When trying to extrapolate what the immediate aftermath of a limited nuclear WWIII might look like, we often look at the more deadly/destructive campaigns of the Second World War, or cast our eyes further back to the 30 Years War, but maybe we should take a look at the Paraguayan War, a little known conflict that lasted five years and resulted in the death of over 50% (!!!) of the Paraguayan population, and up to 90% of its adult male population!
At the very least, it might help us understand what WWIII in South American might look like, politically, militarily, economically, and socially.
I think it may also help us understand what Poland would look like c.2000 in the T2K timelines, after American, Soviet, German, and Polish armies of various loyalties and fought back and forth across its countryside and through its towns and cities for nearly 4 years.
https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org...riple_Alliance
https://warisboring.com/the-paraguay...r-experienced/