Gotthard and Gage's Great Poll

Discussion in 'General' started by Gage, Feb 6, 2009.

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Which Year of WWII do you find the most interesting?

  1. 1939

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  2. 1940

    3.1%
  3. 1941

    16.0%
  4. 1942

    9.2%
  5. 1943

    14.5%
  6. 1944

    9.2%
  7. 1945

    48.1%
  1. dbf

    dbf Moderatrix MOD

    Given my specific interest in my father's Battalion, I could've gone for the obvious - 1944 - but I have voted for 1945. Simply for the aftermath - and how the manoeuvrings shaped subsequent world politics.
     
  2. Ron Goldstein

    Ron Goldstein WW2 Veteran WW2 Veteran

    I voted for the whole era simply because I was very much involved in the war during the years 1939 to 1945.

    1939 Aged 16, I found myself packed off by my parents to Hove
    1940 Back in London in time for the Blitz
    1941 Commuting daily into London and serving as an Air Raid warden at night
    1942 October saw me called up into the Forces
    1943 In April I was posted to North Africa and subsequently arrived in Sicily & Italy
    1944 Enjoyed life at Monte Cassino
    1945 Saw a different side of the Army with the 4th Hussars and finished up chasing wanted ex-SS War Criminals in Austria
     
  3. MyOldDad

    MyOldDad Senior Member

    It has to be 1942 - the most pivotal year of the war. Until then Hitler was unstoppable and at the peak of his power. 1942 brought Stalingrad and Alamein, the great turning points of the war.
    "The Germans have received back again that measure of fire and steel which they have so often meted out to others. Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning" - Winston Churchill.
     
  4. Gerard

    Gerard Seelow/Prora

    Wow, its amazing how many people voted for "the whole era". It is fairly difficult to pinpoint one year. Everyone can quite justifiable point to each year as being interesting. Well done everyone who has voted so far.
     
  5. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

    Voted for whole era too.
    Later this year will have to read up on the campaign in Poland.
    After all it will be 70th Anniversary.
     
  6. spidge

    spidge RAAF RESEARCHER

    Voted for whole era too.
    Later this year will have to read up on the campaign in Poland.
    After all it will be 70th Anniversary.

    I wonder how many anniversaries or "firsts" there were September to December 1939?
     
  7. Gage

    Gage The Battle of Barking Creek

    Wow, its amazing how many people voted for "the whole era". It is fairly difficult to pinpoint one year. Everyone can quite justifiable point to each year as being interesting. Well done everyone who has voted so far.

    Along with GH, I thank all of you who have so far taken part.

    Would have been interesting if 'Whole Era' had been left out. But maybe some forum members wouldn't be able to take part and pick just one year.
     
  8. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

  9. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

    Bet U thought I'd say 1940.

    I actually went for 1944.
     
  10. James S

    James S Very Senior Member

    One year , 1943 - it was the year in which the Pigeons came home to roost as far as the Third Reich went.
    Everything finally came together in the Atlantic , Stalingrad finally fell ,Goebbels asked the German people if they wanted "total war , Bombing by day and by night finally brought home the harsh cold reality of war to Germany , the destruction of the Luftwaffe dayfighter force began , the end in Africa, Kursk decided the war in the east, Italy was invaded and left the Axis, Scharnhorst sunk off North Cape , Tirpitz crippled.
    In Europe it was the year which finally confirmed that the Axis would be beaten.
    In the far east the Japanese Empire was starting to fall apart , they had reached and past their high tide and now their gains were being taken back.
     
  11. ShropshireMad

    ShropshireMad Member

    Blast i liked the whole era option, it took away the need to think.
    Oh well better think about this........ Got to be 1940

    Neil
     
  12. urqh

    urqh Senior Member

  13. Recce_Mitch

    Recce_Mitch Very Senior Member

    I picked 1940 as Dad was at Dunkirk.

    Cheers
    Paul
     
  14. Drew5233

    Drew5233 #FuturePilot 1940 Obsessive

    Good to see someone pic 1939 at last :D
     
  15. Macca

    Macca Member

    1942
    How could you go beyond Midway, Guadalcanal, Alamein and the beginning of the end at Stalingrad
     
  16. Philip Reinders

    Philip Reinders Very Senior Member

    1944 Market Garden and liberation of Holland
     
  17. Gage

    Gage The Battle of Barking Creek

  18. Gerard

    Gerard Seelow/Prora

    Yes, Come on lads. Cant sit on the fence anymore, VP has removed it!! :D
     
  19. mosin_nagant

    mosin_nagant Member

    I voted for 1944 because i always found the conflict between the Americans and Japanese VERY interesting. And my most favourite moment in that point was the Battle of Iwo Jima!
     
  20. Gage

    Gage The Battle of Barking Creek

    1944 has got this pretty much sown up by the looks of it (still think 1940, so there).
     

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