A new account of how the tide was turned against the Nazis by the Allies in the Second World War, the focus being on the problem-solvers: Major-General Percy Hobart, who invented the "funny tanks" which flattened the curve on the D-Day beaches; Flight Lieutenant Ronnie Harker "the man who put the Merlin in the Mustang"; and Captain "Johnny" Walker, the convoy captain who worked out how to sink U-boats with a "creeping barrage."

Includes maps of: Location of Merchant Ships of the British Empire, November 1937; North Atlantic Air Gap and Convoys; Fiercest Convoy Battle; Fighter Command Control Network, circa 1940; Increasing Escort Fighter Range; Anglo-American Armies Advance in Northern Africa and Southern Italy; Rapid German Expansion in the East, July-December 1941; Red Army Advances during Operation Bagration, June-August 1944; British Landings in Madagascar, May 1942; Anglo-American Maritime Routes for Operation Torch, November 1942; D-Day Invasions, June 6, 1944; Japanese Empire's Expansion at Its Peak, 1942; Four Options for Allied Counterattack against Tokyo after 1942-43; Geography of History - Allied Positional Assets in World War II.

How to get convoys safely across the Atlantic --How to win command of the air -- How to stop a blitzkrieg -- How to seize an enemy-held shore -- How to defeat the "tyranny of distance" -- Conclusion: problem solving in history. How to get convoys safely across the Atlantic -- How to win command of the air -- How to stop a blitzkrieg -- How to seize an enemy-held shore -- How to defeat the "tyranny of distance" --Conclusion: problem solving in history.