Behind the Story: Puss Das Boot and the real fantastic stories of World War 2
What if the fairy tale of Puss in Boots was set during World War 2? Puss in Boots by Gustave Dore The short story “Puss Das Boot” combines the Puss in Boots fairy tale with the German World War 2 movie “Das Boot”, a 1981 German WW2 film set on a German submarine (classic movie, worth the watch). My dieselpunk short story is filled with science fantasy ideas of hidden undersea bases, super submarines and genetically altered animals. All of which are, of course, purely imaginative. Except they aren’t. Or at least, they are based on real events from World War 2. Under the direction of Hermann Goering the Nazi’s had their own Jurassic Park where attempts were made to breed animals reminiscent of extinct species. A hidden underground base was planned in Gibraltar to spy on Axis movements. And the Germans had developed a revolutionary submarine that, had it been constructed earlier in the war, might have turned the tide in the Atlantic and Pacific. Animal Genetics In the story, Puss