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Revision as of 16:54, 1 July 2020

Operation Donnerkrieg
Part of Cold War
Boeing B-47E Stratojet 51-2394.jpg
Englean Bt-198 strategic bomber (seen in United Sovereign States livery), which would have been used in 1956 and 1963.
DateDecember 1956 (first projection)

October 1963 (second projection)
February 1969 (third projection)

April 1979 (fourth projection)
Location
Status Planned but never carried out
Belligerents

Donnerkrieg I.:

 Englean Empire

Donnerkrieg II.:

 Englean Empire

 Talvistova

 Rezua

Donnerkrieg III.:

 Englean Empire

Donnerkrieg IV.:

 Englean Empire

Donnerkrieg I.:

 Librira

Donnerkrieg II.:

 Librira

 Ophioneus

Donnerkrieg III.:

 Librira

Donnerkrieg III.:

 Librira

 Ophioneus

Donnerkrieg IV.:

 Librira

 Ophioneus
Commanders and leaders

Engleberg Wilhelm III

Engleberg Rupprecht von Herscheld

Engleberg Leopold von Windisch

Engleberg Friedrich Wilhelm IV

Engleberg Adalbrecht von Kirchsfeld

Librira Vitaly Mikoyan

Librira Iosef Tovaranov
Units involved

Englean Imperial Air Force

Englean Imperial Army

Libriran Air Force

Libriran Army
Strength

Donnerkrieg I.:

Estimated 4,100 strategic bombers

  • 2,456 jet-powered aircraft
  • 1,644 piston-powered aircraft

Estimated 659 nuclear missiles

  • 235 Kr-52(J) cruise missiles
  • 424 E-3 ballistic missiles


Donnerkrieg II.:

Estimated 5,325 strategic bombers (Englean)

  • 3,565 subsonic aircraft
  • 1,760 supersonic aircraft

Estimated 2,300 strategic aircraft (non-Englean)

Estimated 2,567 nuclear missiles


Donnerkrieg III.:

Estimated 5,700 strategic bombers

  • 3,200 subsonic aircraft
  • 2,500 supersonic aircraft

Estimated 3,768 nuclear missiles

Donnerkrieg IV.:

Estimated 2,389 strategic bombers

  • 934 subsonic aircraft
  • 1,455 supersonic aircraft
Estimated 4,000 nuclear missiles
Donnerkrieg I.:

Operation Thunder War (Unternehmen Donnerkrieg) is the name of several planned operations against Librira by the Englean Empire during the Cold War. Unlike many plans developed previously by the Imperial Army, Donnerkrieg was aimed at total annihilation of the Libriran nation. Created by Generaloberst Leopold der alte Dämon von Windisch, commander of the Imperial Air Force from 1950 to 1970, it was the general's response to a request by Wilhelm III to find a way to defeat the Librirans. He was quoted with saying "The only way to defeat communism is to wipe away its existence." Within Operation Donnerkrieg, the entire Englean nuclear arsenal would be used against Libriran targets - civilian and military. The most notable portion of the operation was the integration of the concept of "nuclear carpet bombing" stated within Donnerkrieg I and II. These plans were continuously updated nearly every decade until being canceled by Emperor Konrad in the 1980s due to the plans being "too overwhelming for both nations."


Background

Conception of Donnerkrieg

Operation