WI: The Soviet Union Defeats the United States in Nuclear War

Greenville

Banned
What if the Soviet Union during the 1950s or 60s was able to launch a full-scale nuclear attack enough to defeat and avoid most American retaliation without sustaining significant damage while creating an absolute catastrophe in America? What does a peace accord look like for them and the global geopolitical situation with a destroyed America? Does communism take over the world?
 
We're going to need a massive POD here. The Soviets don't reach parity with the US in terms of nuclear weapons until after your selected dates. The US was meanwhile far stronger than the Soviets in terms of nuclear weaponry. And although it would definitely hurt the US would simply obliterate the Soviet Union. And the Soviets knew it.
 

James G

Gone Fishin'
What if the Soviet Union during the 1950s or 60s was able to launch a full-scale nuclear attack enough to defeat and avoid most American retaliation without sustaining significant damage while creating an absolute catastrophe in America? What does a peace accord look like for them and the global geopolitical situation with a destroyed America? Does communism take over the world?

They'll send in peacekeepers afterwards under the UN flag. Then break the US apart into its smaller parts, maybe using the phone company name as shorthand for one region.
 
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