In 1940, the British government was funding research in to a number of technologies that had the potential to help win the war; technologies like radar, proximity fuzes, jet planes, ASDIC, and of course, the atomic bomb. But the Battle of Britain was on, and British factories were turning out fighter planes and other immediate war needs. There was no spare capacity to develop and build these new technologies.
So the British turned to the United States, the nation famous for its mass production.
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Fanfare
Opening War Theme
Water Music
Composed in 1717 by George Frideric Handel. Public domain.
Performed by the Bath Festival Orchestra. Public domain recording. Source.
Closing War Theme
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