Protect and Survive: A Timeline

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Originally Posted by Jukra

Finland would be quite "well" off.....

Great info - thanks a lot for it; it'll help me tons as I work out what everyone's deal is around the world.

Originally Posted by Lemon flavoured

And to continue the Peel theme, it sounds like the title of an album by The Fall...

Fifty points.

Originally Posted by Mario Rossi

Impressive, really.

This leads me to wonder, therefore, if the Soviets have not decided to set aside more "attention" to its neighbors, knowing that such a careful preparation for war had been put in place by the Finns.

That was always one of the real fuckers about the Cold War - the major powers were often worried to implement Civil Defence policies for fear of convincing the other that they were preparing for a war and convincing them to launch a first strike. MAD indeed.

Originally Posted by JN1

I'm working on it now. It may be a while yet, though.

The Soviets probably used Finland as a short cut to reach Norway. The Finns will have resisted and the Soviets will in likelihood launched an invasion of the south of the country.
When tac nukes started to fly in Germany the Soviets probably used them in Finland.

Looking forward to it.

I agree that a) the Soviets would go for Finland, both to access Norway (there's been limited skirmishing on the Kola peninsula but it's impractical) and because Finland's been a thorn in the Soviets' side since '45 (hell, since the Winter War); b) the Finns would definitely fight damn hard, even in the face of tactical weapons, if their performance in the forties was anything to go by.