpleHistoryYT Credit: Created by Daniel Turner Narrator: Christian H. Miles www.christianhmiles.co.uk Music Credit: Juniper , Enchanted Journey by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100186 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Sources: Barber, R. 1978. Edward Prince of Wales and Aquitaine: A Biography of the Black Prince. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press Cole, T. 2015. Henry V: The Life of the Warrior King and the Battle of Agincourt 1415. Stroud: Amberley Publishing Coss, J. Edward. 2013. All for the King s Shilling: The British Soldier Under Wellington, 1808-1814. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. Dio, C. 1925. Roman History, Volume VIII: Books 61-70. Translated by Earnest Cary, Herbert B. Foster. Loeb Classical Library 176. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press Gabriel, A. Richard. 2007. Soldier’s Lives Through History: The Ancient World. Wesport: Greenwood Press Hardy, R. 1992. Longbow. Bois d Arc Press Martyris, N. 2015. Appetite For War: What Napoleon And His Men Ate On The March. https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/06/18/414614705/appetite-for-war-what-napoleon-and-his-men-ate-on-the-march?t=1548356721744 Morkot, Robert. 2003. The A to Z of Ancient Egyptian Warfare. Lanham: The Scarecrow Press Inc. Phillips, Colonel Dwight E. 1995. Napoleon: Grandfather of the MRE. Army Logistician. U.S. Army Logistics Management Center Roth, P. Jonathan. 1999. The Logistics of the Roman Army at War: 264 B.C. - A.D. 235. Leiden: Brill Rupp, R. 2015. When Feeding the Troops, Flavor is Rarely on the Menu. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/people-and-culture/food/the-plate/2015/03/04/feeding-the-troops/ Sekunda, N. (2002). Greek Military Cuisine Wellesley, A. 1868. Despatches, Correspondence, and Memoranda of Field Marshal Arthur Duke of Wellington (Vol. III), K.G. London: W. Clowes and Sons https://www.95th-rifles.co.uk/research/rations/ Daly, G. (2013). The British Soldier in the Peninsular War: Encounters with Spain and Portugal, 1808-1814 (War, Culture and Society, 1750-1850) The Art of Warfare in the Age of Napoleon By Gunther E. Rothenberg https://www.95th-rifles.co.uk/research/rations/