Thanks for the site, Leg. It looks rather informative.
In my scenario, Tarawa is taken out of action by a concerted and audacious and ultimately suicidal attack by a Soviet diesel sub and a couple of missile boats, during a brief summer storm on the Baltic. The Soviets decided to risk some of its last coastal defense units to bag a big NATO amphib. Since, in my T2KU at least, the Soviets were also preparing a major summer offensive/counteroffensive, this naval attack was quickly made part of their larger strategy in the region.
I'll have to check the relevant sources again for a specific date by which the 8th ID has reached Latvia. That seems way early considering that the 5th ID hasn't even started it's raid by then (IIRC). If that's really the date explicitly given, I may have to wilfully ignore it.
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