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World War III: The "Inevitable" Mechanized Invasion Of West Germany, By The Warsaw Pact Through The Fulda Gap Lowlands In The Inner German Border Between East And West, That Never Happened! A Three Documentary Set, Including 1) WORLD WAR III: An Episode Of Military Films, Inc.'s AN AMERICAN FIREPOWER SERIES, A Hypothetical War Begun When The Soviet Union Assassinates Mikhail Gorbachev And New American President George H. W. Bush Retaliates With Sanctions In An Ever-Escalating Crisis Until All-Out Global War On Land, Sea And Air As Well As The Diplomatic And Terrorist Fronts (Color, 1989, 45 Minutes), 2) FIRST PLATOON, A Chronicle Of The NATO Winter War Games Held In The Frigid Northernmost Tip Of Norway Between Reservists Of The Norwegian Army And The Men Of Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, U.S. 8th Marines (Color, 1984, 48 Minutes), And 3) A Special Edition Of Canadian TV Documentary Series WAR, Written And Hosted By British-Canadian Military Historian, Author, Professor, Journalist, Broadcaster And Retired Naval Officer Gwynne Dyer (Color, 1983, 48 Minutes): -- Presented In The Highest DVD Quality MPG Video Format Of 9.1 MBPS In An MP4 Video Download Or Archival Quality 2 Disc All Regions Format DVD Set!
*December 3, 2024: Updated And Expanded: Updated With WORLD WAR III: AN AMERICAN FIREPOWER SERIES EPISODE, And Expanded From A Single Archival Quality Dual Layer Format DVD To A Two Disc DVD Set!
*September 6, 2023: Updated And Upgraded: Updated With FIRST PLATOON, And Upgraded From A Standard Format DVD To An Archival Quality Dual Layer Format DVD!
World War III. or The Third World War, often abbreviated as WWIII or WW3, are names given to a hypothetical third worldwide large-scale military conflict subsequent to World War I and World War II. The term has been in use since at least as early as 1941. Some apply it loosely to limited or more minor conflicts such as the Cold War or the war on terror. In contrast, others assume that such a conflict would surpass prior world wars in both scope and destructive impact. Due to the development of nuclear weapons in the Manhattan Project, which were used in the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki near the end of World War II, and their subsequent acquisition and deployment by many countries afterwards, the potential risk of a nuclear apocalypse causing widespread destruction of Earth's civilization and life is a common theme in speculations about a third world war. Another primary concern is that biological warfare could cause many casualties. It could happen intentionally or inadvertently, by an accidental release of a biological agent, the unexpected mutation of an agent, or its adaptation to other species after use. Large-scale apocalyptic events like these, caused by advanced technology used for destruction, could render Earth's surface uninhabitable. Before the beginning of World War II in 1939, World War I (1914-1918) was believed to have been "the war to end [all] wars". It was popularly believed that never again could there possibly be a global conflict of such magnitude. During the interwar period, World War I was typically referred to simply as "The Great War". The outbreak of World War II disproved the hope that humanity might have "outgrown" the need for widespread global wars. With the advent of the Cold War in 1945 and with the spread of nuclear weapons technology to the Soviet Union, the possibility of a third global conflict became more plausible. During the Cold War years, the possibility of a third world war was anticipated and planned for by military and civil authorities in many countries. Scenarios ranged from conventional warfare to limited or total nuclear warfare. At the height of the Cold War, the doctrine of mutually assured destruction (MAD), which determined that an all-out nuclear confrontation would destroy all of the states involved in the conflict, had been developed. The potential for absolute destruction of the human species may have contributed to the ability of both American and Soviet leaders to avoid such a scenario.