Operation Unthinkable: 'Russia: Threat To Western Civilization'

Discussion in 'Postwar' started by guaporense, Nov 29, 2009.

  1. guaporense

    guaporense Member

  2. Gerard

    Gerard Seelow/Prora

    Moved to "Postwar" as its more relevant here.
     
  3. slaphead

    slaphead very occasional visitor

    Hells teeth! That is one frightning document.
    To summarise.
    "Hey America!"
    "Yes England?"
    "Fancy starting a war with someone much bigger than us that we couldnt win and that may well end up in WWIII... We have morale on our side and I have already worked out our retreat. What do you say?!"
     
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  4. Ramiles

    Ramiles Researching 9th Lancers, 24th L and SRY

    Alan Brooke gets a very brief mention in this (below) at around the 48min mark, in reference to "Operation Unthinkable"....

    BBC iPlayer - World War II: Behind Closed Doors - Episode 5

    "Joseph Stalin was a tyrant responsible for the death of millions, yet he was also a vital ally of Britain and America during the Second World War.

    How was it possible for Churchill and Roosevelt to deal with one tyrant, Joseph Stalin, in order to help beat another, Adolf Hitler? That's one of the key questions at the heart of this new* six part landmark history series.

    The series uses dramatic reconstructions - based on extensive fresh research in Russian and Western archives - and extraordinary testimony from witnesses of the time, including former Soviet secret policemen who have not spoken before on camera, in order to tell a 'Behind Closed Doors' history. It's a new way on television of looking at this most vital period, and will change the way you think about the war.

    This fifth episode focuses on the dramatic story of the Red Army's fight through Eastern Europe in 1944, as well as the behind the scenes history of the most famous Allied conference of the war at Yalta in the Crimea."

    * 2008 as this is a repeat.

    Edit: Operation Unthinkable - Wikipedia


    https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/cold-war-on-file/operation-unthinkable/
     
    Last edited: Jul 19, 2021

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