World war ii set humanity on a path to our modern world. A time traveler travels to 1935 and gives adolf hitler a ww2 history book, how would this change history. Map by morgan hauser via wikimedia what if hitler and the nazis had won world war ii. With yet another look at the what ifs of world war ii, magenheimer, an austrian military historian with five books and hundreds of articles to his credit, expends considerable energy exploring key strategic decisions that might have won the war for the third reich. This version of the nazi victory is set in europe and the holocaust remains undiscovered. It is hard to imagine a bettertold military history of world war ii. Though histories of world war ii are abundant, few of them examine the critical errors in hitler s approach to the war that finally led to. Martin bormann and the defeat of the reich, by louis kilzer, presidio press, novato, calif. Set in 1964, this alternatehistory spy thriller takes place in a world where nazi germany launches a massive. By the time hitler goes viral and gets his own tv show, his rerise to power has begun, and people are actually listening to hitler again. Alternatively, if hitler had won world war ii and then exercised a nationalist sphere of influence over the greater western world, wed have a more just, fair, and moral western world today.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading grey wolf. The story is often told of how the good fight was won by an astonishing array of manpower and stunning tactics. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Hitler feared soviet ambitions to expand in eastern europe. In 1945 the leader of nazi germany took his own life in an underground bunker surrounded by the smoldering remains of his capital city. Book summary views reflect the number of visits to the book and chapter landing pages. Hitler s birthday is approaching and people are getting ready to celebrate. Cambridge core european studies germany, hitler, and world war ii by gerhard l. Explosive book reveals former presidents praise for the nazis as he travelled through germany before second world war a new book reveals president kennedy was a. Bevin alexander is the author of eight books of military history, including how wars are won, how hitler could have won world war ii, and lost victories, which. The rest of the world would have similarly benefited had the germans been victorious since german influence would have surely spread elsewhere. Hitler had died without naming a successor, therefore leaving a power struggle among martin bormann, heinrich himmler and joseph goebbels. Hitler expected the project designated operation barbarossa to be short, with stalin surrendering in less than a month. The nations of western europe has been forced into a trading block and the german currency is accepeted all over continental europe.
Jul 21, 2008 i seem to remember somebody mentioning a what if fiction book that looked back at wwii after the fact, written as if germany had won wwii. The fatal errors that led to nazi defeat, published by crown publishing group. The argument you are advancing is if hitler didnt act like hitler he could have won. The most important lesson i ever learned came to me in the french archives when i was researching a book about paris after the liberation. I would have to say no, it was never possible for germany to win the 2ww. The ideology of national socialism was selfdefeating. A quote attributed to the nazi dictator about the start of world war iii is a hoax perpetuated by people not inclined to check. Stories functioning on an outright and total nazi victory will often include some kind of allamerican resistance, as well as universal death camps ones that everyone actually knows about as a conflict to resist against, and a grungepunk universe aided by not progressing from 1930s tech unless stupid jetpack hitler is in effect. The top ten ww2 fiction books of all time ww2 reads. Germanys war strategy was assumed by hitler from the first.
Italy, germany and japan would have been regarded as the worlds liberators from the evils of judeobolschevism and judeocapitalism. A plot to defeat the roman catholic church and install hitler as the new pope. Jun 29, 2017 did adolf hitler say he would start world war iii after his death. This aside, the book is an alluring tale with great and grave details about an underreported portion of the holocaust. Alexander discussed some of the themes of his book how hitler could have won world war ii. Hitler assumed that the japanese would obligingly remain at war with china and the united states until he could gobble up his erstwhile allies. Hitler used his power to orchestrate the deaths of 6 million jews and millions of others during world war ii. A new history of world war ii, lj 111593 offers a new perspective on german history in relation to hitler and the formulation of german foreign.
The confederacy, the soviets, the romans, the greeks, the mongols, the egyptians, the aztecs, and the colonialera british are all possibilities. Jan 19, 2015 how close nazi germany came to dominating europe. However there are depths that can be explored by fiction in a way that cannot be paralleled by true storytelling. On page 2 of this book, youll see images of european jewish converts, which hitler calls, baltard, which means bastard. Germany, hitler, and world war ii essays in modern german and world history. Treachery and treason were rife at senior levels in adolf hitlers germany. It is twenty years after nazi germanys triumphant victory in world war ii and the. The nazis program for evacuating children during world war ii by jost hermand as a ten year old boy, hermand was sent away from his family to the first of several hitler youth paramilitary camps in order to escape allied bombing and to be dehumanized for future service in hitler s reich. The action went on until the end of the war in europe in may of 1945 and cost over 5 million casualties on the axis side over 80% of the german army deaths during the war. Read more about world war ii by visiting world book s ebook collection. They try to prevent the axis powers from winning world war ii. Many elements of the book were so riveting but the three narratives presented dont always interplay in meaningful ways. Godwins law of time travel can also be used in telling similar stories about other past warlosers and faded empires. Adolf hitler rose to political prominence by quickly.
First published in 1960, this national book award winner and new york times bestseller traces the rise and fall of nazi germany from adolf hitler s birth in 1889 to the end of world war ii in 1945. The nazis were defeated, and the allies stood victorious. Like us all, peter hitchens grew up on stories of britains heroic victory over hitler. In september 1940 the raf was within a whisker of defeat, leaving britain open to invasion. Bevin alexander is the author of five books of military history, including lost. But hitlers overall grand strategyto seize the rest of the world on the installment planwould have then encountered a problem that hitler seems never to have considered.
Which is false, because without the drive, and the insanity behind it hitler isnt going to end up in charge of germany. Had history taken slightly different turns at any of these junctures. It reads more like an operational history of the european theater of wwii, with occasional commentary on german tactical errors, than a book explaining how hitler. The book presents an anternate history scenario where hitler has won the second world war and eastern europe has been conquered by the nazis. The escape of adolf hitler kindle edition by dunstan, simon, williams, gerrard. What would have happened if hitler had won world war ii. Nov 01, 2017 cia suspected adolf hitler was alive in colombia until at least the 1950s after surviving world war 2. Adolf hitler was leader of the nazi party who rose to become dictator of germany. When the successful campaign against poland failed to produce the desired peace accord with britain, he ordered the army to prepare for an immediate offensive in the west. Top 10 ways the nazis could have won world war ii listverse. Weinberg skip to main content accessibility help we use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites.
Could nazi germany and imperial japan have won world war ii. His southern victory or timeline191 series has the confederates beating the union. In 2015, the book was adapted as a multiseason tv series, with dicks daughter, isa dick hackett, as a producer. Hitler had 1 way to win world war ii and change history warfare history network, the national interest. This book got me thinking that what time period it is because it tells you after president roosevelt got executed the nazis had claimed fertile lands to the. Cbs radio correspondent shirer spent several years in close proximity to hitler, witnessing the nazi attempt to conquer europe.
Today we look at three fictional scenarios where nazi germany and their axis allies do win world war 2 and what it means for. The book follows a chronolgical history of the war and is most interesting in its description of events in the years 19401942, a period during which hitler could have won the war were it not for some of his ghastly mistakes, but it sags badly thereafter, given that the tide had very much turned against germany and there was little hitler could have done to master it other than seek peace with the allies, and the. Jul, 2018 the worldwar series, by harry turtledove turtledoves classic althistory saga interrupts a world war ii already in progress with the arrival of an alien armada. However, what is often overlooked is how the intersection between adolf hitler s influential personality and his military strategy was critical in causing germany to lose the war. The title of the book, the storm of war, conceals an answer to robertss central. What if lindbergh wins the presidency is gonna be an hbo. The nazis are by far the most dominant in this field, however. The thing that stuck in my mind was that the tone, phrases, attitudes, etc of the book were of the winner writes history slant which would be so odd to us today. The first nazivictory alternate history as such, in any language, was. Written in 1992, its set in a fictional 1964 in the week leading up to hitler s 75th birthday. The lizardlike aliens have advanced technologybut not too advanced. In his latest book, how hitler could have won world war ii, author bevin. Such writings express ideas of what the world would be like had the axis powers of germany, italy, and japan won world war ii.
Sep 09, 2016 ever wondered what today would look like if the axis won world war 2. I choose this book because it sounds like a good book because it said what if hitler won the war world two. The untold story of the american spy who helped win world war ii april 9. This is perhaps the greatest historical what if of all time. Hitler had 1 way to win world war ii and change history. Its territory was used by the germans for espionage and subversive activities against the ussr, and for disrupting.
The worlds largest and most expensive statue of hitler was erected at greater berlin entitled adolf hitler, the great. In 1962, fifteen years after imperial japan and nazi germany have won world war ii, robert bob childan owns an. Dick, is an acknowledged classic of the alternativehistory genre the sort of books that imagine a world in which something important had gone differently. The undisputed king of alternative histories is the prolific harry turtledove, who has helped guide the genre into mainstream reading. Unlike the man in the high castle, japan was defeated by the united states during the war.
Everyone assumes this is some sort of borat thing, and people play along. Were all just trying to go back in time to kill baby hitler. My book is called the only thing to fear and the author is caroline tung richmond. Louis kilzers book, hitlers traitor, is well named. Specifically, the narrative of lucyna and feliks with the narratives of reimer and osi. Book says hitler wanted nelsons column upi archives. Dicks brainwarping story is set in a world where the axis powers won world war ii, and america has been divided between japan and nazi germany the brain twisting bit. Conspiracy theories surrounding hitler s death have been around since the time it was announced that he had shot himself in a. Dicks brainwarping story is set in a world where the axis powers won world war ii, and america has been divided between japan and nazi. The book brings an integrated picture of ww2, and explain the advantages of the german army during 19391942.
Most of us rally around the glory of the allies victory over the nazis in world war ii. February 18, 2019 top 20 must read wwii books of 2019 book lists december 9, 2018. Get an answer for how did hitler win his early victories. But world war ii continues to be the most important war in history because of the effect that it had on so many peoples lives and on so many countries. The way to avoid what is strong is to strike what is weak. The man in the high castle is an alternate history novel by american writer philip k. The 10 most compelling hitlers in fiction litreactor. Topics to consider, but are not limited to, include. What if hitler had made a simple strategy change in 1941. Extermination of the populace of the east wasnt some side project, it was the central tenet of nazism. This is a list of alternate history fiction, sorted by type. Hitler planned to uproot nelsons column from londons trafalgar square and transplant it in berlin as a victory trophy if germany had won world war ii. Hypothetical axis victory in world war ii wikipedia.
In his latest book, how hitler could have won world war ii, author bevin alexander has synthesized and analyzed the military campaigns by germany under hitler s control in such a readable fashion as to intrigue both armchair generals as well as serious students of military strategy and tactics. A time traveler travels to 1935 and gives adolf hitler a ww2. This list of books by or about adolf hitler is an english only nonfiction bibliography. Fatherland by robert harris is a slightly more realistic look at what europe might look like after hitler had won the war.
184 1275 872 70 957 644 1053 59 134 462 817 887 449 777 1096 1299 1538 390 648 136 1514 621 305 1124 502 259 40 1435 506 876 923 385 833 1243 539 138 915 1158 364