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I checked the area where I grew up. There's a minor but quite obvious mistake. Interesting to see the place names phoneticised to Cyrillic. Not sure how useful
by TheOtherHobbes 5y ago
I checked the area where I grew up. There's a minor but quite obvious mistake.
Interesting to see the place names phoneticised to Cyrillic. Not sure how useful that would have been in an invasion.
- nradov 5y agoThey weren't seriously planning a land invasion. Air and missile strikes only.
- p_l 5y agoSome of it was to make it easier to talk for people who didn't know the language of the country on the map, I heard that polish military maps of the UK apparently were "localized" the same way - and the persistent rumour is that under "take all of europe in counterstrike to prevent USA supplying the invasion" plan, Polish forces were to occupy major portions of UK.
- aerostable_slug 5y agoImagine trying to figure out how to correctly say "Port Hueneme" if you're a random Soviet officer. Probably best they were phoneticized if only so other Soviets would have some idea of what you were talking about. Also, I think we can feel somewhat confident that over the years the Soviets intended for special operations to take place on American soil. Few non-nuclear things screw with preparations for a deployment overseas more than transmission power lines for San Diego and/or Norfolk dropping, or an outbreak of a crop disease, or what have you. If you're feeling sporty, assassinate a few people (preferably false flag ops to stoke domestic divisions).
- kingcharles 5y agoWould have been horrible when it came to converting Welsh: https://www.llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.co.uk/ https://www.llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysil...