re: #249 No Malarkey!

Yes, it would’ve been terrible, and I’m very glad the Soviet Union fell relatively peacefully.

That was the basis of the anti-war and disarmament movement in Germany, namely that regardless of the outcome, Germany would lose: the Warsaw Pact’s initial attack would have probably reached the Rhine, the NATO counterattack would then have thrown them back to the Oder and from then on it would have been a see-saw battle of grinding attrition.