Operation Thunder War

Operation Donnerkrieg
Part of Cold War
Englean Bt-198 strategic bomber (seen in United Sovereign States livery), which would have been used in 1956 and 1963.
Date December 1956 (first projection) October 1963 (second projection) February 1969 (third projection) April 1979 (fourth projection) Location Librira 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
Wilhelm III Rupprecht von Herscheld Leopold von Windisch Friedrich Wilhelm IV Adalbrecht von Kirchsfeld Konrad Karlheinz von Werdin	Vitaly Mikoyan Iosef Tovaranov
Units involved
Englean Imperial Air Force High Command of Strategic Aviation Englean Imperial Army Missile Troop Command	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."