July 20 1944: the legendary Bomb Plot by the disillusioned members of Hitler's military high command succeeds...setting the stage for an even greater threat to the free world. A fanatical cadre of SS generals seize control of Germany and place Himmler in power. He immediately forges an armistice with the USSR to allow his forces to devote all of their attentions to fighting the West. New tactics are employed by the Nazi war machine, including the mass production of jet fighters and the appointment of the Desert fox, General Rommel, as military head of the Nazi forces in Europe. This lays the groundwork for a vastly different Battle of the Bulge with even higher stakes and possibly dire consequences for the Allied forces.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
By Eoin
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It starts off well, Hitler dies etc etc...but if you like alternate history there's much better out there. The genre by definition lends itself to subjective specualtion and views......fine......but this book is less about WWII and reads more like a US/German conflict, I might be wrong but I thought the British were also involved, and not just an off-shore staging point for the American forces. The characterisation is also wafer thin....particularly regarding Himmler I think. All in all in my opinion not that good, so 2 stars.
If you want something better try the Third Reich Victorious, Moscow Options or the Hitler Options
If you want something better try the Third Reich Victorious, Moscow Options or the Hitler Options
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
By Super Sal
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As I expect I have said previously, I am a great fan of alternate history, with particular emphasis on the Second World War and the American Civil War, and The Fox on the Rhine appeared to be a good book about a subject that i have oftne wondered about (And read about). What would have happened...if Hitler had been killed by the bomb plot in 1944- how would history have changed?
Although the writing on the back cover was sparse, it got my interest. Rommel fighting Patton in the Battle of the Bulge...A Peace with Russia...the mass production of the ME262, the fighter plane that could have won Germany the war. It sounded too good to be true, especially as it was in a form of a novel and not an essay form.
I will say that i have not bee too disappointed by the book. The facts appear to be correct, down to the writers creating an entire fictional army division, and the do seem to have got the personalities down to a 't'. The action is fast-paced and exciting, with enough basis in history to make it more than credible, down to the way in which the SS sieze power from the plotters. In most ways it is a good book.
The reason that it did not get 5 stars is because of what i believe to be slightly unreal historical facts. (Warning- Spoilers).Would Stalin really have made a peace with a Germany that he was on the verge of defeating, and would the Germans have given away so much of their territory to an enemy that would make good use of it? I found these questions slightly disturbing in an otherwise good book, as i also found some of the characters to be unusual. A pilot who carries a whip around in his briefcase and uses it to whip slave prisoners was something that i find a little too stereotypical and melodramatic for a book based on such firm historical ground. Would Rommel have surrendered so easily... and would the Alliesd have risked WW3 by fighting the Russians, as the plot of their next book goes?
Still, apart from a few odd historical facts and a tendency for melodrama, it is a very good book and worth buying.
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In 1944, germans plotting to kill hitler left a bomb in his headquarters. Circumstances contrived to let him escape with just minor wounds. And the plotters were caught and killed. But what if they had succeeded in killing him?
An interesting start for an alternative history novel. What happens next is that himmler seizes power and takes a few steps he sees necessary to protect germany from a two front war. And thus the western allies are suddenly facing a different campaign from the one that we know.
A very good read. The prose is engrossing, the characterisation pretty good, and the battle scenes really grip. I got throughly engrossed in this book, and I shall definitely pick up the sequel.
An interesting start for an alternative history novel. What happens next is that himmler seizes power and takes a few steps he sees necessary to protect germany from a two front war. And thus the western allies are suddenly facing a different campaign from the one that we know.
A very good read. The prose is engrossing, the characterisation pretty good, and the battle scenes really grip. I got throughly engrossed in this book, and I shall definitely pick up the sequel.
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Ill-informed tripe!
It constantly amazes me that books such as this are allowed to be published. The author seems to have taken a few characters from high-school history lessons and welded them... Read more
Published on 20 May 2008 by Stenz
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Brilliant, Detailed Alternate History
I am a huge fan of all kinds of alternate history, as well as WWII, so imagine my surprise when i picked up this book in America. Read more
Published on 4 May 2004 by Super Sal
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Have to agree with the previous reviewer.
Simply one of the most engrossing alternative history books I've read. It kept me gripped from the start, and the proximity to real events is so strong that it reads like fact. Read more
Published on 12 Mar 2004 by Bucket
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An excellent alternate history novel
A what if book,shows if actual histirical July 1944 plot by German officers to kill Hitler actually suceeded. Read more
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