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fujiyamasan

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13. Have you heard of operation unthinkable?

Reply to Polybius (Reply #12)

Sat Apr 26, 2025, 01:55 PM

Apr 2025

“It would be beyond our power to win a quick but limited success and we would be committed to a protracted war against heavy odds"

I don’t think there was any public support for further
Conflict immediately following wwII.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Unthinkable

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Have you heard of operation unthinkable? fujiyamasan Apr 2025 #13