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To get you in the mood for WWIII - 10/15/2013 5:53:30 PM   
deadsunwheel


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Status: offline 		War was a series on, what else, warfare produced by the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) in 1983. Part 5 concentrates on what a conventional war in Central Europe might look like. It includes interviews with soldiers on both sides and that luminary of hypothetical World War Three scenarios, General Sir John Hackett. Well worth taking a look at if you are interested in getting into the mindset of the time.

War with Gwynne Dyer, Part 5: Keeping the Old Game Alive
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RE: To get you in the mood for WWIII - 10/15/2013 5:57:48 PM   
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Status: offline 		Or read a book "Team Yankee" or "Red Storm" or "Sword Point"

New kindle E-Book called "the Red Effect"

Non World War III book: Ten Thousand by Harold Coyle (it have some interesting battle(s) that occured in Germany)

That will going get me in a right mood to going back to play some RED STORM for another round. : ) Damn, I think I am getting little addicted to Flashpoint RED STORM.




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RE: To get you in the mood for WWIII - 10/15/2013 6:11:02 PM   
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Status: offline 		Or "Chieftains" its like Team Yankee but from the British point of view. Includes lot of British tactics.

http://www.amazon.com/Chieftains-ebook/dp/B006ISI2DK/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1381857004&sr=8-2&keywords=chieftains&tag=donations09-20

or "Red Army" WWIII from the other side of the curtain.

http://www.amazon.com/Red-Army-Ralph-Peters/dp/1451636695/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1381857242&sr=8-9&keywords=ralph+peters&tag=donations09-20

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RE: To get you in the mood for WWIII - 10/15/2013 6:27:29 PM   
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Status: offline 		Der Grenadier - I loved Red Army! Great well written story, too bad it is now so hard to find.

Dogma One- the Red Effect will be purchased shortly, looks good. Thanks for the tip.

To add to the list I would have to put forward First Clash. A story of the Canadian 4th Mech in the first stages of the war. Actually story is a bit strong of a description, more of a manual don't expect a lot of character development. Good read none the less.

First Clash:Combat Close-Up in World War Three

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RE: To get you in the mood for WWIII - 10/15/2013 6:29:52 PM   
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Der Grenadier - I loved Red Army! Great well written story, too bad it is now so hard to find.

Dogma One- the Red Effect will be purchased shortly, looks good. Thanks for the tip.

To add to the list I would have to add First Clash. A story of the Canadian 4th Mech in the first stages of the war. Actually story is a bit strong of a description, more of a manual don't expect a lot of character development. Good read none the less.

First Clash:Combat Close-Up in World War Three


Yes Red Army is hard to get. I was lucky to get my copy from a flea market. If you can find a copy get it, its worth every cent.


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RE: To get you in the mood for WWIII - 10/15/2013 8:46:34 PM   
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Status: offline 		Also "The war that never was". Great book but also very hard-to-find

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RE: To get you in the mood for WWIII - 10/16/2013 12:29:49 AM   
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Also "The war that never was". Great book but also very hard-to-find


I have been skulking around second hand stores for a while looking for that one as well. I hear it mainly concentrates on the war at sea. Is that correct?

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RE: To get you in the mood for WWIII - 10/16/2013 1:47:10 AM   
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RE: To get you in the mood for WWIII - 10/16/2013 1:50:13 AM   
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Status: offline 		Red Effect is excellent BTW, I'm currently reading the Black Effect, which is book 2, and it's superb. Lots of ideas for scenarios in it.

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RE: To get you in the mood for WWIII - 10/16/2013 2:37:23 AM   
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Status: offline 		I just picked up Coyle's 'Bright Star'. Looking forward to it after having just finished Red Storm Rising and Tin Soldiers.

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RE: To get you in the mood for WWIII - 10/19/2013 6:38:28 AM   
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RE: To get you in the mood for WWIII - 10/19/2013 1:39:26 PM   
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Status: offline 		I read "Red Army" right before doing the Soviet campaign. It's different. I liked it.

After doing 25 scenarios and writing 3 pages about each I thought about turning that into a book. I mean, it's already about a fourth done at the moment.

Good Hunting.

MR

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RE: To get you in the mood for WWIII - 10/19/2013 1:59:14 PM   
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After doing 25 scenarios and writing 3 pages about each I thought about turning that into a book. I mean, it's already about a fourth done at the moment.



Do it MR! Heaven knows there has been a precious shortage of new Cold War gone hot fiction these days. Though for the life of me I can't imagine why

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RE: To get you in the mood for WWIII - 10/20/2013 4:53:35 PM   
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Status: offline 		BTW theres a great thread here.

http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=790319

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RE: To get you in the mood for WWIII - 10/20/2013 5:29:21 PM   
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Also "The war that never was". Great book but also very hard-to-find


I have been skulking around second hand stores for a while looking for that one as well. I hear it mainly concentrates on the war at sea. Is that correct?


Try amazon. But yes, it is primarily naval but there are a lot of land sequences as well. The cool thing is that the war is taking place in multiple theaters...not just Europe. NATO operating in the med against Syria and Egypt, Japan fighting in the pacific, and a fight in the Caucasus and Hungary to secure the WP southern flank

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RE: To get you in the mood for WWIII - 10/20/2013 6:07:53 PM   
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Status: offline 		It wouldn't surprise me to see those same theaters show up in no less than expansions/scenario - map packs.

Not to mention the Artic Circle free for all!

Good Hunting.

MR

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RE: To get you in the mood for WWIII - 10/20/2013 7:59:13 PM   
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Status: offline 		This will get you in the mood for WWIII in the arctic

http://www.amazon.com/The-Thunder-Erebus-Payne-Harrison/dp/0517116782/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1382295525&sr=8-1&keywords=thunder+mount+erebus&tag=donations09-20

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RE: To get you in the mood for WWIII - 10/20/2013 8:08:45 PM   
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ORIGINAL: DerGrenadier

BTW theres a great thread here.

http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=790319


Wow that is a great thread thanks for the tip! It appears I have some serious used book store hunting to do.

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