The Hitler Options Alternate Decisions of World War II - Hardcover

Kenneth Macksey

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9780905778433: The Hitler Options Alternate Decisions of World War II
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 090577843X ISBN 13: 9780905778433
Publisher: Wrens Park, 2000

Synopsis

Alternate decisions of World War II. Texts by Kenneth Macksey, Bryan Perrett, James Lucas, Stephen Howarth, and others. With 23 illustrations in black and white and 12 maps

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The book is a wondrous collection of Historical "What ifs" which accurately cover the most interesting and curious arenas of the war. Such questions as: What would have happened if Hitler decided to invade England, and could the German army have feasibly defeated Russia, and what might have happened if Germany had ever possessed Atomic technology, are answered. The book is not only inspiring but monumentaly fascinating. It also includes other strategies that the allied powers might have adopted during the war. A must for any interested and knowledgable WWII enthusiast. --A Customer

This book is an excellent collection of chapters on a variety of military theatres in World War 2. Some of the stories are more plausible than the others -- the Japanese landing in the Persian Gulf struck me as the least likely -- but they were all thought-provoking. Could the Germans have conquered Moscow by concentrating on the Soviet capital? Or would the poor roads of Eastern Europe always have limited their pre-Barbarossa build-up in 1941 - and thus limited how far they could have got in that first campaigning season? If the Germans had concentrated on the Mediterranean theatre, would they have driven the British out of Egypt? Could the Allies have lost at D-Day? And could the Germans have got the A-Bomb first? History always seems inevitable. The skill of some of the writers in this book, shows that it isn't like that at all. --A Customer

A great book to get alternative history information concerning the what ifs of WWII. The only downfall is determining where fact turns to fiction in some cases. Not enough concrete analysis of the potential fiction based on the actual facts. But, overall this is a good book and several chapters are excellent! --Larry Petersen

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Publisher
Wrens Park
Publication date
2000
Language
English
ISBN 10 
090577843X
ISBN 13 
9780905778433
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
224
Rating
  • 3.66 out of 5 stars
    157 ratings by Goodreads

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