Review: Interesting Idea
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 10 3, 2013
I, too, am a bit of a WWII buff, and though I cannot abide what was done to the Jews and others in the name of Aryan superiority, I have to appreciate what a relatively small nation led by a megalomaniac, almost accomplished. A couple of strategic decisions made differently, and . . .That is what attracted me to this book in the first place. Mr. Nuttall' s premise of what might have happened had the Japanese not attacked Pearl Harbor is entirely plausible. The specter of a Hitler-controlled colossus slavering for another crack at Britain is daunting, to say the least.However, the build-up to the military invasion lacks balance. He gives the impression that Hitler decided to move and two months later, his minions were straining at the leash doesn't do well; such an operation would involve months of logistic preparation on a scale which would have drawn British intelligence like flies. The author would have done better to use more third-party neutral descriptions to describe the preparations rather than tension filled meetings in the Fuehrerbunker.The book improves markedly when the action begins. Good individual and unit combat passages, and suspenseful sections where the readers can't be sure who will win. Rommel and Montgomery come off as thoroughly professional soldiers in difficult circumstances. Churchill, Hitler, and Himmler are a bit larger than life, but fill their roles well. Lower ranking individuals, who may be fictional, do well in describing typical personnel on both sides.The conclusion is appropriate, and gives the impression of much more to come. Worth reading.