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Pacific Alternate #1
Blitzkrieg Pacific
The year is 1942.
The world is at war. Almost every major nation has declared for the Allies or the Axis. Europe is occupied by the Third Reich, and the British Islands have been invaded and conquered by the Germans. Metropolitan France has fallen, along with its North African colonies. Spain and Turkey have joined the Axis. The Middle East is Axis. The USA and Soviet Russia are also at war with the Third Reich.
Only one major power is still on the sideline. Imperial Japan, already busy in its war of conquest in China, dawns to the idea of conquering the Pacific and Southeast Asia, following German successes in Europe and the subsequent weakening of the resource-rich Franco-British and Dutch colonies.
The United States, following Japan’s occupation of the French colony of French Indo-China in 1940, froze all of Tokyo’s assets, stopped scrap metals deliveries, and is just about to stop delivering oil to the hungry Japanese military machine. A move certain to trigger a reaction from the warmongers in Tokyo.
President Roosevelt’s decision to do so is about to have dire consequences for America. The Imperial Navy has set its sight on the main US base in the Pacific, Pearl Harbor. And all across the Japanese-held islands of the Pacific, the forces of the Rising Sun prepare for a full-scale invasion that they hope will give them control over the resources the country needs to continue on its expansion.
This is the story of the War in the Pacific.
The world is at war. Almost every major nation has declared for the Allies or the Axis. Europe is occupied by the Third Reich, and the British Islands have been invaded and conquered by the Germans. Metropolitan France has fallen, along with its North African colonies. Spain and Turkey have joined the Axis. The Middle East is Axis. The USA and Soviet Russia are also at war with the Third Reich.
Only one major power is still on the sideline. Imperial Japan, already busy in its war of conquest in China, dawns to the idea of conquering the Pacific and Southeast Asia, following German successes in Europe and the subsequent weakening of the resource-rich Franco-British and Dutch colonies.
The United States, following Japan’s occupation of the French colony of French Indo-China in 1940, froze all of Tokyo’s assets, stopped scrap metals deliveries, and is just about to stop delivering oil to the hungry Japanese military machine. A move certain to trigger a reaction from the warmongers in Tokyo.
President Roosevelt’s decision to do so is about to have dire consequences for America. The Imperial Navy has set its sight on the main US base in the Pacific, Pearl Harbor. And all across the Japanese-held islands of the Pacific, the forces of the Rising Sun prepare for a full-scale invasion that they hope will give them control over the resources the country needs to continue on its expansion.
This is the story of the War in the Pacific.
293 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 21, 2022
About the author
Max Lamirande
115 books10 followersMax 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
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
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October 2, 2022
Wow, does this need editing!
While the author's strategic proposals are interesting, and the feasibility of a Japanese invasion of Hawaii if the bulk of the Pacific fleet were transferred to the Atlantic seems reasonable, the book suffers mightily from poor grammar, factual errors, and incredibly stilted conversations. He clearly knows little about naval matters (who talks about damage to a ship's rear?). If you are going to add a parenthetical about the the number of torpedo tubes after noting it fires four torpedoes, you should at least consult Wikipedia before you state that a Gato class sub has four (it had ten, six bow and 4 stern - not rear or back). After Hiryu took bomb damage, its returning planes were diverted to Hiryu. I could list more, but you get the idea. Conversation between admirals an other high officials uses current vernacular. I can't imagine FDR ever used the word "freaking" in his life.
I gave this two stars instead of one because I found the concept fascinating, but the execution freaking sucks.
While the author's strategic proposals are interesting, and the feasibility of a Japanese invasion of Hawaii if the bulk of the Pacific fleet were transferred to the Atlantic seems reasonable, the book suffers mightily from poor grammar, factual errors, and incredibly stilted conversations. He clearly knows little about naval matters (who talks about damage to a ship's rear?). If you are going to add a parenthetical about the the number of torpedo tubes after noting it fires four torpedoes, you should at least consult Wikipedia before you state that a Gato class sub has four (it had ten, six bow and 4 stern - not rear or back). After Hiryu took bomb damage, its returning planes were diverted to Hiryu. I could list more, but you get the idea. Conversation between admirals an other high officials uses current vernacular. I can't imagine FDR ever used the word "freaking" in his life.
I gave this two stars instead of one because I found the concept fascinating, but the execution freaking sucks.
January 29, 2024
Interesting "what if" on the war in the Pacific
Good start to an alternate history series on WWII in the Pacific. The actions of world and military leaders are based on true events, then are taken one step further to provide "what if" this happened to change the course of the war.
Very enjoyable book. Didn't put it down once I started.
Good start to an alternate history series on WWII in the Pacific. The actions of world and military leaders are based on true events, then are taken one step further to provide "what if" this happened to change the course of the war.
Very enjoyable book. Didn't put it down once I started.
August 11, 2022
Not Serious Enough....
The author has a serious problem with proof reading, or actually a lack thereof. And while it is fiction, the grammar mistakes make it seem rather clownish and often contradictory.
The author has a serious problem with proof reading, or actually a lack thereof. And while it is fiction, the grammar mistakes make it seem rather clownish and often contradictory.
August 25, 2022
I really wanted to like this book, but I could not get invested. Characters seemed to get glossed over, they never got fleshed out. Battles, etc., never went into detail, just gave you the 30,000 foot overview.
January 20, 2023
interesting idea - needs serious editing
This was an interesting premise but suffered from malapropisms, convicted sentence structure and switching deterrent a historical point of view and a character driven one.
This was an interesting premise but suffered from malapropisms, convicted sentence structure and switching deterrent a historical point of view and a character driven one.
August 27, 2023
The concept seemed interesting, and I really tried to push my way through it, but the writing and the lack of research and editing just killed it for me. I had to give up at about 40%…I couldn’t imagine getting through all 7.
February 4, 2022
Alternate history wwii
Lots of good detail and planning. Lots of English grammar mistakes. Hard to take the book seriously while stumbling over mangled language.
Lots of good detail and planning. Lots of English grammar mistakes. Hard to take the book seriously while stumbling over mangled language.
Displaying 1 - 7 of 7 reviews