An Interesting Hypothetical Question

andy_hunter · 2013-07-09T08:21:31-04:00

Say if World War II never actually happened but someone wrote all the events of the war in a piece of fiction would it be a believable story? There are a lot of things which would seem very far-fetched if it weren't for the fact they actually happened. Like I find it astonishing that someone as insane as Hitler could come into power, new technology invented during the war (atomic bombs, V-2 rockets) sound like science fiction, kamikaze pilots defied all human instincts and the remarkable comeback of the Allied Forces to win the war seems a little too good to be true. Obviously all these things happened for logical reasons but would an author be able to explain these reasons in a credible way? How would the book be received? And would it be too complex to follow? I'd be interested to hear what other people think about these questions. Personally I think its too good a story to be believable as fiction. I don't know how I'd feel about the war if it only existed to me in a textbook, the fact that I've met people alive during the war and seen film footage, buildings and memorabilia from the war make it undeniable.

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andy_hunter wrote:

kamikaze pilots defied all human instincts

Well, the Japanese do have a rather different view of suicide than most, considering the practice of banzai charges and seppuku and all, so that'd be pretty believable.
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I'm just back from Poland, and I can say it's one of the saddest countries I've ever been to. The history is overwhelming. I mean Warsaw was basically 80% destroyed during WWII and everything now standing was rebuilt after the war.

Anyhow, I see what the OP was trying to say. I've seen many movies and visited many important places surrounding WWII and I still can't fully imagine the extent of the horrors committed.
Even after the 7 hours of 'Shoah', it's just unbearable to picture the death camps actually working, or ordering the destruction of a complete city like Warsaw.
The whole period is like all evil let loose, from the bombing of Dresden (I'm thinking Slaughterhouse 5), the Berlin aftermath (Germany Year Zero), unit 731, Hiroshima... It's terrifying how all that happened in such a short period of time.
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Jackwc wrote:

Well, the Japanese do have a rather different view of suicide than most, considering the practice of banzai charges and seppuku and all, so that'd be pretty believable.

This. My Modern Japanese History class could all seem like fiction to Western culture but we have to keep in mind how different people around the world are.
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This. My Modern Japanese History class could all seem like fiction to Western culture but we have to keep in mind how different people around the world are.

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ppnw wrote:

but man, those hispanics are dumb and poor

I don't think this really needs to be brought up.

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