As a kid at primary school in Congleton, Cheshire I well remember morning lessons being held up with a news broadcast on the radio giving live commentary from the D Day landing – June 1944.
However as I think over WW2 I have long held the belief that the two crucial events of WW2 are the Evacuation from Dunkirk and the battle for Stalingrad. The first saved so many thousands troops to fight on and Stalingrad proved that Germany was far from being invincible, the real turning point of the war (Of course Napoleon suffered the same fate in 1812)
It is therefore with real pleasure that the 75th anniversary of the Dunkirk evacuation is now being celebrated. I only hope that the Allies will join with Russia to celebrate the 75th anniversary of battle for Stalingrad in August 2017.
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