Axis Triumphant: Book 3 of the Axis Alternate Series

Axis Alternate #3

by Max Lamirande, Stephen Sokol (editor)

The year is 1940, and the Axis is invading everywhere.As the Battle of England winds down and results in a German defeat, Adolf Hitler set his sights on the South and the Mediterranean theater. The Reich can deal a deadly blow to the British Empire by conquering Gibraltar and the Suez Canal. In doing so, it would cut the British supply lines and make the Mediterranean Sea an Axis lake.The British cannot afford to lose both spots as much as it cannot lose Egypt and the Middle East. It will fight as much as it can to prevail and defeat the Germans, Italians, and Soviets. The Battle of Gibraltar and French North Africa is about to begin.The Red Army is now dangerously approaching the jewel of the empire, India, and starts to move against Iraq after some weeks of hesitation and supply problems. An epic fight is flaring up in the wastelands of Balochistan and the Persian extreme eastern territories.In the Balkans, the Germans want to finish their conquest of Greece by attacking Crete, the Dodecanese Islands, and Cyprus to make an eventual move toward Egypt and the Levant. Turkey will also have to make a choice, as the Germans and the Russians are giving them the option of joining or invasion.The Far East is also aflame. Vladivostok is under Japanese control, and General Umezu has just defeated a major Soviet army. There is seemingly nothing to stop the Imperial Army from attacking Khabarovsk and thus cutting Zhukov’s line of supply. The Russian general continues his offensive and is now poised to end Japanese control of Manchuria by conquering Mukden.And then America is done staying on the sidelines. Newly-elected president Franklin Delano Roosevelt begins his third term as the leader of the United States. Firmly saddled in control of the country, he is about to lead the country into the war.The Axis triumphs everywhere, but it has not yet won the war.

264 pages, Paperback

Published November 3, 2023

About the author

Max Lamirande is a 47 years old author from Quebec, Canada.

His first book was published in 2020 with the title Blitzkrieg Europa, setting off a successful Alternate history book series on the Second World War.

To date, Lamirande has published at quite a fast rate, with 8 books published and the 9th one coming up in December and the 10th in January 2022. He also has started a new series on the Napoleonic Era.

Lamirande majored in history back in 1998 and has been writing on and off for the last 30 years or so. Wargamer, historian, an expert on World War Two and the Napoleonic Era.


THE BLITZKRIEG ALTERNATE SERIES
BY MAX LAMIRANDE

Book 1: Blitzkrieg Europa
Book 2: Battle Europa
Book 3: Struggle Europa
Book 4: Fortress Europa
Book 5: Stalemate Europa
Book 6: Staggering Europa
Book 7: Faltering Europa
Book 8: Crumbling Europa publish date December 26th, 2021
Book 9: Falling Europa (publish date to be confirmed, approx. Mar 2022)

THE BLITZKRIEG ALTERNATE SERIES (complementary of Blitzkrieg Alternate Series)
By Max Lamirande

Book 1: Blitzkrieg Pacific, January 28th, 2022
Book 2: TBD
Book 3: TBD

THE NAPOLEONIC ALTERNATE SERIES
By Max Lamirande

Book 1: Austerlitz Alternate, December 2021
Book 2: TBD, march 2022
Book 3: TBD, July 2022

Reviews

[Bruce Sandmeyer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Outstanding Book

I am a huge fan of alternate military history and the author does an excellent job imagining a very different WW2. He weaves historical figures and fictional characters in an expertly created story. I can't wait for the next book.

[creig speed · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good volume

This installment was good. It carried the story forward. The flow of the war stayed mostly true to history but it's definitely an alternative history book. There were many typos and grammar mistakes.