Snarl--
I saw the other side's plan (one of them, at least) on a map in a former Warsaw Pact C2 bunker.
Western Europe was blanketed with little mushroom cloud symbols. The 'softening up' of NATO to ensure a Soviet victory.
But the question that remained in my mind was, what kind of victory? A destroyed, radioactive landscape without functioning cities and shattered communications, transportation ... everything. The Soviets would have had to hunt feral bands of humans for years, and even after that, there wouldn't have been much worth having.
Headquarters wargames and planning are one thing. Reality is rather more unforgiving. On a hugely reduced scale, the USA found that out in Afghanistan. Dedicated bands of locals were willing to play 'shoot and scoot' for as long as it took us to get tired of it all.
Cheers
I saw the other side's plan (one of them, at least) on a map in a former Warsaw Pact C2 bunker.
Western Europe was blanketed with little mushroom cloud symbols. The 'softening up' of NATO to ensure a Soviet victory.
But the question that remained in my mind was, what kind of victory? A destroyed, radioactive landscape without functioning cities and shattered communications, transportation ... everything. The Soviets would have had to hunt feral bands of humans for years, and even after that, there wouldn't have been much worth having.
Headquarters wargames and planning are one thing. Reality is rather more unforgiving. On a hugely reduced scale, the USA found that out in Afghanistan. Dedicated bands of locals were willing to play 'shoot and scoot' for as long as it took us to get tired of it all.
Cheers
Fire In The Hole