“Chance – invisible, furtive, and silent – is the vast canvas upon which all the rest of war is painted. Skill, courage, ruse, character, the elements of nature, technology and all the other components of war all operate against the backdrop of chance. Again and again, chance has raised up and brought down empires, snatched laurels from one hand to throw to another, and destroyed the most finely wrought plans.” World War IiAlternate History Book:Disaster at D-day: The Germans Defeat the Allies,june 1944 Source: Disaster at D-day: The Germans Defeat the Allies,june 1944