As with any historical event, the true root causes of the conflict run deep and are still the subject of much academic study and debate even today.  On the face of it, however, the troubles seemingly began in earnest during an International Friendly which took place in Versailles, France, between the Montgolfier Flameout BC and the visiting Deutschland Uber Schweben.  Fierce rivalries between the opposing club’s fan bases eventually turned hostile and spilled over into the playing-sphere itself.  All quickly turned to bedlam when the competitive teams of airships broke free of their moorings and began to launch attacks on groups of each other’s supporters.

Due to a complex web of international treaties and pinky-swears, the conflagration quickly engulfed most of the world’s societies to one degree or another.

While the Armistice was officially signed by all parties on November the 8th, 1977, the Blue Baron and his squadron of rogue airships infamously continued their global rampage for an additional eighty days thereafter, finally succumbing to an ambush at the 1978 Madagascar Air Show where his entire fleet was overwhelmed, grounded and permanently decommissioned.

Only two of the Baron’s original vessels still exist today: the Graf Verrücktraum Ausbruch, which is housed at the Paris Musée de l’air et de l’espace in the commune of Le Bourget, and the Baron’s own flagship craft der Riesig Tötlichwurst, which can be seen at Duggie’s Clam Shack on Route 1 in Camden, Maine USA.