http://www.davidrumsey.com/rumsey/Size4/D5005/8563000.jpg
If you look at this map from 1942 it shows one of the primary resources of New zealand was actually Cheese, Im curious, how important was Cheese to the war compared to other food like corn, beef and bread?
What were its uses? is there something inherently special in cheese that make it a strong wartime good like storageability?
the map just details the natural and industrial resources produced in NZ during WWII. It also shows e.g. sheep and timber. There is nothing about cheese being important. NZ was, and is still is, a big producer of dairy goods. I'm not even sure if this is a serious question, but cheese and dairy products are generally not very well suited for transport or storage. Cheese is not particularly important during war, although I believe it was rationed in Europe during WWII as most food commodities were.
Is that you Charlie?
