Well Wiki states that Whittle was finnished with his patent first. But there is also an old story and comedy about Swan v Edison and who really invented the lightbulb. For me i think Swan is the true inventor.
However, the first operational jet engine was invented by a German nonetheless..this is a matter of historical record.
I think you need to understand the concept of Multiple Discovery, and that what your prejudice tells you think is pretty irrelevant to the point being made. Swan v Edison is mirrored by Bell v Gray (Bells telephone looked suspiciously like Gray's patent) and Darwin v Wallace and so on.....if Edison stole Swans patents then why did they work together and form a joint company? Also if you want to go down the route of the inventor being the first to demonstrate an electric incandescent lightbulb there are over twenty other inventors who can claim that accolade..both Edison and Swan were working from others inventions, Edison simply came up with the most efficient and commercial design.
Decide for yourself i guess but one thing you can say is that Britain and Germany have some serious modern inventions under thier belts.
As did America, Other European and Asian Countries and a vast number of other countries and their citizens.
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