GLanini Profiles

[Vuk]

Nice work.

But I simply must to tell the not so known fact about yugo MiG-23. Back in late 80's, Iraq send some MiG-21 and MiG-23 to Yugoslavia for overhauling. Due to situation in both countries, those aircraft were never returned to Iraq. Officially, MiG-23 was used for evaluation only. Unofficially, they were used in operation in Yugoslav wars in 90's, but there is no available data... yet. Maybe this was known to some of you, guys, but nevertheless, I have to reply. So, in this case, MiG-23 is almost what-if 

There is a photo and one of them today is in front of Yugoslav Aeronautical Museum. Greetings!

[Glanini]

1983

News

January 26, 1983: News -  Lotus 1-2-3 is released for IBM-PC compatible computers.

June 18, 1983 : News -  STS-7: Regardless of the war in Europe the NASA Space program proceed and Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space, on the Space Shuttle Challenger.

July 16, 1983 : News - The 1984 Winter Olympics to be held in Sarajevo,Yugoslavia are cancelled by IOC, respecting the tradition that the games cannot be held.

December 31, 1983: News -  In the U.S., inflation is down to an annual rate of 3.22 percent. Paul Volcker has lowered interest rates to 9 percent, and this is encouraging more lending, investment and home buying.

December, 1983: News -  N.1 on the charts in the UK is “Dancing with tears in my eyes” of the Ultravox. No.1 in the US is “Eve of Destruction” by Bob Dylan, cover of the sixties classic of Barry McGuire.


Central Front / Europe

February 1, 1983: Central Front/Europe- The new Soviet fighter, the Sukhoi Su27 enters in servive with Soviet VVS his NATO codename is “Flanker”. It is far more advanced than its western counterpart the F15 “Eagle”.

March 4, 1983 : Central Front/Europe- The Socialist Bettino Craxi is elected PM of Italy. He will lead a five party coalition Socialist, Social-Democrat, Republican, Liberal, Democratic-Christian and external support of the Communist Party.

March 8, 1983: Central Front/Europe- In the West German federal elections of March 1983, Kohl win a smashing victory. The CDU/CSU win 48.8%, while the FDP win 7.0%.

March 15, 1983: Central Front/Europe- In USA the new AWACS, the Boeing E4 “Sentinel”, based on the Boeing 757 passenger airplane enters in service with USAF.



March 23, 1983: Central Front/Europe- Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI): United States President Ronald Reagan makes his initial public proposal to develop technology to intercept enemy missiles. The media dub this plan "Star Wars".

March 31, 1983 : Central Front/Europe- Korean Air Flight 007 takes off from Anchorage, Alaska, heading for Seoul, South Korea. It veers slightly off course, flies over the southern tips of Kamchatka Peninsula and Sakhalin Island, Soviet territory, and is shot down by a Soviet Sukhoi Su15 aircraft. All 269 on board are killed.

April 1, 1983 : Central Front/Europe- NATO Intelligence Report start to notify massive troops movement in all Warsaw Pact countries. All the Units of  Soviet Group of Forces in Germany are at maximum strength and are deployed in this order: In Northern East Germany is the 2nd Guards Tank Army, in the Central Area are stationed the 3rd Shock Army and 8th Guards Army, facing Bavaria there is 1st Guards Tank Army with  20th Guards Army in the rearguard while Czechoslovakia is given to the responsibility of Soviet Central Group of Forces.

April 4, 1983 : Central Front/Europe- Warsaw Pact announces that a major exercise, involving all members of the Pact, will be going on in East Germany for more than a month.

April 7-14, 1983: Central Front/Europe- NATO troops are alerted, the front is divided as follows: The Northern Front is assigned to the 8th West Germany Mechanized Division,  Northern Army Group is composed by the 1st West German Corp , 1st Netherland Corp, 1st British Corp, 1st Belgian Corp,   with UK Mobile force and US III Corps as reinforcement, Central Army Group is composed by  West Germany II Corp, US VII Corp, the West Germany II Corp with France II Corp,  Canadian Brigade and France 1st Army as reinforcement.

April 21, 1983: Central Front/Europe- NATO Secret Services are providing conflicting reports about the Warsaw Pact troops movements, with the majority of them, in particular the ones coming from West Germany Intelligence, are conferming that Warsaw Pact is just doing an Exercise.

April 30, 1983: Central Front/Europe- NATO publishes an update of its Order of Battles and Warsaw Pact and other Communist states as well.


WarPact & Allies

Albania
20 -Chengdu F7A Fishbed
36 -Shenyang F6 Farmer
36 -Shenyang F2 Midget
48 -Nanchang A5 Fantan
36 -MiG21 PFM Fishbed
8 -Ilyushin Il28 Beagle
36 -Mil Mi24 Hind

Bulgaria
80 -MiG 21PFM Fishbed
32 -MiG 23BM Flogger
36 -MiG 19 PF Farmer
60 -MiG 17 Fresco
24 -MiG 29 Fulcrum (on order)
36 -Sukhoi Su25 Frogfoot (48 In Delivery)

Czechoslovakia
300 -MiG 21PFM Fishbed
40 -MiG 21R Fishbed
50 -MiG 23MF Flogger
30 -MiG 23BN Flogger
36 -MiG29 Fulcrum (On Order)
110 -Sukhoi Su20 Fitter
48 -Sukhoi Su25 Frogfoot (On Order)
30 -MiG 17 Fresco
30 -Mil 24 Hind
36 -MiG31 Foxhound

East Germany
250 -MiG 21 PFM Fishbed
50 -MiG 23MF Flogger
100 -Sukhoi Su20 Fitter
30 -Mig 17 Fresco
24 -Mil 24 Hind
36 -Sukhoi Su24 Fencer
24 -MiG 29 Fulcrum (On Order)
72 -MiG31 Foxhound
12 -Sukhoi Su 25 Frogfoot (72 In Delivery)

Hungary
60 -MiG 23 MF Flogger
116 -MiG 21PFM Fishbed
40 -Sukhoi Su20 Fitter
36 -MiG 23BN Flogger
12 -Sukhoi Su25 Frogfoot (36 In Delivery)
24 -MiG 29 Fulcrum (on order)

Jugoslavia
200 -MiG 21PFM Fishbed
200 -Soko J-22 Orao
180 -Soko J-21 Jastreb
24 -Sukhoi Su25 Frogfoot (96 In Delivery)
120 -MiG23 Flogger
84 -Sukhoi Su20 Fitter
12 -MiG 29 Fulcrum (48 In Delivery)
96 -Mil Mi24 Hind

Korea (North)
120 -MiG21 Fishbed
120 -Shenjang F4 Farmer
350 -MiG 17 Fresco
30 -Sukhoi Su 20 Fitter
70 -Ilyushin Il28 Beagle

Poland



300 -MiG 21 Fishbed
60 -MiG 23 Flogger
100 -MiG17 Fresco
160 -Sukhoi Su20 Fitter
60 -Mil Mi24 Hind
48 -MiG 31 Foxhound
48 -Sukhoi Su25 Frogfoot
4 -MiG 29 Fulcrum (36 In Delivery)
24 -Sukhoi Su 27 Flanker (On Order)

USSR



24 -Tupolev Tu160 Blackjack
100 -Tupolev Tu22 Backfire
120 -Tupolev Tu95 Bear
140 -Tupolev Tu22 Blinder
425 -Tupolev Tu16 Badger
30 -Myaschishev Mya4 Bison
250 -MiG 25 Foxbat
800 -MiG 23 Flogger
750 -Sukhoi Su15 Flagon
90 -Tupolev Tu28P Fiddler
210 -Yakovlev Yak28 Firebar
125 -Sukhoi Su25 Frogfoot
400 -Sukhoi Su24 Fencer
1700 -MiG 23/27 Flogger
150 -MiG 25 Foxhound
1500 -MiG21 Fishbed
600 -Sukhoi Su17 Fitter
200 -MiG 29 Fulcrum (400 In Delivery)
160 -Sukhoi Su 27 Flanker (On Order)
2000 -Mil Mi 24 Hind
800 -Mil Mi 28 Havoc (On Order)

 
NATO & Allies

Australia
RAAF
24 BAC TSR.2 Storm
75 McDonnell F18 Hornet
64 Northrop F5A Freedom Fighter
96 Northrop F20 Tigershark
20 Lockheed P3C Orion
24 McDonnell P4A Pegasus (On Order)
16 Northrop F20 Tigershark (96 In Delivery)
36 General Dynamics F111C Aardvark

RAN
12 McDonnell A4G Skyhawk
36 McDonnell F4J Phantom
24 Grumman F14A Tomcat
24 McDonnell F18A Hornet (on order)

Austria
32 Saab 105OE
4 Saab Jas 37 Viggen (24 On Order)

Belgium
Force Aerienne Belge
116 General Dynamics F16 Fighting Falcon
36 Lockheed F104 Starfighter
80 Dassault Mirage V
64 Dassault Mirage F1
36 Dassault Mirage 2000 (on order)
80 Sepecat Jaguar A/E
Aviation Legere de la Force Terrestre
36 Aerospatiale SA342 Gazelle

Canada
RCAF



58 Canadair CF116A Freedom Fighter
55 McDonnell F101 Voodoo
92 Canadair CF104 Starfighter
64 McDonnell F4E Phantom
138 Canadair CF18 Hornet
64 British Aerospace Harrier
120 Canadair CF20 Tigershark
64 Panavia Tornado IDS
RCN
36 McDonnell F4J Phantom
24 McDonnell F18 Hornet (On Order)
24 Lockheed P3C Orion

Denmark
60 General Dynamics F16 Fighting Falcon
60 Saab J35 Draken
48 Saab J37 Viggen
32 Lockheed F104 Starfighter

France
AdlA
50 Dassault Mirage IVA
250 Dassault Mirage F1
300 Dassault Mirage III/5
24 Dassault Mirage 2000 (120 In Delivery)
190 Sepecat Jaguar A/E
18 Dassault Mirage 4000 (72 In Delivery)
24 British Aerospace Harrier (On Order)

Aeronavale
70 Breguet SuperEtendard
32 Vought F8A Crusader
30 Breguet Atlantic
48 Sepecat Jaguar M
36 McDonnell F4J Phantom
24 McDonnell F18A Hornet

ALAT
240 Aerospatiale SA342 Gazelle

West Germany
Luftwaffe
60 Panavia Tornado
240 McDonnell F4F Phantom
170 Lockheed F104G Starfighter
24 Norhrop F20 Tigershark (120 In Delivery)
72 British Aerospace Harrier
80 General Dynamics F16 Fighting Falcon
48 McDonnell F15C Eagle
4 Dassault Mirage 2000 (72 In Delivery)

Marineflieger
112 Panavia Tornado
60 Lockheed F104G Starfighter
24 Breguet Atlantic
48 McDonnell F4J Phantom
8 McDonnell Douglas F18A Hornet (36 In Delivery)
24 McDonnell P4A Pegasus (On Order)

Heer
120 Bell AH1G Cobra
64 McDonnell AH64A Apache (On Order)

Great Britain
RAF



220 Panavia Tornado IDS
125 McDonnell F4M Phantom
50 English Electric Lightning
150 Sepecat Jaguar GR/T
140 British Aerospace Harrier
65 Hawker Siddeley Buccanners
48 McDonnell F15C Eagle
50 Hawker Nimrod
48 BAC TSR.2 Storm
72 General Dynamics F16A Fighting Falcon
48 Northrop A9 Warthog
64 British Aerospace Mk.T1A
Boeing E4A Sentinel (4 On Order)

FAA
42 British Aerospace Harrier
24 Grumman F14A Tomcat
36 McDonnell Douglas F18A Hornet
24 Sepecat Jaguar M (48 In Delivery)

Army
72 McDonnell AH64A Apache (On Order)

Greece
40 Dassault Mirage F1
64 McDonnell F4E Phantom
72 Northrop F5A Freedom Fighter
50 Lockheed F104G Starfighter
65 Vought A7D Corsair
8 Northrop F20 Tigershark (32 In Delivery)

Italy
AMI

88 Panavia Tornado IDS
200 Lockheed F104S Starfighter
100 Fiat G91
18 Breguet Atlantic
36 Aermacchi MB339K Veltro
72 Northrop F20 Tigershark
72 General Dynamics F16A Fighting Falcon
36 British Aerospace Harrier
18 Aeritalia Sparviero
24 McDonnell P4A Pegasus (On Order)

MM

36 McDonnell Douglas F18A Hornet (On Order)
48 McDonnell F4J Phantom

Aviazione Esercito
48 Bell AH1G Cobra

Japan
IJAF

100 McDonnell F15A Eagle
200 McDonnell F4EJ Phantom
90 Lockheed F104EJ Starfighter
70 Mitsubishi F1
24 Northrop F20 Tigershark (72 In delivery)
72 General Dynamics F16A Fighting Falcon

IJN
36 McDonnell Douglas F18A Hornet (On Order)
48 McDonnell F4J Phantom
48McDonnell P4A Pegasus (On Order)
 72 Lockheed P3C Orion

IJA
72 McDonnell AH64A Apache (On Order)

Korea (South)
36 General Dynamics F16A Fighting Falcon (140 In delivery)
66 McDonnell F4D/E Phantom
146 Northrop F5E Freedom Fighter
36 Northrop F20 Tigershark

Netherlands
124 General Dynamics F16A Fighting Falcon
54 Lockheed F104G Starfighter
70 Northrop F5A Freedom Fighter
12 Lockheed P3C Orion
16 Northrop F20 Tigershark (96 In Delivery)
8 McDonnell AV8A Harrier (48 In Delivery)
36 Panavia Tornado IDS
48 McDonnell F4E Phantom

New Zealand

12 McDonnell A4K Skyhawk
5 Lockheed P3C Orion
24 Northrop F20 Tigershark
24 Northrop F5A Freedom Fighter

Norway
72 General Dynamics F16A Fighting Falcon
60 Northrop F5A Freedom Fighter
8 Lockheed P3C Orion
48 Northrop F20 Tigershark
24 British Aerospace Harrier

Portugal

42 Fiat G91
48 Vought A7 Corsair
24 General Dynamics F16A Fighting Falcon (On Order)

Spain
EdA
72 Dassault Mirage F1
24 Dassault Mirage III
78 Dassault Mirage 2000 (on order)
40 McDonnell F4D Phantom
60 Northrop F5A Freedom Fighter
6 Lockheed P3A Orion
36 Sepecat Jaguar A/E

Marina
24 British Aerospace Harrier

Ejercito
24 Aerospatiale SA342 Gazelle

Sweden

200 Saab Viggen
150 Saab Draken   
36 Saab Lansen
8 McDonnell AV8A Harrier (36 on order)
Saab Jas39 Gripen (200 On Order)

Turkey

210 Lockheed F104S Starfighter
100 McDonnell F4E Phantom
100 North American F100 Super Sabre
100 Northrop F5A Freedom Fighter
Northrop F20 Tigershark (80 on order)
48 Northrop A9 Warthog

USA
USAF

269 Boeing B52 G/H
75 Boeing B52 D
615 Boeing KC135A
56 General Dynamics FB111A
490 General Dynamics F16A Fighting Falcon (1388 In Delivery)
756 McDonnell F15A/C Eagle (1472 In Delivery)
90 Northrop F20 Tigershark (360 In Delivery)
90 Panavia Tornado
733 Northrop A9 Warthog
34 Boeing E3A Sentry
6 Boeing E4A Sentinel (36 In Delivery)
350 Vought A7D Corsair
100 General Dynamics F111A/D
100 McDonnell RF4C Phantom
2000 McDonnell F4E/D Phantom
50 McDonnell F4G Phantom
42 General Dynamics EF111A Raven
42 Grumman OV10A Bronco
27 Lockheed AC130A Spectre

USN
478 Grumman F14A/B Tomcat
408 Mc Donnell F18A Hornet (In Delivery 820)
445 Grumman A6E Intruder
459 Vought A7D Corsair
6 Grumman EA6 Prowlers (24 In Delivery)
48  McDonnell AV8A Harrier (366 In delivery)
260 McDonnell A4M Skyhawk
154  Lockheed P3C Orion
64 McDonnell P4A Pegasus (120 in delivery)



USMC
124 McDonnell F4N Phantom
264  McDonnell AV8A Harrier
120 McDonnell A4M Skyhawk
60 Grumman A6E Intruder

ARMY
4000 Bell UH1H Huey
410 Sikorski UH60A Black Hawk
600 Bell AH-1 Cobra
36 Hughes AH64 Apache (410 on Order)

May 1, 1983: Central Front/Europe- At midnight GDR Luftstreitkräfte and USSR VVS start striking in West Germany with the air cover of MiG 29 Fulcrums. At the same time Soviet T80s Tanks formation cross the IGB (Inner German Border) and pushes towards the Fulda Gap. At the same time Rote Armee Fraktion terrorists detonates bombs on major roads in order to delay the movement of NATO troops and vehicles.



May 1, 1983: Central Front/Europe- At 12:20 in the afternoon on the east of the West German town of Kielbach a platoon of four M1A2 Abrams Tanks is moved to stop an anticipated Soviet lunge for the junction to the Fulda Gap. By 13:40 the 2nd Battallion of 178th GITR had been destroyed with just two BMP-2s surviving, of the four NATOs M1A2s, two are immediately repaired while a third one suffers major damage. At 14:05 2 flights of RAF 2 (AC) Squadron Tornados flying at extremely low level destroyes other twentyfour Tanks of the 178th.

May 1, 1983: Central Front/Europe- Soviet tanks division push into central West Germany aiming at Frankfurt  with an attack from the Thuringian Bulge through the Fulda Gap.  The distance from the Inner German Border to Frankfurt is a mere 100 km. Capturing Frankfurt would effectively cut West Germany in half, and given the importance of north-south lines of communication, would leave NATO’s forces in southern Germany isolated. The main attack is performed by the Soviet 8th Guard Army against the V US Corps.  West Berlin is attacked by the 20th Guards of Soviet Army and by GDR units.

May 2, 1983: Central Front/Europe- All NATO members declares war to Warsaw Pact following article 5 of the NATO statute. Australia and New Zealand joins NATO declarations.

May 2,1983: Central Front/Europe-British Government declares Mandatory Draft for all Citizens with age between 18 and 35.



May 2, 1983: Central Front/Europe- GDR special troops of the 1st Army and part of Soviet 2nd Army Tank Guards pushes into northern West Germany in order to get to Denmark.

May 2, 1983: Central Front/Europe- POMCUS Tank crews are flown from the United States to West Germany to be th crew of tanks divisions already placed in West Germany. At the same time Mission Reforger is activate with additional Army and Marines units deployed to Europe through Lockheed C141 Cargos.

May 2, 1983: Central Front/Europe- Vicious fights are happening in West Berlin with RAF Harriers providing ground support amongst the buildings on fire. West German Polizei, already trained in the use of small arms and mortars joins the fight with the Berlin Brigade of US Army and and Berlin Infantry Brigade of British Army as well against East German 1st Motorized Rifle Division, that has been trained for that specific target for three years.



May 2, 1983: Central Front/Europe- China release an official statement that say “Though PRC understands the actions put in place by the Warsaw Pact to free West Germany, the People of China  will remain neutral and will act in order to help peace to be succesful”.

May 3, 1983: Central Front/Europe- All major European Leaders, Helmuth Kohl, Francois Mitterand, Bettino Craxi and Margaret Tatcher fly to Washington for a summit with Reagan where they evaluate all alternatives to counter the Communist attack, including the utilization of the remaining nuclear arsenal. This one is discarded for the fear of a Soviet reprisal on London and Paris. it is decided to hold the positions and not retreat in Middle East and Central America but to suspend any offensive plan.  United Kingdom will support South Africa and Rhodesia in Southern Africa to drain resources to USSR in the support of Angola.

May 3, 1983: Central Front/Europe- Warsaw Pact, Soviet 120th Guards MRR and 39th Guards Motorized Division are at 30 Kilometers from Hamburg that is evacuated by civilians.

May 3, 1983: Central Front/Europe- In Rome Pope John Paul II call for an immediate stop to all offensive operation and for a return to Peace.

May 4, 1983: Central Front/Europe- In a frantic meeting President Reagan asks Japanese and South Korean PM, that have flown to Washington to show their support, to reinforce their borders but to avoid any attack. The opening of another front might not be sustainable by United States.

May 4, 1983: Central Front/Europe- Soviet Spetsnaz and Yugoslavian Army attack north-eastern Italy. The move is a surprise since Italian Intelligence was reporting a strike of the Hungarian Army through Austria and Italian Army units were deployed on that front. The attack is supported by Soviet and Yugoslav MiG29s and Mil Mi24 Hinds. The city of Gorizia is occupied.



May 4-5, 1983: Central Front/Europe-Soviet 2nd Army Tank Guards conquer Kiel and Lubbeck in northern Germany in their push to isolate Denmark.



May 5, 1983: Central Front/Europe- Soviet troops attacks on the Northern Europe front and occupy the town of Vardo in Norway.

May 5, 1983: Central Front/Europe-Italian Communist Party leader (that has more than 30% of seat in the parliament) in a public speech severs all ties with USSR and East Bloc Communist Parties. It confirms thay even if will not enter in the government it will provide external support. This is a major blow to the communist strategy that was hoping in a Communist insurrection in Italy togheter with terrorists actions by the Red Brigades.

May 6, 1983: Central Front/Europe- GDR forces enters Copenhagen and conquer the whole Denmark that is placed under Soviet Military Government.

May 7, 1983: Central Front/Europe- Soviet Spetsnaz units are infiltrated in West Germany with the task to eliminate RAF and Luftwaffe Harriers that are proving very effective against Warpact armoured divisions.

May 7, 1983: Central Front/Europe- Italian Government has activated the “Gladio” plan. It was a plan set-up in the early fifties in case of a Communist insurgence that foresaw a “Stay Behind” structure with depots hidden in northern Italy as long as former soldiers trained to use them in emergency. At the same time Hungarian Army joins Soviet and Yugoslav Armies on the Italian Front.

May 9-24, 1983: Central Front/Europe- Major tank battle outside of Hamburg, Soviet forces are stopped by massive low level attack by Tornado units from RAF, USAF and Luftwaffe. In detail they apply the FOFA NATO doctrine that foresee to destroy the enemy forces that are coming to the front in a way to stop supplies to the first line troops.



May 10, 1983 : Central Front/Europe- Sweden decide to renounce to its neutrality and support Norway in his fight against USSR. This was a serious and unexepected blow to Soviet strategy in that area. Finland see herself too endangered and would remain neutral.

May 10-31, 1983: Central Front/Europe- Soviet troops continue to advance in Scandinavia and arrive (32Km- 20 Mi) to Hammerfest in Norway.

May 12, 1983: Central Front/Europe- In the Caucasus fighting starts between Turkish and Soviet armies. In the area Soviets have reserve units coming from eastern regions not equipped with the latest vehicles but with old T62 tanks instead.

May 14, 1983: Central Front/Europe- After nine days of vicious fightings the city of Trieste falls in Yugoslav hands, civilians scared by the memories of the 1945 event during Yugoslav occupation leave the town.

May 15, 1983: Central Front/Europe-Warsaw Pact forces complete the occupation of West Berlin. The City is under control of GDR 1st Motorized Rifle Division.

May 16, 1983: Central Front/Europe-French President Mitterand places all French forces under NATO command, the forces are assigned to the Central Front. At the same time ANZACs forces are deployed in Italy, to support Italian Army.

May 18, 1983: Central Front/Europe-United Nations Security Council activities in New York are suspended since the Soviet Union Ambassador is absent. UN General Secretary Javier Perez de Cuellar asks all Nations to stop fightings and start Peace talks.

May 21, 1983: Central Front/Europe- Under American request, Israeli Air Force pilots are sent to Turkey to supplement Turkish Air Force Pilots.

May 24, 1983: Central Front/Europe- Soviet and Yugoslav forces are stopped in Italy in the Friuli region, along the Tagliamento River,  before they would be able to get to the Padania plain. Massive low level attacks from Italian Air Force Tornados have helped by stopping supplies arriving on the front.



May 28, 1983: Central Front/Europe-Using Denmark as a base Soviet units start to attack Sweden, with fighters leaving from bases in Estonia and Lithuania try to gain Air Superiority.

[Logan Hartke]

I love the Sentinel and German Phantom!  It reminds me of the B-51 that I did in that scheme.  It makes most planes look good.

http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,20962.msg428309.html#msg428309

Cheers,

Logan

[Glanini]

Logan Thanks..........

......... thanks that Harrier took me an all day of travel from Bangalore to Jacksonville..........

June, 1983: Central Front/Europe- Soviet forces launch a second major attack in Bavaria, the attack is countered by Canadian Forces but Czech and Soviet units are able to go to the outside of Munich.

June 1, 1983: Central Front/Europe- Skirmishes starts along the Bulgarian – Greek border. Bulgarian and Romanian Army armies are weak, though the lack of co-operation between Greek and Turkish armies does not allow NATO to push forward in the Thrace Region and the front will remain stable through the end of the year.

June 2, 1983: Central Front/Europe- USSR deploys two Divisions in Chukotsky Area and stage an attack along the Bering Strait towards Alaska. The attack is just to probe the US defences in the area, but will keep occupied 3 US divisions and 100 USAF planes until the end of the war.



June 7, 1983: Central Front/Europe- The training and skill of Swedish Army is too high for the medium level Soviet units sent to attack Sweden and suffer a major defeat in the Malmo area.

June 9, 1983: Central Front/Europe- United Kingdom general election: Conservative Margaret Thatcher wins in a landslide victory over Michael Foot (72% of the popular vote), the most decisive election victory since 1945.

June 12, 1983: Central Front/Europe- Soviet army suffers a defeat in the Scandinavian Mountains from Swedish and Norwegian Armies and starts retreating.



June 18-24, 1983: Central Front/Europe- Soviet troops starts a push in the Taurus Region of Turkey from Georgia and Armenia the scope of the Operation is to reach the Euphrates River.

June 20-26, 1983: Central Front/Europe- Yugoslav and Soviet units attempt a joint Heliborne and Sea Landing along the Po river delta. After a week of dramatic fightings the communist forces retreats. In particular Australian SAS have disrupted the Warpact communication lines together with Italian “Stay Behind” commandos.





July 1, 1983: Central Front/Europe- French forces, that were used as reserve units, enters in the fray in Bavaria. They are equipped with AMX30B Tanks.



July 5-20, 1983: Central Front/Europe-Major air battle take place over the Baltic Sea, Flygvapnet units equipped with Viggen fighters are able to keep Soviet bombers far from the main land.

July 15, 1983: Central Front/Europe- Turkish Army stops Soviet advance in the Lake Van Area, but the city of Kars is occupied.



July 20, 1983: Central Front/Europe- To gain popular support during the war the government of Poland announces the end of martial law and amnesty for political prisoners.



July 26, 1983: Central Front/Europe- French 2nd Army Corps equipped with AMX30B Tanks wins the battle of Freising, in Bavaria and stops the advance of Czechoslovak and Soviet infantry.

August 10, 1983: Central Front/Europe- In a summit of Warsaw Pact leaders the analysis of the first three months of war is that The Warsaw Pact has a numerical advantage in terms of tanks and manpower, the technological advantage of the NATO forces have helped the stop the attack. In particular Anti-Tank weapons and low-attack airplanes. MiG29s have showed to be superior to NATO counterparts in close combat, but they are detached to few units and have maintenance issues that keep them frequently grounded. A third wave of attack is necessary in September in order to break the front in Germany before the winter.





August 14, 1983: Central Front/Europe- Soviet Tu22 bombs Turkey Capital Ankara, USAF decides to accelerate deliveries of the Northrop F20 Tigershark to Turkish Air Force.

August 22, 1983: Central Front/Europe- USSR leader Yury Andropov suffers a renal failure and enters the Central Clinical Hospital in western Moscow on a permanent basis, where he will spend the remainder of his life. His aides will take turns visiting him in the hospital with important matters and paperwork.

August 28, 1983: Central Front/Europe- Royal Australian Air Force bomber units equipped with BAC TSR2 arrives in Italy at Naples Capodichino Airport.





September, 1983: Central Front/Europe- All VVS MiG29 are re-deployed on the Inner German Border area from the Italian and Balkan front.

September-October, 1983: Central Front/Europe- On the Scandinavian theatre there is a Soviet push on the Norway-Soviet border stopped by Swedish and Norway Army.





September 10-15, 1983: Central Front/Europe- 3rd wave of Soviet attacks in West Germany. MiG29 tries to gain Air Superiority, fierce air battles take place with initial advantage for VVS units.



September 18, 1983: Central Front/Europe- USAF F15 and RAF/Luftwaffe Tornados got severely beaten by VVS MiG 29s that conquer air supremacy, at the same time US VII Corp and West Germany II Corp tanks lacking air cover suffer massive losses from T80s of Soviet 8th Guards Army.





September 20, 1983 : Central Front/Europe- The new French fighter, the Dassault Mirage 2000 is pushed in to the battle with AdlA and Luftwaffe.

September 25, 1983 : Central Front/Europe- SAS and US Navy Seals conquer the Soviet Navy Base in Kunda, Estonia, the purpose of the mission, launched from Sweden is to start an insurrection from the Estonian Population against the Russians.

September 26-30, 1983 : Central Front/Europe- Estonian population starts to support SAS and USMC against Soviet forces but of course they are neutralized by KGB border guards.

[finsrin]

All are looking good.
Particularly like appearance of AV8A and all F-20s in schemes you used  :)

[Logan Hartke]

Boy, this is the best batch yet, Glanini.  The Italian Phantom, both of the Yugoslav birds, the TSR.2, the F-20s, and all of the Harriers are gorgeous.  So much to love about this update.   

Cheers,

Logan

[lauhof52]

Love the F-20's !

[Glanini]

Thanks...

October 1, 1983 : Central Front/Europe- Soviet 3rd Shock Army enters Hamburg, they found the docks destroyed so they cannot be used in the near term for re-supply the Warsaw Pact armies.

October 3, 1983 : Central Front/Europe- SAS and USMC are extracted from Kunda and return to Sweden, anyway as rumours of the insurrection spread there are many defections from Lithuania, Latvian and Estonian components of  the Soviet Army.



October 8, 1983: Central Front/Europe- VVS is forced to deploy Su15 and MiG23 in Combat Air Patrol due to the unavailability of MiG29 plagued by maintenaince issues.



October 13, 1983: Central Front/Europe- USAF, RAF and Luftwaffe re-gain air superiority,  on the same day VVS and other Warsaw Pact Air Forces loose more than two hundred airplanes, NATO just twentyeight.







October 15-23, 1983 : Central Front/Europe- Massive raids from RAF and Luftwaffe Tornados and USAF F111 and A9s annihilate Warsaw Pact forces around Hamburg, West Germany II Corp siege the city.

November 1-7, 1983: Central Front/Europe- In order to avoid  a battle inside Hamburg, NATO forces leave a road open in order to let Soviet 3rd Shock Army get out of Hamburg.



November 12, 1983 : Central Front/Europe- The first winter storm hits Germany, with snow up to two metres covering all North and Central Germany.



November 18, 1983 : Central Front/Europe- An attack in the Jutland from 1st Netherland Corp and 1st British Corp is stopped by GDR Army.



December, 1983: Central Front/Europe- Major attacks are stopped on the German front due to the weather conditions. Special forces from both sides make small scale attacks to probe the enemy defences and for intelligence purposes.



December 8, 1983 : Central Front/Europe- A second winter storm hits northern Europe, with strong winds and snow storms, halting most of the Air Operation on the front through the rest of the year. The only airplane capable of still performing mission was the Tornado with its capability of flying at low level.

[Logan Hartke]

Lovely as usual, glanini.  I'll never complain about winter schemes.

Cheers,

Logan

[Doom!]

Beautiful work all the way around, I really love the German mirage     :) .

[Scooterman]

Beautiful work all the way around, I really love the German mirage     :) .

Let me second.............hell..........third that German M2K.  That looks sooooooo right.  (right click, save as)

[Glanini]

Meanwhile on other side of the world

Middle East

January-June, 1983: Middle East- Lebanon Army receive equipment and training from US and France among them also former IAF Mirage F1.

February 14, 1983: Middle East-The Israeli government decides to transfer Ariel Sharon from his post as Defense Minister, in light of the recommendations of the Kahan Commission report published on 7 February and appoints Moshe Arens as the new Defense Minister.

March 17, 1983: Middle East- Lebanon, Israel, and the United States sign an agreement on Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon.

April 18, 1983: Middle East- U.S. Embassy bombing in Beirut kills 63 people.

April 28, 1983 Middle East- Israel, Lebanon and US signs a new Peace Accord, Syria refused to comply with the withdrawal and increase pressure on Amin Gemayel through its Druze and Shi’ite proxies.

May 2, 1983 Middle East- As the war is started in Europe, American and French units are ordered to keep their position in Lebanon.

June, 1983: Middle East- With Syrian support a radical PLO faction lead by Abu Mussa surrounds Arafat and his supporters in their stronghold of Tripoly.

August,  1983: Middle East- IDF withdraw from the Shouf Mountains , their place is taken by the new Lebanese army with Western Equipment.



August 7, 1983: Middle East- Begin himself retires from politics and hands over the reins of the office of Prime Minister to his old friend-in-arms Yitzhak Shamir.

October 23, 1983: Middle East- Simultaneous suicide truck-bombings destroy both the French and the United States Marine Corps barracks in Beirut, killing 241 U.S. servicemen, 58 French paratroopers and 6 Lebanese civilians. The explosives for the attacks was provided by KGB.

November 4, 1983: Middle East- The Israeli Army Headquarters in Tyre, Lebanon is destroyed by a suicide truck bombing.

December, 1983: Middle East- Arafat goes into exile in Tunisia.

December 1, 1983: Middle East- Syrian forces fire on US reconnaissance airplane over the Beka’a Valley

December 4, 1983: Middle East- Lt. Bobby Goodman of the United States Navy is shot down over Lebanon and captured by the Syrians as the US responds to the attack of December 1.


Central America

January-March, 1983: Central America- Fueled by covered US Money Contras operations in Nicaragua increase, Cuba sends 500 “advisors” .

March, 1983: Central America- In Haiti widespread discontent begin, when Pope John Paul II visit the Island. The pontiff declares that "Something must change here." He went on to call for a more equitable distribution of income, a more egalitarian social structure, more concern among the elite for the well-being of the masses, and increased popular participation in public life. This message revitalizes both laymen and clergy, and it contributes to increased popular mobilization and to expand political and social activism.

June, 1983: Central America-  The war in Europe has shifted all the attention, Central American strategy for the United States is now stop Communist advance, but reduce offensive actions unless required.

August 8, 1983: Central America-  Cuban Government issues an ultimatum to the United States Government to leave the base of Guantanamo Bay in one week. USAF starts a major airlift.

August 15, 1983: Central America- Water supply to Guantanamo Bay are closed by the Cuban Government.

August 20, 1983: Central America- Cuban Army attacks Guantanamo Bay, but founds the base defended by no more than a hundred troops garrison. Since the airlift was used to move the troops back in the United States.

August 21, 1983: Central America- US Government releases a statement that condemn the occupation of Guantanamo Bay from Cuban troops and consider it to be not legal.

October 7, 1983: Central America-  On the island of Grenada, the Deputy Prime Minister, Bernard Coard, sees Maurice Bishop as too moderate. He has military officers on his side who have been criticized lately. They overthrow Bishop and place Bishop under house arrest

October 19, 1983: Central America-  Maurice Bishop, Prime Minister of Grenada, and forty others are assassinated in a military coup.

October 25, 1983 : Central America- After Presiden Reagan decides that US cannot loose another country to Cuban influence in the Caribbean, United States troops invade Grenada at the behest of Eugenia Charles of Dominica, a member of the Organization of American States.

November 21, 1983: Central America- Fighting in Grenada continues for several days and the total number of U.S. troops reached some 7,000 along with 300 troops from the OECS. The invading forces encountered about 3,500 Grenadian soldiers and about 1,700 Cubans. Also present were 300 advisors from the Soviet Union, North Korea, East Germany, Bulgaria, and Libya.



November 17, 1983: Central America- The Zapatista Army of National Liberation is founded in Mexico.



December 15, 1983: Central America-  After more than a month of fighting, US forces are extracted from Grenada with a major helicopter airlift. The support from Cubans, Russians, North Koreans, Libyans, East Germans, Bulgarians advisors has turned the battle in favour of the Marxists government.


South America

April 15, 1983: South America- In Argentina the military government takes a step toward the return of civilian rule. It restores the rights of ninenteen political and labor leaders to take part in political activity.

October 30, 1983: South America-The first democratic elections in Argentina after seven years of military rule are held.

December 10, 1983: South America-Military rule ends and democracy is restored in Argentina, with the beginning of Raúl Alfonsín first term as President of Argentina.


Southern Africa

February-June, 1983: Southern Africa- SAAF receives his first batch of Harriers and Jaguars from the United Kingdom.



May 23, 1983: Southern Africa- A flight of SAAF Harriers bomb Mozambique Army headquarters in Maputo in their effort to support Renamo against the Communits Regime.

December 6, 1983: Southern Africa-South Africa launches its twelfth incursion, Operation Askari, in pursuit of SWAPO units which is also designed to inflict as much damage as possible on FAPLA's increasing military presence in southern Angola.


Afghanistan


January, 1983: Afghanistan- KGB reports that the Soviets incurr high costs for their own foreign interventions. Although Brezhnev was convinced in 1979 that the Soviet war in Afghanistan would be brief, Muslim guerrillas, aided by the US and other countries, waged a fierce resistance against the invasion. The Kremlin sent nearly 100,000 troops to support its puppet regime in Afghanistan, leading many outside observers to dub the war "the Soviets' Vietnam". However, Moscow's quagmire in Afghanistan is far more disastrous for the Soviets than Vietnam has been for the Americans because the conflict coincided with a period of internal decay and domestic crisis in the Soviet system.

January-March, 1983: Afghanistan- A de-facto truce is in place within DRA/Soviet forces and Mujaideen Guerrila in the Panjsher Valley. For the first time a ceasefire is concluded between the Soviets and the Mujahideen, lasting six months, and later extended. Negotiated by Massoud in person with a colonel of the GRU, Anatoly Tkachev, the agreement stipulates that Soviet troops should evacuate the Panjshir, except for a small garrison at Anava, whose access is controlled by the Mujahideen. The area covered by the ceasefire includes the Panjshir valley, but not the Salang pass, where fighting continues. This truce allows Soviet Army to relocate troops to East Germany.

April-June, 1983: Afghanistan- Massoud took advantage of the truce to extend his influence over areas that hav until then been held by hostile factions loyal to Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's Hezb-i-islami party, like in Andarab. More peacefully, he take control of the Khost-Fereng sector, and some areas in southern Takhar, while establishing contacts with other guerilla groups in Baghlan Province, and persuading them to adopt his military organisation. He also orders the strengthening of defenses in five subsidiary valleys as well as in the Panjshir, permitting a defense in depth, and withdraw his headquarters to Shira Mandara, in Takhar province, in anticipation of a renewed assault.

April 10-30, 1983: Afghanistan- Rebels conquer most of the city of Herat, Soviets use heavy bombers to drive them out.

May, 1983: Afghanistan- Soviet units are re-deployed from Afghanistan to the European Central front leaving the main role in counter the Mujiadheen to DRA.

June-September, 1983: Afghanistan- As the war is firing up in Europe, USSR pushes the Afghan government to use DRA units in combat, but those get defeated in the summer in the Patkia and Paktika valleys.

November, 1983: Afghanistan- Soviet offensive in Shomali valley.

December, 1983: Afghanistan- DRA units are sieged in Urgun fort.


Iran-Iraq

January, 1983: Iran-Iraq- An Iraqi-Soviet arms deal was signed in Moscow, which lead to the Soviet Union supplying Iraq with additional T-62 and T-72 tanks; Mig-23 and Mig-25 jets; and SS-21 and Scud-B missiles

February 6, 1983: Iran-Iraq- Iran attack a 40-kilometer stretch near Al Amarah, via marshes and hill ridges. Iran's six-division attack manage to break through with the help of air, artillery, and armor support from the Regular Army. The Iraqis, though outnumbered, respond with two hunderd helicopter sorties per day to support the defenders. The sorties prove so effective that Iraqi tanks are reduced to effective defense roles. Not surprisingly, well over six thousand Iranian troops perishe on the first day of the operation.

February 13, 1983: Iran-Iraq- Iran manage to regain 100 square miles (260 km2) of its own territory. But after a week of stalemate, Iran abandones the operation after making only minimal gains against the Iraqis. Rafsanjani later retractes his earlier boast, saying that the offensive is not the last as expected. As for the Iraqis, this victory helped the poorly trained and shaken ground forces to boost their morale.

April 10, 1983: Iran-Iraq- Iran- Operation Dawn-1 (also known as Operation Valfajr-1) is an Iranian offensive in the Iran–Iraq War. Iran struck Ein Kosh with the immediate objective of Fuka (east of al-Amarah) to capture the Baghdad-Basra Highway. The operation is fought mostly by Pasdaran forces and is one of the three costly human wave offensives of 1983, although despite heavy losses on both sides the operation fails to defeat the Iraqis

June 22, 1983: Iran-Iraq- Iraq foreign minister Tariq Aziz menace to attack Iranian oil installation.

July 22-30, 1983: Iran-Iraq- With Operation Dawn 2, Iran advances nine miles inside Iraq, in Kurdistan. Iranian forces advance from Piranshahr and are highly successful against the Iraqis, effectively seizing Haj Omran in the process. The Iranians and Kurdish guerrillas make use of elevated ridges to launch ambushes on Iraqi positions and convoys. In all, they seized roughly 150 square miles (390 km2) of Iraqi territory. Iraq respond with counteroffensive, launching an airborne assault and employing the use of poison gas for the first time in the entire war. The Iraqis hit Iranian troops on mountain tops near Haj Omran with mustard gas while their troops advance in the slopes. Unfortunately, the Iraqis are unfamiliar with the properties of poison gas and the agent descend back down to the exposed Iraqi troops. At the same time, the rugged terrain hold up Iraqi tanks. The use of helicopter gunships is also hampered, since the Iranian and Kurdish fighters have better cover.

July 30, 1983: Iran-Iraq- Operation Dawn 3 or Operation Valfajr-3 is Iran's worst defeat out of all the Dawn operations. 180,000 Iranian troops participated in this attack but withering Iraqi firepower in support of deeply entrenched troops slaughter the advancing Iranians. The Iraqis struck back by emerging from their trenches to counterattack into Iran and capture Mehran. Although Iranian troops are highly motivated, they are poorly trained and equipped for this battle. For Iran the operation is a disaster

October19-November 15, 1983: Iran-Iraq- Operation Dawn 4 or Operation Valfajr-4 Units of Iraq's First Army Corps spend two months in their trenches waiting for the Iranians to attack. The Iranians and guerillas of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan take 250 square miles of territory. This included a number of Kurdish villages and exert a significant amount of pressure on Penjwin. Saddam Hussein respond with a counterattack, using the Iraqi Republican Guard and poison gas. However, they fail to dislodge the Iranians, who are dug-in and reinforced by Kurdish fighters.

November 2, 1983: Iran-Iraq- Iraq warns merchant vessel to avoid the “War Zone” in the northern area of the Gulf.

[Glanini]

........ the remaninder of 1984 is in the alt history section since it was not linked to profiles

1984

News

January 14, 1984: News - The 1984 Summer Olympics to be held in Los Angeles, California are cancelled by Internationl Olympic Commitee, respecting the tradition that the games cannot be held during war unless those are suspended.

June-December, 1984: News– Major famine hits Ethiopia due to the extremely low rainfalls in the two previous years, in the meanwhile Ethiopian dictator Menghistu raised military expenses to 46% of GDP.

June 4, 1984: News– Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the USA” album is released, though the song may look a patriotic hyms, especially during a war, it was actually a song about a jobless Vietnam War veteran.

July 12, 1984: News - In San Francisco, the Democratic National Convention has nominated Walter Mondale for U.S. President.

July 25, 1984 : News -  Salyut 7: Soviet Cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya becomes the first woman to perform a space walk.

November 6, 1984: News - United States presidential election, 1984: Ronald Reagan defeats Walter F. Mondale with 59% of the popular vote, the highest since Richard Nixon's 61% victory in 1972. Reagan carries 49 states in the electoral college; Mondale wins only his home state of Minnesota by a mere 3,761 vote margin and the District of Columbia.

November 25, 1984 : News - Band Aid, featuring U2, Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet, Wham, Phil Collins , Sting and Paul McCartney records the charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" to raise money to help the populations of West Germany, Italy, Austria and Denmark. It is released December 3, 1984


Central Front/Europe

January –March, 1984: Central Front/Europe- Both sides went through a major re-armament process. United States production lines work around the clock and some production are also transferred to Europe. F16s are delivered to RAF, Luftwaffe and AMI, F18 to Royal Navy, Italian Navy and Aeronavale. On the Warsaw Pact side Sukhoi Su27 Flankers are delivered to frontline VVS units.













January, 1984: Central Front/Europe- A Red Cross reports details the condition of the areas occupied by Warsaw pact and Prisoners as well, while the situation in West Germany and Denmark is fair, the condition in Nortern Italy are dramatic as long as for Italian and Australian soldiers captured by Yugoslav Army that are sent in “Concentration Camps”.



February, 1984: Central Front/Europe- Soviet Army reserve units equipped with T72 tanks are moved from Central Russia to Bulgaria, Yugoslavia and Hungary.

February 9, 1984: Central Front/Europe- After a long illness Soviet Leader Yuri Andropov dies, while sleeping, in his hospital room.

February 14, 1984: Central Front/Europe- Konstantin Chernenko is named General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. The nomination is seen by western analysts as a temporary solution due to Chernenko’s age and health condition.

March, 1984: Central Front/Europe-Italian Air Force F16s and F20s get air superiority in Norht-East Italy against Yugoslav MiG23 and MiG21.




March 6, 1984: Central Front/Europe-Ronald Reagan provides to West Germany Government a report by CIA. The report describes how West Germany intelligence has been widely infiltrated by STASI agents. The CIA investigation started after the Humint failure in anticipating the attack on Western Europe.





March 6, 1984: Central Front/Europe-West German Bundesnachrichtendienst (Federal Intelligence Service) is shaken up by several arrests and is completely re-organized.

March 15-30, 1984: Central Front/Europe-As the weather starts to improve USAF F111, RAF and Luftwaffe Tornados starts pounding Warsaw Pact supply line in East Germany. Sukhoi Su27 tries to contrast them but suffer availability and maintenaince issues.





March 18, 1984: Central Front/Europe-Anti-Russian demonstration in Tiblisi are suppressed by KGB special units, but the demonstation will continue and spread in Armenia and in the Caucasus in the following weeks.

April 3, 1984: Central Front/Europe- In order to ease the pressure on the eastern front Italian and Australian units attack Albania and Yugoslavia (Montenegro) with a landing in the Petrovac area.



April 10, 1984: Central Front/Europe- Italian Marine Division “San Marco” crosses the Tagliamento River and push toward the Italian-Yugoslavian Border.

April 14, 1984: Central Front/Europe- 1st wave of Warsaw Pact attack on Austria from Czechoslovakian Army and Soviet 20th Guards Army. The attack is supported by the new attack helicopter of the Soviet Army Aviation, the Mil Mi28 Havoc.



April 20, 1984: Central Front/Europe- Vienna is occupied by Soviet forces. Thousand of Austrian citizens leave the country in Italy’s direction.



April 20, 1984: Central Front/Europe- Austrian Government, now in Innsbruck asks support to Switzerland that refuse the request.



April 30, 1984: Central Front/Europe-Soviet Troops are pulled out from the Taurus region in Turkey to suppress the revolt in the Caucusus.

May 5, 1984: Central Front/Europe- While the front is on a stalemate in North and Central Germany, Soviet forces occupy Salzburg and cross the Austria-Germany border in Munich direction.

May 10, 1984: Central Front/Europe- Italian Alpini enters in Austria and stops Soviet Invasion on the Kithzbuel-Lienz front.

May 15, 1984: Central Front/Europe- Soviet 20th Guards Army is 15 Kilometres south of Munich while 1st Guards Tank Army is 20 Kilometres East.

May 22, 1984: Central Front/Europe- Italian army enters Tirana and the population welcome them, the Albanian army faces huge defection and surrenders.



May 24, 1984 : Central Front/Europe- France II Army Corp,  Canadian Brigade and France I Army with huge losses stop the Soviets in the periphery of Munich after a very cruel fight building by building.



May 30, 1984 : Central Front/Europe-Australian and Italian Army units enter in Trieste.

June 6, 1984 : Central Front/Europe- Turkish Army crosses the Dardanelles Strait and the Bulgarian border after a serious of dramatic attacks from Northrop A9 Warthogs on Soviet and Bulgarian T72 tanks and BMPDs.

June 20, 1984 : Central Front/Europe- Italian and Australian Army units enters Podgorica, the capital of Montenegro. While Greek and New Zealand army units occupies Macedonia.

[Logan Hartke]

Those are all great, glanini.  I especially love the snowy Su-24 and the Italian Harrier.

Cheers,

Logan

[Glanini]

July, 1984 : Central Front/Europe- While French and Canadian forces are held in South Germany to defend Munich the Soviet 8th Guards Army moves west to Stuttgart.



July 5, 1984 : Central Front/Europe- Nurnberg is occupied after heavy fightings by Soviet 20th Guards Army on his way to Stuttgart.



July 15-30, 1984: Central Front/Europe- Major battle between US VII Corp and Soviet 8th Guards Army around Augusta in the direction of Stuttgart. Soviet Command and Control centers are bombed at night by a mysterious NATO bomber that Soviet radars are unabe to detect. In reality the US have deployed their stealth bomber F117 to the western Europe theatre.



July 15-30, 1984: Central Front/Europe- Turkish Army enters Plovdiv, in Southern Bulgaria, while the Greek Army is stopped on the Rodopi Mountains.

August, 1984 : Central Front/Europe- In the Julian Alps Croatian and Slovenian units of the Yugoslavian Army show sign of weaknesses and starts to retreat or surrender in front of advancing Italian and Australian Units without major signs of resistance.







August 15, 1984 : Central Front/Europe- On a meeting of Warsaw Pact leadership Constantin Chernenko states that Hamburg and Munich must be occupied before the winter. At the same meeting Yugoslavian, Bulgarian and Romanian leadership admit that the population and the army are not engaged as they would have hoped and they fear an uprising.



August 22-29, 1984 : Central Front/Europe- All reserve VVS units are deployed to Germany, major fightings with NATO air forces to gain air superiority. The technological advantage of NATO with the use of AWACs allows USAF, RAF, Luftwaffe and AdlA fighters to counter Soviet attacks.



September 1-30, 1984 : Central Front/Europe- Even without air superiority Warsaw Pact forces attack in mass in Munich and Hamburg direction but the T80s and T72 tanks units are piecemealed by USAF F111 and A9s. US Army M1A1 Abrahams and German Heer Leopard II pushes  Soviet back to the East German border.





September 15, 1984 : Central Front/Europe- The new generation of Command and Control Airplane, Boeing E4 Sentinel enters service with Royal Air Force.

October 5, 1984 : Central Front/Europe- Constantin Chernenko is hospitalized in the Central Clinical Hospital, a heavily guarded facility in west Moscow.

October 10, 1984: Central Front/Europe- In a NATO summit, United Kingdom Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher pushes for an offensive to free Denmark before winter.







October 12, 1984 : Central Front/Europe- A Warsaw Pact leadership summit is held in Moscow without Chernenko presence. It is decided to stop any major attack and hold the positions along the Inner German Border. Some VVS reserve units are to be re-deployed in Bulgaria, Romania, Yugoslavia and Soviet Caucasus to face the possibility of a civil uprising after what has happened in Albania.



October 15, 1984: Central Front/Europe- 1st British Corp and 8th West Germany Mechanized Division attack GDR and Soviet units in North West Germany and free Lubeck.

October 16, 1984: Central Front/Europe- Swedish Army units starts an heliborne attack on Denmark in the Zealand, an area that was mainly occupied by GDR units.

October 18, 1984: Central Front/Europe- 1st British Corp of BAOR (British Army of Rhine) with Centurion tanks reaches Kiel and crosses the West Germany-Denmark border.

October 22, 1984: Central Front/Europe- 31. Luftburna bataljonen of Swedish Army enters Copenaghen, where GDR units have left the day before

October 25, 1984: Central Front/Europe- Soviet 2nd Guards Tank Army and the remaining Warsaw Pact Units leave Denmark’s Jutland through a massive Air and Sea operation with Air cover provided by Polish and VVS Su27 Flankers, anyway at least two hundred T80 Tanks are left there.

November 1, 1984: Central Front/Europe- All Denmark is free, after eighteen  months of Soviet occupation, the King and the government return to the country.

November 16, 1984: Central Front/Europe- West Germany Army units complete the advance in Schleswig-Holstein, Warsaw Pact units in Northern Germany are back to the April 1983 borders.

November 20-December 15, 1984 : Central Front/Europe- French and Canadian operations to push Warsaw Pact out of Bavaria are hampered by the weather, Czech and Soviet Units retreat 50 Kilometres from Munich, then the operations are stopped.

[Logan Hartke]

These are lovely, glanini.  There's something special about that Heer Apache for me, especially.

Cheers,

Logan

[apophenia]

Yes, quite a difference from the dark schemes on Heer PAH-1 Bo-105s! That Canadian Tornado would look good in the CF-104's wrap-around green too.

[Glanini]

Here are the remainder of 1984 profiles, the story is published in the dedicated section









Regards

[Glanini]

Tomorrow I will be back at work after Xmas Holidays so I am posting the last part of this chapter of the story with related profiles

January-March, 1985: Central Front/Europe- The declining health condition of Chernenko and the not expected turn of the offensive in the 1984 Fall, start an internal conflict in the Soviet Communist Party and the Soviet Army to decide the future leadership of USSR.





January 8, 1985: Central Front/Europe- Italian, Australian and New Zealand units start operation “Trieste” with an unexpected landing in Istria.



January, 12-20, 1985: Central Front/Europe- NATO units pushes to Rijeka, in order to avoid to be sieged in the Julian Alps Yugoslavian units retreat into Slovenia.

February, 1985 : Central Front/Europe- Emphysema and the associated lung and heart damage worsened significantly for Chernenko.

February 10, 1985: Central Front/Europe- In a Warsaw Pact military summit. USSR states that units must keep the position but not try to push any further, additional Soviet reserve units are sent in Bulgaria, Romania and Yugoslavia to keep Italian, ANZACs, Turkish and Greek  units from
advancing, even though actually they are sent to take care of any possible civil uprising.









February  15-28, 1985: Central Front/Europe- In an unexpected attack West German, French and US units push Soviet Army far from Munich and at the end of the month back at border with Czechoslovakia and back into Austria. Major support is given by the newly provided Apache to German Heer and British Army.













March 3, 1985: Central Front/Europe- Following an intelligence reports that is describing Communist reformists taking the upper side in the Politburo, NATO units are orderer to stop their advances at the border of Warsaw Pact nations, very strict orders for air attacks are given to all Air Forces in order to hit only military structures.







March 11, 1985 : Central Front/Europe- In Moscow, Konstantin Chernenko dies. Mikhail Gorbachev, a young reformist, becomes General Secretary of the Soviet Union's Communist Party.

March 12-15, 1985: Central Front/Europe- Canadian Army units free Salzburg and Lienz after heavy fightings and finally enter Wien were Soviet Units had already left.





March 19, 1985: Central Front/Europe- The last Soviet and Czechoslovak units crosses the Czechoslovakia-Austria border near Bratislav.

March 29, 1985: Central Front/Europe- In the first Politburo Summit chaired by Gorbachev he is depicted a dramatic situation. Soviet Economy cannot sustain the war anymore. Almost all Warsaw pact countries are close to an uprising. The existence of USSR itself is in danger, since in many Soviet Republics, like Ukraine and Belarus, reports of the KGBs shows a strong will of independence.

April 8,  1985: Central Front/Europe- Gorbachev announces his first unilateral initiative: a temporary stop of all offensive actions in Europe. He calls NATO to respond with a similar act.



April 10, 1985: Central Front/Europe- Reagan response to Gorbachev iniziative is that NATO will continue its actions and will cross Warsaw Pact borders if West Berlin will not regain its pre-war Status.

April 22, 1985: Central Front/Europe- Gorbachev announces that all Warsaw Pact units will leave West Berlin by May 1 1985.

April 25, 1985: Central Front/Europe- NATO leaders accept Gorbachev position. The war in Europe is ended after almost two years of fightings.

May-June, 1985: Central Front/Europe- Italian and Australian troops leaves Albania and Southern Yugoslavia.

May 1, 1985 : Central Front/Europe- West Berlin is free, American, French and British units are airlifted into Templehof.

May 23, 1985: Central Front/Europe- Thomas Patrick Cavanaugh is sentenced to life in prison for attempting to sell stealth bomber secrets to the Soviet Union.

July 18,  1985 : Central Front/Europe- Secretary of Defense Weinberger, CIA chief William Casey and other hardliners remain in principle opposed to a summit meeting with leaders of the Soviet Union, and, if there has to be one, they prefer Gorbachev coming to Washington - a show of subordination. Encouraged by Secretary of State George Schultz, Reagan accepts a summit meeting at Geneva, Switzerland.

July 25, 1985: Central Front/Europe- The Serbian Democratic Party declares the sovereignity of the Serbs in Croatia and blames Croats and Slovenes for losing the war and permit Yugoslavia invasion. All key positions in JNA (Yugoslav Federal Army) are assigned to Serbs officers.



November 19, 1985 : Central Front/Europe- In Geneva, U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet for the first time.

November 21, 1985 : Central Front/Europe-  Gorbachev agrees to pay damages to Germany, Denmark, Italy and Austria.

December 9, 1985 : Central Front/Europe- Slobodan Milošević, a staunch Serbian nationalist becomes President of Serbia.

[Logan Hartke]

All the snow camos are fabulous.  Also, the Apache and the F/A-18 are favorites of mine.

By the way, as proof that I really do look at all of your illustrations, that Apache is double posted.   

Great work, glanini!

Cheers,

Logan

[lauhof52]

Love the Dutch Phantom!!

[Empty Handed]

German Mirage and Italian Harrier are the stand-outs for me!  :)

[GTX_Admin]

Too many to be able to pick out any favourites. :)

[ChernayaAkula]

^ What he said!  :)

[M.A.D]

Wow Glanini you have been busy since the last time I viewed your 'outstanding' profiles

Can I put in a request for the following please..........
RAAF & RNZAF McDonnell Douglas P4A Pegasus profiles
RAAF Northrop A-9A Warthog profile in modern Australian Army helicopter camouflage
RAAF Northrop F-20A Tigershark profile with the Aim-7 Sparrow's replaced by Aim-120 AMRAAM's
RAAF Aermacchi  MB 339K Veltros II profile in modern Australian Army helicopter camouflage
USMC & Israeli Air Force Northrop A-9A Warthog profiles


M.A.D