The Man with the Iron Heart (Roman)
| The Man with the Iron Heart (Roman) | |
|---|---|
| author | Harry Turtledove |
| language | English |
| genre | Alternate world history |
| Original title | The Man with the Iron Heart |
| publishing company | Del Rey |
| Release Date | July 22, 2008 |
| Media type | Hardcover , paperback |
| pages | 533 |
| ISBN | 978-0-345-50434-0 |
The Man with the Iron Heart is a novel by the author Harry Turtledove from the field of alternate world history . Herein survived Reinhard Heydrich , the operation Anthropoid and results after the end of World War II as the leader of the Organization werewolf a guerrilla war against the Allies. The fictitious events in the occupied German Reich are based strongly on the real experiences of the US occupation of Iraq from 2003 to 2011.
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After Reinhard Heydrich survived the Prague assassination attempt in June 1942, after the German defeat in the Battle of Stalingrad , he persuaded his superior Heinrich Himmler to be allowed to prepare for the formation of a partisan force . This is supposed to continue the war against the allies of the anti-Hitler coalition after the impending military defeat of Germany.
After the German surrender in May 1945, the "werewolves" begin a series of suicide bombings , which among others cost the lives of high-ranking military officers Ivan Konev and George S. Patton . The occupying powers are overwhelmed with this completely new type of warfare and appear largely helpless. In the USA, there is growing domestic resistance to the loss-making occupation of Germany, which the Republican Party is making use of and who accuses President Harry Truman of foreign policy ineptitude.
Shortly before the start of the Nuremberg trials , a bomb destroys the Palace of Justice , forcing it to be moved. Dozens of Soviet officers are killed by poisoned alcohol at a New Year's Eve party in Berlin. The attempts at democratization by the Western Allies fail right from the start, as local democratic politicians like Konrad Adenauer also fall victim to the "werewolves".
Reinhard Heydrich succeeds in stealing radium for the construction of a dirty bomb , through which the US headquarters in Frankfurt am Main is nuclear contaminated. The terrorists are now even attacking outside the German borders and destroying the Eiffel Tower in Paris and Westminster Cathedral in London.
Although Heydrich can be killed in a joint secret service operation by the Americans and Soviet Russians, his place is quickly taken by Joachim Peiper . The Republicans win a triumphant victory in the 1946 midterm elections and force President Truman to withdraw US troops from Germany. The British also give up their zone of occupation, leaving only France and the Soviet Union as occupying powers and the Nazis regaining control over large parts of Germany.