Settling Accounts: Drive to the East
Cover of Hodder & Stoughton 2005 paperback edition
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| Author | Harry Turtledove |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Settling Accounts series |
| Genre | Alternate History |
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August 2005 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback & Hardback) |
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| OCLC | 56955875 |
| 813/.6 22 | |
| LC Class | PS3570.U76 S473 2005 |
| Preceded by | Settling Accounts: Return Engagement |
| Followed by | Settling Accounts: The Grapple |
Drive to the East is the second book in Harry Turtledove's Settling Accounts series of alternate history novels. It is set in an analog of World War II known as the Second Great War in North America, fought between the United States and Confederate States. It was released in August 2005. It follows Return Engagement and precedes The Grapple in the tetralogy. It takes the Southern Victory Series Earth from 1942 to 1943.
As the title suggests, the novel contains analogues of historical 1942 battles, such as the German drive to, and the battle of, Stalingrad. In the novel, Confederate armies in occupied Ohio drive into Pennsylvania with Pittsburgh as their objective, codenamed Operation Coalscuttle. It also involves analogues of the Battle of Midway, the Manhattan Project, and the Holocaust.
By the summer of 1942, the U.S. push under General Daniel MacArthur into northern Virginia has stalled in the face of fierce opposition. This allows General George S. Patton Jr. to concentrate his forces in Ohio for a renewed push into western Pennsylvania. Aided by improved armor and assault tactics, his troops quickly advance across eastern Ohio to Pittsburgh's outskirts. However Brigadier General Irving Morrell, who now commands the U.S. defense of the Ohio Front, prevents the CSA from enveloping Pittsburgh as planned and forces them into a street to street fight.
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