Wartime rationing in the USA was a picnic in the park compared to life in the UK during the war.
Britain imported most of its food, and those shipments were now threatened by German U-boats, while the Luftwaffe was bombing British cities.
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Playlist:
Fanfare
Opening War Theme
English Folk Song Suite
Composed in 1923 by Ralph Vaughan Williams. Public domain.
Performed by the Ulm Philharmonic Orchestra and used pursuant to an EFF: Open Audio License. Source.
Closing War Theme
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