The Hitler Options: Alternate Decisions of World War II

What would have happened if Hitler had invaded England in July 1940, or concentrated on the capture of Moscow in 1941 instead of diverting to Kiev? Or if Rommel had implemented Plan Orient in 1942, striking across the Middle East to join Japanese forces moving into India? How would the course of World War II have been changed if Churchill had persuaded the Americans to concentrate on attacking the "soft underbelly" of Europe instead of Northern France? In this compelling book ten military historians focus upon hat might have happened if at ten crucial turning-points of the war Hitler had taken a different direction, or how he would have reacted if the Allies had changed course. There is a striking conviction about these self-contained scenarios. All are within the bounds of what could genuinely have occured, projecting only from factual situations and the options that were available. Technical innovations and weapon capabilities retain practicability, with later technology excluded. Real people behave in character. The Hitler Options is a fascinating collection of original studies, and will grip the reader as much by its thought-provoking content as by the sheer excitement of campaigns and battles that might have dramatically changed the history of the world. …