1988: Soviet Storm

Alt. History set in late 80s early to mid 90s about a fictious WW3

1988: first strike
The USSR at the time of 1988 was falling to pieces liberalization under Gorbachev had destabilized the country as the country's economy bottomed up and the cost of the war in Afghanistan was taking its toll. The people were no longer the loyal communist people of the 50s and 60s they had tasted the west they had tasted Capitalism and they wanted more. In the vast wastes of Siberia Revolutionary groups fought Soviet internal troops in a Pseudo-secret war against the government. But to this backdrop the newest Premier of the Soviet Union was a hardline communist name Pavel Troika who in some of his first mandates had cracked down on the civil unrest, taken away certain social freedoms earned under Gorbachev and above all planned to reunite his nation, fix her economic problems and defeat the USSR's enemies all in one well felled swoop.

On the other side of the border President George H.W Bush had seen the unrest in the USSR as a good omen for the US and NATO but as the new hardline leadership came into power he grew concerned about the new leader who publicly denounced the west in front of the General assembly and the entire USSR calling them rich wall steet pigs and dogs of war for having attacked the left wing rebels throughout central america so as President Bush ordered the cancellation of troop movements out of Germany he settled in for a waiting game to see how the USSR would act.

Meanwhile in China the Chinese outsed Chaiman Deng a year prior and had setup a Pro-Soviet government that strengthened ties with the USSR and its local allies in North Koreaand even hostile Vietnam. In the Warsaw Pact the current governments became ultra left wing and began instituting measures to repress Liberal social movements and in one bloody case Polish secret police and soldiers opened fire on an Solidarity protest. The western nations were not only adamant about this but even offered to evacuat the remaining Solidarity members from Poland to Political asylum in Britain.

On November 2,1988 without Soviet planes lifted off from border airstrips some wereground attack planes meant to attack U.S and NATO bases throughout west Germany and Europe but american radar picked up the planes incoming to thier targets and all over Germany US, West German, Dutch, Belgian and British fighter pilots took off and intercepted the massive formation of fighters and both sides pummeled each others airforce over Germany with the Soviet fighters and ground attack planes failing to reach any of their targets. Attacks on NATO air defense facilities by the German communist groups failed to materialized orin more than one case that attackers became the attacked when German Federal Police got wind of the plot but were unable to draw the lines to the impending attack. Meanwhile in the Fulda Gap the Soviet 8th Guards Army charged through the gap attacking the 11th Armored Calvary Regiment and despite the initial suprise the regiment was able to make a fighting retreat dealing damage and blunting the Soviet spear heads. Falling back a few miles they dug in and sent messages to the 8th Mechanized infantry division and 3rd Armored Division but German rebels had cut communications wires and had damaged the radio tower at Stuggart so and so a runner in a Hummvee had to be sent to the headquarters to get reinforcements meanwhile the 11th Cav had to fight on their own. Along the Northern Fronts units from the 3rd shock army and the 1st East German Army attacked NATO units along the border. But these attacks were secondary to the main breakthrough meant to come at the Fulda Gap. Meanwhile the second phase of the plan came into play as the Soviets and East Germans dropped paratroopers around Stuggart and Ramstein AFB with the intention to attack and destroy as many US planes on the ground as they could and to cause chaos in the rear of the allies because of the East Germans dropped with the Soviets it was planned to ambush West German and other NATO troops going to the front. But as the transports took to the skies the NATO radar again picked it up and again patrolling groups of F-15s and F-14s attacked the transports taking out many those that did drop their men subjected them to a ruthless hunt down by West German and US Military Police.

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