Vous constaterez que ces scénarios sont plus ou moins réalistes, mais ils titillent néanmoins l'imagination. Ils constituent également un coup d'oeil intéressant dans la psyché collective des gens de l'époque. L'image à droite est la couverture de ce numéro de Life, sur lequel on voit deux militaires debout près d'une torpille allemande qui a échoué sur une plage des Caraïbes. Elle aurait explosé peu après.
Voici donc les scénarios envisagés:
Option 1: Hit and run across the Atlantic. One scenario imagined by Life magazine sees the Germans invade the U.S. from the East Coast. But first, they would have needed to take out the British fleet, rescue captured Vichy France and Italian fleets - and have help from 5th columnists in the U.S. Meanwhile, separate assaults would be made on Seattle, San Francisco and LA
Option 2: Island hopping. According to these plans, the Nazis would launch an assault on Norfolk, Virginia. First, the Germans would rendezvous with the 'Jap fleet' via the Azores, Madeira and Canaries
Option 3: The Iceland manoeuvre. This strategy imagines an invasion via Canada through the St Lawrence and Hudson Valleys, via Iceland after taking on the British Fleet
Option 4: Japan calling. This attack from the Orient would have started with a surprise Japanese bombing of the Panama Canal, followed by landings in Ecuador
Option 5: Pearl Harbor revisited. This plan calls for a frontal attack on the West Coast via Pearl Harbor. The Japanese and Germans, supported by carriers, first land on the outer Hawaiian islands, set up air bases and close in on Oahu. More difficult is the big water jump to San Francisco
D'autres uchronies à propos de la deuxième guerre mondiale:
Comment la deuxième guerre mondiale aurait-elle pu se terminer?
In at the death
Resistance
The Man in the high castle (qui fera bientôt l'objet d'une série télé)
Harry Turtledove