I've been following 
WW2 Tweets from 1940, following WW2 events in "real time but tape-delayed" by 62 years. (There's a 
related Facebook Page) Today they republished some 
survey results that were in Life magazine. 
They summarized it as "56% think Germany will win the war - against 24% for Allies. 70% for immediate draft." but the question I liked best was the final one:
 
That seems like a lot of optimism to me, considering! But we muddled through.
I liked how the London Olympics opening had a tribute to the National Health, but I wondered if they were showing off to the Americans