Worldwar
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Worldwar is a series of four alternate history science fiction novels by Harry Turtledove.
The basic premise is that aliens invade Earth right in the middle of World War II. Although the aliens, a basically reptilian species, have far superior technology, their last information on humans was collected by a robot probe from the 12th century, and the "Lizards" - accustomed to very slow, methodical progress - find themselves facing much tougher opposition than the knights on horseback that they expected.
The narrative follows the intersecting fortunes of a large number of human and alien characters. Most notably the books depicts how Winston Churchill, Hirohito, Adolf Hitler, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin have to cooperate to fight the new enemy. A follow-on trilogy, Colonization, carries the story forward into a very different 1960s. The timeline ends with Homeward Bound.
The volumes are: