Happy New Year 1942: Where was Churchill?
Question: I was born in 1942 (Niagara Falls, New York). I have a sentimental curiosity over where Churchill was as his pocket watch second hand swept from 1941 to 1942. Do you know the circumstances on that New Year’s Eve? —E.C., Michigan, USA
Answer: Unexpectedly (because I don’t know many of his end-of-year pronouncements), I do. Don’t tell me you were born on January 1st. If you were, Churchill might have been hurtling past Niagara Falls virtually at the same time!
It was a key moment in his story, and in the history of World War II.…