I'm thinking about making a TL about an East-West German confrontation in 1970 without any intervention from NATO and the Warsaw Pact. Does anyone have a POD for this or is this just outright impossible?
Nope. ASB.
If you look on a map that shows where the positions of the Soviets, East Germans, West Germans, BAOR, and the Americans, you can see just how impossible this is.
I'm thinking about making a TL about an East-West German confrontation in 1970 without any intervention from NATO and the Warsaw Pact. Does anyone have a POD for this or is this just outright impossible?
That happened on a very low basis. The Bundesgrenzschutz sometimes shooted back, if someone was trying to escape. Perhaps this could escalte into something?There is still the Option of a confrontation between the paramilitary border polices of the two German states.
Since the RAF was partially financed and supported by the GDR, perhaps the BND decides to do the same. Which would be a "bit" uncharacteristic and would probably fail.
Yes. I guess its pretty impossible to run a terrorist group in a totalitarian society.And no, it wouldn't work. The Stasi would have a comprehensive members list in a week, tops.