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In 1939, with war in Europe looking likely, the British government began to prepare for the worst, starting with acknowledging its need to re-arm. The British manufacturing industry swung into action, upping production of the British Army’s standard-issue Lee-Enfield rifle. The government established the British Purchasing Commission, headed by industrialist Arthur Purvis, to ask American arms manufacturers to procure enough weapons to arm Britain’s military as it rapidly expanded to a wartime footing. ...
In 1939, with war in Europe looking likely, the British government began to prepare for the worst, starting with acknowledging its need to re-arm. The British manufacturing industry swung into action, upping production of the British Army’s standard-issue Lee-Enfield rifle. The government established the British Purchasing Commission, headed by industrialist Arthur Purvis, to ask American arms manufacturers to procure enough weapons to arm Britain’s military as it rapidly expanded to a wartime footing. ...