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An interesting choice of (non)targets. Bratislava, the second-largest city of Czechoslovakia (and capital of Slovakia) would have been spared. I get that the m
by The_Colonel 3y ago
An interesting choice of (non)targets. Bratislava, the second-largest city of Czechoslovakia (and capital of Slovakia) would have been spared.
I get that the military targets got priority, but I would have expected that large population centers would get hit as overall strategic targets too.
Another thing I noticed is how many targets there are in the Baltics given the small population. It has like triple the amount of targets in comparison to Czechoslovakia even though it has/had only about half of the population. I don't know how to explain that, it's not like Czechoslovakia had less strategic position or smaller weapon industry.
- treprinum 3y agoIt's likely due to being close to Vienna that would take an indirect hit in that case. Also, it seems to be covered in the follow up fallout so it would be severely damaged anyway.
- The_Colonel 3y ago"Likely" based on what? I'm not sure how much consideration NATO gave to neutral countries. Vienna is about 50 kilometers from Bratislava, it shouldn't receive that much damage. Compare that with West Berlin (a NATO city) which is getting 5 nukes all around its borders, not farther than 10 kilometers. (with some more nukes in a slightly larger distance, but still less than 50)
- klohto 3y agoIf that was the case, they would not target Brno.