By June 1941, Germany\'s war machine looked to be unstoppable.
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And yet, as James Holland shows at the start of The Allies Strike Back, 1941-1943 --the second Volume in his magisterial narrative of World War II in the West--cracks were already appearing in Germany\'s apparent invincibility.
The Luftwaffe had bombed London, while German U-boats wrought havoc on Allied shipping on the Atlantic.
The Nazi blitzkrieg had taken Poland, France, and Holland with shocking speed.
By June 1941, Germany\'s war machine looked to be unstoppable