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The US military was in dire straits in the early 70s with demoralization from Vietnam and the domestic situation leading to rampant drug use, race riots, and fragging among troops in Southeast Asia. It's also well known that there were mutinies and sabotage on a number of Navy ships as well.

In this context, let's say the Warsaw Pact decides now is the perfect time to go West as the US is bogged down and seemingly ineffective. They decide on a plan that drives to the Rhine and stops there, making the reunification of Germany a fait accompli while also creating a Danish People's Republic.

How does NATO and France react? Do they have the forces to stop an invasion from the East? Does France go nuclear (for context they had ~40-70 weapons in the early 70s)? Do Nixon or Carter risk MAD over the FRG at the cost of a Soviet victory in the Cold War?
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