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Originally Posted by waiting4something
Like Italy, France, and Belguim becoming turn coats.  I don't see what benefits countries would have by doing that when they are countries surrounded by nations that would be against them? |
Historically, post-Stalin, the Soviet goal in the war was rolling over West Germany and splitting the NATO allies as much as possible. A conquest of all of western europe was seen as impossible (because it would certainly lead to a strategic nuclear exchange).
For the Netherlands, France and Belgium withdrawing from NATO might have at this point been a good move.
I agree on the Italian part, though. The multipolar conflict in Southern Europe seems vastly implausible.