What if NATO invaded the Soviet Union and the other socialist nations at some point during the cold war? Im talking about an all out attack on the Warsaw Pact by NATO.
Every Warsaw Pact war plan depicted a NATO attack, and the following defense and counter offensive. Though the soviets had a quantitative advantage during the later stages of the cold war, that was only because, unlike NATO, they didn't throw away old equipment and instead manned it with conscripts. Up untill the 70s and 80s, some low category soviet units used equipment from WW2. Also the WP armies consisted to 80% of conscripts, while most NATO armies only had 60% conscripts (overall NATO had way more professional soldiers than the WP). Also NATO had a great technological edge in most of their units (Soviet doctrine favoured quantity over quality, while the US doctrine favoured quality over quantity). NATO also had air- and naval superiority. They were also willing to launch tactical nuclear first strike (which the soviets feared like hell). Last but not least, NATO reservists had to do military training regularly, while the WP didn't train their reservists at all. NATO had a way higher potential to quickly mobilize reservists, leading them to reach allmost complete numerical parity with the WP forces after 7 days, while keeping all their other advantages.
So there were a number of NATO first-strike plans on the USSR:
-Operation Unthinkable
-Plan Totality
-Operation Dropshot
-Parts of the SIOP
-Parts of their Flexible Response
-The Able Archer Plan
-Operation Dreamland
So what if NATO invaded the Soviet Union and all hell broke loose?