Twilight 1990 timeline

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Originally Posted by 95th Rifleman

What I love about the 80's is that so much happened that could of kicked off world war three, which makes the twilight war a legitimate alternate reality. Much more than the 90's in which the cold war was dying, I've always had a problem believing ww3 could happen after '91.

I think the failed coup attempt in '91 (or was it '92?) might have come close. Not Able Archer close, but could have. Imagine; Soviet hardliners take control and order troops to IMMEDIATELY close the German frontier...