<Tr> <Th> Released </Th> <Td> 1939 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Songwriter (s) </Th> <Td> Ross Parker, Hughie Charles </Td> </Tr> <P> "We'll Meet Again" is a 1939 British song made famous by singer Vera Lynn with music and lyrics composed and written by Ross Parker and Hughie Charles . The song is one of the most famous of the Second World War era, and resonated with soldiers going off to fight and their families and sweethearts . </P> <P> The song gave its name to the 1943 musical film We'll Meet Again in which Dame Vera Lynn played the lead role (see 1943 in music). Lynn's recording is featured in the final scene of Stanley Kubrick's 1964 film Dr. Strangelove, and was also used in the closing scenes of the 1986 BBC television serial The Singing Detective . British director John Schlesinger used the song in his 1979 World War II film, Yanks, which is about British citizens and American soldiers during the military buildup in the UK as the Allies prepared for the D - Day Invasion . </P>

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