History YMMV / AxisOfTime

** The American flagship that gets sent back in time is named after President UsefulNotes/HillaryClinton. [[FailedFutureForecast Yeah, about]] [[{{UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump}} that...]]

** The American flagship that gets sent back in time is named after President UsefulNotes/HillaryClinton. [[{{TheGreatPoliticsMessUp}} Yeah, about]] [[{{UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump}} that...]]

* HilariousInHindsight: When one of the surviving 2000s French sailors goes on a rampage to attempt to stop the Hawai'i bombings, his internal monologue says he found it cooler than "Halo 7". Flash forward nearly a decade later, and Halo 4, initially part of a trilogy, is going to become massively expanded to another series of games.

* HilariousInHindsight: When one of the surviving 2000s French sailors goes on a rampage to attempt to stop the Hawai'i bombings, his internal monologue says he found it cooler than "Halo 7". Flash forward nearly a decade later, and Halo 4, initially part of a trilogy, is going to become massively expanded to another series of games.
* MagnificentBastard: Lieutenant Ali Moertopo manages to talk his way out of execution and torture while in Japanese custody, and ends up [[spoiler: becoming the governor of Indonesia, first under the Japanese, then under the Americans. While under the former's thumb, he secretly builds up an anti-Japanese guerrilla army to support the latter's invasion/liberation of the islands]].

* MagnificentBastard: Lieutenant Ali Moertopo manages to talk his way out of execution and torture while in Japanese custody, and ends up [[spoiler: becoming the governor of Indonesia, first under the Japanese, then under the Americans. While under the former's thumb, he secretly builds up an anti-Japanese guerrilla army to support the American invasion/liberation of the islands]].

* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler: [[VillainWithGoodPublicity Arthur M. Snider]]]] turns out to be responsible for [[spoiler: raping and murdering Captain Anderson and Sub-lieutenant Miyazaki]]. Julia vows to expose him and destroy his good name now that the war is over, but the novel ends before we see him get his comeuppance.

* CompleteMonster: Rear Admiral Jisaku Hidaka, who is considered a scumbag - ''even by Nazi collaborators.'' [[invoked]]
** [[spoiler: [[VillainWithGoodPublicity Arthur M. Snider]]]] turns out to be responsible for [[spoiler: raping and murdering Captain Anderson and Sub-lieutenant Miyazaki]]. Julia vows to expose him and destroy his good name now that the war is over, but the novel ends before we see him get his comeuppance.
* MagnificentBastard: Lieutenant Ali Moertopo manages to talk his way out of execution and torture while in Japanese custody, and even ends up [[spoiler: becoming the governor of Indonesia, first under the Japanese, then under the Americans. While under the former's thumb, he secretly builds up an anti-Japanese guerrilla army to support the American invasion/liberation of the islands]].

** The series was criticized by some for making nearly all the Imperial Japanese forces this, even ''with'' TruthInTelevision - every town they've been through is in ruins.