invasion Fiction

What is ‘invasion’?: 

What is ‘invasion’? An invasion is a military action consisting of armed forces of one geopolitical entity entering territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objective of either conquering territory, altering the established government, or a combination thereof. An invasion can be the cause of a war, it can be used as a part of a larger strategy to end a war, or it can constitute an entire war in itself.

Invasion Literature: 

Invasion Literature Invasion literature (or the invasion novel) was a historical literary genre most notable between 1871 and the First World War (1914).

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The genre first became recognizable starting in Britain in 1871 with The Battle of Dorking, a fictional account of an invasion of England by Germany.

Invasion Fiction: 

Invasion Fiction In Europe

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The Battle of Dorking (1871) by George Tomkyns Chesney first appeared in Blackwood's Magazine, a respected Victorian political journal read by important British politicians. The short story describes the invasion of England by an unnamed enemy (who happen to speak German), in which the narrator and 1000 citizens defend the small English town of Dorking, with no supplies or news of outside events. The story then moves forward in time 50 years and England is still devastated.

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The best known work was H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds (1898), a faithful reproduction of The Battle of Dorking but with a science fiction theme.

Invasion Fiction: 

Invasion Fiction In the USA

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The move of American public opinion towards participation in World War I was reflected in Uncle Sam's Boys at The Invasion of the United States by H. Irving Hancock.

Political Impact: 

Political Impact Stories of a planned German invasion rose to increasing political prominence from 1906. Taking their inspiration from the stories of Le Queux and Childers, hundreds of ordinary citizens began to suspect foreigners of espionage.

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After the Second World War fears of Communist invasion became even more pronounced in books like Robert A. Heinlein's The Puppet Masters (1951)

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In 1971, when realization of losing the Vietnam War was sinking into the American consciousness, two books appeared almost simultaneously, both depicting a United States under Soviet occupation.

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The invasion genre has persisted to this day in popular culture because it continues to appeal to the anxieties of the moment, including terrorism, pandemics, and ecological and environmental catastrophe.

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The most known example of Invasion fiction in Turkish popular culture is the novel ‘Metal Fırtına’ by Orkun Uçar and Burak Turna.

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Notable invasion literature The Battle of Dorking (1871), George Tomkyns Chesney The Germ Growers (1892), Robert Potter The Great War in England in 1897 (1894), William Le Queux The Yellow Wave (1897), Kenneth Mackay The War of the Worlds (1898), H. G. Wells The Riddle of the Sands (1903), Erskine Childers The Invasion of 1910 (1906), William Le Queux The Australian Crisis (1907), by C. H. Kirmess Spies of the Kaiser (1909), William Le Queux When William Came (1913), Saki