Which of the following events do you think proved most decisive to the outcome of the Second World War? Please choose up to three

Which of the following events do you think proved most decisive to the outcome of the Second World War? Please choose up to three Published on 15 September 2015 → Survey conducted on 15 September 2015 on 10107 GB adults

All adults

Region

Gender

Politics

Age

Atomic bombs dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki

33%

Britain’s bombing of Hamburg

D-Day

31%

Germany’s surrender at Stalingrad

15%

Russia’s invasion of Berlin

The Battle of Britain

30%

The US entering the war

29%

Other

All equally decisive

16%

Don’t know

18%

Atomic bombs dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki

33%

Britain’s bombing of Hamburg

D-Day

31%

Germany’s surrender at Stalingrad

15%

Russia’s invasion of Berlin

The Battle of Britain

30%

The US entering the war

29%

Other

All equally decisive

16%

Don’t know

18%

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