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The War of the Worlds

In 1897 British author H.G. Wells wrote the famous novella ' The War of the Worlds ' which was serialized in a magazine that year and then published in book form in 1898. It tells the story of the complacent and powerful British Empire being invaded by creatures from the planet Mars, who land in England and assemble giant 100-ft. high fighting-machines. Within a week they have taken all of southern England, amd seem unstoppable until they die out after being infected by Earth bacteria to ehich they have no immunity.

This althist is not meant to be plausible or serious, it is A speculation of how history would develop if one of the most famous pieces of sci-fi literature came true.