| Churchill's Third World War: British Plans to Attack the Soviet Empire 1945 Contributor(s): Walker, Jonathan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0750958383 ISBN-13: 9780750958387 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $31.49 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War Ii - History | Modern - 20th Century |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6" W x 9.1" (0.75 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: As the war in Europe entered its final months, the world teetered on the edge of a Third World War. While Soviet forces smashed 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 July 1, 1945. The plan called for the use of the atomic bomb and Nazi troops if necessary: more than merely controversial, as the extent of the Holocaust was becoming clear. A haunting study of the war that so nearly was, Walker offers a fascinating insight into the upheaval as World War II drew to a close and the Allies' mistrust of the Soviet Union that would blossom into the Cold War. |