War of the Worlds/All Quiet on the Martian Front settings

>>53278565
Postin some top-tier material, The Great Martian War.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucu_N2uq8XA

Premise is: What if H.G. Wells' Martians invaded in 1913 and sparked World War I?

>>53281239
I love this concept! The invasion occurs just a couple of decades after the canonical invasion and technology has moved on to the point that the humans can make a good fight of it (and even win in the film you posted).

Okay, question: What's the latest the Marians could have invaded (assuming they have the same level of tech as in the original War of The Worlds) and still had a good chance of winning?

How would they hold up against a united Earth military effort today / how would we hold up against the Martians?

>>53281239

I do love well done alt-history documentaries like that. I wish there were more of them.

>>53281806

Well, in terms of defence the heat rays would likely destroy almost anything in a few moments, but they're direct fire weapons with a limited range. Unless they also adapted to using them as point defence, long range missile attacks would wipe out the fighting machines with ease.

The black smoke is a little trickier, but after some early losses we'd just roll out NBC protections and could probably deal with it.

>>53281806

Assuming the Martians have the same tech they could land and fight cavemen and we would win. They died because they didn't understand and filter out bacteria and viruses that could kill them.

So all humans would ever need to do is be far enough apart to wait them out.

>>53281239
I vaguely recall a Alternate History web serial based on something like this... though, it was with bugs.

>>53286239
Never mind, got it. Swarm on the Somme.

Anyone reckon if Rocket Age would work well with this?

2 books have been written.

The first was an official tie in.

The author just kept rolling when the company went bust and sold. its going to go off in its own way. 3rd book is on its way.

Linky
https://www.amazon.com.au/d/ebook/Great-Martian-War-Invasion-Scott-Washburn/B01BKZRG64/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1495019707&sr=8-1&keywords=great+martian+war

>>53278565
If you haven't yet, check out War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches

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The comic Scarlet Traces follows what happens after the events of War of the Worlds and the British Govt. starts to use Martian technology to prepare for a human invasion of Mars. The most recent part of the story is in 2000AD right now, in fact.

>>53286778
There's more? I thought there was just the original and The Great Game.

>>53286778
>>53289568
Ah, I think I've heard of this one. This is the one where they use the heat rays for everything, like central heating, right?