Money was another resource issue. The UK was broke in 1945. Then, things got worse.
Bread was freely available throughout the war, but rationing started in 1946. In 1947, even potatoes started being rationed. Petrol (rationed throughout the war) was completely unavailable for private citizens from 1947-1948.
Food rationing didn't end until 1954; petrol rationing finally ended in 1957.
Researchers would find it difficult to get the resources necessary to build a large chemical plant. They might have found it easier to cannibalize a chemical weapons factory for parts than import or manufacture them from scratch.
The UK lacked the domestic uranium deposits of the US, and the then-functioning mines in Estonia, Czechoslovakia, and Bulgaria were unavailable. However, ore from Canada would be an obvious source.
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Bread was freely available throughout the war, but rationing started in 1946. In 1947, even potatoes started being rationed. Petrol (rationed throughout the war) was completely unavailable for private citizens from 1947-1948.
Food rationing didn't end until 1954; petrol rationing finally ended in 1957.
Researchers would find it difficult to get the resources necessary to build a large chemical plant. They might have found it easier to cannibalize a chemical weapons factory for parts than import or manufacture them from scratch.
The UK lacked the domestic uranium deposits of the US, and the then-functioning mines in Estonia, Czechoslovakia, and Bulgaria were unavailable. However, ore from Canada would be an obvious source.