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Operation Unthinkable

Great Britain · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1944

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill22 May 1944

Warfare / World War, 2nd

In the Spring 1944, Churchill had commissioned a contingency military enforcement operation plan (war on the Soviet Union) to obtain "square deal for Poland" (Operation Unthinkable), which resulted in a May 22 report stating unfavorable success odds. The reports arguments included geostrategic issues (possible Soviet-Japanese alliance resulting in moving of Japanese troops from continent to Home Islands, threat to Iran/Iraq) and uncertainties concerning land battles in Europe

Names involved

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill

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