World War 1990: The Weser

by William Stroock

World War 1990: The Weser
Two weeks into the Third World War, the Battle of Bremen is over, and NATO has lost.
The American 2nd Armored Division is shattered.
The Belgian army is all but destroyed.
The British Army of the Rhine retreats south.
Danish forces fall back toward Jutland.
The Dutch army retreats to the frontier.
Soviet armies advance toward the Rhine.
NATO assembles an ad-hoc corps of American, British and French forces to counterattack in a last-ditch attempt to stop the Warsaw Pact.

Genres: Fiction

253 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 22, 2022

Reviews

[Bruce Sandmeyer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Superb Novel

William Stroock has turned out another incredible installment in his NATO\Warsaw Pact WW3 series. One of the great "What Ifs" of history is what would have happened if the Cold War went hot and WW3 broke out. The author has expertly created one of the most detailed and creative stories of what that conflict would have looked like. William Stroock in this book looks at a critical portion of this battlefield and gives the reader an unrivaled action thriller that takes you inside the seats of power, the command post and in a fighting vehicle. He knows exactly how to put the reader in the middle of the action. A staple of a Stroock novel is meticulous research of all aspects of the capabilities of all the forces involved to include orders of battle and equipment. The author also expertly describes the battle scenarios from the perspective of both sides of the conflict. I'm a combat veteran of the Gulf War and Iraq and the author accurately describes the sights, sounds and chaos of the battlefield. I highly recommend this book and this entire series. No author of alternative military history has ever written such a comprehensive series of books covering all aspects of a fictional WW3

[William McLoughlin · Rating 4 out of 5]

4/5. This book has been the best in the series. It should have been the second or third volume to read after the initial volume covering the start of the war in the Fulda Gap and on the North German Plain. Unfortunately, THAT book doesn’t even exist. This book deals, in good part, with the 8th Infantry Division that I served in twice during the Cold War up through the time of the book’s action. It also features some real-world people I served under. (Unfortunately, the book never explains how the Soviet advance through the Fulda Gap had been successful, yet the 8th Division was able to emerge from that defeat at 80% strength so it could be a spearhead of this subsequent battle. In reality, the unit would have been wiped-out by such a defeat. Oh, and what unit was left past Fulda to keep the Russians from driving all the way to Frankfurt and the Rhein River? Like all the books in the series, this one desperately needed maps to be able to follow along with the action. There are times when it seemed that directions on the battlefield had been mixed-up. An order of battle listing of units and their main equipment would also have been nice, too, as the narrative jumped from American, to British, to French, to Russian, to East German units and back again. This book, like the others in the series, also suffers greatly from the frustratingly frequent use of incorrect and misspelled words.

[Nigel Brand · Rating 4 out of 5]

Warring on the Weser

This is an entertaining tale for the WW3 alternate history buff, and better written than most. Although the characters are merely sketched and the book could do with some sketch maps, it is an easy and satisfying read. Some of the Soviet and allied characters are even treated sympathetically, which is far from universal.

[Bill Harper · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have read the whole World War 1990 series by William Stroock. The books are well written and easy to follow. I highly recommend this book and the rest of the series for those interested in Military Fiction. This genre has interested for years, since reading The Third World War August 1985 by General Sir John Hackett.

[Teresa Tidwell]

A Great Kick Ass Read!

Start to finish, nothing but excellent kick ass story telling. The characters were all great, the action was intense, and even the equipment was period correct. Its great(and rare) to actually read a military fiction "what if" story, and all of these things be correct. Definitely a 5 star book IMHO.

[Fred C · Rating 3 out of 5]

Typos and some factual errors as well as a complete lack of maps which makes it hard to follow when you have attacks by the french, us , British soviets and east German all in the same place
I wanted to read the next one, Arctic Storm it seems, but was deterred by the reviews

[Eric J. Hartsfield · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good description of armored conflict in the 1990's

Vivid story of NATO vs. Warsaw pact. Wish there were maps showing the ebb and flow of the battle but overall s great read.

[Ifor · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good

Another decent alt history book. I've read them all now and they are pretty good. Have a go, hopefully you won't be disappointed

[Mike Glaser · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good start to the series. Starting book 2.