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Old 03-09-2019, 11:36 PM
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A lot of those would likely have fallen victim to the NATO scorched earth actions during the 97 withdrawal. Anything they could do to slow the Pact advance would be a good idea, and the fording/ferry points could be significantly damaged with a few dozen kilos of explosive. Given the Soviets were dropping tactical nukes on them, it's also quite possible NATO engineers may have done what they did to Czestochowa and used nuclear demolition charges on some of the more important locations (possibly waiting until lead elements of the Pact armies arrived).
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