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'''Operation Unthinkable''' was a plan drawn up by British Military leaders and presented to [[UK]] [[Prime Minister]] [[Winston Churchill]] on the 22 May 1945, three weeks after German [[Führer]] [[Adolf Hitler]] killed himself in a [[Berlin]] bunker fighting [[Red Army]] troops and barely two weeks after [[Nazi]] forces surrendered. It was a plan for a surprise attack on the [[Soviet Union]], a British and American ally in the war against [[Nazi Germany]].
'''Operation Unthinkable''' was a plan drawn up by British Military leaders and presented to [[UK]] [[Prime Minister]] [[Winston Churchill]] on the 22 May 1945, three weeks after German [[Führer]] [[Adolf Hitler]] killed himself in a [[Berlin]] bunker fighting [[Red Army]] troops and barely two weeks after [[Nazi]] forces surrendered. It was a plan for a surprise attack on the [[Soviet Union]], a British and American ally in the war against [[Nazi Germany]].
The overall stated or political object was to impose upon [[Russia]] the will of the [[United States]] and [[British Empire]]. The planned date for the opening of hostilities was July 1, 1945. The plan stated that [[Great Britain]] and the United States would have full assistance from the [[Polish Armed Forces in the West]] and could count upon the use of [[German]] manpower and what remains of German [[industrial]] capacity. The plan stated that "a total war is necessary", and that the authors of the plan were "not competent to express an opinion" on "the chances of [[revolution]] in the [[USSR]] and the [[political]] collapse of the present regime".
The overall stated political objective was to impose upon [[Russia]] the will of the [[United States]] and [[British Empire]]. The proposed date for the opening of hostilities was July 1, 1945. The plan stated that [[Great Britain]] and the United States would have full assistance from the [[Polish Armed Forces in the West]] and could count upon the use of [[German]] manpower and what remained of German [[industrial]] capacity. The plan stated that "a total war is necessary", and that the authors of the plan were "not competent to express an [[opinion]]" on "the chances of [[revolution]] in the [[USSR]] and the [[political]] collapse of the present regime".
[[Category:World War II]][[Category:Cold War]]
[[Category:World War II]][[Category:Cold War]]