Showing posts with label alternative history. Show all posts
Showing posts with label alternative history. Show all posts

Sunday, 19 March 2017

The Hitler Options: Alternate decisions of World War 2 - A review

I have finished reading 'The Hitler Options: Alternate decisions of World War 2' by Kenneth Macksey. A very interesting alternate history book, which explores the usual 'what ifs' - Nazi invasion of Britain, D-day failure for the allies and Axis victory in the battle of britain, but it also looks at ways in which the allies could have shortened the war by attacking from southern France rather than through Normandy and also a strategic bombing campaign bringing the Wehrmacht to sue for peace.  The scenarios and possible options are quite plausible and I recommend this for any alternate history buff.

Tuesday, 7 March 2017

The Hitler Options: Alternate Decisions of World War II by Kenneth Macksey

Today, I bought The Hitler Options: Alternate Decisions of World War II by Kenneth Macksey on Amazon Kindle and just started reading it on the journey to work.  It is another alternate history book containing essays by different military historians on the different decisions that Hitler could have taken at key points during WWII and the effect of those decisions.

I will write a review when I have finished it.

Wednesday, 5 October 2016

Virtual History: Alternatives and Counterfactuals

Last week I bought Virtual History: Alternatives and Counterfactuals by Niall Ferguson, a counterfactual history book exploring several what if scenarios that would or would not change history.  Common examples of counterfactual history include what if the Normans lost the battle of Hastings or what if the D-day landings had failed.  I am still on the introduction and having read Ferguson's other works, I believe this will be better thought out than other counterfactual books that I have read.