On this day 25 years ago (Commentary Thread)

[chico20854]

April 15, 1998

The 1st Infantry Brigade (Arctic Recon) drives west to Kayukak, cutting the Soviet direct supply line across the Bering Strait. Now 25th Corps is reliant on supplies delivered by air, seized locally or (no longer existing) flown in from home.

Unofficially,

Rainbow Six reports that, unable to deploy troops from the mainland to bring the situation back under control, General Sir Clive Smith orders an airstrike on the three prisons which is carried out by two RAF Tornados, causing a heavy loss of life amongst the prisoners. Several hundred prisoners manage to escape, quickly scattering across the island.

He also reports that the bulk of British forces are withdrawn from Norway. Whilst most of the 3rd Commando Brigade is attached to the US 2nd Marine Division along the Baltic coast on the German-Polish border, the remnants of the British element of the Allied Mobile Force are brought back to the UK.

In the Arctic, the storm that has prevented the mutinous sailors of the Barrikada from moving for several days ebbs, leaving behind bitterly cold temperatures and over two dozen dead men.