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* ObligatoryWarCrimeScene: [[spoiler:Elements of the 2nd Panzer Division shoot up a field hospital of the Tenth Corps.]]
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* OperationBlank: [[MeaningfulName Operation Desperate Fumble]], the action to secure Ukranian nukes, and [[spoiler:Operation En Passant, a plan to retrieve said nukes from German custody.]]
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* JustFollowingOrders: Soldiers and officers on both sides allow themselves to be caught up in following superior directives without examining them too closely.
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* BluffTheEavesdropper: US counterintelligence efforts spread misinformation to confuse German data gathering through such methods as dummy radio broadcasts.
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* StraightForTheCommander: American tracking of radio signals allow their artillery units to do this several times to the headquarters of a few German units.
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* TreeCover: The forests of central Europe provide usable cover for many infantry and armor skirmishes in the book.
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* TheInfiltration: US Army Rangers led by Major Ilvanich conduct covert disruption operations in Germany to support the Tenth Corps' advance.
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* GreyAndGrayMorality: Germany has valid grievances about the use of their territory as a launchpad for unilateral American actions that violate treaties (e.g. transporting nuclear weapons through Germany). However, German forces end up initiating hostilities.
** While the US action in the Ukraine was to return Soviet nukes to Russia, said intervention was kept a secret from Germany. The option taken by US forces to march through Germany instead of disarming ends up endangering the civilian population in their areas of operation.
** While the US action in the Ukraine was to return Soviet nukes to Russia, said intervention was kept a secret from Germany. The option taken by US forces to march through Germany instead of disarming ends up endangering the civilian population in their areas of operation.
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* GreatOffScreenWar: The Second Mexican Revolution, which US forces intervened in.
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* MyGreatestFailure: The American air force feels guilt at the surrender of the nuclear devices to the Germans.
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* AggressiveNegotiations: Conducted by German paratroopers seizing nukes stored at the US Air Force base at Sembach.
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* GenderIsNoObject: The novel's US military is fully-integrated up to combat arms.
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* NextSundayAD/Thenineties: Has exact dates in 1997-1998, a few years after the year the novel was published.
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* DistantPrologue: In 1945 Germany, with American forces driving deep into Germany.
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* HideYourChildren: Averted by the instances of children being injured in war.
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* ExhaustionInducedIdiocy: SleepDeprivation caused by combat and marching leads to slowed reactions and occasional missteps by officers.
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* TheChainsOfCommanding: Leaders on all sides are forced to make difficult decisions with terrible outcomes while suffering limited sleep or worse.
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* VehicularSabotage: Numerous instances [[spoiler:within the German military, including a Luftwaffe officer smashing the control chips of Tornado fighters.]]
* VehicularSabotage: Numerous instances [[spoiler:within the German military, including a Luftwaffe officer smashing the control chips of Tornado fighters.]]
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* ObstructiveBureaucrat: In a rare heroic example, the German parliament (Bundestag) limits Chancellor Ruff's ability to carry out his plan by denying military appropriations.
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* CapsLock: Used to portray the loudest shouting.
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* The Mutiny: Individuals up to entire units of the [[spoiler:German armed forces]] refuse to follow their orders.
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* TankGoodness: Germany’s Leopard 2s and US M1A1s have starring roles.
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* TankGoodness: Germany’s Leopard 2s and US M1A1s [=M1A1s=] have starring roles.
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''The Ten Thousand'' is a 1993 PossibleWar novel written by Harold Coyle about the trials and tribulations of the US Tenth Corps as they travel through a hostile Germany. Following a mission in the Ukraine to seize former Soviet nuclear weapons which are transported through Germany, Chancellor Johann Ruff asserts his nation’s sovereignty through hostile actions against the United States of America. Units trapped in the Czech Republic must now march through hundreds of miles of a former ally’s territory. Comparable to the Anabasis of Creator/{{Xenophon}}.
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''The Ten Thousand'' is a 1993 PossibleWar novel written by Harold Coyle about the trials and tribulations of the US Tenth Corps as they travel through a hostile Germany. Following a mission in the Ukraine to seize former Soviet nuclear weapons which are transported through Germany, Chancellor Johann Ruff asserts his nation’s sovereignty through hostile actions against the United States of America. Units trapped in the Czech Republic must now march through hundreds of miles of a former ally’s territory. Comparable to the Anabasis ''Literature/{{Anabasis}}'' of Creator/{{Xenophon}}.
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''The Ten Thousand'' is a 1993 PossibleWar novel written by Harold Coyle about the trials and tribulations of the US Tenth Corps as they travel through a hostile Germany. Following a mission in the Ukraine to seize former Soviet nuclear weapons which are transported through Germany, Chancellor Johann Ruff asserts his nation’s sovereignty through hostile actions against the United States of America. Units trapped in the Czech Republic must now march through hundreds of miles of a former ally’s territory. Comparable to the ''[[Literature/Anabasis]]'' of Creator/{{Xenophon}}.
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''The Ten Thousand'' is a 1993 PossibleWar novel written by Harold Coyle about the trials and tribulations of the US Tenth Corps as they travel through a hostile Germany. Following a mission in the Ukraine to seize former Soviet nuclear weapons which are transported through Germany, Chancellor Johann Ruff asserts his nation’s sovereignty through hostile actions against the United States of America. Units trapped in the Czech Republic must now march through hundreds of miles of a former ally’s territory. Comparable to the ''[[Literature/Anabasis]]'' Anabasis of Creator/{{Xenophon}}.
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''The Ten Thousand'' is a 1993 PossibleWar novel written by Harold Coyle about the trials and tribulations of the US Tenth Corps as they travel through a hostile Germany. Following a mission in the Ukraine to seize former Soviet nuclear weapons which are transported through Germany, Chancellor Johann Ruff asserts his nation’s sovereignty through hostile actions against the United States of America. Units trapped in the Czech Republic must now march through hundreds of miles of a former ally’s territory. Comparable to the ''[[Literature/Anabasis]]'' of Creator/{{Xenophon}}.
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!!'''Tropes Appearing In This Novel Include:'''
* BlandNameProduct: World News Network, for the famous cable TV organization.
* EmergencyAuthority: As the unrest in Germany worsens, martial law is imposed.
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* The Mutiny: Individuals up to entire units of the [[spoiler:German armed forces]] refuse to follow their orders.
* NextSundayAD/Thenineties: Has exact dates in 1997-1998, a few years after the year the novel was published.
* NukeEm: [[spoiler:One Ukrainian storage bunker ends up using its nuclear SelfDestructMechanism.]]
* Pride: National prestige is a key motivator for the actions of the countries involved
* TankGoodness: Germany’s Leopard 2s and US M1A1s have starring roles.
* WarIsHell: The effects of war on the body and on the mind are shown in close, unflinching detail.
* WarRefugees: German civilians end up clogging roads that German military units also need.
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!!'''Tropes Appearing In This Novel Include:'''
* BlandNameProduct: World News Network, for the famous cable TV organization.
* EmergencyAuthority: As the unrest in Germany worsens, martial law is imposed.
[[spoiler:]]
* The Mutiny: Individuals up to entire units of the [[spoiler:German armed forces]] refuse to follow their orders.
* NextSundayAD/Thenineties: Has exact dates in 1997-1998, a few years after the year the novel was published.
* NukeEm: [[spoiler:One Ukrainian storage bunker ends up using its nuclear SelfDestructMechanism.]]
* Pride: National prestige is a key motivator for the actions of the countries involved
* TankGoodness: Germany’s Leopard 2s and US M1A1s have starring roles.
* WarIsHell: The effects of war on the body and on the mind are shown in close, unflinching detail.
* WarRefugees: German civilians end up clogging roads that German military units also need.
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