An In-Depth History and Analysis of the Third World War
Author’s Note: Unfortunately, I’ve had to cut a handful of subplots and characters from my WWIII novel to save some space. Not my idea, however, I understand where the publishers are coming from. One of the minor characters I cut was Major Anders Carsten, a Danish Air Force F-16 pilot. I really liked this character …
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Wünsdorf, German Democratic Republic 11 July, 1987 Colonel Aralov entered the operations room. Immediately, he became aware of the differences between himself, and the other officers there. His uniform was dirty and ripped. A thin smudge of black remained on his left cheek, either grease from a vehicle or soil from the ground. He did …
USS. Scott 12 July, 1987 “All ahead two-thirds,” Hanily ordered. Smoke continued to linger in the southern sky off the starboard bow, even though source of the smoke had already slipped beneath the waves and was now sliding towards the bottom of the Atlantic. “Ahead two-thirds, aye,” the OOD responded crisply. In under thirty seconds, …
From Chapter 16 Stendal, German Democratic Republic 9 July, 1987 The MTLB halted two hundred meters away from what had been 3rd Shock Army’s underground headquarters complex. Now it was nothing more than a collapsed, smoking hole in the ground. It was impossible for the tracked vehicle to get farther. Debris, some of it still …
From Chapter 12 Brussels, Belgium 5 July, 1987 “Zapad is scheduled to conclude later this evening, but so far there have been no indications of Soviet units preparing to pack up and head home,” the intelligence officer reported to SACEUR and his deputy. It was 1600 hours in Brussels and NATO’s intelligence apparatus was locked …
USS.Scott 10 June, 1987 Hanily raised the binoculars to his eyes and peered out at the vessel five miles off the starboard bow. He was standing on the destroyer’s starboard bridge wing. Beside him the lookout also had his glasses trained in the direction of the small, almost squat-shaped gray ship steaming along at twelve …
Author’s Note: Well, I decided to make a little change in presentation. Instead of posting the rest of the prologue, I’m going to post an excerpt from Chapter 3. That way, I can give you guys a bigger piece of the overall picture and flow of events. Hopefully it works out. This weekend I’ll post …
The White House, Washington DC 18 April, 1987 The Situation Room was located on the basement level of the White House, far away from the prying eyes of White House employees, visiting guests, diplomats and the host of others who might have daily business on the surface-level floors. There were no windows to allow those …
Third World War 1987 