That is a pretty interesting question. I have a cousin that did his conscript time in the East German Army in the 80s and told me lots of stories. He made it sound like most of the people in his unit weren't very motivated to be there and were serving because the only other choice was jail. He also told some stories of doing exercises with Red Army units and he said by comparison their standard of living (which was pretty crappy) was much better than the Soviet soldiers. He had a story of a Soviet soldier breaking into their chow hall in the middle of the night to steal food and they called his superiors who showed up and dragged him off screaming. After that if Soviet soldiers came by they would sneak them some extra food because they felt bad for them.
From that perspective it doesn't sound like the communist forces would be that motivated to fight. However if they are being shot at by the West German and US/UK soldiers they would be forced to defend themselves. They also would have political officers to "encourage" them to fight. However if it looked like the west was going to win I would guess a lot of them would be happy to surrender if the opportunity arose.
How did the West Germans feel about fighting East Germans?
I've heard lots of East German units in case of war would be specifically tasked to fight Americans or British units in West Germany.
Would North and South Koreans fight each other? Yes.
It would be interesting to see how indoctrinated the North soldiers really are if a full scale war was going on. Initially they would probably fight hard, but if the US and South Koreans began advancing north I wonder how many North Koreans would fight to the bitter end versus surrendering.
once BRD mobilized, german would be fighting german no matter where they were deployed. discussed various aspects of the NVA with our intel officer, in the mid 80s. he said they wouldn't deploy as divisions, but would be broken up and attached to russian divisions. don't know if that was reality or bad intel.I've heard lots of East German units in case of war would be specifically tasked to fight Americans or British units in West Germany.
It would be interesting to see how indoctrinated the North soldiers really are if a full scale war was going on. Initially they would probably fight hard, but if the US and South Koreans began advancing north I wonder how many North Koreans would fight to the bitter end versus surrendering. QUOTE]
the invasion will collapse when they get to munsan and see all the food. and there is no 'if' about the CFC advancing north.