Mike Brown examines the milestone events that led to the nation's progressive change of heart from paranoia and defeatism in the early years of World War II, to the growing confidence that followed El Alamein in 1942. - See more at: http://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/index.php/the-day-peace-broke-outthe-ve-day-experience.html#sthash.uRQ3gRPn.dpuf