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Subject: What if? 3rd World War in the 80's. USSR invasion of Denmark.
Pars    12/16/2005 5:07:38 PM
I wonder if Denmark could stop a USSR naval inasion launched at day 1 of a conventional 3rd World war. I have read somewhere some time ago that USSR had a corps in the Baltics for that mission.
 
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TheArmchairCmd    RE:What if? 3rd World War in the 80's. USSR invasion of Denmark.   6/19/2006 6:35:14 AM
"The Soviet Armoured assault through Europe is another matter. But the Jutland Division (armoured) would have moved down into Northern Germany an joined up with the British 7th Armoured and a German Mech Div in a corps to meet the WARPACT forces." - TAC A correction from a prev post. It is of course not the Brit 7th Armoured, but the UK Mobile Force - a 14.000 strong rapidly deployable unit. On the other hand there were, if necesary, two US Marine Bdes in general reserve for that sector. A fact that DIIS interpreted as NATO planning an amphib assault in the Baltic states. LOL!
 
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Thomas    RE:What if? 3rd World War in the 80's. USSR invasion of Denmark.   6/19/2006 2:32:59 PM
Another thing is that the German division was the 7th PzGre, the largest of the German divisions. I don't recall wwhat I've written before; but the crucial point wass to defend danish air space, as the shortes route from east Germany/Poland was over the southern part of Jutland. In my informed view that would have been very very costly for the WAPA. The Danish Belt would have been like Iron-bottom Sound off Guadalcanal - part of it the oblitterated Danish Navy. I wouldn't have been pestering the Swedes today, as I would have been fried in a bunker. Control over Danish territory would have taken about three weeks. The country would have been occupied in a couple of days. From the Nato point of view the important thing would have been: 1. The bases in East Anglia would have surved, thus american reinforcement would have continued to be flown in. 2. The Russian Baltic Fleet would have remained that: Baltic But this country would have been destroyed.
 
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