marching through georgia

However, the Germans are seriously overstretched, and vulnerable to a strong attack. While we were marching through Georgia! The flag that makes you free!”So we sang the chorus from Atlanta to the sea, While we were marching through Georgia. Get the paperback editions. Description. It is certainly worth reading and comparable to many military/sf novels. An alternate history romp through the mountains of southern Georgia. Totally geeked out for Risk and Age of Empires fans (recent convert, me), but with Stirling's attention to detail and muscular prose, it's everything a geek could want. They moved to South Africa and built the strongest, most militaristic dynasty the world has every known. An interesting and unusual alternate history of (a portion of) WWII. [return]The world took a different turn after the end of the American Civil War. Alt history where the REALLY bad guys kicked the crap out of the Nazis & Commies, then came after us. Trad. The Union armies are … It refers to U.S. Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman 's March to the Sea late in the previous year. It introduces the Draka, Americans loyal to the British during the Revolutionary War. The novel also attempts to educate the reader on the background of the Domination. What if later Confederates joined them? [return]The time is now the 1940's and the Straka hold sway over a third of the world. Apart from the author's obsession with telling the reader about the minutiae of military technology, and how some weapon you've never heard of is slightly different or better in this story than in reality, its a very readable book! 2 78 marching-through-georgia the-sundowners-band-bruce-johnson gbia0192506b 01 3.5 ET EQ - 02:52. The novel was released in the United States on May 1, 1988. This was the first visit in several years, his exile was due to his arranging the escape of his serf daughter to America. What if the British Loyalists, the Confederates, and most of the oppressive losers created a militaristic society. And Nietzsche? The setting is 1942, and there is an extra world power taking advantage of the mutual destruction the Germans and the Russians are doing to each other. This one shows what could happen if you had a country as efficient and dedicated as the Germans but not run by madmen. On that, I could not have been more wrong. I'm looking forward to book 2 in this series. Stirling has an amazing imagination. [return][return]An excellent story. While we were marching through Georgia. Interesting concept. It’s basically about a country called the Domination (kind of like if Rhodesia had existed much earlier and turned into a huge empire with stunningly advanced technology and a huge slave labor force.) F F F Yes and there were Union men who wept with joyful tears G7 G7 When they saw the honored flag they had not seen for years F F F F F Hardly could they be restrained from breaking forth in cheers, G F while we were marching through Georgia. Of course, this was only the first in a quadrilogy and the other novels seem to be longer and deal with a bigger scope. This was an entertaining romp through Georgia. The first novel of the rise and fall of the Drakan Empire, an alternative history saga. More fundamentally, the song celebrates troops who fought to emancipate slaves, while the book's Draka troops are fighting to spread and extend slavery, to enslave everybody who is not a Draka. Fun alternate history, but doesn’t quite deliver on the awesome premise. "Marching Through Georgia" - Union Civil War Song - YouTube Stirling is probably best known for his, Best Alternate History Novels and Stories, 33 Sweeping Multigenerational Family Dramas. Eric's bravery in the earlier Draka conquest of Italy led to his former "mistake" being forgiven. Start by marking “Marching Through Georgia (Draka, #1)” as Want to Read: Error rating book. The balance of the First Airborne Legion is the plug which is holding four German divisions from escaping the trap they are in on the south side of the mountains. South Africa turns into the Domination of the Draka, where from childhood, kids are trained to fight. Marching Through Georgia (Marchant à travers la Géorgie en français) est une marche écrite par Henry Clay Work en 1865, se référençant à la marche vers la mer du major-général américain William Tecumseh Sherman, marche entreprise l'année précédente. Sequels are Under The Yoke , The Stone Dogs. Marching Through Georgia is the first entry in this alternate history trilogy. Eric's unit is tasked with holding the highway and village against repeated attacks by Felix Hoth's Waffen-SS armored regiment, which is fighting to clear the highway so the German divisions can escape. Hurah! This lets the Draka's essentially undamaged and superior armored and mechanized units to penetrate into the plains of Southern Russia, where they can bring to battle and destroy the overstretched and exhausted German forces. [return]The time is now the 1940's and the Straka hold sway over a third of the world. The action of Century A is the pivotal event at the beginning of the invasion of Russia that allows the Domination to eventually win the Eurasian War. I was fascinated by the online summaries describing this universe. Algis Budrys reported that Marching Through Georgia "is not, in other words, a novel at all, and will be a disappointment if you read it with the wrong expectation"; he noted that while it was "interesting," it presented "real battles in an unreal world. Ah well, still good. Sing it as we used to sing it, 50, 000 strong! In the ensuing century-and-a-half, the "Draka" (for Sir Francis Drake) have taken over and fairly brutally enslaved most of the continent. During the travel to their drop zone, Eric thinks back on his past and his relationship with his father, and his most recent visit home to see his family. It's a reasonably fleshed alternate world, but its alternate-ness, while explained, isn't really believable. Hurrah! The Nazis have been much more successful than in our history, since the Soviets had to divert resources to defend their southern border against the Domination of the Draka. Marching Through Georgia Marching Through Georgia Schlapptrap. 02:52. A country that allows women to be in the military, unlike the US and German militaries depicted in the books. Hurrah! I don't normally go in for those, but I like everything Sterling writes. Marching Through Georgia is an alternate history novel by American writer S. M. Stirling,[1][2] the first of four books in the series The Domination. I did not expect anything from it, but Stirling created an interesting alternate history that is completely plausible. In this short novel we learn via infodump how the Domination came into existence and then witness its existence into WW2, determined to cut a fresh piece of empire from Europe by wresting it from the Nazis. Marching Through Georgia was a piece of music from the Civil War, with it's name coming from the "march to the sea" where Union forces marched to capture the confederate city of Savannah, Georgia. Loyalists from the American Revolution are resettled in the Cape Town colony and become a continental military power known as the Domination of the Draka. Bring the good old bugle, boys, we'll sing another song; Sing it with a spirit that will start the world along, Sing it as we used to sing it, fifty thousand strong, While we were marching through Georgia. Welcome back. Why, the colony would grow to conquer all of Africa by the time of WWII, under a system of brutal slavery and repression, ruled by an elite with a Will to Power and a desire for world Domination. And Nietzsche? I thought the characters were well drawn, and the battles and action were well written. I really enjoyed this book and the series. I don't normally go in for those, but I like everything Sterling writes. The die hards of the south did not give up. General Sherman’s forces have relentlessly and devastatingly marched across Georgia, sending the Confederate Army scattering, bloodied and battered. "Marching through Georgia" through Georgia" is one of the best-known songs of the Civil War (1861-65). What if later Confederates joined them? Can be hard to read in places. Bring the good old bugle boys, we'll sing another song! Basically it requires that a society with buckets of slave labor dedicate itself to...working ultra hard at all times to become military badasses, as opposed to leisure. The story details how Eric's single infantry company takes and holds a small village strategically located on the crucial Ossetian Military Highway over the Caucasus Mountains. To this day his marching tune "Marching Through Georgia" produces understandable outrage among the Confederate sons and daughters of Georgia whose state was devastated by his campaign.. My great uncle Charles C. McClaughry was a bigwig in the St. Andrews Society of the U.S. One year it fell to him to arrange for a piper for the annual convention. They moved to South Africa and built the strongest, most militaristic dynasty the world has every known. [return]The time is now the 1940's and the Straka hold sway over a third of the world. Stirling leaves many of the historical facts in place, but adds a superpower based in South Africa. Kind of creepy. Not yours, of course, but a fictional family whose story you can follow through the generations of... To see what your friends thought of this book. Witnesses to encounters between Saakashvili and … The die hards of the south did not give up. Stirling's Drakans are possibly more chilling than even the Nazis: a militaristic oligarchy atop a serf-based economy, and they're dedicated to world conquest. In the ensuing century-and-a-half, the "Draka" (for Sir Francis Drake) have taken over and fairly brutally enslaved most of the continent. [return]In southern Georgia the Straka have opened a new front against the declining Nazis. Why, the colony would grow to conquer all of Africa by the time of WWII, under a system of brutal slavery and repression, ruled by an elite with a Will to Power and a desire for world Domination. The store will not work correctly in the case when cookies are disabled. Disturbing alternate history. I also thought, as an early book, this would likely go deeper into the cool idea Stirling has, and have less of the surface adventure story that he usually delivers. The 10% of so of "citizens" are trained for war and conquest from early childhood - and many of them realize that they Must continue in conquest until they rule the world or die trying, since their political system is absolute anathema to those of the US and portions of Europe, not to mention vice versa. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. Probably the scariest alternate history trilogy written so far. The internal logic makes sense, but it's just not an "evolutionary stable system". While we were marching through Georgia. Yes and there were Union men who wept with joyful tears, When they saw the honored flag they had not seen for years; Hardly could they be restrained from breaking forth in cheers, Marching Through Georgia is a two player strategic simulation of the Union campaign of 1864 that culminated in the capture of Atlanta. An alternate history romp through the mountains of southern Georgia. [return]The world took a different turn after the end of the American Civil War. We bring the Jubilee! Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of March 1. "Marching Through Georgia". Our story begins in Savannah, GA, December, 1864. This story takes place in WWII when the Draka defeat the German Nazis and take over Europe. Download and print in PDF or MIDI free sheet music for Marching Through Georgia by Henry Clay Work arranged by John Asendorf for Piano, Vocals, Tenor, Baritone (Mixed Quintet) Eric's company manages to hold out long enough for the Draka to crush the four divisions, cross the mountains, and relieve his unit. The story starts with Centurion Eric von Shrakenberg in a cargo airplane with his airborne unit and the embedded American correspondent William Dreiser, on their way to their drop point, where they will jump and parasail into Nazi-controlled Georgia. The setting is 1942, and there is an extra world power taking advantage of the mutual destruction the Germans and the Russians are doing to each other. And if you are like me, interested in the universe and not the weaponry of the Draka, just read the summaries. Eric's "Century" (a term derived from the Roman Empire's army) ends up being seriously under-supplied because the gliders with the artillery went into a canyon. 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