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Patton was a fan of doing exactly that: he was probably right. If the USSR had been aborted early on, look at all the suffering that would have been avoided (Ho

Patton was a fan of doing exactly that: he was probably right. If the USSR had been aborted early on, look at all the suffering that would have been avoided (Holodrome, etc.)

shakow 6y ago
> Patton was a fan of doing exactly that: he was probably right Yeah, sure, good luck beating the RKKA in 1945. No A-bombs ready, industry centers are behind the Urals and untouchable by the allied air power; absolutely 0 support from the civilian populations in the West, whereas the Soviet civilian population would be galvanized by the backstabbing; the UK is already at the end of its manpower; the US would be fighting an ocean behind its logistic base; the RKKA is in full swing in Europe and overwhelming the WAllies in the ETO in men and material; best case is the WAllies get thrown to the Atlantic and a white peace is signed, worst case ends in a nuclear apocalypse. Operation Unthinkable is very fun in wargaming, but it doesn't hold water in practice. > look at all the suffering that would have been avoided (Holodrome, etc.) The Holodomor that happened 10 years BEFORE 1945? Do you even have any idea what you're talking about?
- captainredbeard 6y ago
  ...thank you for the correction Holodomor timing.
  - publicola1990 6y ago
    Also 'Holodomor' is somewhat of a political creation. Recent authoritative biography of Stalin by Stephen Kotkin, for example states that the early 1930s famine was a pan-soviet famine, not restricted to Ukraine or any specific ethnic region.
EvilEy3 6y ago
Do you know where I can read about this? Book, if possible?
- captainredbeard 6y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Unthinkable https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Unthinkable