An In-Depth History and Analysis of the Third World War
The start time for Sixth Fleet’s planned airstrikes on the Soviet amphibious group in the Black Sea had been pushed to 0500 in order to coincide with other NATO air attacks set for the early morning hours. Kennedy’s airwing, with it’s two A-6 Intruder squadrons, was tasked to hit the Soviet amphibs. CVW-17 off Saratoga …
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Iraqi forces remained in Kuwait. Despite the Iraqi government’s assurances that this would not be the case for very long, initial indications revealed otherwise. The heavy Republican Guard divisions departing Kuwait to counter the Iranian buildup opposite Iraq’s southeastern border were in the process of being replaced by less-capable Iraqi Army formations. This was not …
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In the early hours of D+16 the Soviet departure from Iraq was accelerating. At the embassy in Baghdad, thick streams of black smoke went up into the sky as embassy personnel and diplomats continued to incinerate classified documents practically by the bushel. The Aeroflot airliners that had arrived in Baghdad on the previous day were …
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Southern Flank- With NATO’s control of the Mediterranean near certain, Sixth Fleet is looking to extend that dominance into the Black Sea, as the next phase of the war at sea. Meanwhile on land, Pact forces continue to advance in Thrace despite absorbing high casualties in exchange for minimal gains of territory. Romania has been …
Back to reality in a manner of speaking. As I discussed earlier in the week, a primer for D+16 will help ease a lot of readers back into the world war raging in July, 1987. In some theaters the physical battles are winding down and the conflict is entering a political phase. Meanwhile in others, …
Well, March Madness has ended and that means it’s time to look ahead to the first part of April as we get ready to jump back into World War III. I have to say that I really enjoyed putting together the WWIII Novel tournament. It turned out to be a lot of fun, a lot …
Well, here we are at the tournament championship. We started with 32 World War III novels and now just two remain: Red Storm Rising and Team Yankee. Not exactly a surprise, all things considered. These are the two most famous technothrillers of the Cold War era, responsible for setting the bar that practically all technothrillers …
Two more blockbuster books squaring off. Winner goes to the championship bracket and the loser goes…..well, back to the bookcase. 😊 Alas Babylon (Blue Region Champion) vs Team Yankee (Gold Region Champion) Two World War III-themed novels with little in common between them, unlike yesterday’s competitors. The time periods in which these two works were …
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We are down to the final four novels. The first matchup will be presented today and the second tomorrow. Tuesday brings the championship battle and then we’ll jump back into the war. Red Storm Rising (Red Region Champ) vs Third World War (White Region Champ) RSR vs Third World War is a classic student vs …
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March Madness: World War III Novel Tournament: Elite Eight And then there were eight. Safe to say we’ve thoroughly separated the wheat from the chaff at this point. The remaining novels here represent the top tier of World War III fiction. These are the novels that many of us have established strong emotional ties to. …
