PowerPoint Presentation - Tactical Nuclear Weapons: The Debate within NATO

Background: the 1950s

ĄKorean War 1950-3: US considers use of nuclear weapons against North Korea and China
ĄPolicy of the Eisenhower administration was to respond to any direct Soviet aggression with Ňmassive retaliationÓ
ĄNATO Carte Blanche exercise, 23-28 June 1955: war-game simulates future European conflict with Warsaw Pact involving tactical nuclear weapons; the outcome was 355 nuclear detonations in West Germany, the Low Countries, and northern France and 5.2 million immediate civilian casualties
ĄFirst US Army divisions in Europe are equipped with nuclear capability