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North Reich Kindle Edition

by Robert Conroy (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 421 ratings
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American military forces are focused on fighting Japan after Pearl Harbor. Hitler's army has taken Stalingrad, defeated opposing countries in Western Europe, England has surrendered, and German troops, including the terrifying Gestapo, now control Canada, with a puppet government in Ottawa.

Many historians consider Hitler's greatest blunder was declaring war on the United States in 1941. Award-winning author Robert Conroy presents an exciting alternate history scenario, where Hitler did not declare war on the U.S. and American armed forces stayed out of the European conflict, focusing its military might on the Pacific.

In NORTH REICH, border skirmishes with Nazi-occupied Canada and saboteur efforts within U.S. escalate into a Nazi invasion. This novel presents a moving picture of Nazi-occupied Canada, what the U.S. response might have been, and how warfare on American soil could have played out.

on CASTRO'S BOMB:
“Robert Conroy is truly one of the top players in the field when it comes to imaginative well written tales. Be ready for some sleepless nights when you argue with yourself "I'll just read one more chapter," because Conroy's work is the type of book you simply can't put down.”
- William R. Forstchen, author of NYTimes bestseller ONE SECOND AFTER and co-author of YORKTOWN and GETTYSBURG

on HIMMLER'S WAR
"Historical accuracy in the midst of creative speculation makes this piece of alternate history believable. It should appeal to fans of Harry Turtledove."
- Library Journal

on RED INFERNO:
“An ensemble cast of fictional characters … and historical figures powers the meticulously researched story line with diverse accounts of the horrors of war, making this an appealing read for fans of history and alternate history alike.”
- Publishers Weekly

*Starred Review* "Conroy’s latest novel is substantially his best. It supposes that in 1945, President Truman decided to send American troops across the Elbe to claim the American share of Berlin. That catches Stalin in a paranoiac mood, and the Red Army attacks the force headed to Berlin…Add the prospective disintegration of the Western Alliance over the prolongation of the war … and J. Edgar Hoover displaying a paranoia that rivals Stalin’s, and every aspect of the scenario becomes engrossing and grimly plausible. Even the book’s two well-realized romances add interest to the proceedings, and the suspense holds up literally to the last page. If Conroy’s enthusiasm for alternate history leads to a sequel to this one, it will continue a story comparable to the best by the subgenre’s masters."
- Booklist

on 1945:
“Conroy explores the carnage of war through numerous viewpoints (a naive American soldier, an escaped POW, a Japanese-American operative, the deposed emperor, etc.) with moving and thought-provoking results.”
- Publishers Weekly

on 1942:
“A high-explosive what-if, with full-blooded characters.”
- John Birmingham, author of WITHOUT WARNING

“Fans of Tom Clancy and Agent Jack Bauer should find a lot to like here.”
- Publishers Weekly

“A significant writer of alternate history turns here to the popular topic of Pearl Harbor, producing what is arguably his best book.”
- Booklist

on 1901:
“The yarn is likely to please both military history and alternative history buffs.”
- Booklist

“This cleverly conceived alternative history proposes that Kaiser Wilhelm II launches an invasion of the U.S in 1901 after President McKinley summarily rejects a demand that he surrender Cuba and the Philippines to the Germans … Conroy tells a solid what-if historical.”
- Publishers Weekly
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B008BVXZXO
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Spectrum Literary Agency, Inc. (June 14, 2012)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 14, 2012
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 943 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 334 pages
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My next novel, "1882-Custer in Chains," will be published in May, 2015. I had hoped for sooner, but it's the publisher's decision. In my tale, Custer not only survives the fight at the Little Big Horn in 1876, but becomes a war hero and then President of the United States. Urged on by his ambitious wife Libbie, he gets us into a war with Spain with the conquest or liberation of Cuba as its goal. The result is a bloody invasion and a series of battles on both land and sea in which the outcome is never a sure thing. As always, there are a number of historical characters as well as fictional ones. Since 1882 was only seventeen years after the end of the Civil War, memories of that bloody conflict are always present.

As I've written before, I want my alternate histories to be plausible; ergo, no time travel or magic. Now, could Custer have survived? Absolutely yes. He had two Gatling guns that he felt would have slowed him down; therefore, he left them behind. What if some energetic young officer had defied him and brought them just in time to save Custer and what remained of his force from annihilation? Victory for Custer, of course and that is the take off point for 1882-Custer in Chains.

Following on the heels of "Liberty-1784" and "1820-America's Great War," Custer will be my twelfth published novel and it's still a thrill. I wonder what the nuns at now closed St. Ambrose High School would have thought.

Why not check out my website at robertconroybooks.com or email me at conroybooks.net?

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High Voltage Processing
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read on what could have happened!!!!
Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2012
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The second I opened this book I loved it. It reminded me of one of my favorite authors Harry Turtledove. The story just sucked you in and kept you engaged. The characters where believable and developed well enough that you cared what happened to them. The authors thoughts about how the war could have gone were very well constructed and are very probable. His writing style is such that I will look for more books and buy them.
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Joseph Harris
4.0 out of 5 stars An interesting what-if with some unbelievable effects
Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2013
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I have enjoyed Mr. Conroy's alternate histories, so I was pleased to discover that he had a kindle book. On the whole, I found the book very enjoyable, but it does have issues.

The breakpoint for this alternate history is that Hitler does not declare war on the U.S after Pearl Harbor. But waits for two years before giving the order to attack the U.S from German ouccupied Canada Thus begining the story. I wont go into detail about the story because I figure most fans already know how Conroy creates his story cast. Like I said tI enjoyed the story told in the book BUT it doesnt help explain some of the book's main problems: Being a WW2 historian (buff) I simply don't believe what "happened" in that missing two years. Specifically, Mr. Conroy requires
1) FDR couldn't find a way to go to war with Germany anyway; this much is reasonably plausible
2) FDR had to suspend Lend Lease; why?
3) Germany managed to force the UK to a truce that included German occupation of both parts of Britain AND, most crucially, Canada; I don't know how plausible this is without a larger Germany naval build-up than happened in this book, but I'm willing to accept that Britain's position would have grown quite tenuous, especially without US support, and
4) the US allowed Germany to build up a substantial force in Canada without massively militarizing that border.

It is the US's tacit acceptance of a Nazi build-up in Ontario that I find mind-boggling. The US has historically had a very defensive position towards this hemisphere, and I simply do not find it credible that FDR was so politically weak after Pearl Harbor that he would be actively prevented from blocking this treaty, or from reacting more strongly to it if he couldn't block it.

There are a few technical aspects that were off. Some of the things, like the M3 Lee still in use later in the war, I thought were accurate reflecting a US Army that still had not suffered encounters with Panzers. Others, like the P-51, maybe should not have been included as the different timeline eliminated the British military requirements which drove much of this aircraft's development. One element I particularly enjoyed was the E-Boat vs PT encounters on Lake Ontario, with the US boats starting out of Rochester NY.

The scenario would make more sense if Germany had perhaps captured substantial naval assets or if Italy had sent units into the Atlantic or had help from Vichy France. The Bismarck being lost in May 1941 also did not make sense. As it was laid out, it is hard to believe the Germans would have even attempted this with the naval situation. I was shocked at the profuse number of words that did not relate in sentences.It was like no one even proof read it for grammar or syntax Maybe lazy editors I dont know.

I enjoyed this story. This is an interesting outlook on what might have been if only one decision had been changed in 1941. There are enough twists to keep it interesting. Would love to see movies made from these novels. I look forward to the next offering from Mr. Conroy.
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5.0 out of 5 stars America attacked
Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2024
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Again Robert Conroy took history and added a twist and what if. History is based on decisions and choices made by men and women. As you will read, Hitler made a different decision after Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japan. That decision lead to different decisions by FDR and a country that wanted to remain isolation nation. For to long many thought the oceans kept America safe. This story points that out. Read this version of history from Robert Conroy.
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Nom d'guerra
3.0 out of 5 stars An OK Book.
Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2013
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This book had a lot of promise. It is a really interesting point of departure. Unfortunately, Conroy didn't carry through with the idea. This book has big problems and small problems. The big problems are that he glosses over or heavily manipulates historical facts to fit his narrative. Secondly, it doesn't seem like he look at a map of the Niagara Peninsula, the Greater Ontario Area or Western New York State. He never mentions the Niagara Escarpment, which as a geographical feature would have played an enormous role in the conflict. Lastly for the big problems, a Nazi war in North America would have never centered around Toronto and the Niagara Peninsula. The war would have much more likely taken place around the Maritimes and New England. Halifax and Boston are only a few hours away from each other by sea and much less by air.

As for the small problems. The Kindle addition is riddled with typos and changes in names of characters. It becomes very distracting as you continue. Secondly, Conroy knows nothing about Buffalo. He pretty much sets it as a tiny provincial 2 horse town. Buffalo at that time was a major industrial city with a large population and a critical transportation hub. One of the largest steel plants in the world was located just south and west of Buffalo along Lake Erie. These would have been key target. Also, one of the characters said there was nothing to do in Buffalo on leave. Now and then, there is a bar in just about every corner in Buffalo. Where else would a soldier on leave want to go? Lastly, the love interest/romance part of the book was completely unnecessary and completely one dimensional.
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Roger J. Buffington
4.0 out of 5 stars An intriguing alternate history scenario
Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2013
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In this interesting novel, author Conroy prognosticates that Hitler scrupulously avoids committing Germany to war with the United States after the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor. As a result, the US goes aggressively after Japan even more than in actual history, but leaves Germany alone. Britain is cowed and neutral, and German troops garrison certain parts of Canada, where the Germans build up troop concentrations on the North American mainland. War with the US is inevitable and this novel is the story of that war.

The premise of this novel is not especially believable. America would never, not ever, have allowed Germany to garrison parts of Canada. Nor would the Canadians themselves have stood for this, even if Britain itself acquiesced, as is the premise in this story.

These inconsistencies aside, this is an enjoyable and engrossing novel. War on the North American mainland is an intriguing and interesting scenario, and Conroy does a decent job of making it seem possible, albeit unlikely. This one is a good read. Recommended. RJB.
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Mike Yambrovich
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderfully written
Reviewed in the United States on November 22, 2022
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Wonderfully written. Characters that are relatable, both good and bad. Good guys don’t always make it. Mr. Conroy writes great yarns that could have happened.
The proofreaders failed Mr. Conroy in this book over and over. There were umlauts used in the German but the English suffered as well.
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JC
1.0 out of 5 stars Canadian stereotypes, eh ?
Reviewed in Canada on January 18, 2022
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Author's works vary from very good to terrible. This is at the poorer end. Canadians would never lower themselves to the level seen here. And of course the white hat wearing Americans come galloping to the rescue .Guess the moose riding Mounties throwing maple syrup grenades couldn't defeat the evil Nazis on their own
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Daidin
4.0 out of 5 stars Prenant mais peu plausible
Reviewed in France on November 15, 2013
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Que se serait-il passé si après Pearl Harbor, Hitler n'avait pas déclaré la guerre aux Etats-Unis.

Robert Conroy part de ce postulat pour nous décrire une situation où les Allemands auraient installé une armée de 250.000 hommes au Canada après la capitulation de l'Angleterre.

Hitler, jugeant la capitulation soviétique imminente (après la chute de Moscou, le suicide (provoqué ou non) de Staline et la chute de Stalingrad), décide d'obtenir des concessions des Etats-Unis en provoquant une guerre. Il pense qu'en menaçant la production industrielle américaine, il pourra obtenir des concessions parce que les Etats-Unis ne pourront et ne voudront pas affronter les forces du Reich.

La force de Robert Conroy se situe selon moi dans la description des actions militaires. Pour le reste, il y a des faiblesses tant au niveau de l'exactitude historique (du moins pour ce qui n'est pas uchronique) que pour les parties "romances". On peut sérieusement se demander si les histoires d'amour qu'il introduit apportent quelque chose à ses romans.

Il est aussi permis de se demander si Robert Conroy ne développe pas des hypothèses pour mieux les réfuter?
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P Templeton-Jones
5.0 out of 5 stars IT COULD SO EASILY HAVE BEEN
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 24, 2013
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Only one thing stopped this story from being reality. The bravery, foresight and downright doggedness of Winston Churchill. Brilliant WHAT IF
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good alt history fun :)
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 29, 2015
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Despite some other reviewer's this novel novel is not anti-British.
Truth is quite a few in power in the UK were cowards, sympathizers or outright traitors.
Many quite understandably didn't want another bloodbath like WW1, Chamberlain was simply unable to contemplate the evil of the Nazi regime,he was naive, not a bad or stupid person. Just out of his depth as he'd never dealt with such insanity as Nazi Germany. Very few folk then could appreciate how evil the Nazis were,easy for us in hindsight

Others though were making money from the Nazi warmachine or enjoyed it's ideology.
So it's quite possible the UK could have been forced into submission, added with the incredible arrogant stupidity of much of the Establishment that did in fact seriously hamper our military in many ways.

Conroy's novel are somewhat lightweight hokum, and that is NOT a bad thing! They are entertaining and based on plausible actions and events.
If I want ugly, depressing crap I can watch the news....
This one is not as good as some of his others, but still a good,enjoyable read :)
Really,I'd like more length and depth to his stories,now,but I have very much enjoyed them all!
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Jim Eve
4.0 out of 5 stars North Reich Review
Reviewed in Australia on April 12, 2014
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Quite a good read. The story behind it was realistic but from early into the story it felt like there was only ever going to be one outcome. The sub-plots in the book were good and I was happy that I got value for money in the purchase of this book.
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