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From: Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>
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On 11/19/2024 1:21 PM, William Hyde wrote:
> Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
>> In article <vhgg0u$1f9mv$1@dont-email.me>,
>> William Hyde  <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
>>>> Here we are again, possibly less late than usual with books from 
>>>> October.
>>>> As is traditional (and possibly required): The links below are Amazon
>>>> affiliate ones which could potentially earn me something should you
>>>> choose to buy through one.
>>>>
>>>> ====
>>>>
>>>> Acts of War: A World War II Alternative History
>>>> (The Usurper's War Book 1)
>>>> by James Young
>>>> https://amzn.to/3UAZsmc
>>>>
>>>> Collisions of the Damned: The Defense of the Dutch East Indies
>>>> (The Usurper's War Book 2)
>>>> by James Young
>>>> https://amzn.to/3AryUx3
>>>>
>>>> Here's the first two books of what I believe is to be an alt-hist
>>>> WWII trilogy.
>>>>
>>>> The jumping off point for this universe is that the British take
>>>> out Hitler in a bombing raid on Berlin.  They had no idea where he
>>>> was -- it was just one of those lucky accidents of war.  Or, in
>>>> this case unlucky accidents of war.
>>>>
>>>> Unlucky because taking out Hitler proved a very good thing for the
>>>> Germans.  Himmler came in after sidelining Goering (possibly fatally,
>>>> I don't quite recall),
>>>
>>> Plausible enough, but I suspect that "Der Treue Heinrich" would have
>>> been dead in the same ditch as Goering and the generals would have taken
>>> over, in effect at least.  Perhaps with a nonentity like Hess as titular
>>> leader.
>>>
>>> Of the leaders only Goebbels had any talent for backstabbing, but I
>>> don't think the army would put up with him.
>>>
>>> Besides, if the author wants a German leader who is keen on peace
>>> Goering is the ideal choice.  Having looted to his heart's content, he
>>> was happy to enjoy his wealth and status (and morphine) without the
>>> risks of war.
>>>
>>>   and said to the Brits basically: Look Hitler
>>>> was really a loose cannon and things got out of hand.  What's done
>>>> is done, and we're not giving back anything our boys died for, but
>>>> is there really any reason we still need to be at war?
>>>>
>>>> Churchill said 'yes', but was eventually turfed out in favor of
>>>> Eden
>>>
>>> Let me guess, the author looked up a list of UK cabinet members and
>>> threw a dart?  Eden was well down the list of possible PMs at this
>>> point, with only the war having restored him to the leading circle from
>>> the pariah status he was consigned to in the late 1930s.
>>>
>>> And if peace broke out certainly an appeaser like Halifax would have
>>> been handed the job.  Might as well say they gave the PM position to
>>> Brendan Bracken.
>>>
>>>
>>>   who turned out to be what some people have always suspected
>>>> and made peace.
>>>
>>> And some people think that Washington was George III's illegitimate son.
>>>
>>> Or at least I could convince some of that.
>>>
>>> Sounds like an author to avoid.
>>>
>>> William Hyde
>>>
>>
>> No, this is entirely my fault.  Rather than going back to the book
>> while I was writing the review, I was going on my memory which was
>> entirely wrong on at least two issues: battle cruiser vs battleship
>> and Halifax vs Eden.  I don't know why I had Eden on the brain when
>> I was definitely familiar with Halifax, but it was Halifax who was
>> the accommodationist PM in this setting, not Eden.
> 
> Makes sense then.
> 
> An author not to be avoided.
> 
> I'm still going to run with the George III thing as soon as I can find a 
> likely victim.
> 
> 
> 
> William Hyde

Seeing as George III was born in 1738 and George Washington was born in 
1732, that did not happen.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_III
and
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington

Now if you want to talk about George II, ...

Lynn