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Suppose World War III had broken out in the early 1980s and, for whatever reason, both sides refrained from using weapons of mass destruction (rather in the same way that both sides refrained from using chemical weapons in WWII). On what fronts would this war we fought?

I think we would certainly see fighting on the following fronts:
-Central Europe would obviously be the main front
-Northern Norway would see fighting, as Soviet forces seek better positions to assist their bomber and submarine attacks on Atlantic convoys
-Thrace, as the WP uses Bulgaria as a base to attack the Dardanelles

Other possibilites:
-Korea, as the WP encourages North Korea to attack South Korea in order to tie down US forces there
-Cuba, as US forces attack the island to prevent it from being used as a base for Soviet submarines
-Turkish-Soviet border
-Alaska, with the Soviets dropping in some special forces to attack the oil pipeline

An unsettled global situation might see fighting between India and Pakistan, South Africa stepping up operations in the Border War, and other things.

Thoughts?
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