A hypothetical military victory of the

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over the

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(1939–1945) is a common topic in speculative literature. Works of

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(fiction) and of

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(non-fiction), including stories, novels, and plays, often explore speculative public and private life in lands conquered by the coalition, whose principal powers were

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Imperial Japan The also known as the Japanese Empire or Imperial Japan, was a historical nation-state and great power that existed from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 until the enactment of the post-World War II 1947 constitution and subsequent forma ...

, and Fascist Italy. The first work to inspire the genre was ''

Swastika Night ''Swastika Night'' is a futuristic novel by British writer Katharine Burdekin, writing under the pseudonym Murray Constantine. First published in 1937 and subsequently as a Left Book Club selection in 1940, the novel depicts a world where Adol ...

'' (1937), by Katherine Burdekin, a British novel published before Nazi Germany launched the Second World War in 1939. Later novels of alternative history include''

The Man in the High Castle ''The Man in the High Castle'' (1962), by Philip K. Dick, is an alternative history novel wherein the Axis Powers won World War II. The story occurs in 1962, fifteen years after the end of the war in 1947, and depicts the political intrigues b ...

'' (1962) by Philip K. Dick, ''

SS-GB ''SS-GB'' is an alternative history novel by Len Deighton, set in a United Kingdom conquered and occupied by Germany during the Second World War. The novel's title refers to the branch of the Nazi SS that controls Britain. It was first publi ...

'' (1978) by

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, and ''

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'' (1992) by Robert Harris. The stories deal with the politics, culture, and personalities who would have allowed the

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victories against democracy, and with the psychology of daily life in

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societies. The novels present stories of how ordinary citizens deal with fascist military occupation and with the resentments of being under colonial domination. The literature uses the Latin term Pax Germanica to describe such fictional post-war outcomes. The term Pax Germanica was applied to the hypothetical Imperial German victory in the

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(1914–1918), which usage derives from the term

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used in the Latin-language documents that formally ended the

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(1618–1648). Academics, such as

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in ''The World Hitler Never Made: Alternate History and the Memory of Nazism'' (2005), have researched the media representations of 'Nazi victory'.

Depictions of the Axis Powers

Themes

Helen White stated that a hypothetical world in which Nazi Germany won the Second World War is a harsher and grimmer place to live than the real world where Nazi Germany and the Axis Powers lost the War in 1945. Speculative literature about hypothetical military victories by the Axis Powers have generally been English-language literary work from the British Commonwealth and the United States as such protagonists tend to experience events from the perspective of military defeat and foreign military occupation. The literary tone of

fiction presents the military victory of the Axis Powers as a melancholy background, against which the reader sees the unfolding of political plots in a socially strained atmosphere of foreign occupation and socio-economic domination. ''

The Ultimate Solution ''The Ultimate Solution'' is a 1973 alternate history novel by journalist and former ''Playboy'' interviewer Eric Norden, set in a world where the Axis forces won World War II and partitioned the world between them. The novel is noted for its p ...

'' (1973), by

Eric Norden ''The Ultimate Solution'' is a 1973 alternate history novel by journalist and former ''Playboy'' interviewer Eric Norden, set in a world where the Axis forces won World War II and partitioned the world between them. The novel is noted for its p ...

, shows the Nazified people and society of the US as a morally hopeless nation and state; a state of affairs that concludes with a nuclear war between Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan. The social story of ''

'' (1978), by

, concludes with a US

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raid into Nazi occupied Great Britain, to rescue British nuclear scientists, while the British Resistance remains hopeful of eventual military liberation by the US. In '' Clash of Eagles'' (1990), by Leo Rutman, the people of New York City rebel against the Nazi occupation of the US. In ''

'' (1992), by Robert Harris, the story concludes with the protagonists exposing the

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to the American people, thereby thwarting Hitler's rapprochement with the US, meant to solve the continual economic crises of the Greater German Reich. Harry Turtledove's ''

In the Presence of Mine Enemies ''In the Presence of Mine Enemies'' is a 2003 alternate history novel by American author Harry Turtledove, expanded from the eponymous short story. The title comes from the fifth verse of the 23rd Psalm. The novel depicts a world in which the Un ...

'' (2003) presents the Nazi world two generations after their victory in WWII, in a time and place that allowed political liberalization and democratization.

Early depictions

The novel ''

'' (1937) presents the post-war world born from the victory of the Axis Powers: A

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characterized by much "violence and mindlessness", which are justified by "irrationality and superstition". Published two years before Nazi Germany began the Second World War in 1939, ''Swastika Night'' is a work of

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and not a work of

. The book reviewer Darragh McManus said that although the story and plot of the novel are “a huge leap of imagination, ''Swastika Night'' posits a terrifyingly coherent and plausible orld��, that “considering when it was published, and how little of what we know of the

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today was then understood, the novel is eerily prophetic and perceptive about the nature of

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”. The short story '' I, James Blunt'' (1941) is a work of war-time propaganda set in a fictional September 1944 when Great Britain is under Nazi rule. The story is told through the entries of a diary, which describe the social and economic consequences of military occupation, such as British workers sent to the shipyards of Nazi Germany and to Scottish shipyards to build warships to attack the U.S. The novel concludes with the diarist exhorting the readers of ''I, James Blunt'' to ensure that the story of the Nazi occupation of Great Britain remains as fiction. The novel ''We, Adolf I'' (1945) presents a Nazi victory in the

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(23 August 1942 – 2 February 1943) which allowed Hitler to crown himself emperor of the world. In Berlin, the Nazis build an imperial palace featuring architectural elements of the

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and the

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. In the course of the story, the despot Hitler enters a dynastic marriage with the Japanese Imperial

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in effort to produce a

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heir to rule the world after Hitler. ''The Last Jew: A Novel'' (''Ha-Yehudi Ha'Aharon'', 1946) tells the future history of a Nazi world ruled by the League of Dictators, wherein the last Jew to survive the

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is discovered hiding in

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. The League of Dictators plan the public execution of the last Jew as entertainment during the Olympic Games. Before they can realize the spectacular death of the last Jew, the Moon's excessive proximity to Earth, a negative consequence of Nazi lunar colonization, provokes a catastrophe that extinguishes life on planet Earth. The novel should not be confused with Yoram Kaniuk's novel ''The Last Jew'', which has been translated to English. The stage play '' Peace in Our Time'' (1947) explores the nature of fascist rule in London and examines the deleterious effects of military occupation upon the mental health of the common man and the common woman. As a playwright, Coward was included in the Gestapo's Black Book of enemies-of-the-state to be arrested upon completion of

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, the Nazi conquest of Great Britain. The novel ''The Man in the High Castle'' (1962) presents an Axis victory after Franklin D. Roosevelt is assassinated in 1933, and the

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is divided between Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan.

Later depictions

Additional notable depictions of Axis victory include:

Literature

* '' The Sound of His Horn'' by Sarban (1952) * "

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(1956) * '' The Big Time'' by

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(1957) * ''

'' by Philip K. Dick (1962) * ''

The Iron Dream ''The Iron Dream'' is a metafictional 1972 alternate history novel by American author Norman Spinrad. The book has a nested narrative that tells a story within a story. On the surface, the novel presents a post-apocalyptic adventure tale entitled ...

'' by

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(1972) depicts a science fiction/fantasy allegory of a Nazi victory * ''

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(1973) * ''

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(1978) * '' The Divide'' by William Overgard (1980) * ''

The Proteus Operation ''The Proteus Operation'' is a science fiction alternate history novel written by James P. Hogan. The plot focuses on an Anglo-American team of soldiers and civilians sent back in time from the Nazi-dominated world of 1975 to prevent an Axis v ...

'' by James P. Hogan (1985) * ''

Thor Meets Captain America "Thor Meets Captain America" is a science fiction and alternate history novelette by American writer David Brin. It was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novelette in 1987 and also won a Locus Award in 1987 in the novelette category. The grap ...

'' by

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(1988) * '' The Last Article'' by

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(1988) * '' Clash of Eagles'' by Leo Rutman (1990) * ''And All the King's Men'' () by Gordon Stevens (1991) * '' Timewyrm: Exodus'' (''

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'' novel) by

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(1991) * ''

'', by Robert Harris (1992) * ''No Retreat'' by John Bowen (1994) * '' '48'' by

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(1996) * ''

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'' by

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(1996) * '' Making History'' by

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(1996) * ''Patton's Spaceship'' by

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(part of '' The Timeline Wars series'' (1997)) * ''

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'' by Michael Cronin (1999) * ''

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'' by Daniel Quinn (2001) * '' Collaborator'' by Murray Davies (2003) * ''

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(2003, the first 21 pages were originally a short story published in 1992) * ''The Leader'' by

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* '' Mobius Dick'' by

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(2004) * '' The Plot Against America'' by

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(2004) * ''

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'' by

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(2004) * ''

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(2006–2008) * '' Resistance'' by

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(2007) * '' The Conquistador's Hat'' by

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(2011) * ''

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'' by C. J. Sansom (2012) * ''A Kill in the Morning'' by

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(2014) * '' The Madagaskar Plan'' by Guy Saville (2015) * Mecha Samurai Empire series by

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(2016–2020) Counterfactual scenarios are also written as a form of academic paper rather than necessarily as fiction and/or novel-length fiction: * '' What If?: The World's Foremost Military Historians Imagine What Might Have Been'' contains "How Hitler Could Have Won the War" by

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. * ''Virtual History: Alternatives and Counterfactuals'', edited by

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, contains "Hitler's England: What if Germany had invaded Britain in May 1940?" by Andrew Roberts and Niall Ferguson, plus "Nazi Europe: What if Nazi Germany had defeated the Soviet Union?" by Michael Burleigh. The ''All About History'' Bookazine series came out with ''What if...Book of Alternate History'' (2019). Among the articles are ''What if...Germany had won the Battle of Britain?'' and ''What if...The Allies had lost the Battle of the Atlantic?''

Film

* ''

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'' (1966), a British film directed by

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. * ''

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'' (1993) * ''

'' (1994), based on the 1992 novel. * ''

Jackboots on Whitehall ''Jackboots on Whitehall'' (a.k.a. ''Nazi Invasion: Team Europe'') is a 2010 British adult animated/puppet satirical action comedy film set in an alternative history Second World War, in which Nazi Germany has seized London. The British must b ...

'' (2010) * '' Resistance'' (2011)

Television

* '' The Other Man'' (1964) * ''

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" (1967) * ''

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'' (1978) * ''

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'': "Stay Tuned, We'll Be Right Back" (1981) * ''

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'': "The Savage Time" (2002) * ''

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'': " Zero Hour"/" Storm Front" (2004) * ''

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'':, Season 2, Episode 7 "Welcome to Hitlerland" (2015) * ''

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series based on the 1962 novel. * ''

'' (2017), a BBC miniseries based on the 1978 novel. * " Crisis on Earth-X" (2017), four-part

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''. * '' The Plot Against America'' (2020), an HBO miniseries based on 2004 novel.

Comics

* "Blitzkrieg 1972", issue 155 of ''

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'' (September 1972), takes place in a battle-torn

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, where German Nazi forces, from their headquarters on

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, are increasingly defeating the outnumbered US Army forces desperately defending the city — until the Hulk comes to take a hand in the fighting and confront the super-Nazi Captain Axis. * In DC Comics, Earth X is an alternative Earth in which the Nazis won World War II. * In the 2003–2004

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story arc ''Cap Lives'' (''Captain America'' Vol. 4, issues 17-20), Captain America awakens from suspended animation in 1964 to find that — due to a temporal anomaly — Nazi Germany has won WWII and conquered much of the world, including the United States. After dropping a nuclear bomb on the US, Nazi Germany took control of North America, renaming

as "New

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, Donald Blake, Bruce Banner,

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, and Stephen Strange, Captain America fights against the New Reich and succeeds in returning to the timeline in which he is originally meant to be. * An alternate reality (designated as Earth 9907) in which the Red Skull survived and assumed leadership of the failing Third Reich, leading it into total world domination, also appears in the ''

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(1988) * '' Battlestations: Pacific'' by Eidos Interactive (2009) * '' Wolfenstein: The New Order'' by

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(2014) * '' Wolfenstein: The Old Blood'' by

(2015) * '' Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus'' by

(2017) * '' Wolfenstein: Youngblood'' by

(2019) * Among the many alternate history timelines featured in the

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''Infinite Worlds'' is the highly dangerous timeline known as '' Reich-5'', the worst of several Nazi-victorious alternate histories. * In the

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, many conversion mods have been made that makes you play in a world with an Axis victory. The most well known of these mods is ''The New Order: Last Days of Europe'', a mod where a

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is fought between Germany, the USA and Japan. The mod has received praise for its rich storytelling and its dark and gloomy atmosphere. Another mod, ''Thousand Week Reich'', is based around a partial Axis victory, where Germany and Italy emerge victorious in continental Europe and Africa, while Japan is defeated by the Americans in an alternate

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