Changes: Worldwar

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Worldwar is a tetralogy of books written by Harry Turtledove. This series is followed by the Colonization series of three books, and then the epilogue Homeward Bound.

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

In Worldwar, the Point of Divergence is in 1941 when aliens attack earth. These aliens are called Lizards or The Race, and they are expecting earth to still be in its medieval period. Instead, they find earthlings embroiled in World War II.

The Lizards change much more slowly than humans, and so when their probes sent during the European medieval period sent back their data, they expected earth to remain at that stage for thousands of years. They find that earth is not the easy conquest they had expected.

Most human warring nations try to put aside their differences to combat these intruders, but former resentment runs deep.

WorldWar Character

Fictionnal

Alien

Fleetlord Atvar

Teerts

Ussmak

Flight Leader Teerts

Human

Liu Han

Colonel Heinrich Jaeger

Flight-Lieutenant George Bagnall

Lieutenant Ludmilla Gorbunova

Sam Yeager

Jens Larssen

David Goldfarb

Moishe Russie

Existed in OTl

Colonel Leslie Groves

Vyacheslav Molotov

Mordechai Anselwiecz

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 '''Worldwar''' is a tetralogy of books written by Harry Turtledove.  This series is followed by the Colonization series of three books, and then the epilogue Homeward Bound.
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 In Worldwar, the [[Point of Divergence]] is in 1941 when aliens attack earth.  These aliens are called Lizards or  [[The Race]], and they are expecting earth to still be in its medieval period.  Instead, they find earthlings embroiled in World War II.