Churchill's Third World War
British Plans to Attack the Soviet Empire 1945
$42.87
- Paperback
- Release Date
24 April 2025
Summary
As the war in Europe entered its final months, the world teetered on the edge of a Third World War. While Soviet forces hammered 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 1 July 1945. Using US, British and Polish forces, the invasion would reclaim Eastern Europe. The controversial plan called for the use of Nazi troops, and there was the spectre of the atomic bomb.…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781803999319 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1803999314 |
| Author: | Jonathan Walker |
| Publisher: | The History Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | The History Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Release Date: | 24 April 2025 |
| Weight: | 266g |
| Dimensions: | 28mm x 131mm x 232mm |
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Jonathan Walker
JONATHAN WALKER is a member of the British Commission for Military History and a former Honorary Research Associate at the University of Birmingham. He is the author of five books for Spellmount:
- The Blood Tub: General Gough and the Battle of Bullecourt
- War Letters to a Wife (as editor)
- Aden Insurgency: The Savage War in South Arabia
- Poland Alone: Britain, SOE and the Collapse of the Polish Resistance, 1944 (which has been translated into Polish to great acclaim)
- The Blue Beast: Power and Passion in the Great War
In addition to contributing to other recent military history publications, he has appeared on BBC radio and television programmes. He lives in Devon.
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