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Fascinating comment.
According to Luttwak (Strategy: The Logic of War and Peace), the front line (mostly U.S. & U.K.) facing the USSR was intended to hold just long enough (a few days?) to allow tactical nukes to be deployed by America, but not long enough for the Euros to surrender.
The professionals knew that their hardware wasn't as good as ours, that their troops weren't trained as well, and wouldn't as motivated.
WWG1WGA
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)