Hey, I've been interested in this period of time for a little while. Looking back we were lucky to get out of it without a nuclear war. I'd like to explore this time period a bit in a potential Hearts of Iron IV mod.
What do you think absolutely NEEDS to be in a grand-strategy game set in this 12 year period? What kind of alt-history would you be interested in?
Things I think would be essential:
- Iranian Revolution and an alt-history where it goes Socialist under Ashraf Dehghani or some other leader.
- Alt-historical successful Kurdish uprisings in Iran, Iraq, Syria
- Iran-Iraq War
- Soviet-Afghanistan "War"
- Alt-historical invasion of Taiwan by PRC
- US Invasion of Grenada
- Gulf War
- Meme Red Dawn invasion
- Meme US Civil War
- USSR alt-history, either Gorbachev somehow manages to reform enough that the USSR holds together until the 21st century, or more traditional hardline communists takeover instead, or the '91 Coup goes off successfully.
- PRC alt-history, a return to Maoism or actual Capitalist-Roaders
- Some of the African conflicts during this time, maybe an early First Congo War, US bombing of Libya, France intervening in Chad-Libyan dispute, Ethiopia-Somali conflict
- Able Archer '83 going wrong
- Korean Airlines 007
I've got more, but I'm curious what you all would think is needed.
I mocked up some national spirit icons, curious what you all think. The name comes from the Chinese localization of "Hearts of Iron" which is, apparently, Iron Ambitions or Steel-Plated Ambition.
Are there any Cuban national focus/national spirits or events you think would be important to include? Any interesting points of divergence? I think Cuban Doctors should get some kind of nod.
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