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Churchill´s Third World War: British Plans to Attack the Soviet Empire 1945
Jonathan Walker
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Description for Churchill´s Third World War: British Plans to Attack the Soviet Empire 1945
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 160 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; 3JJH; JWD; JWMV; WGCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
As the war in Europe entered its final months, the world teetered on the edge of a Third World War. While Soviet forces hammered their way into Berlin, Churchill ordered British military planners to prepare the top secret Operation Unthinkable - the plan for an Allied attack on the Soviet Union - on 1 July 1945. Using US, British and Polish forces, the invasion would reclaim Eastern Europe. The controversial plan called for the use of Nazi troops, and there was the spectre of the atomic bomb. Would yet another army make the fatal mistake of heading East? ... Read more
As the war in Europe entered its final months, the world teetered on the edge of a Third World War. While Soviet forces hammered their way into Berlin, Churchill ordered British military planners to prepare the top secret Operation Unthinkable - the plan for an Allied attack on the Soviet Union - on 1 July 1945. Using US, British and Polish forces, the invasion would reclaim Eastern Europe. The controversial plan called for the use of Nazi troops, and there was the spectre of the atomic bomb. Would yet another army make the fatal mistake of heading East? ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780750958387
SKU
V9780750958387
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About Jonathan Walker
Jonathan Walker is a member of the British Commission for Military History and an Honorary Research Associate at the University of Birmingham. He is the author of books including The Blood Tub: General Gough and the Battle of Bullecourt and Poland Alone: Britain, SOE and the Collapse of the Polish Resistance, 1944. As well as contributing to other recent military ... Read more
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