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As the war in Europe entered its final months, the world teetered on the edge of Armageddon. While Soviet forces smashed their way into Berlin, Churchill feared that Britain would be defenceless against Stalin s increasing occupation of Europe. The British Premier ordered his military planners to prepare the top secret Operation Unthinkable the plan for a pre-emptive Allied attack on the Soviet Empire on July 1, 1945. Using U.S., British, Polish and German forces the invasion would liberate Soviet-occupied East Germany and Poland and force Stalin back to the conference table. If the Allies did not win a quick victory, the Third World War would ensue. Fifth columnists, British and US double agents, as well as Polish communists, all threatened to derail the startling plan. This haunting study of the war that so nearly was outlines the motivations behind Churchill's plan and the logistics of launching a vast assault against a recent ally who had beaten Hitler. Well supported by a wide range of primary sources from the Churchill Archives, Imperial War Museum, King s College, as well as US and Polish archives, this is a fascinating insight into the suspicion and mistrust between old allies. Operation Unthinkable became the blueprint for the Cold War.
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Jonathan Walker is a member of the British Commission for Military History and the author of "Aden Insurgency: The Savage War in Yemen," "The Blood Tub: General Gough and the Battle of Bullecourt," and "Poland Alone: Britain, SOE and the Collapse of the Polish Resistance, 1944."
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