U.S. calls for invasion of Europe in 1943

1st April 1942: The debate over the future conduct of the war - and the pace of preparations for invading France - begins in earnest

Recruits at an infantry training centre in Southern Command bayonet sacks of straw on an assault course, 1 April 1942.

Continuing their regular correspondence Churchill wrote to Roosevelt on the current war situation:

1st April 1942

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All now depends upon the vast Russo-German struggle. It looks as if the heavy German offensive may not break till after the …