Hinge of Fate

The Hinge of Fate is the fourth volume of The Second World War. Winston Churchill tells of the Allied reversals in 1942: the Japanese successes in Asia, Rommel's drive in the desert, the German march into Russia, and the shattering naval losses in the Atlantic. This volume goes on to describe the change in Allied fortunes with the victories in the South Pacific and Libya, the Nazi reversal at Stalingrad, and, finally, the planning of the invasion of Sicily, Italy and France.