Человек в высоком замке

           "AndJapanisdefeatedbecausethere’snoPearlHarbor.Listen.Japanwouldhavewonanyhow.EveniftherehadbeennoPearlHarbor."

           "TheU.S.fleet—inhisbook—keepsthemfromtakingthePhilippinesandAustralia."

           "Theywouldhavetakenthemanyhow;theirfleetwassuperior.IknowtheJapanesefairlywell,anditwastheirdestinytoassumedominanceinthePacific.TheU.S.wasonthedeclineeversinceWorldWarOne.EverycountryontheAlliedsidewasruinedinthatwar,morallyandspiritually."

           Withstubbornness,thegirlsaid,"AndiftheGermanshadn’ttakenMalta,ChurchillwouldhavestayedinpowerandguidedEnglandtovictory."

           "How?Where?"

           "InNorthAfrica—ChurchillwouldhavedefeatedRommelfinally."

           Wyndam-Matsonguffawed.

           "AndoncetheBritishhaddefeatedRommel,theycouldmovetheirwholearmybackandupthroughTurkeytojoinremnantsofRussianarmiesandmakeastand-inthebook,theyhalttheGermans’eastwardadvanceintoRussiaatsometownontheVolga.Weneverheardofthistown,butitreallyexistsbecauseIlookeditupintheatlas."

           "What’sitcalled?"

           "Stalingrad.AndtheBritishturnthetideofthewar,there.So,inthebook,RommelneverwouldhavelinkedupwiththoseGermanarmiesthatcamedownfromRussia,vonPaulus’armies;remember?AndtheGermansneverwouldhavebeenabletogoonintotheMiddleEastandgettheneededoil,oronintoIndialiketheydidandlinkupwiththeJapanese.