The concluding volume of Churchill's war memoirs. 1943 marked the turning-point of the Second World War. With the United States now fully involved, and Stalingrad marking the turn of the tide in Russia, the aggressors had been driven to the defensive. Hitler had yet to pay the full penalty of his fatal error in trying to conquer Russia by invasion, and had still to squander the remaining strength of Germany. Soon he would be alone, surrounded by a world in arms.