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Only days after Normandy, Hitler is taken out of the equation and Heinrich Himmler, brutal head of the SS, assumes control of the Reich. On the Allied side, there is confusion. Should attempts be made to negotiate with the new government, or should unconditional surrender still be the only option? With the specter of a German super-weapon moving closer to completion and the German generals finally allowed to fight the kind of war at which they are masters, the allies are pushed toward a course of accommodation or even defeat. Will the soldiers of the Grand Alliance find the courage and conviction to fight on in the face of such daunting odds? And can alliance leaders put into place a new plan in time to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat by the German war machine? A new and terrible battle for a free world is on!
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I have enjoyed many of Conroy's works and was looking forward to this one, but for those who read his last one - 1945 Red Inferno with the Western Allies going to war with Stalin's Soviet Union, you will find this one similar with the Americans holding centre stage and the British and French relegated to limited supporting roles in the war. I dont remember the others - Poles, Canadians, Dutch, Belgians, Czechs, New Zealanders, Indians, South Africans, etc being mentioned at all sadly.
SPOILER ALERT -
A great concept overall, that Hitler is killed in June 1944 and Himmler takes control and in this story makes more rational decisions about the deployment of the Army letting the actual Generals fight the war- for example abandoning Norway, Italy and the Courland peninsula so as to straighten and strengthen the main defence lines. A truce with USSR seemed feasible in this story.
However what is annoying is many mistakes like saying the British 1st Airborne dropped in to Normandy when it was the 6th, many typos but worst of all I felt was showing how the British were clamouring for peace and an end to the war just because Hitler was dead, and with the French divided again (in this story and in the last one) between De Gaulle supporters and Communists the Americans are the main backbone and advocate to continue the war against Nazi Germany! I found this very hard to accept since historically the Americans only joined the war in 1941 after they were attacked by the Japanese and then Hitlers declaration of war on them yet now they and not the British who had been fighting since 1939 want to fight on, and as I said above seem to do all the work.
The inclusion of a German Nuclear weapon team was interesting and key to the plot for a while but not based on reality. History tells us that the Germans were decades behind the Western Allies especially as they had forced/scared off many key German Jewish scientists.
I felt too that could have been more actual battle scenes and fighting. We do get some and glimpses of others but its mainly conversations and some unusual sex scenes thrown in.
Better than many of Turtledove's efforts however but not as good as the great S M Stirling and I would recommend a great book - Seelowe Nord by Andy Johnson. The Germans invade England in 1940 but on the Yorkshire coast flanking the main defences, very interesting and entertainig.
So, a good idea with some good moments but a missed chance again from a writer who constantly returns to the theme that the Americans won World War 2 by themselves in the alternative worlds, and probably in history too. A bit disappointing overall.
SPOILER ALERT -
A great concept overall, that Hitler is killed in June 1944 and Himmler takes control and in this story makes more rational decisions about the deployment of the Army letting the actual Generals fight the war- for example abandoning Norway, Italy and the Courland peninsula so as to straighten and strengthen the main defence lines. A truce with USSR seemed feasible in this story.
However what is annoying is many mistakes like saying the British 1st Airborne dropped in to Normandy when it was the 6th, many typos but worst of all I felt was showing how the British were clamouring for peace and an end to the war just because Hitler was dead, and with the French divided again (in this story and in the last one) between De Gaulle supporters and Communists the Americans are the main backbone and advocate to continue the war against Nazi Germany! I found this very hard to accept since historically the Americans only joined the war in 1941 after they were attacked by the Japanese and then Hitlers declaration of war on them yet now they and not the British who had been fighting since 1939 want to fight on, and as I said above seem to do all the work.
The inclusion of a German Nuclear weapon team was interesting and key to the plot for a while but not based on reality. History tells us that the Germans were decades behind the Western Allies especially as they had forced/scared off many key German Jewish scientists.
I felt too that could have been more actual battle scenes and fighting. We do get some and glimpses of others but its mainly conversations and some unusual sex scenes thrown in.
Better than many of Turtledove's efforts however but not as good as the great S M Stirling and I would recommend a great book - Seelowe Nord by Andy Johnson. The Germans invade England in 1940 but on the Yorkshire coast flanking the main defences, very interesting and entertainig.
So, a good idea with some good moments but a missed chance again from a writer who constantly returns to the theme that the Americans won World War 2 by themselves in the alternative worlds, and probably in history too. A bit disappointing overall.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
What a load of rubbish.I know this is a alternate history but even when referring to real events the author gets it wrong.Of course being american it really is about how America won the war with the odd passing mention of the "English" war effort although this normally takes the form of explaining what a boor Montgomery was and how many of the problems encountered were down to him and the "English" attitude at this time to the war.I dont suppose i have to mention by now how great the American generals were.One other thing,I dont know who these people are on the back cover who gave such first class reviews but hey maybe they were paid to do so. A shame really because the Americans can produce first class authors but this man is not one of them. My Advice give this one a miss.You wont be missing anything
Format:Hardcover
A missed opportunity. There are better alternate histories. This is worse than many of the plots discussed on AlternateHistory.com.
The book would have benefitted from being better edited. There are glaring errors in the narrative; any non-US ally is relegated to exhausted/cowardly or just ignored; and some of the "facts" used (e.g. calling DUKW an acronym) are simply wrong.
Save your cash.
The book would have benefitted from being better edited. There are glaring errors in the narrative; any non-US ally is relegated to exhausted/cowardly or just ignored; and some of the "facts" used (e.g. calling DUKW an acronym) are simply wrong.
Save your cash.
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Himmler's War
Was really excited when i saw this book on amazon. I found the book really disappointing with very few in depth battles and the story seemed to drag along and found i had to force... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Aha21
A darker history
A Good Alt story. From the same guy that bought you Red Inforno and 1945, Pretty good what if very entertaining and well written though rather american centric and a few errors in... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Michael Jolly
a good read
enjoyable read except for the end,the loose ends needed a little more padding.i preferred "fox on the rhine/fox at the front" by niles/dobson. Read more
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