(Originally published 29 April 2022)
The title of this blog does not refer to the verse in the bible in the book of Exodus chapter 16 verse 15:”And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.”
But I do think it must have been the inspiration for the allied forces in April 1945.
In September 1944, trains in the Netherlands ground to a halt. Dutch railway workers were hoping that a strike could stop the transport of Nazi troops, helping the advancing Allied forces.
But the Allied campaign named ‘Market Garden’ had failed, and the Nazis punished the Netherlands by blocking food supplies, plunging the northern part of the country into famine. By the time the Netherlands was liberated…
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History of Sorts 
A burlap sack or gunny sack, also known as a gunny shoe, hessian sack or tow sack, is a bag, traditionally made of fibres which are also known as “tow,” such as hessian fabric (burlap) formed from jute, hemp or other natural fibres.
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