The Plan For January, 2023

I should’ve posted this on New Year’s Day but didn’t. Anyhow, here is a brief summary of the main subject points that will be posted about in January 2023. As always, there also be either a few reviews or posts about wargames or World War III pop culture. I try to keep these topics as …

Poland On The Last Day D+24 (2 August, 1987) Part II

D+24 continued on and the air of impending doom circulated around Poland. With the vast number of Soviet airbases, supply depots, headquarters and other military bases on Polish soil, an overwhelming majority of Poles expected their country to be next. News of additional nuclear explosions in the GDR and West Germany enhanced the panic. Shelters …

Death Knell Of The Pact D+24 (2 August, 1987) Part II

The other Warsaw Pact member-states saw the writing on the wall. As the Third World War continued along on a trajectory of perilous escalation as D+24 went on, some Pact governments were making desperate efforts to jettison affiliations to the Soviet Union in the hope it would spare their nations from nuclear fire. Others adopted …

November 2022 Outlook

November is here but to be fair, it still sort of feels like September in this part of the country. I’d prefer it to be a little brisker at this time of the year but I’m sure the weather will change for good by Thanksgiving. Anyway, there is a lot on the docket this month …

What’s Ahead For The Remainder of October, 2022

Evening, Friends. 😊 First and foremost, apologies for not being able to wrap up Death of the Backfires last week. I detoured briefly to write up a book review and before I knew it I was running on vapors when it came to available writing time. It has been a busy past few days with …

The Plan For Late September, 2022

Happy Monday, everyone. I hope the weekend was a good one for all of you. Now it’s back to reality for all of us regardless of whether we’re ready for it or not. Oh well, such is life. 😊 I was hoping to get out an entry on the initial negotiations between US and Soviet …

A Look Ahead At Labor Day Weekend And The Week Beyond

Good morning, folks. As I mentioned the other day, I want to take a few minutes and give everyone an idea about what’s coming up on the blog in the next week or so. I’ve yet to decide how I’ll go about presenting the details and loose ends from D+24 0000-2200 but I’m working on …

Plan For The Remainder of D+24 and August, 2022

Good Sunday evening, everyone. I’m hoping all of you had a good weekend. As promised, I’m going to quickly run through the plan for the rest of D+24 and the next two weeks in general. Regrettably, I will not be able to jump back into completing the narrative entries for the final hours of D+24 …

Countering D+24 Mission Creep UGH!

Evening, everyone. I thought about a few different plans to increase the tempo of D+24 entries over the weekend. I realize the entries are bogging down now and take responsibility for that. There is so much I want to include in the entries to give readers a detailed picture of D+24, and with each entry …