1917 Potato riots

Female workers with potatoes

The Potato riots in June–July 1917 was a popular uprising in the Dutch capital city Amsterdam that was caused by the food shortage in the Netherlands during World War I.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Potato eaters shot". International Institute of Social History. July 7, 1917.
  2. ^ "Potato riots in Amsterdam". Bendigo Advertiser. July 6, 1917. p. 7 – via National Library of Australia.

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