See title. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to plausibly, with a POD no earlier than 1970. It doesn't matter who wins the war. Just make it make sense, and be detailed.
Good luck!
Good luck!
It can't make sense, but let's try.
Apparently, the USSR had offered the Argentinean junta to sink British vessels with their subs (which were in the area watching how the RN performed) should the opportunity arise. And, apparently, the Argentinean junta declined. Let's say they don't decline and the British realize they are under attack by Soviet subs.
Or, an accidental skirmish occurs between RN ships and Soviet subs in the area. In any case, cooler heads don't prevail and NATO and WP engage in a full scale nuclear holocaust.
You'd have to have Argentina be a client of the Soviets for starters. Perhaps they act a bit like Finland and India and buy some of their aircraft form the Soviets because they're cheap. It goes from there?
The destruction of part of the British Fleet.Hard to imagine the Soviets wanting to help Argentina anyhow: what would be the motivation?
A hard one. You would need to get a communist government in Argentina. And if Peron managed something, was to turn real leftism into a marginal political movement. Assuming Peron never comes into power (pre 1970s pod) and communism becomes a major political force, the communists would have to win a civil war to hold into power. Such a thing would severely disrupt the economy and, at the end, the Soviet influence might act against a war with Britain, due possible escalation.You'd have to have Argentina be a client of the Soviets for starters. Perhaps they act a bit like Finland and India and buy some of their aircraft form the Soviets because they're cheap. It goes from there?
A hard one. You would need to get a communist government in Argentina. And if Peron managed something, was to turn real leftism into a marginal political movement. Assuming Peron never comes into power (pre 1970s pod) and communism becomes a major political force, the communists would have to win a civil war to hold into power. Such a thing would severely disrupt the economy and, at the end, the Soviet influence might act against a war with Britain, due possible escalation.
Would America care if they did that? I can imagine if Argentina did that, it would burn some bridges
Yes, you're right. I was thinking in Argentina being a client state helping the thing escalate further.Not really, Indonesia never went Communist, yet it got a Sverdlov Cruiser and Tu16 bombers among other things in the early 60s from the Soviets. All the Arg govt has to do is string the Soviets along a bit, even if only to get the US to kick the can themselves in response.
Wikipedia said:Of the Commonwealth nations, New Zealand made available the frigates HMNZS Canterbury and HMNZS Waikato as replacements for British ships in the Indian Ocean, freeing British vessels for deployment to the Falklands, and both New Zealand and South Africa terminated their diplomatic relations with Argentina.
You'd have to have Argentina be a client of the Soviets for starters. Perhaps they act a bit like Finland and India and buy some of their aircraft form the Soviets because they're cheap. It goes from there?
Hard to imagine the Soviets wanting to help Argentina anyhow: what would be the motivation?
About the only way I could imagine that war escalating would be if one of Argentina's long-time rivals (Chile? Brazil? Uruguay, for crying out loud?) would decide to back-stab Argentina, even if completely disavowed by Britain. Then would it be possible for a series of interlocking friendships to plunge much of South America into war? And might it be possible for one of the more leftist regimes of the day (I'll be the first to admit that, more or less by design, I know not a lot of South America) call in a favor with the Soviets?
I dunno...the more I think about it, the more farfetched it seems.