An In-Depth History and Analysis of the Third World War
Afternoon, everyone! Happy belated Thanksgiving to everyone here in the US, and to everyone abroad….Happy Friday. 😊 Okay, let’s dive back into World War III (1998). The Soviet announcement of the establishment of an exclusion zone in the North Atlantic shocks the world. Eleventh hour diplomatic efforts are launched in an attempt to deescalate the …
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World War III is the title of an alternative history pseudo-documentary produced and released in 1998 by ZDF, a German public television broadcasting company. Two versions of the documentary were made: one German and the other English. The English version was released in 1999. From what I’ve read and been told, there are several minor …
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Well, it’s Monday and Thanksgiving Week. As always, this is a chaotic time of the year. The transition from Thanksgiving to the Christmas season happens in the blink of an eye practically. One minute you’re watching football and helping to baste a 22 lb turkey and the next you’re headed out to fight the Black …
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I was planning to post an entry today covering Central America D+24 but my schedule didn’t want to cooperate. I’ll post it over the weekend instead. But since I have the laptop out for a few minutes, I thought I’d share with you a couple of items that might be perfect for some of your …
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I grew up in Central Jersey during the 1980s, which meant I spent a lot of time at the Jersey Shore as a kid. I loved to spend countless hours holed up inside of boardwalk arcades in Point Pleasant and Seaside Heights. Wildwood had a pretty good selection as well, but being from Central Jersey, …
Author’s Note: Tonight’s entry is just a hodgepodge of updates and information about a handful of WWIII related topics. Saturday will a brief piece on World War III-themed comic book and then we will begin setting the stage for the remainder of D+24 next week. Microprose Unleashes Regiments Earlier this week Microprose released the …
I’ve never been what you might consider a comic book connoisseur. The only series I ever followed frequently was the Larry Hama’s GI Joe back in the 80s when I was a kid, as well as an occasional issue of Archie. I was never big into superhero comics back then or at any other time. …
When many folks think of World War III fiction, the classic titles of the genre generally come to mind at once, like Red Storm Rising, Team Yankee and Third World War. But it’s worth remembering that the WWIII genre is deep and offers a wide variety of titles to suit a variety of tastes. There …
Over the last decade, Hollywood has shown an increasing reluctance to make any films that might portray the People’s Republic of China in a bad light. The reasons for this are simple. The international market is of great importance for the major studios. China makes up a large chunk of that market, so appeasing the …
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In the later half of the 00s, at a time when WWIII-themes in fiction, television and cinema were scarce, a handful of notable books and television shows were released. Together, they managed to keep the WWIII genre afloat through some difficult times. The 2006 TV series Jericho was one of those life rafts. The show …
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Third World War 1987 