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6 unusual facts about World War III


Armored Task Force

It is a modern combat simulation and includes four campaigns, set in Death Valley, at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, CA, in a hypothetical World War III in the Fulda Gap, and in a hypothetical war in Iraq (the game was created before Operation Iraqi Freedom).

Gary Seven

Along with his now-partner Roberta Lincoln, Seven tries to prevent World War III in a variety of ways.

Hot B

In contrast to the fantasy theme used in other early RPGs such as Hydlide and The Black Onyx, Psychic City was a science fiction RPG set in a post-apocalyptic New York devastated by World War III and where the protagonist fights using psychic/telepathic abilities.

M. Phil Senini

In 1977, Senini made his acting debut by playing the small role of a sharpshooter in the World War III threat film, Twilight's Last Gleaming.

The Detached Mission

The Soviet Marines face the difficult assignment of preventing an incident that could lead to World War III.

World War III

Norman Podhoretz has suggested that the Cold War can be identified as World War III because it was fought, although by proxy, on a global scale, with the main combatants, the United States and later NATO, and the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact countries providing political, military and economic support while only occasionally engaging in direct combat.


Area 51 novels

The reader is taken all over the globe, visiting Africa's Great Rift Valley, the top of Mount Everest, Tunguska, an ancient Chinese tomb, and even into space as the events of the series unfold, eventually leading up to what will bring about World War III.

General Flagg

His only appearance in comics continuity was in the World War III event, from the G.I. Joe: America's Elite comic book series.

Metal Marines

High Commander Liften Schwaltz: Basically the right-hand man to Zorgeuf the Great, this tough German was born in Berlin shortly after World War III united Europe once again.


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Pristina International Airport

Gen. Wesley Clark had ordered the NATO troops to seize control of the airport but it is claimed Gen. Sir Mike Jackson backed the decision of Capt. James Blount (now better known as singer James Blunt) to disobey this order for fear of "starting World War III".

WWIII Music/AMC

They have also released sampler albums such as: World War III Sampler 2001 which includes songs by bands like Hate, Imagika, Prototype and others.