The New York Times asked its readers to pick America's greatest year, and the results make for fascinating reading:
I would just like to take issue with one reader who writes as follows:
It’s the winter of 1944-1945 and the 101st Airborne is taking on multiple SS Panzer divisions in the Ardennes. America has come through four years of war and with its allies has almost defeated the Axis powers in Europe and the Pacific. America is united by a cause, not divided and polarized as it is now.
It’s the winter of 1944-1945 and the 101st Airborne is taking on multiple SS Panzer divisions in the Ardennes. America has come through four years of war and with its allies has almost defeated the Axis powers in Europe and the Pacific. America is united by a cause, not divided and polarized as it is now.
Peter Litton, London
Having recently read Anthony Beevor's gripping account of the Ardennes campaign, I think this choice is as good as any. But surely "America has come through three years of war" not four at this juncture?
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