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But it's really impressive Ganga - you're interweaving the facts with the fiction in a way, I reckon, makes them both resonate and become more real, more immediate.
Seriously impressed here lol."
For instance, the Germans began the nuclear research first, but the Americans, while they were late starters, beat them to it.
Also, it is believed that after the fall of Germany, America and Russia shared the spoils of the German nuclear research, and went on to become the two nuclear superpowers later. What if Germany came closer than we thought in building the nuclear weapon? This was one plot I had in mind - the nuclear race in the midst of the war, along with some drama, espionage etc.
The other plot (which hasn't been branched yet) I thought about is set in the Pacific, featuring Japan where the bombs were finally deployed."
- The Uranverien project was real, but nothing great came out of it, although there is a lot of speculation on how far Germany went in its nuclear plans during the war. I've just made an exaggerated twist out of it for this story."
I really like the idea of seeing a love story or some sort of drama amidst all the destruction that is to come; gives it a 'real life' sort of feel.
I'm looking forward to reading more, although, admittedly, I'm a little too intimidated to add a branch myself!
Great work!"
#1 - The letter, as some of you probably know, was real. So the fiction part would have to begin from the next branch.
#2 - I was thinking of weaving a story of characters around the war - common people from across the world who were involved in the war, in the development of nuclear technology, and affected by it.
As such, I've posted two possible branches if anyone is interested in adding to it! One, to Germany where the war has just begun (Sep 1939) and where Hitler is nursing his nuclear ambitions. The second branch goes to Japan (set in the following spring, since I said cherry blossom ;)) with possibly a story of love, drama and heroics where the atom bombs will explode in about 5 years.
These are just some rough guidelines I had in mind. Thanks for reading!"