What If Nuclear War Had Erupted In 1983?

33m British Dead. Prince William Missing. As A Speech The Queen Would Have Given At The Outbreak Of World War III Is Published... What If Nuclear War Had Erupted In 1983? -- Dominic Sandbrook, Daily Mail

As the sun rises over London, it reveals a city scarred and bloodied beyond recognition. It is March 1983, and for days Soviet bombs have rained down on Britain’s capital.

Thousands of houses lie shattered and abandoned. Broken bodies litter the streets. The air hangs heavy with dread.

Downing Street has been obliterated and Buckingham Palace stands smouldering. The Queen, who broadcast so movingly to the nation a few days ago, has not been seen for days.

Despite calls for her to be evacuated to Balmoral, she refused to leave the capital, insisting that like her father, George VI, during World War II, she would stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the people of London.

But even as Britain burns, a much bigger horror is unfolding far away to the east.

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My Comment: Being one who grew up in a world where fears of nuclear war and Armageddon were real .... it is a relief that we no longer live like that today. I have mentioned it before in this blog, but when I was 14 I had the experience of hearing the air-raid sirens go on (they are very loud) .... and at that moment in time I genuine believed that a nuclear war had begun. I rushed to the radio to put it on .... fearing the worse .... but what I heard was music and commentary .... and with a relief .... I then realized that it was probably a test that no one bothered to tell us. It is now almost 40 years later ....  and I still have goosebumps when I think of that time when for a minute or two I was convinced that the world that I knew was over.