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The Moscow Option

David Downing

On 30 September 1941, the Germans fight their way into the ruins of Moscow and the Soviet Union collapses. Although Russian resistance continues, German ambition multiplies after this success and offensives are launched in Africa, the Mediterranean and the Middle East. Hitler's armies, assured of victory, make their leader's dreams reality and Allied hopes of recovery seem almost hopelessly doomed.

This provocative alternative history looks at the Second World War from a new angle - what might have happened had the Germans taken Moscow in 1941. Based on authentic history and real possibilities, this speculative narrative plays out the dramatic consequences if certain opportunities had been taken and examines the grotesque possibilities of a triumphant Third Reich. With a convincing blend of actual history and alternate events, this fascinating book is a chilling reminder that history might easily have been very different.

GenresWorld War, 1939-1945GermanySoviet UnionEuropeHistoryErrors, inventions, etc.

224 pages, 8 editions

English edition · First published 1979 by Greenhill Books · ISBN 9781805002031

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Editions

8 editions

English

  • The Moscow Option · Greenhill Books · 2025 · ISBN 9781805002031 This page
  • The Moscow Option · Casemate Publishers and Book Distributors, LLC · 2025 · ISBN 9781805002048
  • The Moscow Option: An Alternative Second World War · Frontline Books · 2013 · ISBN 9781848327214
  • Moscow Option: An Alternative Second World War · Pen & Sword Books Limited · 2013 · ISBN 9781473877696
  • The Moscow Option: An Alternative Second World War · Greenhill · 2001 · ISBN 9781853674631
  • The Moscow Option: An Alternative Second World War · St. Martin's Press · 1980 · ISBN 9780312548919
  • The Moscow Option: An Alternative Second World War · New English Library · 1980 · ISBN 9780450046254
  • Moscow Option · New English Library · 1979 · ISBN 9780450039461

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