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The choice of main character was implausible, I'll give you that. But Germany had about the same population as Japan at the time, and similar, perhaps greater industrial capacity. Germany conquering much of Europe, even Russia, is no more implausible than real-life events like Japan conquering China and the Pacific and forming an oppressive empire that lasts to this day.Doesn't change the fact that it was clearly a blantant ASB German-wank. Well, up to the "Winter of 1941" part. It was hinted that the "German Reich" had just bitten off more than it can chew and was beginning to experience overstretch - with the implication that it would be the beginning of their downfall. Still an entertaining read though - thanks for the name by the way, gonna reading that wonderful implausible butterflyfest again.
In any case, like Man in the High Castle--that book about an alternate history Soviet conquest of the world--the purpose of the story is more about the political allegory and criticism, and the characters, than the alternate history aspects.