Final Impact World War 2.3: John Birmingham

Final Impact World War 2.3: John Birmingham

This series is basically about a twenty first naval armada which ended up in some type of time warp and ended up in the middle of War War Two. Final impact doesn't actually finnish where the last book designated targets 2.2 ended. There are gaps in what happened to Hoover, and naval officer Dan Black. They are explained but in a past tense. I'm not sure I liked this.

Militarily it is a noval of technological catch up, as well as political decisions on an international scale. I especially like wondering about the 'what ifs', with the politics. In the end Birmingham goes with the same outcome as the actual war. The Allies win. 

But I'm not as sure, if Stailin knew that communism would fail, that he would be looked on as just as evil as Hitler for eternity. I think he might have had a go at the peak of communist power against the Allies. 

I think this would make a good movie lots of action as well as lots to think about. Some great twists especialy at the end.

 

 

Weapons of Choice, Word War 2.1, by John Birmingham

Weapons of Choice, World War 2.1, by John Birmingham

The basic premiss of this book was about a modern international fleet of naval warships 2021 is caught up in an experiment which lands them bang, in the middle of the Battle of Midway during World War 2.

It is a genre of historical, science and alternate fiction. This first novel Birmingham doesn't go down the 'what if', my grandmother was killed scenario, that most time travel fiction tries to get there head around.

Rather Birmingham looks at comparison, between weapons of different eras, culture between different nationalities but different times. For example in the 1940's equality between sexes, cultures and colors was still racist.

 

The most important aspect in this book which quickly becomes apparent is not the technological advances but the knowledge of history in the short term. How both the Axis and Allies can take advantage of the historical knowledge for there Global strategic advantage. This is very apparent in the last few pages (Which I wont give away), and has me eager to read the next book in the series.