Hi Evan, >From talking with friends who lived through the blitz and with those I have >known who served with British forces, the people seemed to feel the tide had >turned with the victories at North Africa and Stalingrad in 1943. There was >guarded hope with the apparent winning of the battle of Britain (it must be >remembered that Britons were not at all certain that the invasion was not >coming) and El Alamein, though surely a resounding victory and heartening to >the British, was still not enough to make them feel that they had turned the >corner. It was the complete victory over the German and Italian troops in >North Africa coupled with the Russian victory at the siege of Stalingrad that >apparently gave must Britons the feeling that the corner had finally been >turned on what was still a long road to victory.
Hope this helps. Best, Quinn ----- Original Message ----- From: EvanQ<mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 7:52 PM Subject: [ChurchillChat] When did the tide turn? When did people in England feel that World War II had turned in the Allies' favor? I'm reading the Official Biography, and the Documents and yes, all the footnotes. What I wonder about is the people who had survived the Great War and died during WWII. Some of them would have died with England hanging on by a thread, and others with the feeling that England would eventually triumph again. What date/year/battle would that have been? Also, I've been struck by the number of people who were very anti-Winston in the post World War I years, but who served in his Government during WWII. Can anyone point me to a book or article discussing this? Thanks, Evan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat?hl=en.
