The Aleutians War

I never said, or implied, that we'd lay down our arms. What I said was that
the Soviets would jam our communications between Moscow and Washington.
I'm well aware that in 1941 we didn't have the platforms that we have today.
However, that said, satellites can't see through clouds.
1) There were no satellites in 1941.

2) Modern satellites can see through clouds.
 
Short Answer: NATO invokes Article 5, DoWs Eastern Bloc.

Now NATO's forces on the ground are probably weaker than the Red Army, but they have the surprise and get the jump on the Soviets.

After the Soviets Rally from the shock of the attack, the Red Army Pushes through the Fulda Gap and begins to overwhelm NATO's forces on the ground. This takes about a week of ground fighting.

NATO, as it has in several practice runs of this war, responds to their military defeat with Tactical Nuclear Weapons. Unsurprisingly, the Red Army responds in kind. Mushroom clouds begin to dot the skies over Germany. This is perhaps another 24 hours of fighting.

NATO begins to panic, as the situation still is looking at a defeat. France or the UK loses their nerve and begins to deploy their strategic Nukes against the Eastern Bloc. The Soviets Respond with a Magazine Discharge, and the USA throws its Nukes into the fray as well. The Next 30 Minutes is the longest half hour in history.

This nuclear exchange is likely to wipe out 60-70% of the inhabitants of NATO and Warsaw Pact Countries, and this number is lower than expectations because the fighting has taken enough time for many people to evacuate. Even with evacuations, Hundreds of Millions are killed in Nuclear Fire, Hundreds of Millions more from lingering effects of radiation.

As with any WW3 scenario, the outcome is sordid. Humanity will overcome and persevere despite the difficulties, but it would take 50-100 years to overcome the damage dealt as a result of the attacks. The psychological traumas of the survivors who watched their entire world destroyed in the space of half an hour would probably never heal.

As for the Red Army Forces attacking Alaska? Hit with Tactical Nukes as NATO's war in Europe goes to pieces.
 
Isn't this pretty much the scenario from the book The Third World War? The Soviets land a force to hold the Alaska pipeline hostage and are countered by a group of Alaska National Guard troops and WW3 eventually starts from there? I can't remember who wrote the book. Its pretty famous and got made into a move, I believe it was written by a former head of NATO.

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