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Description edit
The New York Times bestselling master of alternate history further explores what would have happened had Hitler been forced to start World War II earlier than he did, in this sequel to Hitler's War.
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Theo Hossbach: Radio operator in a German Panzer.
- Heinz Naumann: Add a description of this character.
- Adalbert Stoss: Panzer driver in the Wehrmacht
- Alistair Walsh: Staff sergeant serving in the British Expeditionary Force.
- Herman Cavendish: Second lieutenant serving in the British Expeditionary Force.
- Hideki Fujita: A sergeant in the Kwangtung Army
- Shinjiro Hayashi: A superior private in the Kwangtung Army
- Pete McGill: Corporal in the United States Marine Corps, redeployed from the American legation in Peking to the consulate in Shanghai.
- Sergei Yaroslavsky: Pilot in the Soviet Air Force
- Anastas Mouradian
- Ivan Kuchkow: Bombardier in the Soviet Air Force. Nicknamed "the Chimp", he is a short and squat man prone to using profanity.
- Hans-Ulrich Rudel: A Stuka pilot in the Luftwaffe.
- Steinbrenner: A colonel in the Luftwaffe and Rudel's commanding officer
- Albert Dieselhorst: Gunner in Rudel's Stuka.
- Sarah Goldman: A young Jewish woman living in the town of Münster.
- Isidor Bruck: A Jewish baker in the town of Münster.
- Julius Lemp: A lieutenant in the Kriegsmarine and commander of the U-30.
- Gerhart Beilharz: An engineer in the Kriegsmarine, he is in charge of the experimental schnorkel in the U-30.
- Vaclav Jezek: A former corporal in the Czech army, now fighting with the French army in France.
- Benjamin Halévy: A sergeant in the French army, he serves as Vaclav Jezek's translator.
- Willi Dernan: A soldier in the Wehrmacht.
- Arno Battz: A corporal in the Wehrmacht and Willi Dernan's immediate superior.
- Wolfgang Storch: A soldier in the Wehrmacht, he is a friend of Willi Dernan.
- Chain Winberg: A soldier fighting with the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in Spain.
- Mike Carroll: A soldier fighting with the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in Spain.
- Peggy Druce
- Joaquin Delgadillo: A private fighting with the Nationalist forces in Spain.
- Bernardo Uribe: A major in the Nationalist army, he is the commander of the unit in which Delgadillo serves.
- Carrasquel: A sergeant in the Nationalist forces, he is Delgadillo's immediate superior.
- Luc Harcourt: A corporal in the French Army.
- Demange: A sergeant in the French army and commander of Luc Harcourt's unit.
- Hannah Goldman: A Jewish woman living in the town of Münster, she is Sarah Goldman's mother
- Samuel Goldman: Sarah Goldman's father. A veteran of the First World War and a former academic, he is forced by the anti-Jewish laws to work on a labor gang.
- Vera Kuznetsova: A White Russian refugee who works as a taxi dancer in Shanghai.
- Denis Boucher: A private in the French army
- Captain Patzig: Commander of the German pocket battleship "Admiral Scheer".
- Constantine Jenkins: Undersecretary at the American embassy in Berlin.
- Waldemar Zober: A member of the SS.
- Herman Szulc: A Marine stationed in Shanghai.
- Larry Koenig: A sergeant in the United States Marine Corps, stationed in Shanghai.
- Jose Sanjurjo
- Klaus Hammerstein: An officer in the Kreigsmarine serving aboard U-30.
- Helmut Fegelein: A sniper with the Wehrmacht.
- Kossuth: A brigadier in the Republican forces.
- Marcus Puttkamer: An Oberfeldwebel in the Wehrmacht and a sniper.
- Ralph Longstreet: A captain in the United States Marine Corps, he is the commander of the detachment of Marines stationed at the American consulate in Shanghai.
- La Martellita: The nom de guerre for an organizer in the Communist Party of Spain. Her real first name is Magdalena.
- Chaim Weinberg
- Hitler
- Halevy
- Reich
- Borisov
- Witt
- Mauser
- Stalin
- Saul
- Arno Baatz
Setting & Locations edit
- Germany
- France
- England
- Poland
- Spain
- Republic
- Shanghai
- Stuka
- Norway
- Paris
- Japan
- Madrid
- Berlin
- Denmark
- Soviet Union
- Russia
- Vladivostok
- Czechoslovakia
- Sweden
- Usa
- Copenhagen
- North Sea
- Peking
- United States
- Warsaw
- Dachau
- Laon
- Moscow
- Stockholm
- Manchukuo
- Munster
- Europe
- America
- Trondheim
- Gestapo
- China
- London
- Siberia
- Atlantic
- Breslau
- Pacific
- Oberfeldwebel
- Far East
First Sentence edit
Theo Hossbach lay on a cot in a military hospital in Cambrai.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 2 of 4 in The War That Came Early. (standard series)
Preceded by Hitler's War, and followed by The Big Switch.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Harry Turtledove (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: July 2010
ISBN: 9780345521842
Page Count: 436
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: July 2010
ISBN: 9780345521842
Page Count: 436
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PS3570 .U76W47 2010
- Dewey: 813
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