He is one of the most accomplished and prolific scholars of World War Two currently working, with a wide range of expertise spanning the origins of the war in Europe to the campaign on the Eastern Front.
To read the WW2History.com interview with Richard Overy click on the subject headings on the right.
This interview was conducted in March 2009.
Professor Richard Overy
Content featuring Professor Richard Overy
BOOKS by Professor Richard Overy
Why the Allies Won
Richard OveryRussia's War
Richard OveryThe Dictators: Hitler's Germany, Stalin's Russia
Richard OveryThe Battle of Britain: The Myth and the Reality
Richard Overy1939: Countdown to War
Richard OveryInterrogations: Inside the Minds of the Nazi Elite
Richard Overy
Professor Richard Overy

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- Operation Sealion
- The Blitz
- Area bombing
- D-Day
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- Most important turning point of WW2
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