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“The end of the beginning” was certainly not El Alamein but some event on the Eastern Front (I personally vote for the winter campaign of 1941-42).
by paganel 6y ago
“The end of the beginning” was certainly not El Alamein but some event on the Eastern Front (I personally vote for the winter campaign of 1941-42).
- lostlogin 6y agoPerhaps, but El Alamein was what Churchill was discussing in his speech from which that quote comes. “ On 10 November, knowing that El Alamein was a victory, he delivered one of his most memorable war speeches to the Lord Mayor's Luncheon at the Mansion House in London, in response to the Allied victory at El Alamein: "This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.” From: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill#%22We_shall_never_surrender%22 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill#%22We_shal... Speech here: http://www.churchill-society-london.org.uk/EndoBegn.html http://www.churchill-society-london.org.uk/EndoBegn.html
- hef19898 6y agoAgree. And it is important to note, that Russia did no recieve a lot of lend-lease stuff at that point in time. After that, sure they did get a lot.