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Hitler Has Won
Book by Frederic Mullally
- GenresAlternate History
318 pages, Hardcover
First published September 25, 1975
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February 9, 2011
It started really well, I loved the characters and the way the story of WWII was altered to favour the Nazi Empire. In this book, Japan never attacked Pearl Harbour and the Americans did not join the War.
The author also provides a background with all the central Nazi figures, Bormann, Himmler, Goebbels, Goering and the rest.
The main character Kurt Armbrecht is an SS officer whose duty is to take notes for Hitler's second book: Mein Sieg. Kurt is convinced that the Nazi regime is the best thing that could ever have happened to Germany, which was now an Empire in Europe, whilst war was still being waged in the East.
One day he is taken around a tour of the concentration camps and his reactions are scrutinised by another SS official who, in the meantime, is severely infatuated by Kurt's sister.
From here onwards Kurt's outlook on the Nazi and Hitler as dictator starts to change. This takes a further toll when Hitler decides to take on the Vatican and incorporate it into the Nazi empire.
I would recommend this book to anyone who is already well acquainted with Nazi and WWII history. Readers who don't have such an insight might find it difficult to keep track of all the locations and names. Though the plot is an interesting one, I think the story is somewhat far-fetched. At the end of the book, Hitler is depicted as a pure madman, and even though this is the view of many, I think it is a very simplistic one.
The author also provides a background with all the central Nazi figures, Bormann, Himmler, Goebbels, Goering and the rest.
The main character Kurt Armbrecht is an SS officer whose duty is to take notes for Hitler's second book: Mein Sieg. Kurt is convinced that the Nazi regime is the best thing that could ever have happened to Germany, which was now an Empire in Europe, whilst war was still being waged in the East.
One day he is taken around a tour of the concentration camps and his reactions are scrutinised by another SS official who, in the meantime, is severely infatuated by Kurt's sister.
From here onwards Kurt's outlook on the Nazi and Hitler as dictator starts to change. This takes a further toll when Hitler decides to take on the Vatican and incorporate it into the Nazi empire.
I would recommend this book to anyone who is already well acquainted with Nazi and WWII history. Readers who don't have such an insight might find it difficult to keep track of all the locations and names. Though the plot is an interesting one, I think the story is somewhat far-fetched. At the end of the book, Hitler is depicted as a pure madman, and even though this is the view of many, I think it is a very simplistic one.
October 8, 2022
Bizarre alt-history in which the Second World War is still on-going, but Hitler has pushed the Soviets back beyond Moscow and taken much of the Middle East. Britain is cowed, and America remains neutral, Hitler having persuaded the Japanese to attack Vladivostok rather than Pearl Harbour. At the height of his imperial powers, the Fuhrer decides one great conquest remains - the Roman Catholic Church. The details of this incredible confrontation defy credulity, and to discuss them would only spoil it for readers. Suffice to say, Hitler is very much cast in Caligula mould - insane, but is the madness proof of Godhead?
Mullally's prose is unremarkable, but in the latter part of the book somehow rises to the challenge. It's very much an exercise in telling rather than showing, but since much of the novel is a dream-fever of what-ifs, it works. A genuine curio.
Mullally's prose is unremarkable, but in the latter part of the book somehow rises to the challenge. It's very much an exercise in telling rather than showing, but since much of the novel is a dream-fever of what-ifs, it works. A genuine curio.
September 11, 2007
This book offered an amazingly disturbing yet captivating view of how the world could have been different and how insane Hitler may have been. The twists and turns are fascinating and it is one of the better pieces of "historical fiction" I have read.
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