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This explains a lot. Sorry for what your father went through. And what he apparently put your family through.

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The Lovely Little Town That Would Have Been Absolutely Screwed by World War III

This small German city was ground zero for a Cold War turned hot

WIB history July 12, 2017 Kyle Mizokami



This story first appeared on Sept. 27, 2013.

For 40 years, during the height of the Cold War, the future battleground of World War III was a little known place.

Just east of the West German town of Fulda, near the Inter-German Border, it was one of the most heavily armed places on Earth. It was also one of the few places where, in the event of war, nuclear weapons were almost certain to be used.

The Fulda Gap, like the North German Plain and Hof Corridor, became code for World War III. Mentioning the Fulda Gap was like name dropping “Afpak” today — it implied you knew a lot about World War III. They were places where, if the Cold War turned hot, geography made fighting inevitable. Wargames were made .. http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/4235/fulda-gap .. of the Battle of the Fulda Gap, and a fictionalized portrayal of the battle appeared in the novel The Third World War .. http://www.amazon.com/The-Third-World-War-August/dp/0425101924 .

https://warisboring.com/the-lovely-little-town-that-would-have-been-absolutely-screwed-by-world-war-iii/

Thanks. New to me.