Trump claims the United States won the Second World War. Putin claims the Soviet Union won it. So what did Britain do?

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We took up arms against Hitler in 1939 at a time when Russia was co-operating with Germany in the carve-up of Poland, and the US didn't want to get involved in Britain's fight. Our role in the greatest conflict in human history was not to win the war nor lose the war but to keep it going long enough for Moscow and Washington to join in.

Meanwhile, if I were planning a big celebration of VJ-Day on August 15 this year, I might just reflect on the

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