But in this alternate historical context, for an American to sing, “Bless my homeland forever” is downright tragic. That sort of play would no doubt appeal to Nazis, relaxing in occupied America. Ironically, this most famous “Austrian” song actually isn’t Austrian at all – it’s an American song, written by Jewish-American songwriters Rodgers and Hammerstein for The Sound of Music in 1959. The map-making imagery is also fascinating here, recounting the outcome of World War II using the visual language borrowed from numerous war movies, showing lines moving on maps and the shifting lines of power.īut the most interesting, and most poetically resonant, choice made in this sequence is the use of “Edelweiss”, sung in heavily accented English by an almost whispering female voice. Lady Liberty, Joan of Arc, and the eagle blend together effortlessly to establish believable Nazi–American iconography. We move over a map of North America as monuments have combat footage projected on and through them. The first sounds are of a film projector starting, and the sequence presents a number of images with the flickering and uneven style of projected celluloid. That notion – of a dangerous film retelling history – is woven into the fabric of the show’s title sequence, created by Elastic. The narrative revolves around film canisters containing a revolutionary re-writing of history. Dick’s alternate history novel of the same name, it’s 1962, the Allies lost World War II, and the two major Axis powers have divvied up North America between them. I suspect again after 10 years, with a growing rift between US and European fascists, the UK would become more or totally independent.In Amazon’s The Man in the High Castle, an adaptation of Philip K. The show depicts in passing the continuation of the British Empire, at least in the UK, Canada and Sri Lanka and other dominions. They mention rebellions in Australia as well but the Aus population is probably too small to succeed in the way the Chinese and Indians are bound to. But if you gave it say 10 years I bet China especially and maybe India would be independent countries. I think the map of the Japanese Empire is correct as at the end of the series. Both German and American Nazi regimes would probably remain united in name for some time long after their practical schism, much like when the Roman Empire split in half under Diocletian. And then slowly resurrect the US in all but name. The leaders would claim that they were national socialists - in fact probably argue they were the true national socialists - not those in Europe. Consider all those brainwashed kids in America. I doubt the US would formally have reformed, especially in the short term. Great map and as many have said though for some small tweaks:
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