Invasion of Alaska

[Fusilier]

Originally Posted by fightingflamingo

A possible political reason for the invasion of Alaska could be that it was a last ditch effort on the part of the Soviet leadership to force a more favorable peace settlement prior to the outbreak of tactical nuclear warfare in Europe and Asia. It is unclear from a reading of the published materials if the invasion took place immediately prior to the initiation of nuclear warfare, or if it was at the same time. However, it could be possible that Soviet intentions were to seize territory in the US, as an effort to force a settlement to the war on more favorable terms from their point of view prior to the use of nuclear weapons... just a thought anyway...

I mentioned something almost exactly like this a while back (I think the old forum). This is how what I accept the reasoning for the invasion being - with or without the nuclear exchange occurring.