World War II alternate histories are fiction wherein events during World War II occurred differently to those in history. The most common variant of these detail the victory and survival of the Axis powers. World War II alternate histories are one of the two most popular point of divergences to create an alternate history in the English language (the other being the American Civil War). Such writings express the fear of what the world would be like had a nation like Nazi Germany won World War II and tells the reader to take the necessary steps to avoid anything similar from being victorious.