Winston Churchills six-volume history of the cataclysm that swept the world remains the definitive history of the Second World War. Lucid dramatic remarkable both for its breadth & sweep & for its sense of personal involvement it is universally acknowledged as a magnificent reconstruction & is an enduring compelling work that led to his being awarded the Nobel Prize for literature. The Hinge of Fate describes how the tide of the war gradually turned for Britain & its allies from constant defeat to almost unbroken successes Japans successful assault on the Pacific Britains attempts to aid a beleaguered Russia & the defeat of Rommel at the Battle of Alamein.