Paul Hynes

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Sep 15
15 min

Point of No Return

By Paul Hynes On the Sea Lion Press Forums, we run a monthly Vignette Challenge. Contributors are invited to write short stories on a sp...

Apr 13, 2019
10 min

When the World Held its Breath: Altona

By Paul Hynes On the 14th of June, 1941 German commanders amassing their forces on the Soviet border received the message 'Dortmund'. The...

Mar 30, 2019
8 min

When The World Held Its Breath: First Lightning

By Paul Hynes For Germans awaking on the Sunday morning of June 22nd, 1941, the news that their country was at war with the Soviet Union w...

Mar 16, 2019
7 min

When The World Held Its Breath: Fixed Bayonets

By Paul Hynes As Barbarossa began, Soviet troops at the front were often asleep. When the Germans struck their stocks of ammunition and f...

Mar 2, 2019
6 min

When The World Held Its Breath: Divide And Conquer

By Paul Hynes "We have only to kick in the door and the whole rotten structure will come crumbling down" was Adolf Hitler's reassurance t...

Feb 16, 2019
6 min

When The World Held Its Breath: Japan Strikes North

By Paul Hynes What if Japan had joined Barbarossa in the Summer of 1941? It's a question that's interested many and even puzzled a few ev...

Feb 2, 2019
10 min

When The World Held Its Breath : The "What Ifs" of Operation Barbarossa

By Paul Hynes "The world will hold its breath!" is the reaction Adolf Hitler promised when planning the most ambitious conquest of the wa...

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