World War II Plans That Never Happened was a fun read. Fun because although I had previously read about some of the plans, as I was reading through the book, I had quite a few ‘ha!’ moments as I came across one I had not heard of. A few of those are right out of left field and you had to wonder what the people coming up with them were thinking but then again, desperate times call for desperate measures.

Michael Kerrigan has assembled a fascinating collection of events that never happened and I feel confident as a voracious reader that any historian will find a few in here they never heard of, let alone imagined.

Kerrigan has used a chronological format so you can see how during the early years of the war, some of the plans were more far fetched than later on; showing how the Allies were ready to try almost anything. Surprisingly in my mind, the Axis plans seemed to make more sense overall – odd when you consider how they seemed willing to try more advanced projects during the war.

Overall, I can easily suggest this book to the avid military historian and warn that they do not be fooled into thinking that they have probably heard of they all before.

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