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that Beethoven s 5th became known as the victory symphony because of the allied forces V for victory slogan during WW2. After noticing that the first four notes of the symphony sound like the morse code for the letter V, the BBC played that motif on the timpani before every wartime broadcast.

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Fun Fact: that Beethoven’s 5th became known as the victory symphony because of the allied forces “V for victory” slogan during WW2. After noticing that the first four notes of the symphony sound like the morse code for the letter V, the BBC played that motif on the timpani before every wartime broadcast.

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