User blog comment:Saturn120/What if Operation Unthinkable Was Executed?/@comment-4206034-20140428223952/@comment-4621372-20140501223051

If I nuke those armies, then the Russians will put more into the field.

If I nuke those cities, then the Russians will collapse and all I have to do is mop up, since after the fall of the USSR via nuclear armageddon, most troops would surrender.