Poland in WWII

[Legbreaker]

Originally Posted by Abbott Shaull

They were popped off their share of Nukes to decimate the fleeing NATO units. Which would reinforce in some cases what the Polish High Command had always feared since 1979, that during the war-game in which the Soviets introduce that the Americans and NATO had started to nuke units along Vistula River that were in transit to the front. Many Poles had doubted that the Americans would be the the ones using Polish property to slow reinforcements.

Do not forget that NATO implemented a scorched earth policy using nukes in their 1997 withdrawal. This would account for at least 50% of the destruction, and quite possibly more.
Although the Soviets were equipped and had trained for a nuclear battlefield, not having to use gas masks, etc is always preferred in the assault. It's far more likely the withdrawing Nato forces, who did not expect to be advancing through the radioactive wastelands they were creating, used the majority of nukes in this phase of the war.

This is certainly not going to endear the majority of Poles to the western forces (it's not going to heap the Soviets either, but at least they get the time to apply their propaganda machine over the next few years).