The Great War: Walk in Hell
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| Author | Harry Turtledove |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Great War |
| Genre | Alternate history novel |
| Publisher | Ballantine |
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Publication date
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August 3, 1999 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover & Paperback) |
| Pages | 484 |
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| OCLC | 41086667 |
| Preceded by | The Great War: American Front |
| Followed by | The Great War: Breakthroughs |
The Great War: Walk in Hell is the second book in the Great War series of alternate history books by Harry Turtledove. It is also the third part of the Southern Victory Series (unofficial title). It takes the Southern Victory Series from 1915 to 1916.
The United States and Confederate States are locked in a stalemate as both of their offensives have stalled; the U.S. in Kentucky pushing south, the C.S.A. in Maryland pushing north. The Confederacy must also deal with their black population rising up in rebellion driven by Marxist doctrine, and a change in administration as President Woodrow Wilson's term ends.
In the Confederate States Presidential Election of 1915, Whig Vice President Gabriel Semmes (apparently a fictitious relative of real life Confederate Navy officer Raphael Semmes) is elected President by a wide margin over Radical Liberal candidate Doroteo Arango of Chihuahua to succeed Wilson.
The war begins to turn in the favor of the U.S. as the Kentucky offensive, led by George Armstrong Custer, manages to conquer enough of Kentucky to readmit it into the Union after 54 years as a member of the Confederacy. He uses the new invention known as "barrels" to break through.
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