History
Review Why the Allies Won－Richard Overy
World of History II 1002C
The Second War is the global military battle that started in 1939 and end in 1945, involving most of the countries of the world, including all the leading powers. Eventually, they divided into two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. Meanwhile, this war is the largest and casualties in the history of warfare. For the vast majority of people, The Second World War brought an enormous impact to them. As the British military historian, Richard Overy believes that an Allied victory in the Second World War was inevitable. He holds his viewpoint that the combined economic resources of the British, Soviets, especially the Americans were bound to overwhelm the Axis powers such that the Allied victory was a predictable conclusion by 1943.
At very beginning of the book, Richard Overy said, the vast majority of Allied resources are worse than the axis's in almost every area before 1943；however, he asks the difficult question that is if Allied victory was so certain in 1943, why is every person would have concluded that the Axis were definitively win the war in the summer 1942? Start with the inconceivable Japanese win the post-Pearl Harbor which they had trashed allied forces from the India to the Solomon, capturing two sizeable American (the Philippines) and British (Malaya) armies in the process. Add this the almost total Axis control of Europe from the Atlantic to the Russian steppes, and their upcoming capture of Egypt, along with the apparent stoppage of Soviet resistance; according to these events, it looked like an Axis victory was a matter of time.
In this book, Overy tolerantly put forward his standpoint one after another to demonstrate allies certainly triumph over the axis powers. He believes that the Allies even in a horrible situation, they also can modify their battle plan to improve their performance over a great quantity military and economic area and won the Second World
World of History II 1002C
The Second War is the global military battle that started in 1939 and end in 1945, involving most of the countries of the world, including all the leading powers. Eventually, they divided into two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. Meanwhile, this war is the largest and casualties in the history of warfare. For the vast majority of people, The Second World War brought an enormous impact to them. As the British military historian, Richard Overy believes that an Allied victory in the Second World War was inevitable. He holds his viewpoint that the combined economic resources of the British, Soviets, especially the Americans were bound to overwhelm the Axis powers such that the Allied victory was a predictable conclusion by 1943.
At very beginning of the book, Richard Overy said, the vast majority of Allied resources are worse than the axis's in almost every area before 1943；however, he asks the difficult question that is if Allied victory was so certain in 1943, why is every person would have concluded that the Axis were definitively win the war in the summer 1942? Start with the inconceivable Japanese win the post-Pearl Harbor which they had trashed allied forces from the India to the Solomon, capturing two sizeable American (the Philippines) and British (Malaya) armies in the process. Add this the almost total Axis control of Europe from the Atlantic to the Russian steppes, and their upcoming capture of Egypt, along with the apparent stoppage of Soviet resistance; according to these events, it looked like an Axis victory was a matter of time.
In this book, Overy tolerantly put forward his standpoint one after another to demonstrate allies certainly triumph over the axis powers. He believes that the Allies even in a horrible situation, they also can modify their battle plan to improve their performance over a great quantity military and economic area and won the Second World