Knight of Rook

From the German conquest of France to Hitler’s suicide, Bevin Alexander takes the reader through the second world war in Europe to paint a strikingly clear picture characteristic of his writings. “How Hitler Could Have Won World War Two” goes through the important military decisions made through the war, showing missed opportunities and strategic blunders that brought the thousand year Reich to a premature close. In spite of the fact that people enjoy the thought that Hitler’s defeat was inevitable, Mr. Alexander shows in this work that Hitler very well could have – and almost did win the war.

Personally I thought the book to be a very good one. It goes well beyond ‘what if’ history and shows exactly how just a few changes could have won Hitler the war. As a military strategist/historian wannabe it sheds an interesting light on the war, showing how a nation can bring about its own destruction. As a Christian the book is much more meaningful.

Although Mr. Alexander makes no reference to God in his book it is impossible to separate the amazing Providences of God from any historical narrative. To read the book from this perspective leads me to one conclusion that we all should thank God for: it was only His divine intervention that saved the world from a ‘thousand year Reich’. If Hitler had only listened to some of his top commanders the world would be very different today. The battle of El Alamein is the most amazing and obvious providence of all. Alexander shows how in this battle Erwin Rommel very nearly changed the course of history in spite of Hitler’s blunders, but was thwarted  by a simple mistake and a few hours.

This book is absolutly a worth while read, and I recommend it to anyone interested in the second world war. It will change your perspective of the war.