En 1940, inmediatamente después de la caída de Francia a mano de los alemanes, el economista John Maynard Keynes escribió a un corresponsal: "A título personal, ahora me siento completamente confiado por primera vez de que ganaremos la guerra".
In 1940, immediately after the fall of France to the Germans, the economist John Maynard Keynes wrote to a correspondent: “Speaking for myself I now feel completely confident for the first time that we will win the war.” Likewise, many Brits are now more confident about the future.