Richard Overy and The World War II

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World War II was one of the greatest wars in our history. Richard Overy wrote Why the Allies Won to explain his taking of how this happened. Why the Allies Won is about how Germany was in almost full control of Europe and Germany felt like they should start moving into the Middle East. Germany and Japan had felt since they took over large lands in 1942, they should try to take over the rest of the world. This caused the Second World War. The other countries were not going to let Germany and Japan take over without a fight. The Allies, the Soviet Union, the United States and Britain, was one of the most powerful alliances there was. They had the resources and the power they needed. They also had the technology to help them conquer. Germany did not expect the Allies to be so powerful. The economics within the countries had also been a factor. Richard Overy explains many aspects of the war. He gives details about the economic standings within each country. Another factor he discusses in the book is the leadership. Richard Overy discusses how there was a paradox about democracy was saved. He discusses what was saved because of the war. Richard Overy also gives insight about what was happening during the way. Richard Overy looked into the ways of not only how the allies won the war, but also why they won the war. There were many who thought that the war was over before it began. It seemed as though the allies winning the war was meant to be. It also seemed like a movie, the good guys versus the bad guys. In the movies the good guys always win, and this is what happened in the Second World War. There are many different factors that Richard Overy explains as to “why the allies won” the Second World War. Richard Overy gave many reas... ... middle of paper ... ...they would have more planes in the air. They would also have more planes to fly when they needed them. Since the Soviet Union had the one plane being made, they had out produced the Germans in their aircraft. I think that Overy makes a good point here. If Germany did not worry as much about how their aircraft looked or the design of the planes then they may have had a better opportunity to win the war. If they one had one version of an aircraft instead of more than forty, then they would have had more war materials to fight. They would have had a better opportunity to take down the allies planes, but instead the allies had the better opportunity to take down the axis planes. Overy makes a good argument about the aircraft. This time was a very important time in our history. A speech by Winston Churchill during this time gave us an insight about what was going on.

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