Saturday, November 16, 2013

The Soviet Invasion Of 1989: A WWIII Simulation

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World War III Simulator Puts the Player in Command -- Michael Peck, War Is Boring

‘Flashpoint Campaigns: Red Storm’ simulates a Soviet invasion in 1989

Forget politics. Forget history. Who knows why the Soviets invaded West Germany in 1989? Perhaps it was a bad grain harvest in the Ukraine. Perhaps they feared the U.S. would strike first.

Or, maybe the Soviets simply decided—like many an empire or perhaps even a certain North American republic—that the only way to demonstrate they were not a declining superpower was by going to war.

What difference does it make now? The Soviet armored armada has just crossed the German border, racing for the Rhine and then the English Channel. And now it's time to find out just what all the trillions of dollars and rubles sacrificed by the capitalist and the proletariat taxpayers actually paid for.

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My Comment: I love war-strategy games .... unfortunately .... I do not have the time anymore.

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