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Originally Posted by Benjamin
In our own reality the Soviets let Eastern Europe go without a fight. It's likely that here they'd be willing to postpone the Polish and German question until China is dealt with.
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Yes, but are you going by our reality or by the T2K backstory/history? And, if the latter, which one?
In the T2K reality, the Soviets are fighting quite hard for E. Germany and Poland. Why they should decide to give that up with NATO approaching the Motherland runs counter to the Soviet/Russian Federation mentality since 1941. The whole point of dominating Eastern Europe after WWII was to create a buffer zone against a future German/Western attack. If Germany attacks again in 1996 or whenever, all the hard-liners would be screaming, "See! I told you so!" Even today, IRL, Russia is working hard to destabilize Ukraine and bring it back into its sphere of influence. They've also been flexing on the Baltic States, trying to intimidate them into leaving NATO's orbit. I just can't see the Soviet Union/Russia allowing a strong, aggressive Germany/NATO anywhere near its home soil. In v1.0 T2K, the Soviet border with Poland is the red line, the crossing of which prompts the release of TBNs.
But if NATO is willing to stop short of the Soviet border and offer to negotiate, I can see the Soviets taking a break, nuking the sh*t out of China- both to free up units to send back to Europe and to send a message to the West- and prepping a counter-offensive. I just don't think the Soviets would be willing to lose Poland to the West, and lose face to the world by willingly doing so. For that reason, I see the U.S.S.R. of T2K (v1 and 2) fighting on, regardless of whether NATO stops 75km short of its border or not.