The Second World War was one of the greatest wars in our history. Richard Overy wrote Why the Allies Won to explain his view of how this happened. Why the Allies won had to do with the fact that Germany had almost complete control of Europe and felt they should start establishing a foothold in the Middle East. Germany and Japan felt, ever since they conquered large territories in 1942, that they should try to conquer the rest of the world. This caused World War II. The other countries were not going to let Germany and Japan take power without a fight. The Allies, the Soviet Union, the United States and Great Britain, constituted one of the most powerful alliances in existence. 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 economic situation within countries was also a factor. Richard Overy explains many aspects of the war. It gives details on the economic situation of each country. Another factor he talks about in the book is leadership. Richard Overy explains how there was a paradox as to whether democracy was saved. He talks about what was saved through war. Richard Overy also gives an insight into what happened during the ride. Richard Overy studied not only how the Allies won the war, but also why they won the war. Many thought the war was over before it even began. It seemed that the Allies had to win the war. It also felt like a movie, good guys versus bad guys. In movies, the good guys always win, and that's what happened in World War II. There are many different factors that Richard Overy explains as to "why the Allies won" World War II. Richard Overy gave many reasons...... 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 only aircraft manufactured, they had outclassed the Germans in their aircraft. I think Overy makes a good point here. If Germany had not been so concerned with the appearance or design of its aircraft, it may have had a better opportunity to win the war. If they had one version of a plane instead of over forty, then they would have had more war material to fight against. They would have had a better opportunity to shoot down the Allied planes, but instead the Allies had the better opportunity to shoot down the Axis planes. Overy makes a good argument about the plane. This era was a very important period in our history. A speech by Winston Churchill around this time gave us a glimpse of what was happening..