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Originally Posted by Webstral
I don’t think we have to work very hard to come up with an explanation for how the fighting spread to Korea. Provided one is using a v1 timeline, it seems fairly clear that the North Koreans initiated the fighting.
Far more likely, I think, is a North Korean bid to get a quick victory while the US is involved in Europe. Who knows what the Soviets promised them. A nuclear guarantee, perhaps? The North Koreans invade, push the Allies back, and stall. They lose huge numbers of men and lots and lots of materiel. The US focuses its efforts on Europe and slowly builds strength in Korea until offensive operations appear feasible. In the meantime, the USAF hits strategic targets in North Korea to keep them from replacing their losses in equipment. Then the Allies push forward in an attempt to reach the Yalu and thereby knock a Soviet ally and first-rate headache out of the war for good.
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As a big v1.0 timeline fan/proponent, I'm apt to favor this interpretation of events.
This scenario also allows for a large Australian (and possibly a New Zealand one too) contingent to be committed as it looks like, echoing the events of the First Korean War, that the ROK/U.S. forces were knocked back on their heels early by the NK offensive. This would be a prime opportunity for the Neo-ANZACs to help their allies in the rapidly expanding global war.
In light of the regional chaos caused by the Soviet invasion of China and the later NK invasion of SK, I wonder if Japan would be willing to circumvent or annul its self-imposed ban on foreign troop deployments and send military forces to help prevent NK conquest of the South. As far as setting up a cool RP'ing environment, the more nationalities present, the merrier, I say.