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Post by johnreiter902 on Dec 22, 2023 1:36:46 GMT
More evidence of the cold war heating up on Earth-Quality
In 1954, according to Blackhawk #79, the western powers agreed to re-arm West Germany, to act as a buffer against communism. A plot was launched by the communists to undermine this, but thwarted by the Blackhawks
IOTL, plans were suggested to re-arm West Germany, in preparation for a future war with Russia, even allowing former Nazis to return and lead the new military. These plans were abandoned, for fear of increasing the likelihood of war
More and more, I think Earth-Quality had a nuclear war in 1956
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Post by DocQuantum on Dec 27, 2023 1:38:04 GMT
More evidence of the cold war heating up on Earth-Quality In 1954, according to Blackhawk #79, the western powers agreed to re-arm West Germany, to act as a buffer against communism. A plot was launched by the communists to undermine this, but thwarted by the Blackhawks IOTL, plans were suggested to re-arm West Germany, in preparation for a future war with Russia, even allowing former Nazis to return and lead the new military. These plans were abandoned, for fear of increasing the likelihood of war More and more, I think Earth-Quality had a nuclear war in 1956 I think you're right that Earth-Quality had a nuclear war, but I believe it would have happened a few years later. I've got a story in the works in which it does, anyway.
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Post by redsycorax on Dec 27, 2023 21:45:35 GMT
I think the question then is how the effects of that nuclear war might be mitigated. There would not be ICBMs, but we're probably talking the obliteration of the USSR and Eastern Europe unless it has its own metahumans. Or Earth Quality might have had a slower arms race. Or Oppenheimer might have had some success in lobbying against the development of the hydrogen bomb there, so neither side has it.
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Post by johnreiter902 on Jan 15, 2024 18:16:03 GMT
In World’s Finest Comics #273, Dr. Sivana tried to start a nuclear war with his Anger Ray. However, Captain Marvel reprogrammed the ray into a Peace Ray, which induced feelings of peace, tolerance, and friendliness for 12 hours
He states that, during those 12 hours, 4 wars were ended, and 2 more were prevented.
Now, of course, the history of Earth-S is probably different from ours, but what wars were ongoing in 1981 which might have been ended early on Earth-S because of this?
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Post by redsycorax on Jan 15, 2024 21:15:38 GMT
In 1981, there were ongoing civil wars in the Spanish Sahara, El Salvador, Syria, Lebanon and Somalia, an Ecuador/Peru territorial war, and a low-intensity communist insurgency in Malaysia (which continued until 1989). As for preventing wars, perhaps on Earth-S, the Argentine junta decided not to invade the Falklands in its 1982, and there was no Lebanon War that year. Or Ethiopia and Somalia didn't fight a border war in that year?
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