One way you might look at it is when British movies changed. "Went the Day
Well" was released in December of 1942. It showed the effect of a German
invasion on a small corner of Britain (told in flashback, the movie opens with
a local pointing to a grave stating "It was the only piece of England the
Jerries got" or words to that effect). And even then, the movie is not so much
scaremongering about threatened invasion but a message of the various classes
uniting against a common enemy.
So I would say that shows the mental turning point as sometime in mid 1942.
> Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 10:16:15 -0700
> Subject: [ChurchillChat] Re: When did the tide turn?
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
>
> Here's an interesting article I read recently on the fantastic
> HistoryNet.com website, publishers of various history magazines.
>
> What Was the Turning Point of World War II?
> http://www.historynet.com/what-was-the-turning-point-of-world-war-ii.htm
>
> Not exactly your question, but it goes with it. I was surprised nobody
> cited the Battle of Britain as the war's turning point. I think it's
> part of the historian bias against the Western Powers and feeling that
> with all the blood spilled in the East, that Russia deserves the
> title. But without Britain holding on, there would have been no aid to
> the Soviets and no victory at Stalingrad. Since Churchill said,
> "Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this Island or lose the
> war," I'd argue that's what started lifting spirits, although there
> was much hard fighting ahead. The failure to sweep the RAF from the
> skies forced the Germans to postpone Operation Sea Lion indefinitely.
> Although people continued predicting swift victory throughout the
> later years, Churchill warned it would be a long slog and managed to
> predict the war's end correctly much farther out down the line. (I
> don't have the exact details handy, if anyone wants to add them.)
>
> On Aug 2, 10:52 pm, EvanQ <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 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
>
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