Current & Future Blogs Update: 22 April, 2023

Happy Saturday evening, folks. I hope the weekend is treating you will. I’ll make this a brief update. First off, real life has intervened a bit over the past week. This means I’m running a bit behind schedule for WWIII 1987 entries. As a result, I will hold off on the General Bill Kirk entry …

WWIII Aircraft Losses: 4 ATAF, Central Front D+0 (9 July, 1987) Part III

WWIII Aircraft Losses: 4 ATAF, Central Front D+0 (9 July, 1987)  Part III The third part of 4 ATAF losses on D+0 will cover the remainder of USAFE assets based in the Federal Republic on the first morning of war. Canadian and West German squadron losses will also be looked at in the next entry. …

WWIII Aircraft Losses: 4 ATAF, Central Front D+0 (9 July, 1987) Part I

WWIII Aircraft Losses: 4 ATAF, Central Front D+0 (9 July, 1987)  Part I We are moving south from 2 ATAF into the operating area of its sister allied air force. The first day of war presented different opportunities and challenges for 4 ATAF. Its airbases and other facilities did not receive even half of the …

WWIII Naval Loses: NATO Ship & Submarine Losses, Southern Flank D+1 Through D+24

NATO Naval Losses On The Southern Flank The majority of ship losses in the Southern Flank area of operations came in the first eight days of hostilities. From that point on the number of naval engagements declined considerably.  Ship and submarine losses continued to occur in this time, however. The navies of NATO’s Southern Flank …

World War III Aircraft Losses: Introduction

The official records of NATO and Warsaw Pact aircraft losses on the Central Front in the Third World War were compiled after three years of deep, detailed research. Vast stockpiles of data and statistics were reviewed and analyzed until it was certain that every inch of the air war on the Central Front had been …

Ukraine Update: 15 February, 2023

Aside from a post about the decision by NATO members to send a limited number of MBTs to Ukraine I have not discussed the war over there too much lately. As winter set in and the battleline more or less frozen in place there was not much to talk about. That is no longer the …

Happy Valentines Day & A Brief Course Deviation

Happy Valentines Day! This is one of the more polarizing holidays on the calendar. Most folks either love it or hate it. Usually depending on whether there is a significant other in their life or not. In any event, I hope that everyone enjoys themselves today. Now for the bad news. I need to revise …

WWIII In Numbers (Entry #2)

WWIII In Numbers Entry #2 14- Senior Soviet generals who were relieved of command and arrested between 9 July and 4 August, 1987. Three TVD commanders, two fleet commanders, three TVD deputies and four senior Soviet Air Force generals. All were executed with the exception of Marshal Ogarkov (Western TVD commander-in-chief) who was simply forced …

Today’s Friend, Tomorrow’s Enemy D+24 And Beyond: Poland

After forty-plus years of submission to Moscow, Eastern Europe decoupled from the Soviet orbit in the aftermath of World War III. The wounds and trauma inflicted on the satellite states from 9 July through early August, 1987 served as a spark on the powder keg Eastern Europe had become in the previous decade. In retrospect …

The Central Front Mobilization Race Part III

On 28 June, 1987 the Soviet general secretary informed the Ministry of Defense that Zapad ’87 was to commence on the first of July. A final decision on the date hostilities were to commence was not mentioned. Senior Soviet generals suspected Zapad would transition directly into a broader mobilization and from there to war. Marshal …