History Literature / TheAtlantropaArticles

* RealityEnsues: Rather than a vibrant, agriculturally-rich utopia, the new land produced from draining the Mediterranean was nothing more than salt flats. As the years went on, the sea disappeared completely, leaving behind a giant desert.

''The Atlantropa Articles'' is a novel written by Cody Franklin, host of ''WebVideo/AlternateHistoryHub''. In the 1930’s, architect Herman Sörgel proposes an audacious plan. He wants to drain the Mediterranean Sea by building two of the largest dams ever imagined at both ends of it. The land left behind will become a new continent for Europe, rich in farmland and powered by free hydroelectricity. Sörgel believes Europe can create a modern utopia. He calls this land Atlantropa. Sörgel convinces his homeland of Germany that Lebensraum (living space) is not in Poland but in the untapped lands of Atlantropa. Europe spends decades working together to construct the project, but when the dams are finally finished in the 1980s, something goes terribly wrong. This supposed promised land unravels and chaos erupts.

* NaziProtagonist: Ansel, the committed officer of the Old Reich.

* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: In-Universe, Adolph Hitler has been Retconned into a Blonde-Haired, Blue-Eyed perfect Aryan who's rise to power was entirely peaceful.

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* DesertPunk

* TheFuture: Set millenia in the future.

* NaziProtagonist: Ansel.

* UnreliableNarrator: As a resident of a world where the Nazis have existed for millennia, Ansel has a very biased viewpoint.

* NoSwastikas: Averted in the trailer, and Swastikas are ''everywhere'' in the novel itself.

* AdaptationalExpansion: In one of his videos, Cody talks about how fascinating the idea of Atlantropa is, but that the end result simply didn't have enough material for him to cover the scenario on his channel. The novel goes into ''far'' more detail.

The novel was released on October 15th, 2018. Watch the trailer [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvFk717st_Q here]].

* RegionalRedecoration: The Kiln is a huge desert that conjoins Southern Europe with the Sahara.

* HeroWorship: Hitler, after millennia of myth and legend, is for all practical purposes remembered as a god.

Thousands of years later, the Mediterranean basin has become a vast desert known as the Kiln, where life is barely possible. Ansel Engel, an Old Reich officer, sails the desert sands supplying Nazi outposts housed in giant structures known as Eagle Nests. He is assigned to the new and enigmatic Eagle Nest #54, near Maria, a vast metropolis and the last large city in Southern Europe. This new assignment forces Ansel to contend with the realities of his world, his nation, and the ideology he grew up believing. As he grapples with a history of race, war, politics, and the rifts they cause, discoveries from the past might just lead him to discover something about his world’s future.

* GreatOffscreenWar: The "Glass Wars", a massive Scavenger invasion several centuries prior, is referenced several times as a CrypticBackgroundEvent.

* KillSat: The Reich has a system called Aegir Strike which functions as a cross between this and a miniaturized ColongyDrop.

''The Atlantropa Articles'' is an upcoming novel written by Cody Franklin, host of ''WebVideo/AlternateHistoryHub''. In the 1930’s, architect Herman Sörgel proposes an audacious plan. He wants to drain the Mediterranean Sea by building two of the largest dams ever imagined at both ends of it. The land left behind will become a new continent for Europe, rich in farmland and powered by free hydroelectricity. Sörgel believes Europe can create a modern utopia. He calls this land Atlantropa. Sörgel convinces his homeland of Germany that Lebensraum (living space) is not in Poland but in the untapped lands of Atlantropa. Europe spends decades working together to construct the project, but when the dams are finally finished in the 1980s, something goes terribly wrong. This supposed promised land unravels and chaos erupts.

The novel is set for release on October 15th, 2018. Watch the trailer [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvFk717st_Q here]].

* TheFuture: Set in the late 23rd century.

* NoSwastikas: Averted in the trailer.

* UnreliableNarrator: As a resident of a world where the Nazis have existed for millennia, Ansel has a very biased view of the world.

* SandIsWater: Ansel has a huge ship that sails through the Kiln.

Two hundred years later, the Mediterranean basin has become a vast desert known as the Kiln, where life is barely possible. Ansel Engel, an Old Reich officer, sails the desert sands supplying Nazi outposts housed in giant structures known as Eagle Nests. He is assigned to the new and enigmatic Eagle Nest #54, near Maria, a vast metropolis and the last large city in Southern Europe. This new assignment forces Ansel to contend with the realities of his world, his nation, and the ideology he grew up believing. As he grapples with a history of race, war, politics, and the rifts they cause, discoveries from the past might just lead him to discover something about his world’s future.

* RealityEnsues: Rather than a vibrant, agriculturally-rich utopia, the new land produced from draining the Mediterranean was nothing more than salt flats. As the years went on, the sea disappeared completely, leaving behind a giant desert that conjoins Southern Europe with the Sahara.
* SandIsWater: Ansel has a ship that sails through the Kiln.

* RealityEnsues: Rather than a vibrant, agriculturally-rich utopia, the new land produced from draining the Mediterranean was nothing more than salt flats. As the years went on, the sea disappeared completely, leaving behind a giant desert that conjoins Southern Europe with the Sahara.