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Originally Posted by Legbreaker
I agree with that assessment. From my understanding, the Mexicans only became involved with the Soviets when they were looking for assistance in the fight against the US - enemy of my enemy is my friend sort of thing.
There's no reason I can think of for the Soviets to share such delicate and sensitive information months before it was due to happen (it would require that sort of lead time for the Mexicans to properly mobilise).
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The Sov's telling the Mexicans' exactly what they were going to do.....No, but it's feasible for them to inform they're higher Military leaders of "strategic support" prior to offensive operations. Which can/could be interpreted as anything from strategic conventional bombing to, covert ops, to a combination of possible assistance.
Though more likely they only informed the Divisional Political Officer and Commander of "prepared to initiate offensive operations NLT....." (with a possible heads up on the nuke aspect to allow Div. Cuba to get into an early protective posture) and the Sov Commander would then "counsel" his Mexican allies to be prepared to initiate hostilities at the proscribed NLT date with added emphasis on possible NBC training in preparation for actions against they're "highly aggressive and barbaric capitalist pig enemies".
His possible time-line shift is workable, based on the fact that the Mexican Gov. allowed the Soviets in with intention of using them in combat with the US. Showing the Mexicans may have been prepping (secretly mob'ing) for awhile, and as stretched thin as the US was at this point it wouldn't take many divisions to initially crack the US front. The Mexicans (w/Soviet assistance) only pushed into Northern Texas/Oklahoma, Arizona, N. Mexico, and half way up Caly (which granted is shitload of land mass, but US road networks make it "possible", though more likely (without massive indigenous support ) would get most foreign military forces LBS (most Americans can't figure out all the roads in US)). A partial mobilization, with Soviet Tac' Nuke support and other assistance is possible/plausible in my mind.
But that's just one dumb-assed grunt/scout's take...."strategery" ain't my exactly my forte.
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