How would the USA reacted if East Germany decided to immitate North Vietnam and force a unification of Germany. I'm not interested in the political impossibilities or the ASB-ness or any of that. I'm interested in how such a war would play out.
How good was NATO hardware in the mid-70s compared to their far greater number of Warsaw Pact counterparts?
Would the M-60 have been anywhere nearly as effective as the M1A1?
Without stealth aircraft to knock out the highly centralized CinC and disrupt SAM operations, how long would NATO airforces last? I remember reading about an extrapolation was run using the losses in Vietnam as a template. It said the USAFE would last about 17 days.
What would the naval war look like? I can't imagine a whole lot different from a 1980s version. Were F-14s out in sufficiant number yet to make a difference in fleet defense?
More over, what would morale in the USA do to the war effort? By treaty, American forces would have to come to the aid of West Germany, but what would the attitude be after the humiliating loss in Vietnam?
How good was NATO hardware in the mid-70s compared to their far greater number of Warsaw Pact counterparts?
Would the M-60 have been anywhere nearly as effective as the M1A1?
Without stealth aircraft to knock out the highly centralized CinC and disrupt SAM operations, how long would NATO airforces last? I remember reading about an extrapolation was run using the losses in Vietnam as a template. It said the USAFE would last about 17 days.
What would the naval war look like? I can't imagine a whole lot different from a 1980s version. Were F-14s out in sufficiant number yet to make a difference in fleet defense?
More over, what would morale in the USA do to the war effort? By treaty, American forces would have to come to the aid of West Germany, but what would the attitude be after the humiliating loss in Vietnam?