1943: The Victory that never was by Grigg, John
1943: The Victory that never was by Grigg, John
Hardcover, ISBN 9780413396105
Publisher: Methuen Publishing Ltd, 1980 First Edition.
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On 6 June 1944, D-Day, Allied troops landed in France, opening the way to eventual victory. In this thought-provoking, controversial reappraisal of the course of the Second World War, John Grigg suggests that the Allied invasion could have been launched successfully in 1943.
Beginning with America's entry into the war, he explores policy and grand strategy from 1941 onwards and shows how many of the decisions were misconceived. He discusses the roles of the Big Three, especially the Churchill-Roosevelt relationship, and illuminates key factors such as the misguided hostility towards France's de Gaulle, the North African campaign, the campaign in Italy and the attempt to win the war by the indiscriminate bombing of civilians in Germany. If the Western Allies had decided to invade in 1943 John Grigg believes their triumph might have been greater, and the scale of the human tragedy vastly reduced.
