If we were told to give an explanation of why the allies won, you would have a book the size of Richard Overy's 330 page book titled, "Why the Allies Won." Overy work is masterful and convincing. As a historian he challenges the generally accepted stock answers to the question,
"why did the Allies win?" For Overy, to ask such a question is to presuppose that there was nothing pre-ordained about Allied success (Overy pg 1). To understand the Allied victory, Overy asserts that we must realize that explanations of resources, technology, of fighting men, are not enough on their own to explain victory. The moral dimension to warfare, he asserts, is inseparable from any understanding of the outcome. The role of human agency is extensive. With this