In the early 1960s an all out attack by the US would have resulted in at least 600 million dead - including 100 million dead in Western Europe. Add to that the

In the early 1960s an all out attack by the US would have resulted in at least 600 million dead - including 100 million dead in Western Europe. Add to that the effects of medium range Soviet weapons in Western Europe (which they had a lot of) then things would have been very bad here. Source: The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner by Daniel Ellsberg