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Andres Valdre
If I remember correctly, the in-garrison bread ration of the German army was one-half kilogram (one pound) of black bread (called Kommisbrot) per day. This was for breakfast and for lunch, both cold meals, eaten with preserves, ersatz-honey, sausage, sometimes cheese.
The evening meal was hot. In garrison, it was based on potatoes, meat was served perhaps twice a weeks. It was often a one-pot meal, of the goulash type.
The combat ration was probably the same, though it did not always reach the troops.
There was no such thing as a 'ration' for German PWs in American hands. At the end of the war, we probably got less than 500 calories per day. In work camp, starting in June 1945, the ration was supposed to be 1800 calories per day, but I have very serious doubts that it reached that level routinely much before the end of 1945 in the camp where I was. The shortfall was probably due to black market operations by the American camp administration. Starting in 1946, things got better rapidly as the number of PWs at the camp decreased and black market profits declined, and by summer we were very well fed; I would guess in the neighborhood of 3000 calories a day.
I have no documentation to prove above.
Heinz
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