"The people knew the answer of von Hindenburg. They had read it, as had all the world for miles around, in the cataclysm of the plunging towers. New York must surrender or perish!"<br>
A 1916 novel imagines Germany attacking America, destroying skyscrapers in a scenario that would come true 85 years later, although with other antagonists.
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<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mongibeddu/116974736/"><i>The Conquest of America</i></a>, by Cleveland Moffet.