The Children's War
The Children's War is a 2001 alternate history novel by J.N. Stroyar. It was followed by the sequel "A Change of Regime". The book was the long form winner of the Sidewise Award for Alternate History in 2001. Background. The point of divergence happens in 1941 when Adolf Hitler's astrologer convinced him that attacking the Soviet Union was a bad idea and the German nuclear weapons program saw better progress. Fifty years later, the truce between Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union, and the North American Union is still holding. The main character, Peter Halifax , finds himself betrayed by the British underground and forced into a life as a slave to a Nazi household, but later escapes to the Polish resistance. Literary critique. "The Bradenton Herald" described "The Children's War" as "a brutal look at what might have been and a reminder of the price of freedom." The above page includes an extensive list of other Wikipedia articles regarding works of Nazi Germany/Axis/World War II alternate history.