The strategic position of Denmark.

 The position of Denmark on the map as “the Cork in the Baltic” was vital to NATO during the cold war. The only way out of the
 Baltic Sea was through Danish waters. No Warsaw Pact transports or warships were able to pass Danish waters without being
 observed or even fired upon.
 As an example, the ships that carried missiles to Cuba in 1962, were observed from the Langelands Fort the first  time.

The only route form the Baltic to the Kattegat                               and North See was the tree narrow straits                               Oeresund,  Storebaelt and  Lillebaelt.

 Because of the strategic position mentioned above, Denmark was an obvious target for the Warsaw Pact.  According to the
 Soviet plans, forces from East Germany and Poland should land in The Fakse Bay and large armoured forces should advance
 through West Germany and among other places, into Jutland from the south.
 The attack on Denmark was scheduled from the 5^th´to the 9^th day of the attack. During this attack nuclear weapons were
 planned used against the two cities Esbjerg and Roskilde. Esbjerg because  of the very big harbour. NATO forces were planning
 to use Esbjerg  landing i Jutland. Roskilde was chosen as a demonstration of the ability and the will to use nuclear weapons.
 

Map from a Polish exercise in 1954                                       The map illustrates an amphibious                                       operation against the Danish island                                       Zealand (upper left corner) Bornholm                                       (right) and southern Sweden (top).                                       The interesting about this exercise                                       is Sweden.                                       Sweden was declared neutral, and a                                       scenario like this would send Sweden                                       to war, either to defend their neutrality                                       or on the NATO side.

The Positions

 An eventual third nuclear weapon was also planned to be used eighter against the area around The Langelands Fort or the
 Stevns Fort. Possibly both.
 The areas picked out as possible nuclear targets were chosen in order not to disturb the advance of the Warsaw Pact troops.
 The nuclear weapons in question were far too big for the actual targets, and after the nuclear accident in the Soviet reactor in
 Chernobyl, the Russians decreased the size of planned nuclear weapons. 
 
 Denmark had tactical nuclear weapons stored just south of the boarder in West Germany, but it is a question if there would have
 the time or American permission to bring it up to the artillery in Jutland and Zealand.

 To secure the Danish straits, two forts were build during the 1950’s.  The Langelands Fort and the Stevns Fort. Together with
 The Bangsbro Fort, an old German WW2 fort in Northern Jutland, it was possible to control and defend the  passage of the
 Danish straits.

 Expected opponents, among a lot others, to the Danish Defence:

 

	TU-26 backfire	MIG-27 Flogger D	Hind
	T-72	ZSU-23	Sverdlov-class cruiser

 There is no doubt, that a conflict between the Warsaw Pact and NATO on Danish soil, would have been very  serious for
 Denmark. Both the army and the civilians as well.