Sheiko Maksym - World beyond the war

The only thing that allows us to classify this book as science fiction is the story of an English tourist who travels to German-occupied Paris in 1941. And although they couldn’t get much information out of him, even the crumbs that he remembered from the school history curriculum allowed Nazi Germany to avoid many mistakes. No, she did not receive a superweapon from the future or a special forces hero who destroyed the enemy general staff with vodka. Germany already had enough strength. Simply extracted snippets of information forced her not to scatter her strength and throw all her strength at the USSR, practically without being distracted by her allies. And history began to move in a different direction

Several storylines with heroes belonging to different sides and located at different levels of the military hierarchy. And against the backdrop of the fates of several people - a war in which thousands and millions of people are burning, cities are burning

The author does not try to show either side in a favorable light. The book shows well that war remains a war in which there is no place for pity for the enemy. No, sadism has no place in war either, but when victory is put first, the number of victims becomes unimportant.

If we discard the plot inserts, the book becomes a historical chronicle of a war that could have happened in reality. And here it is no longer individuals who are being manipulated—divisions and armies become the actors. And no matter how much you want to win in spite of everything - if there are objective factors in the form of superiority in strength, training and more experienced commanders - you will not survive, even if you defend your homeland from invaders. This is exactly what the author wanted to show - that the victory over Nazi Germany was the most difficult test, and the scales could tip in the other direction

Historical chronicle of the first years of the war, in which history takes a different path

Against the backdrop of global events - the fate of several ordinary and not so ordinary people

A person far from history will quickly begin to get confused in the numbers and names of divisions and armies

Reading about the superiority of Nazi Germany, even if it is not very embellished, is still unusual