THE EAGLE HAS LANDED

[Melvin Loh]

Would anybody consider this piece of WWII fiction an AH work, or at least possessing certain AH elements in the plot revolving around a planned German commando team's assassination of Hitler ?

[Otis Tarda]

It's AH in the same way as "The three musketers", or any fiction book. The main problem is that action and POD of such stories don't lead to any different ATL.

[MattRice]

Would anybody consider this piece of WWII fiction an AH work, or at least possessing certain AH elements in the plot revolving around a planned German commando team's assassination of Hitler ?


Wasn't it Churchill they were trying to kill?

Anyway, yeah, it's close, but obviously not a full AH story....

[Melvin Loh]

Thanks for the correction, Matt, I meant Churchill. The story had the German commando leader (played by Michael Caine in the movie) kill Churchill's double, I recall.

[MattRice]

Thanks for the correction, Matt, I meant Churchill. The story had the German commando leader (played by Michael Caine in the movie) kill Churchill's double, I recall.




Yeah, and in the book Kurt Steiner(?) gets shot before he can pull the trigger.... I prefer the film version...