Why the allies won
by Richard Overy, R. J. Overy · first published 1995
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I highly recommend reading "Why the Allies Won" by Dr Richard Overy. Everybody just assumes that the Allies were bound to win, but if you look at the early period you can see that it was far from inevitable. Overy does a fantastic job of analysing…
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