It's no surprise that the West and the USSR hated each other.
It's no surprise that immediately after Berlin fell, the Iron Curtain rose.
Yet it is a surprise that there was a plan so ludicrous and dangerous, it not only would have cause World War 3 but nuclear war.
It came from none other than Winston Churchill.
This plan was called Operation Unthinkable.
Churchill was angry at the amount of countries the Soviets claimed
influence over after Nazi Germany fell
he believed that when world war ll was finished that
the USSR would be on the brink of complete collapse, however, this was not the case
and Churchill did not like this new world.
the USSR had begun installing new communist governments in eastern Europe
and their armies were too far west in Churchill's eyes.
thus he proposed a solution called Operation Unthinkable.
and it was truly the unthinkable
the plan was a full scale Anglo-American conflict against the Russians
it was meant to drive out the soviet forces from Germany , Poland and eastern Europe
to counter Russia ever growing power
since it was so over the top , many thought Operation Unthinkable was suicidal
thus the plan of total war was quickly ignored by reasonable leaders,
soon after Churchill was voted out of office for unrelated reasons
yeah , what if operation unthinkable was pointing to a fact
what if it actually happened
what would be the outcome if such a strange plan was carried out
well...
here's one scenario
the first obstacle the allied powers , allied as in British and Americans would have had to overcome
is the vast numbers difference between them and the Russians
the Russian force totaled of 11 million, 6.5 of which were on the German front
the Soviet army simply outnumbered the Anglo-American force two to one.
so how would the allies counter this
well , the plan was to rearm a hundred thousand captured German soldiers
and revive the destroyed German war machine
this time however under allied control
against the Russians
yet even bringing back the Germans
would not be enough to equal the Soviets
so there was another option
nuclear war
Churchill knew about project Manhattan and how the Americans had the potential to create a nuclear bomb
keep in mind this was before the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
so the plan was to harness American nukes to bomb USSR cities
most importantly Moscow, Kiev and such
in his mind this would be enough to crush the Soviets
into submission and force their retreat
or at least disorient them while the allied forces swept over Europe
Operation Unthinkable goes into effect
on July 1st 1945 the allied powers launch a full scale military assault against Russian positions
this coalition of British , American and German forces , 47 divisions in total
crossing the communist territory , the fighting is brutal , drawn out and an upward fight for the allies
not only would they need to push past Germany , but into Poland , East Russia , Moscow or even farther
to stop any USSR resistance
the soviets begin to overtake the allies , and the Americans decide to bring in the big guns
diverting nukes that were meant for Japan
the US drops Little Boy on Moscow
the Kremlin and a large portion of the city is destroyed
this catches the Russian forces off guard
and the allies are able to push closer to Berlin
however after the shock goes away
the Russians slowly fight back the Americans
and British
this goes in part with the fact that the Russians simply outnumbered the allies
and eventually would be able to beat them back
perhaps a few more nuclear bombs
would be dropped on Russia over the next few months
but this would not deter the Soviets
soon the Russians would invade France and the allies would retreat to Britain
Soviet V-2 rockets could then strike London
this scenario isn't a 100% prediction
but just judging by the balance of power
armies and conditions of the time
its a fair representation of what probably would have occured
the British and American simply weren't in a position to battle the soviets , right after a world war
the Russians had taken in half of Europe
and install their own allied governments
as to reasons why Operation Unthinkable was never put into effect
or even considered as an immediate offensive measure.
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