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Originally Posted by 95th Rifleman
I was thinking that the Afghan war may be the kick-off point. Assume the west was more pro-active in supporting the Taliban or maybe the Chinese get involved. The situation could branch out in one of two ways.
1) The Soviets finaly have enough of this crap and roll over the German border.
2) The East Germans decide they don't want to end up with their soldaten dying in Afghanistan (say Afghanistan REALLY heats up and starts sucking in WP soldiers at an alarming rate). They make a secret deal and the war follows the V1 timeline but 10 years earlier.
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A Soviet push into Pakistan to hit the Mujahedin bases there is always an option to kick things off (compare to the push into Cambodia in Vietnam). Plus it gives you a warm water port.