{"product_id":"world-war-ii-plans-that-never-happened-1939-45","title":"World War II Plans That Never Happened 1939-45","description":"\u003cp\u003eWorld War II Plans That Never Happened: 1939–45 examines the hidden architecture of wartime imagination by cataloguing aborted campaigns, contingency schemes and secret offensives that never moved beyond the drawing board. Michael Kerrigan surveys unrealized operations across multiple theaters — from Nazi designs on the Vatican (including a plotted capture of the Pope) and IRA plans concerning Northern Ireland to British contingency concepts for action against the Soviet Union after Hitler’s fall — offering history enthusiasts a compact, provocative \"what-if\" panorama that illuminates the strategic priorities, fears and political calculations that shaped Allied and Axis planning during 1939–45.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished in paperback by Amber Books (London, 2011), 192 pages (ISBN 9781907446764), the volume is presented in the publisher’s illustrated reference format and functions as a concise survey and reference guide; it includes bibliographical references (pp. 188–189) and an index for further research. Compiled by Michael Kerrigan, the book is useful for readers interested in military planning, grand strategy and documented but unexecuted operations of the Second World War. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WW2 Bunker","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44298905878630,"sku":"9781907446764","price":14.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0679\/4926\/4998\/files\/mGWEiIoq7M4cjNYyPPQQ4sWw1uJgLao2wxsNIP9kT3g.jpg?v=1767232358","url":"https:\/\/ww2bunker.com\/products\/world-war-ii-plans-that-never-happened-1939-45","provider":"WW2 Bunker","version":"1.0","type":"link"}