YMMV / Spiralling Out of Control

• Aluminum Christmas Trees:
  • The initial POD is little known real life failed assassination attempt that succeeds.
  • The Yugoslav army engaging in targeted attacks against civilian targets (including churches and hospitals) is based on a military plan Yugoslav army actually prepared and published to intimidate Croatian government.
  • Lack of morale and rebellions in the Yugoslav army happened in real life. The author even included descriptions of actual cases.
  • Air attack on the nuclear power plant Krsko was a threat that the Slovenian government was legitimately afraid of, and its nuclear engineers trained for this eventuality.
  • Expanding NATO into PATO is actually a real life proposal.
• Germans Love David Hasselhoff: George H. W. Bush is very popular in Croatia since he eventually intervenes against Adzic.