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The Great War: Breakthroughs is a 2000 alternate-history novel by Harry Turtledove, the third and final volume of the Great War trilogy and the fifth book in the Southern Victory series. It portrays a First World War fought between the United States and the Confederate States after the Confederacy won the American Civil War. The book follows the conflict toward its conclusion as American and Confederate forces conduct large-scale offensives with industrial-era artillery, aircraft, and chemical weapons. It is for readers interested in reworked twentieth-century history and military fiction.
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Where does The Great War: Breakthroughs fit in the Southern Victory series?
The Great War: Breakthroughs is the third and final book in Harry Turtledove’s Great War trilogy. It is also the fifth novel in the larger Southern Victory alternate-history series.
What war is fought in The Great War: Breakthroughs?
The novel portrays a First World War between the United States and the Confederate States. This conflict exists because the Confederacy survived in Turtledove’s alternate North American history.
What is the main point of divergence in the Southern Victory books?
The Confederate States remain independent instead of being defeated in the American Civil War. That altered outcome creates a long-term rivalry between the United States and the Confederacy, eventually leading to the Great War.
Who wrote The Great War: Breakthroughs?
Harry Turtledove wrote the novel. It was published in 2000 and closes the trilogy’s First World War storyline within the Southern Victory timeline.
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