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Operation Unthinkable was drafted by London just after World War 2 ended. It called for World War 3 essentially, a full invasion of the Soviet Union with use of the new fangled atomic bomb. There are a few threads about this and the consensus seems to be that this war would be a disaster for the West as it would be a long drawn out battle against a massive Red Army and force the people to once again accept wartime hardships. The thing is though is that it seems that with one side having nuclear weapons and the other side not, it would be a quick victory with Soviet armored divisions, airfields, and industrial centers getting liberally nuked. I think the big thing to worry about would be communist guerillas after Moscow falls as well as the radiation.
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