The GDR's orignal document plan for WWIII

10-08-09, 02:20 PM

Can you post an english version without having to join another forum?

Thanx

Oberon · 10-08-09, 02:44 PM

Wow...that's some find.

Wish I knew more German so I could help translate, will be a fascinating document to read once done.

Skybird · 10-08-09, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by CastleBravo

Can you post an english version without having to join another forum?

Thanx

They are looking for a translator.

Thomen · 10-08-09, 03:22 PM

Another link to the German (sorry) version:

http://www.php.isn.ethz.ch/collectio...n&id=17214&nav

It doesn't look like there is translation as of yet.

But good find, none the less, SB.

Platapus · 10-08-09, 03:31 PM

I thought the GDR's plan for WWIII was to fire off one round and then watch the big flash.

10-08-09, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

I thought the GDR's plan for WWIII was to fire off one round and then watch the big flash.

No. Like today the plan was for the US to do all the heavy lifting. Then criticize after the fact. Some things never change.

Thomen · 10-08-09, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by CastleBravo

No. Like today the plan was for the US to do all the heavy lifting. Then criticize after the fact. Some things never change.

Ya sure..

Educate yourself, please, what the GDR means.

It would probably call for the USSR to do the heavy lifting.

Shearwater · 10-08-09, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Thomen

It would probably call for the USSR to do the heavy lifting.

Third possibility (speaking with Tom Clancy): Leave the heavy lifting to West Germany's Landwehr

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Platapus · 10-08-09, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by CastleBravo

No. Like today the plan was for the US to do all the heavy lifting. Then criticize after the fact. Some things never change.

I don't think the GDR's WWIII plan was to allow the US to do the heavy lifting. Perhaps that was the FRD's plan but not the GDR's.

In the cold war:

FRD = good guys
GDR = bad guys

Raptor1 · 10-08-09, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

I don't think the GDR's WWIII plan was to allow the US to do the heavy lifting. Perhaps that was the FRD's plan but not the GDR's.

In the cold war:

FRD = good guys
GDR = bad guys

FRG, I believe

Funny, I know very few people who use GDR, the usual abbreviation I and most people I know use is DDR...

Oberon · 10-08-09, 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by CastleBravo

No. Like today the plan was for the US to do all the heavy lifting. Then criticize after the fact. Some things never change.

With a name like Castle Bravo, surely you should know who the GDR were?

Platapus · 10-08-09, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

With a name like Castle Bravo, surely you should know who the GDR were?

Makes one wonder if he really understands what Castle Bravo really represents

Skybird · 10-08-09, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Thomen

Another link to the German (sorry) version:

http://www.php.isn.ethz.ch/collectio...n&id=17214&nav

It doesn't look like there is translation as of yet.

But good find, none the less, SB.

No, not my merits, I just read about it in the original thread over there.

Somebody else found it, the author of that thread.

Shearwater · 10-08-09, 04:08 PM

If it's not too long, I could do a translation. I'm not registered, so I couldn't have a look at it.

Thomen · 10-08-09, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Shearwater

How long is it? If it's not too long, I could do a translation.

238 pages.. hehe

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,395 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	I thought the GDR's plan for WWIII was to fire off one round and then watch the big flash. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

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CastleBravo Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Can you post an english version without having to join another forum? Thanx

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Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Wow...that's some find. Wish I knew more German so I could help translate, will be a fascinating document to read once done.

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Thomen Ace of the Deep Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: West Virginia Posts: 1,207 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	Another link to the German (sorry) version: http://www.php.isn.ethz.ch/collectio...n&id=17214&nav It doesn't look like there is translation as of yet. But good find, none the less, SB.

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Shearwater Captain Join Date: May 2009 Location: SUBSIM Radio Room (kinda obvious, isn't it) Posts: 542 Downloads: 45 Uploads: 0	If it's not too long, I could do a translation. I'm not registered, so I couldn't have a look at it.