The War of '49

I am in the process of outlining a WW3 scenario that begins on December 20, 1948, when Russian air defenses shoot down American transport planes that were dropping Christmas toys for Berlin's children. Over the course of the war...

- The Soviets fully lock down Berlin following the events of December 20.
- NATO is in January 1949, immediately preceding a push through the Fulda Gap towards Berlin.
- President Truman signs a directive ordering the internment of anyone who has Russian descent or is a known or suspected socialist or Communist.
- Russian vessels based in Kaliningrad conduct attacks on shipping lanes and NATO port facilities in the Baltic and Northern Seas. This is halted when NATO enforces a blockade of Kaliningrad that lasts for several months. The regional commander of Kaliningrad eventually capitulates to a team of SAS operatives.
- Soviet MiGs shoot down American bombers that were bearing down on Moscow and other key strategic centers.
- Stalin's power in Russia begins to crumble. Military officers who had been purged from service following World War II form their own militias to try to overthrow Stalin. The most notable among these is Georgi Zhukov, veteran of the Eastern Front.
- A Soviet fleet is detected in the Pacific Ocean heading towards the East Coast of the United States. A nuclear weapon is dropped on the fleet, annihilating every ship. It is not found out until a short time afterwards that that fleet was just a dummy fleet, a diversion for the amphibious force heading towards the West Coast...

If you are all interested, then I will post more later. Detailed outline to come (maybe).
 
I am in the process of outlining a WW3 scenario that begins on December 20, 1948, when Russian air defenses shoot down American transport planes that were dropping Christmas toys for Berlin's children. Over the course of the war...

- The Soviets fully lock down Berlin following the events of December 20.
- NATO is in January 1949, immediately preceding a push through the Fulda Gap towards Berlin.
- President Truman signs a directive ordering the internment of anyone who has Russian descent or is a known or suspected socialist or Communist.
- Russian vessels based in Kaliningrad conduct attacks on shipping lanes and NATO port facilities in the Baltic and Northern Seas. This is halted when NATO enforces a blockade of Kaliningrad that lasts for several months. The regional commander of Kaliningrad eventually capitulates to a team of SAS operatives.
- Soviet MiGs shoot down American bombers that were bearing down on Moscow and other key strategic centers.
- Stalin's power in Russia begins to crumble. Military officers who had been purged from service following World War II form their own militias to try to overthrow Stalin. The most notable among these is Georgi Zhukov, veteran of the Eastern Front.
- A Soviet fleet is detected in the Pacific Ocean heading towards the East Coast of the United States. A nuclear weapon is dropped on the fleet, annihilating every ship. It is not found out until a short time afterwards that that fleet was just a dummy fleet, a diversion for the amphibious force heading towards the West Coast...

If you are all interested, then I will post more later. Detailed outline to come (maybe).

Soviet Pacific Fleet would have a hard time reaching Guam let alone the West Coast. 2 cruisers and 13 destroyers (entire Soviet Pacific Fleet in 1946) would not even be worth an A bomb

Why wouldn't NATO nuke Kalliningrad?

It's pretty dubious that MIG-15's could even intercept a hi-altitude B-36 attack
 
You raise interesting points, Pullem. That little list of bullet points I posted was the equivalent of getting an idea for a story in a coffee shop and then hurriedly scribbling it down on the back of a napkin. "Tentative" is the perfect word to describe the story in its present state.

Also I can't help but notice that you cited the size of the Russian fleet in 1946. This story takes place in 1949. The whole dummy fleet diversion trick might make a ***little*** bit more sense in that year, no?

More research will be needed, no doubt about that.

Edit: I just noticed a big goof up there. It should read that the dummy fleet was in the Atlantic Ocean heading towards the East Coast.
 
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You raise interesting points, Pullem. That little list of bullet points I posted was the equivalent of getting an idea for a story in a coffee shop and then hurriedly scribbling it down on the back of a napkin. "Tentative" is the perfect word to describe the story in its present state.

Also I can't help but notice that you cited the size of the Russian fleet in 1946. This story takes place in 1949. The whole dummy fleet diversion trick might make a ***little*** bit more sense in that year, no?

More research will be needed, no doubt about that.

Edit: I just noticed a big goof up there. It should read that the dummy fleet was in the Atlantic Ocean heading towards the East Coast.

So it magiced its way past the Kalliningrad blockade?
 
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