Book Written As If Germany Had Won WWII?

pcutt · #1 (**permalink**) July 22nd, 2008, 01:38 AM

I seem to remember somebody mentioning a "what if" fiction book that looked back at WWII after the fact, written as if Germany had won WWII. The thing that stuck in my mind was that the tone, phrases, attitudes, etc of the book were of the "winner writes history" slant which would be so odd to us today. These were apparently quite striking to read, and the book had much more impact than being just another "what if" alternative history novel. Anybody know what book this may have been? Or if there are many books of this nature, please offer some suggestions.

Thanks,
Paul

Za Rodinu · #2 (**permalink**) July 22nd, 2008, 02:21 AM

SS-GB by Len Deighton.

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It is November 1941, nine months after the British surrender. Douglas Archer is a British homicide detective assigned to Scotland Yard. He is torn between loyalty to his country and his professional commitment to law enforcement. He begins investigating what seems to be a typical murder case in London, but which finally involves him in the highest levels of the Nazi occupation government.

The book provides relatively few details on how the Germans actually invaded and defeated the United Kingdom in Operation Sea Lion. However, Deighton posits that, after conquering the United Kingdom, Adolf Hitler did not invade the Soviet Union, at least not immediately. As a gesture of comradeship, Hitler permits the remains of Karl Marx to be disinterred from London's Highgate Cemetery for re-interment in Moscow.

Other changes to history as we know it are the imprisonment of King George VI in the Tower of London under SS guard, until the British Resistance arranges for his escape; the execution of Winston Churchill by a Luftwaffe firing squad in Berlin after his capture; the establishment of a Vichy France-style puppet regime in the United Kingdom; and the operation of a Wehrmacht atomic bomb research station at Bringle Sands, a fictional British resort town.

Perhaps you'll find more to your liking at http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/

von Rundstedt · #3 (**permalink**) July 22nd, 2008, 03:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Za Rodinu

SS-GB by Len Deighton.

Perhaps you'll find more to your liking at Alternate History Discussion Board

Also there is Robert Harris with Fatherland.

What is striking is the plots of these two books are simmilar but differing endings but essentially the same.

Also another book is by Guy Walters or Waters and it is called The Leader.

OpanaPointer · #4 (**permalink**) July 22nd, 2008, 01:11 PM

Amazon.com: The Man in the High Castle: Philip K. Dick: Books

Richard · #5 (**permalink**) July 29th, 2008, 12:00 PM

Just to add this one to the list...........

Fatherland

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The story begins in Nazi Germany, the Third Reich in April 1964, in the week leading up to Adolf Hitler's 75th birthday. The plot follows detective Xavier March, an investigator working for the Kripo as he investigates the suspicious death of a high-ranking Nazi Josef Bühler in the outskirts of Berlin. As March uncovers more details he realizes that he is caught up in a political Scandalinvolving senior Nazi party officials, who are apparently being systematically murderedunder staged circumstances.

Fatherland (novel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

The film version was so-so.

airborne medic · #6 (**permalink**) August 7th, 2008, 07:06 PM

A novel I enjoy reading is called And All the King's Men by Gordon Stevens....it starts pre war and deals with the recruitment of men for a similar organisation to the Auxiliary Units, looks at a successful German invasion and then life in a Nazi Britain and a fight back.....it's a good read....9/10