Historians compile list of "the most stressful years in world history" - do you agree?

[Antonio the Sixth]

1942 had to be worse than 1944, since by 1944 the writing was clearly on the wall for the outcome of the war. Of course that was cold comfort for the people who died, but at least there was a sense that it would be over soon. In 1942 it seemed plausible that Germany would win, or at least fight to a draw that would see it dominating most of continental Europe.