The Hot War

The Hot War is a projected series by Harry Turtledove. It will begin with the release of the firm volume, Bombs Away, in July, 2015. While some sources have listed the series as a trilogy, the publisher has not specified a set number of volumes.

The series is alternate history. The point of divergence is November, 1950 when Chinese troops intervene in the Korean War, and do a much more thorough job of destroying various American forces between the Chosin Reservoir and Hungnam. (In OTL, the U.S. forces were defeated, but were able to successfully evacuate from Hungnam and inflict heavy casualties on the Chinese.) This prompts President Harry Truman to allow General Douglas MacArthur to use atomic weapons in Manchuria in January, 1951, which in turn prompts the Soviet Union to attack in Europe in retaliation.