Let's say the Cuban missle crisis went hot, not in a "I forgot my pizza for 20 minutes on 200°c" hot, but more of a "a bit dark but still eatable" kind of hot. So most of Humanity suvives the Nuclear world war (somehow), except Europe, more exact Germany. Since the day that both sides had MADs both new that Germany would be 100% destroyed, unrelevant on how long the war last or who wins, Germany will be destroyed from both sides. So, in this dystopian Scenario, let's say both West and East Europe survives on one leg but Germany takes the most punches from both sides. No government from either west or east Germany, with at least 40% of the population killed and most of it's infrastructure made useless. how would the West, former Warsaw pact and especially France and the UK deal with this radioactive stoneage mess. Would they just help a united but totally crippled Germany, or would the wounds of WW2 still have a effect on the treatment of post war Germany, maybe splitting it up in half maybe? Or occupying it again? I know this is extreme, but Germany is the only place I could imagine totally destroyed without all of Humanity kicking the bucket as well. This is not a hate thread, I'm myself German, I just really like doomsday scenarios. And how would post war Culture be aswell, considering that probably a lot of the Culture be it buildings, documents or simply dialects and minor traditions were destroyed during the war. Would Germany and it's people still have a "war guilt" like today sometimes because of WW2 or would that be obsolete thanks to the war?