Imperial German plans for the invasion of the United States were ordered by staff officers from 1897 to 1903 as training exercises in planning for war. The hypothetical operation was supposed to force
Wilhelm II, German Emperor
Composite image of Kaiser Wilhelm II with his General Staff
President Theodore Roosevelt uses US naval power to reduce European influence in the Americas. The sign on the gun barrel says "Monroe Doctrine".
The War in the Air
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The War in the Air: And Particularly How Mr. Bert Smallways Fared While It Lasted is a military science fiction novel written by H. G. Wells and published in 1908.
Imperial German plans for the invasion of the United States
…The Invasion of the United States Series, 1916 series of juvenile novels about a German invasion of U.S. The War in the Air, H. G. Wells' 1908 novel depicting a German invasion of the U.S. The Fall of a Nation (novel) 1916 novel about an invasion of America by a German-led…
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Zeppelins piloted by the Imperial German Flying Corps, like this one, invade the United States and launch devastating air raids on New York City.
View from Goat Island of the sky in which Bert Smallways saw the battle between German and Asian airships.
Joseph Pennell's 1918 prophetic Liberty bond poster calls up the pictorial image of a bombed New York City, totally engulfed in a firestorm, similar to how New York City is bombed in the book.