The Second World War was one of the greatest wars in our history. Richard Overy wrote Why the Allies Won to explain his interpretation of how this happened. Why the Allies Won talks about how Germany was almost in full control of Europe and how Germany felt they had to start moving into the Middle East. Germany and Japan had thought, ever since they had conquered vast 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 over without a fight. The Allies, the Soviet Union, the United States and Great Britain, constituted one of the most powerful alliances that existed. They had the resources and power they needed. They also had the technology to help them conquer. Germany did not expect the allies to be so powerful. The economy within countries had also been a factor. Richard Overy explains many aspects of the war. Provides details on the economic situation of each country. Another factor he talks about in the book is leadership. Richard Overy explains how the saving democracy paradox came about. Discusses what was saved due to the war. Richard Overy also provides information on what was happening along the way. Richard Overy examined 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 were destined 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 during 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 built the only plane, it had eliminated the Germans in its plane. I think Overy is right here. If Germany had not cared so much about the appearance of its planes or the design of the planes, it might have had a better chance of winning the war. If they had one version of the plane instead of more than forty, they would have had more war material to fight with. They would have had a better opportunity to shoot down Allied planes, but instead the Allies had a better opportunity to shoot down Axis planes. Overy makes a good point about the plane. This was a very important moment in our history. A speech by Winston Churchill during this time gave us an idea of ​​what was going on.