<P> The television series diverges from the novel in many significant respects . Both the Pacific States of America and the Eastern American puppet state appear to be mere provinces of the Japanese and German empires without any apparent autonomous (even quisling) government institutions whatsoever . The Rocky Mountain States become an anarchic Neutral Zone . World War II appears to have ended following the destruction of Washington, D.C. with an atomic bomb, rather than a land invasion as in the book . As for Hitler, while elderly, he is apparently mostly hale in his Season 1 finale appearance, though other characters elsewhere in the season do reference his supposed physical infirmity . In the novel, the Italian Empire is a minor power that controls North Africa and the Middle East; in the series, however, it is shown through maps that these territories are part of the Nazi Empire, suggesting that either the Italian Empire was annexed after the war or is self - governing within the Reich . </P> <P> Characters from the book that do appear are in most cases far more fleshed out with deeper and sometimes rather different backstories than their novel originals . For instance, Wegener is a Standartenführer in the SS, rather than a naval captain (and oddly there are no German military or naval--as opposed to SS--personnel depicted anywhere in the first season). Rather than being a member of an organized internal resistance (and despite his relatively low rank) Wegener is a close personal confidante of Hitler and his disillusionment with the regime appears to be largely personal . Juliana and Frank are unmarried, but living together, rather than divorced and separated . Frank has a sister, nephew and niece, although they are killed early in the series, and this propels him into a more active role in relation to the resistance . Juliana also has a sister whose murder by the Kempeitai early in the season instigates her search for the mysterious Man in the High Castle, as well as her having a mother and stepfather who are significant supporting characters . Joe Cinnadella is renamed Joe Blake and as he becomes closer to Juliana appears to have growing doubts about his role as a Nazi agent . He does take the name of Cinnadella after getting assigned on a mission in Season 3 . Robert Childan is, however, a more minor character in Season 1 than the original, while Ed McCarthy has a rather more prominent and active role . </P> <P> There are several major additional characters introduced by the television series and numerous narrative details and the plotline differ radically from the source novel . For example, the planned Nazi pre-emptive nuclear strike on Japan, "Operation Dandelion," is apparently being prevented only by Hitler's personal refusal to authorise it, leading Heydrich and the faction demanding pre-emptive war to plot the Führer's assassination . In addition, Hawthorne Abendsen does not appear in the first season of the television version and The Grasshopper Lies Heavy is a series of newsreel films depicting multiple alternative realities rather than a novel (although this idea may actually be borrowed from Dick's later novel Valis which features a mysterious film depicting yet another dystopian alternative history of the USA). As of the Season 1 finale, these films are being tracked down by SS agents like Blake for dispatch to Hitler for an as - yet - unknown purpose . </P> <P> In season two we see a map of the world on John Smith's wall . From this map we can see that Japan controls the entirety of the Pacific Ocean and most of the Asian continent, including China, India and half of Russia . Japan is also shown to control Australia, New Zealand, western Canada, Alaska, and all Pacific states of the USA . We also see that the Japanese Empire controls the Yucatán Peninsula and South American countries like Chile . In contrast, Nazi Germany is shown as controlling all of Europe, Africa and the Middle East . The German Empire also controls all of the United States and Canada up to the Rockies in the west and South America including Brazil . Germany also controls the western parts of former USSR such as Ukraine . There are also buffer zones between the empires . Neither empire seems to have invaded Mexico and this neutral zone continues up through the Rockies and through Canada . A similar neutral zone is seen dividing Russia in half . </P>

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