1945 (original 1995; edition 1996)

by Newt Gingrich, William Forstchen

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1945 takes as its departure point from actual history the idea that the US did not fight against Germany after Pearl Harbour. The authors have created a whole new course of history, starting in 1945 with Nazi Germany controlling all Europe except Britain. The hero must foil a Nazi plan.

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Member:	Grognard946
Title:	1945
Authors:	Newt Gingrich
Other authors:	William Forstchen
Info:	Baen (1996), Paperback, 400 pages
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Wasn't bad, wasn't as good as Newts Civil War rewrites. I guess I know a little more about WW2, so it is less plausible to me that teensy little Germany (pop 80.6 mil) could take on and defeat the US (pop 130 mil) and the USSR (pop 190 mil). And the Jerry "superweapons"...well it very much felt like it was written by a second rate sci-fi author and a second rate men's adventure writer rather than two men with Doctorates in history. Well, it's still better than Harry Turtledove

They really should have spent a little more time researching the Jerry weapons, they botched both the panzershreck and the MP 40, but I have come to realize that apparently no one knows more about small arms than I do.

Oh and it's a series. ends on a cliffhanger, next one isn't written yet. Feh. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Newt Gingrich	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Forstchen, William R.	—	main author	all editions	confirmed
Ruddell, Gary	Cover artist	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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1945 takes as its departure point from actual history the idea that the US did not fight against Germany after Pearl Harbour. The authors have created a whole new course of history, starting in 1945 with Nazi Germany controlling all Europe except Britain. The hero must foil a Nazi plan.

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