Big Ben

From Turtledove

"Big Ben" is the popular nickname of The Clock Tower, a turret clock structure at the north-eastern end of the Houses of Parliament building in Westminster, London, Britain. Originally, the nickname applied solely to the clock's main bell. With time, it came to designate the whole tower.

[edit] Big Ben in In the Presence of Mine Enemies

Big Ben was one of many London landmarks destroyed when Nazi Germany invaded United Kingdom during World War II. In 2010, under the rule of the Greater German Reich, Britain remained too economically depressed to rebuild Big Ben.

[edit] Big Ben in Worldwar

Big Ben was destroyed along with many other famous landmarks during the Race invasion of Britain in 1943. Moishe Russie saw the ruins of Big Ben on a trip back to London to see his family.