![]() West German vet Gustav Hozzel sees the U.S. Soviet tank commander Konstantin Morozov is moved to East Germany, as is Hungarian soldier Tibor Nagy. ![]() While the situation deteriorates, various civilian and military POVs have their destinies shifted. President Harry Truman, the novel's only historical POV, authorizes MacArthur to use atomic bombs against China proper if it is the only way to improve the situation. ![]() soldier who is caught behind enemy lines at Chosin, and begins making his way south. efforts to provide air support.Īs is typical for Turtledove's multivolume works, the narration of Bombs Away is told through several POV characters. ![]() In Bombs Away, the Chinese appear to have been much more aggressive early on, with the result that about three UN divisions are encircled and systematically destroyed over the closing weeks of November and into December, despite U.S. In OTL, Chinese troops were able to encircle UN forces at the Battle of Chosin, but the UN forces were able to break out and evacuate North Korea in good order. The novel begins on November 23, 1950, after Chinese forces have intervened in the Korean War. Bombs Away is the first volume of a projected alternate history series, The Hot War, in which atomic weapons are used during the Korean War, leading to the outbreak of World War III. ![]()
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