Churchill's Plan to Start World War 3 Using German Troops

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The British Government kept the “Operation Unthinkable” document a secret, even from their closest allies, the Americans. After the war, Churchill made no reference to it, not even in his memoirs. It was declassified only a half a century after, in 1998. It was only then that the world got to know how close they had been to World War III.
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Created by Daniel Turner (B.A. (Hons) in History, University College London)
Script: Dejan Milivojevic
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[@ssess5499]

Churchill be like: “world tension is still 100, justify war goal!”

[@serpentine4842]

It would take about 30 seconds to fully justify

[@FalkyRocket2222]

@@serpentine4842 on maximum speed

[@kg7162]

Yhea but i think he crash bc of to many division the soviet has build

[@tremedar]

@@kg7162 A race against time, not to win before the soviets get too strong, but to stop your motherboard, cpu and gpu from catching fire.

[@Deridus]

Wow. Y'all are scraping the barrel here, aren't ya?

[@DiscoBallGaming]

You already know Churchill would have been a huge fan of Patton, because Patton was already considering this an idea for a long time.

[@Adogtard]

Two bloodthirsty men getting along? Sure, but after seeing this video you must ask yourself: for how long

[@RichardCranium.]

@@Adogtard Sure, it "bloodthirsty" to want to remove Stalin and his entourage of criminal rapists from power. Now we might have a WW3 that will be much worse. If Stalin was removed from power we would not have Putin invading Ukraine. Russia was be a first world democracy at peace with Ukraine.

[@scottanos9981]

Nuke the chinese and soviets? Sounds like all our problems today would have been solved then...

[@danildyachkov2566]

@@RichardCranium. The last time I checked Stalin was not planning to start a WW3. All Stalin wanted is to be left alone for reconstruction.

[@erikjimenez8671]

In hindsight the western allies should have been more aggressive towards the Soviets knowing their involvement prior to operation Barbarosa and the trail of tears leading up to Berlin.

[@mathiask.5474]

Churchill: Hey let's start WW3 MacArthur: *Just what I needed.*

[@lt8566]

Mario music playing

[@user-og3ln7ks9v]

😂 مثلن جنگ ویتنام 😂😂😂😂

[@JonatasAdoM]

"Never thought I'd die fighting side by side with a German." "What about side by side with a friend?"

[@glamrockbonnie5983]

* does a flashback to Caen 1944 * " no I don't think so"

[@wingsofrichard1393]

Ay..... I could do that *loads mauser*

[@EnclaveOfficer1776]

W comment

[@thegreenskull4244]

Churchhill started ww2 too

[@johnpatterson4816]

While it sounded good in theory,we need to remember a few things: #1:The Western Allies were tired of fighting.They fought their way from North Africa to Germany #2:The U.S. Army troops were concerned that they might be shipped to the Pacific to take part in Operation Olympic the planned invasion of mainland Japan. I knew a few old timers who were ready to start training for the invasion of Japan in early '46. They were grateful and overjoyed when they got the news about the Abombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. #3:The Russkies had also fought their way from Moscow to Berlin and they weren't gonna be pushovers!!

[@BrickOsBudProductions]

3:35 I like how the British soldiers are drinking tea And German having beer And an American soldier eating a cheese burger And some Russians drinking vodka LOVE IT

[@chairsilver2]

lol yeah

[@iron_boy_2008]

Man naturr

[@emmanuelperez8094]

I noticed that also

[@heliosynth80s]

It was hilarious 🤣😂

[@ry4n737]

Haha yeah, did love that bit...was like.." hey he's having a tea, oh he has a beer..." 😁

[@viperaputakeyteaparyou8237]

If it ever happened I don't think we'd refer to it as WWIII, more like another stage of WWII. Still too contiguous to WWII, and with the same participants, to deserve another name.

[@spacerook5229]

WWII part 2

[@viperaputakeyteaparyou8237]

@@spacerook5229 WWII - Electric Boogaloo WWII - This time it's personal WWII - The Return of the War WWII - Bigger, Longer, Uncut

[@issa2421]

WWII - But without that weird mustache guy (miss you boo 💋)

[@Deridus]

Assuming that all involved conflicts were included in WW2, it would probably be more akin to the 30 Years war of the 1600's... if the war ended in, say 1949, it would probably just be called the 10 Years War in Europe, much like so many other wars.

[@raptorfromthe6ix833]

world war 2:betrayal

[@TheCoranub]

Churchill: "Remember guys, no English."

[@brian.westersauce]

As of this comment, 104 ppl who this wasn’t a *whoosh* for #mw2

[@johnstecziv7842]

The scary thing is that this almost happened without churchills plan. I had several great unlce in laws that fought in ww2. The troops talked as the fighting got closer and closer to Berlin and many were convinced that they would be back within another 20 years to fight the soviets. When the allies were stationed across from the soviets during the germans surrender, some of the us forces started aiming at the soviets. A commanding officer noticed and ordered them to stand down. They did as ordered otherwise we'd have a completly different history here.

[@Weeboslav]

If nukes didn't became a thing,it probably would happen

[@goobot1]

Considering ww1 was basically 20 years earlier makes sense. The only thing that stopped it in the 60’s was nukes and they didn’t know about those until after Germany fell

[@stanchpandora3658]

I dont think a few low IQ US soldiers could have started WW3 lol

[@bronsonperich9430]

There's a picture of Allies and Soviets pointing weapons at each other in Berlin.

[@kalajari1749]

​@@bronsonperich9430Tried searching for it and couldnt find it

[@Sentekuu]

Imagine if this actually took place, imagine the akwardness of the Polish and German soldiers fighting on the same side of the barricade.

[@ethanor]

Against the Soviets, who took part in the invasion of Poland as allies to Germany. Awkward don't seem to quite cover it.

[@theillusiveman2139]

Probably poles would have also sided with soviets

[@Harsh-tf9he]

it would seem more like a civil war between allied countries, instead of a actual war

[@flack2998]

“you know how we kind of destroyed your entire country” “yeah” “yeah we’re sorry” “ok”

[@seanfernandolopez9139]

Oh, if you didn't know, Nazis conscripted many Poles right after invading it. Same with the Czechs. Some of them were even sent to Normandy prior to the invasion. Many historian believes that the Nazis saw Poles as one of their own.

[@errorinthecode2378]

The animation has changed a lot sinceI first started watching back in 2019. I love it. Keep up the good work.

[@simonjausjpg]

theya re finally using the right guns, tanks and planes.

[@rushhour1310]

Right 👍

[@danielsirola1596]

yeah i miss the old days...

@@simonjausjpg her

[@theymissedjihadijohn2696]

Since I*

[@Julliusization]

3:35 The Brits, Germans and Americans fighting side by side is indeed a sight to behold

[@GigaTrap6000]

Fun fact: Americans and Germans actually fought side by side during WWII and it was the battle of castle itter

[@KamiX91]

United evil. Good trio 👍

[@Sumschmuck]

@@GigaTrap6000 AND IT'S THE END OF THE LINE OF THE FINAL JOURNEY

[@KamiX91]

@@mellohi6175 well hands down only a lunatic would plan a war after 60 million deaths and destruction. You are spot on. Everyone of us every nation has blood on hands.

[@HurricaneHH]

Don't forget the French.

[@wondertome2023]

That British soldier at 3:35 drinking tea while he shoots. I cannot😆😆

[@Gum167]

That really happened, it's just that against Italy, not the Soviets

[@1963Austria]

With the Brits, nothing stopped their spot of tea

[@stumpien]

Nahh but that Soviet soldier 😂

[@icyknightmare4592]

Imagine being a German in this timeline. You invade the Soviet Union, fight the biggest battles in human history, push to within sight of Moscow but falter, spend the next two years failing to stop the red tide. The war gets all the way back to Berlin, Hitler makes one good decision, but it's too late, the fronts are closing in. The Reich has fallen; you've lost but somehow survived it all. Then, only a few weeks later, Winston Churchill appears and offers you a job. You go with him, end up at some massive staging area in western Germany, and ask him about the job. He turns around with a smile, holding a tommy gun and a cigar and says: "Why Jerry, the job is Barbarossa 2, Electric Boogaloo. Now let's go kill some commies."

[@thicctony6236]

Thank you Icy Knightmate very cool!

[@ahmedtulu9303]

The Germans would shoot the british as soon as they got a gun.

[@adankmeme651]

Epic movie idea

[@FrankTheThinkTank]

Ich hätte die Tommygun direkt an Churchill ausprobiert. Greetings from Germany...

[@sekutard5157]

so funny and yet so cringe

[@ahmetkarl1229]

wehrmacht: finally the war is over churchill: not quite...

[@allent.g560]

The French did use a lot of former Wehrmacht in Vietnam. They suffered very high casualties rate.

[@matthewgarrity9405]

Henschel Werke:" Naja, werden wir die E Serie wohl nie entwickeln..." Churchill:"hold on there chap, get the power hammers back up !"

[@obelic71]

Oh scheisse not again! Deep sigh follow me we know the way.

[@Deridus]

Poland, all of it: *KURWA MAC!* Chicago: "Poland calls to us. Boys, grab your horses, the Winged Hussars will ride again!"

[@typiclyjohny5114]

@@allent.g560 not Wehrmacht but former SS members and former Waffen SS troops soldiers as part of the Legion Etrange

[@gerhardsteinmayer3176]

My father served with the German Kriegsmarine and became a POW in April 1945 at the Isle of Fehmarn. To his surprise he then was suddenly transferred to the 10th Fallschirmjäger division, whitch was held under British command until Labour Party won the elections against Winston Churchill's conservatives. After that the German POW in british captivity had to lay down their personal weapons. Rumors went that Churchill was preparing all German prisoners in the British occupied territory for an imminent roll back against the Red Army.

[@lightweight3908]

@ 3:37 the british soldier fighting while drinking tea is priceless. 😂

[@ives3572]

"Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace, and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war." - Winston Churchill

[@Adogtard]

Winston Churchill was as responsible as Hitler for the escalations that created WWII. I hate him and you for watching this and still quoting him

[@erikchilders]

@@Adogtard check the history books again, it was the previous prime minister that was responsible for the escalation, churchill was elected to deal with the war that had already begun

[@Charles-pf7zy]

@@Adogtard jeez, sensitive much?

[@ezzatsalman3489]

@@Adogtard i heard that he was kinda racist but idk if that’s true so umm yeah i guess that was the only thing i hate about him

[@Adogtard]

@@alpex2541 "Ive never bothered doing any research after state funded schools told me what to think" I fixed it for you, no need to thank me

[@superjesse645]

Honestly the idea of Operation Unthinkable leaves me with one big question after its declassification: How did the Poles feel to learn that the West brewed up a plan to liberate Poland from the Soviets but ultimately never went through on it despite Britain using Poland's fall in 1939 as leverage to fight Germany?

[@ayron419]

I'd pose an alternate question as well. How many poles would have wanted to have another world War take place in their backyard, being used as the scapegoat to wipe out communism?

[@niepowaznyczlowiek]

Some Poles waited for the next war, some were relieved it didn't happen, some were dissapointed

[@PolskiHusar117]

I can’t speak for all Poles, but for me it’s a mixed feeling. On one side we lost so many people, our cities got destroyed, we didn’t have much food left and such a war would cause even more death, destruction and famine. But on the other hand, the idea of avoiding 44 years of red tyranny and not losing our eastern territories seems beautiful. But the war would probably last so long that it wouldn’t be worth it.

[@kubkus9061]

I think for our country it would be better if Churchil war was started. Under comunism we lost much more than during WW2... Living in Poland after WW2 till 1989 was disaster...

[@APersonOnYouTubeX]

Betrayed?

[@thesecond4767]

The cowards cry “War!” Behind their computer screens.

[@irbz2252]

This was probably one of my most favorite simple history videos thus far. The art style seems smoother and more fluid, the music and sound affects were all very nicely done. I love possible alternate history and seeing the post war German troops fighting side by side with the British just seems like something you would only ever see in a hearts of iron game. The whole thing seems so surreal and weird like it actually happened in another timeline. Would be cool to see a movie or show kinda like this on the war playing out. Still the same outcome of the British losing the war but what would become of the world had it happened, nukes not being able to be used due to lack of fighter superiority.

[@zww1471]

Bro check out his news animations

[@InfoRanker]

It wouldn’t have been ww3, it would have just prolonged ww2.

[@zbox4211]

ww2.5

[@demonicthan742]

DLC to World War 2

[@chrisi7127]

World war 2 Soviet update

[@mad5479]

True. The Soviets were still about 4 years from testing their A bomb.

[@ilikecheese4518]

wwii episode 1

[@doggydude2668]

Freaking love how the soldiers had their own personal enjoyments while fighting tea,Mug Root Beer,burger and vodka Good job lol

[@Panzerkampfwagen6aufst.E]

Actually what the german had was normal alcoholic beer not the pop root beer

[@kingwolfboss6144]

@@Panzerkampfwagen6aufst.E he’s trying to keep it pg

[@kfas4410]

@@kingwolfboss6144 as a German, i don’t think this needed to be PG.

[@florians9949]

When tea, beer and big mack goes against vodka.

[@Redkodiak1994]

Spaghetti and sushi would of been Italy and Japan

[@seedbutu9605]

The animation is becoming better every video keep it up a Good job 👍

[@LichsuhoathinhDrabattle]

Amazing video. Videos of channel helps linking so many little historical anecdotes together and interesting✨😎‼

[@RoebuckGarrett]

Churchill: **Plans to attack the USSR with German Troops** Stalin: *"You were suppose to destroy the Wehrmacht not join them!"*

[@Karifi]

Churchill was a rat

[@nrw64]

@@Karifi so was Stalin and funny and funny mustache man

[@parable8711]

@Luís Pires Barbosa Lima Júnior Only with support of lend lease provided by the USA

[@hahaper2037]

@@parable8711 The main deliveries began only in 1943-1944 when the outcome of the war had already been decided

[@parable8711]

@@hahaper2037 You're talking about field equipment deliveries, what was really important for the Soviet army was 5 million of tons of food products, and even with that much food, 2million citizens died from starvation outside Leningrad. And one more major factor was 97.8% of railway tracks provided by the USA which was mostly their logistics arm. And there is tons of stuff to cover, materials for factories, heavy equipment, radios

[@marco117sw]

Having the allies and ruskies drink their own respective beverages on the battlefield was a great addition to the animation.

[@SergamingPlayz]

us is different! its borger

[@badlaamaurukehu]

British ships used to have unguarded beer filled vending machines in the galley. Dunno atm🤷‍♂️

[@KelsaRavenlock]

I'm fairly certain a Hamburger is not a drink.

[@somegamer1891]

@@KelsaRavenlock put it in a blender

[@tamaraschmid1871]

@Marco Moreno ahhhhh ... i love it when a piece of crap say "ruskies" .. i almost want to tell you how a "ruskie" is build.

[@Lifeiscoolandstuff]

3:36 British soldier still love drinking tea even if they are in a battlefield😂

[@arbyjack2552]

Great video and well done!

[@NaCl1252]

Churchill thought of Operation Unthinkable. *Not so unthinkable huh*

[@udayshahin10]

Yeah nah he straight up unthinked about it, he's just built diffrent

[@kevinf.1702]

If only it came true....

[@nrw64]

@@kevinf.1702 then you wouldn't maybe be here because Europe would be doomed and the sovjets would have overrun Europe similar to what they did with Germany. They would not win through logistics or strategists who would overwhelm the whole of Europe with their sheer mass. England would quickly find themselves in a situation similar to 1940 and an invasion of Alaska could be expected since the Americans would probably be thrown out first. It was not for nothing that Churchill wanted the German army at his side. After all, they have the most experience with the sovjets as they have fought with them for years and hate them similarly to the Eastern Europeans for their crimes on a Mongolian level. What the Soviet Union did to Eastern Europe and parts of Germany they would only have done to the rest of Europe. They were prepared enough.

[@pabcu2507]

Why couldn’t they just bought the bob semple tank, it’s truly the weapon of mass destruction

[@HarrisonGoldfarb]

It would have been a war crime to use such a devastating weapon.

[@zad_rasera]

Ikr? Lmao they're so stupid.

[@udayshahin10]

It would literally stubb your toe....

[@coldshadow_yt9708]

@@udayshahin10 **war crimes**

[@explorer949]

@@udayshahin10 worse it could *cause a papercut*

[@evil993]

Y'know, it's pretty disingenuous to say that the soviets had 2.5 times the men simply because they had 2.5 times the divisions. Their standard rifle division was thousands of men smaller than their western counterparts, at full strength. I highly doubt many of the closest Soviet divisions towards the west were anywhere near full strength at that time. Though I'm not saying that means an attack by the west would've been feasible just that the numbers were not anywhere near 2.5 times the men.

[@iMajoraGaming]

I mean, no, not really, all the data we have shows that the USSR flatly outnumbered the Allies' planned strength in Western Europe, in every way. Their entire strategy was fundamentally based around that fact. They themselves knew and historical records show that yes, the Soviets would have outnumbered the Allies by 2.5 to 1. That's not just in division quantity, real life is not Hearts of Iron IV. They had more actual men too. That was a basic fact of Allied contingency plans. It's disingenuous to pretend to have cracked the code and figured out that all that data and Allied planning was a lie because you found out that USSR division composition and organization was different. They still outnumbered the Allies. 2.85 to 1 by some estimates. They had several thousand more aircraft too.

[@AFT_05G]

@@iMajoraGaming There is no way Soviets had more aircraft imo.Americans alone produced twice the amount of Soviets produced between 1940-1945 despite the fact their models were way more expensive ones than Soviet aircraft. US could easily outproduce Soviets even without cutting the naval production. Even though on paper Red Army was larger than Allied Armies they were nowhere near as well equipped and well supplied.

[@jansobieski3127]

@@iMajoraGaming yes buts the Soviet supply lines were out strechted, their soldiers were less trained than the Allied soldiers, the Allied had a way better airforces and a bigger and better naval forces, also the Allied had a better industry and supply lines. And of course the nuclear bomb.

[@tetraxis3011]

The Red Army had around 12 million soldiers. That’s probably the largest army in history.

[@davidfinnegan1425]

And way more tanks

[@Hans140]

3:34 simple history being funny is something I was not expecting nor prepared for, but good god I love it

[@zyanego3170]

Imagine if a Polish Soldier and a Soldier from the Wehrmacht would be forced to fight together against the Soviets. -Still a better love story than twighlight-

[@xeno.protocol]

*insert LOTR meme*

[@sithtrooper1948]

“WHY IS HE HERE?!” “Look dude, we are gonna need all the manpower we got to kick the Russians out of Europe” “HE BURNED DOWN MY HOME AND SHOT ALL OF MY FAMLY FOR CHRIST SAKE?!? AND YOU ARE LETTING HIM. OFF THE HOOK!??” “Uhhh, the enemy of my enemy is my friend?”

[@firemangan5024]

Polish soldier: Can’t believe I’ll die side by side with a German. German soldier: How about side by side with a friend? :) Polish soldier: *Has flashbacks* Eh….

[@KammalSta]

Read about Holy Cross Mountains Brigade. It's not exactly fighting together, but thay cooperate to survive against Soviets.

[@warpartyattheoutpost4987]

The Soviets invaded Poland in 1939 on the Germans' side, they were allies until Operation Barbarossa. Look up the Molotov-Ribbentrop Treaty. They split up Poland between them. The Polish had no love for either. Now ask yourself why the British declared war on ze Germans for invading Poland but didn't do anything about the Soviets invading Poland...

[@_vla]

So you're telling me that Red Alert could had been real in 1945?

[@cirinosaldana4289]

*based on true story*

[@Ghostkilla773]

Yes

[@Ralle-kv8rm]

Time will tell.... sooner or later... time will tell...

[@Deridus]

Someone, go find Kane!

[@gayan2517]

The greatest thing happened after WW2 was that Churchill lived enough to see the British empire collapse.

[@Armo12]

Excellent graphic and all👌

[@dinocraftman0096]

3:36 I like how the British rifleman briefly pauses to sip some tea before firing again 😂

[@MandalorV7]

Then the Russians are sharing the vodka. 😆

[@irmanifchannel2030]

Maybe themself think like British:russia so easy to fight "sip" Russia: uraaa!!! My throat..... "Drink"

[@kjragg1099]

There is a myth that during the Great War the likes of Hitler would set off on their messaging duties at teatime because this was when the British always stopped firing their artillery lol. Nothing gets in the way of a Englishman and his tea break.

[@XXXTENTAClON227]

Historically accurate

[@comradepatchdoggo8745]

The Part when he said "the plan was based on a Rapid Assault on the Soviet troops Similar to Poland" where the battle scene begins has to be the most British-German-American-Soviet thing ever

[@oasis1282]

British reviving hiter in time for another world war

[@viceguy4880]

@@oasis1282 revive these arian slaves to fight for the dungeon

[@ceotriston5771]

3:30 lol we got all of them drinking some sort of item that people stereotype their country by

[@nightravenonline]

Excellent idea !

[@ahmetkarl1229]

britain: i hate nazis, what about you? soviets: they are invading us, we hate them too britain: cool, we can be allies until germans are defeated. after that it gets difficult...

[@warpartyattheoutpost4987]

britain: i hate nazis, what about you? soviets: we helped them invade Poland in 1939 and split it up between us and we're both raping and pillaging it. britain: that's ok, we're only mad at they nazis, you can do whatever you want... for now.

[@guimot0123]

@@warpartyattheoutpost4987 USA, France and Britan: "We also finance Hitler in his ascension to power, held a lot of treaties and acords with him and did nothing to prevent the Third Reich to became a powerful threat .......simply put, we can tolerate nazis if they are against communism, unless they became out of control"

[@BirdieTheGreat]

@@warpartyattheoutpost4987 Britain did the same in France but at a much smaller scale

[@bradley8575]

China:I hate the Japanese Soviets and western allies can we join together to defeat the fa it’s against Nazis and Japanese an dafter that we will likely fall to communism and after that it will get difficult Western allies and Soviets:We hate the Japanese too let’s fight.

[@Bibky]

@@warpartyattheoutpost4987 Britain: Causes a man-made famine in India that kills millions, Churchill directly is against decolonization, restricted political activites in colonies, directly against nationalist movements in British Colonies and continues to rape and pillage multiple colonies around the world. Also Britain: We suddenly care about democracy and liberalism!!! Those damn communists won't allow freedom!!

[@AuRoaraAnimations]

churchill was literally just warming up

[@amanda4285]

What's your idea about my channel ? kzbin.info/door/-ZHNksu7UlZ2hiLIvyEw2Q

[@johnfrancis2215]

After Gallipoli he should have cooled down

[@RealSludge]

3:35 Love how the Soldiers all have their favorite things to eat/drink

[@theunitedkingdom5202]

1:05 "Choosing the lesser lf 2 evils is still choosing the side of evil."

[@Freedomlander_101]

In some alternate universe, WW3 actually happened thanks to Operation Unthinkable

[@justadogobeingdogo5766]

Honestly wonder how all that turned out 🧐

[@nrw64]

I think it would be just a another Phase for WW2.

[@hazmatgamer]

It would still be counted as WW2 just different arc or phase.

[@thunderbird1921]

World War II was still ongoing until September 1945, so it would have been merely the next phase of the war.

[@justadogobeingdogo5766]

@SjcE eh probably

[@ronin3381]

4:06 Tigers, M46 Pattons and Centurions fighting side by side. That would’ve been quite a sight.

[@Deridus]

Imagine Germans flying P51's vs the Yaks. Now that'd be an interesting flight.

[@DulocGuardsman]

Now that's a crossover

[@randomperson5775]

Just another day in war thunder

[@bobajedi]

Me262?

[@Deridus]

@@bobajedi I have my doubts on whether or not the ME262 would be worth much compared to the theoretical dumpdrucks worth of prop aircraft like the P51 that would be dropped off... Not to mention, logistics would be a total clusterbomb to clean up.

[@nateyolo9827]

We need a movie and game of this

[@dfsempire2712]

Time traveler kicks rock, the timeline.

[@Soccer_lover986]

Love how that soldier had a sip of tea at 3:35 lol

[@garageofscrap]

And the German soldier had a beer, the American had a burger, and the Russians had vodka

[@HuziharaFushi]

You guys should definitely do more videos on cancelled operations that never happened, because not only is it really fun and interesting, it also serves as how it could've changed the world for good or worse. A video on Operation Downfall "The Invasion of Mainland Japan", would be really awesome!

[@andredavila3731]

Yea this reminded me of that

[@aldritchdahab9323]

And operation tannebaum by German invasion of Switzerland

[@mirandalockey7334]

The German empire’s invasion of America

[@xb70valkyriech]

Hey you! Also I agree, operation downfall would be super interesting

[@hi_lol1912]

Eeeeeeeeeeeeee

[@mihalacheandrei926]

The scene with the british drinking tea, germans with a beer near them American with dual wielding weapons a burger and the russians with vodka made me laugh out loud

[@MatthewSmith-to1hz]

3:36 I love how the british solider just stops in the middle of a battle to drink his tea, the American has two guns and a cheese burger, the German solider has an emergency beer stein and the Russian soilders just stop to drink Vodka. little things like that don't need to be in there, but they really add to the video's quality.

[@moonpride9073]

@Kewlysiak And don't forget that he has lots of medals on him. 😂

[@unclesam5230]

@@moonpride9073 he’s also overweight and smoking a Cigar too

[@righttoprotestfacebookgrou5301]

Copy comment... But little bit change to not get caught

[@MatthewSmith-to1hz]

@@righttoprotestfacebookgrou5301 I didn't know it was

[@moonpride9073]

@@unclesam5230 Yup, he's already overweight because he ate too much burgers and two Russian soldier gopniks squats while drinking vodka while shooting. 😂😂😂😂😄🤣🤣😆😆😆

[@stukacommander9664]

The history you inform is very great been watching you for 2 years now

[@fyoutubefyoutube6927]

He didnt make the history dummy he informs about it.

[@That0Homeless0Guy]

I love that tje attitude wasn't that we wouldn't win but that it would take too long.

[@lsdbuddha369]

your timing is impeccable Lol

[@vikkimcdonough6153]

Worth noting that, although the Soviets had more divisions in Europe than the western Allies, they had nearly depleted their manpower reserves by the end of the war, while the Americans still had a large pool of men who could be sent to fight if needed; additionally, the Soviet industrial and agricultural bases had suffered a great deal of damage from the German invasion, while those of the U.S. and U.K. were still mostly (U.K.) to entirely (U.S.) intact.

[@TheCaptainSplatter]

Americans would have nukes soon anyway. Moscow would cease to exist.

[@badlaamaurukehu]

Maybe the Soviets would have fared better if Stalin et al hadn't killed all their half-decent generals.

[@irunaroundyou]

+ The US was sending a lot of supplies to the Soviet Union which freed up Soviet capability for other wartime materiel (Tanks, Planes)stopping this would mean they would have to take people off from the factories and divert for other purposes i.e. agriculture etc.

[@FlowDeBandoler0]

The world would be a way better place if those comminists cease to exist . Shame that the Allies pussied out.

[@garrettsattem4799]

@@FlowDeBandoler0 It’s not that they pussied out. After 6 years of fighting against the most evil empires in world history, you think that the remaining Allies would have the willpower to fight possibly another 6 years against a power that has more soldiers and land to maneuver around? Quite simply, even if they wanted to (and believe me, they did) the cost in lives and resources would not have been worth it, even if I do share your sentiments. Also, JN Leoncito makes an astute observation that you should take heed to.

[@ponycentaur1456]

7:30 THE main importance of keeping the seas in allied hands , is supply line. To keep the supplies from American (unhindered) factories/farms would fuel the constant supplies into europe to help the allies. If they lost the sea, mass supplies would stop, and supplie lines would faltered. People forget that supply lines and logistics are one of the top important parts of war.

[@xXXhighrollerx]

logistics do win wars and this is seen in many conflicts even in present

[@kadennelms8419]

@@xXXhighrollerx especially in the Ukraine conflict where Russian troops are abandoning vehicles because of supply issues, can’t get gas quick enough.

[@somersetdc]

Stalin thought of doing the same thing. When his generals proposed that he continue the war into Western Europe, Stalin said about the hundreds of millions of Europeans, "Who will feed them?"

[@urosmarkovic6535]

3:44 - 3:54 you couldn't have made it more nostalgic 😂😂🤣🤣

[@PixelHistory]

*British Economy:* Finally, I can take a deep breath of fresh a... *Churchill:* How about no.

[@ives3572]

"In War: Resolution. In Defeat: Defiance. In Victory: Magnanimity. In Peace: Good Will." - Winston Churchill

[@Adogtard]

"In peace good will" after watching this you still brainlessly quote him, with this hypocritical statement no less!

[@ewanstardis8462]

@@Adogtard are you just replying to every Churchill quote. Damn no life much

[@NguyenMinh-vs1vm]

@@Adogtard Jesus you’re commenting on every thread here

[@ives3572]

@@Adogtard Keep yapping man!😁🤪

[@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401]

Winston Churchill is a racist like Boris Johnson, Donald Trump & Vladimir Putin

[@MrThekingofrock97]

The GI eating a cheeseburger while fighting vodka drinking soviets got me 😆

[@Vincentovich89]

I always thought that the US had the Atomic Bomb 4 full years before the Soviets, so how did they fail to use this as the decisive leverage needed to force Stalin to pull back from Eastern Europe?

[@imrankh68]

Me too. I always wondered 🤔

[@justnoobtoo6352]

Probably the cost of being seen as a genocidal imperialist country especially after Nagasaki and Hiroshima wouldn't have been to good and then theres successfully deploying the bomb

[@nogisonoko5409]

Atomic bombs was a luxury in 1945, it have few of them to be use against massive Soviet armed forces.Even if it did use against the Soviets, it will drastically motivate the Soviets to fight to the end as Western Allies really want to wipe out the Soviets as a whole.

[@user-lh7mp4jg4o]

atom bomb is paper tiger, because war is about realizing economy and political struggle objective.

[@bolshoefeodor6536]

The Russians would have developed the bomb soon after. The retaliation of the supposedly-surrendered Soviets would have left Britain and France a radioactive wasteland.

[@sterbi9722]

I love how they crammed in a bunch of stereotypes so they could stay as unbiased as possible

[@joselee9605]

Could you imagine how pissed and demoralized allied soldiers would be hearing that they would need to face the Soviets? People in the comments like thinking of war, but based on their thirst for it it’s clear they’ve never experienced it

[@badcholesterol]

For some reason the biggest cowards are usually the most bloodthirsty.

[@lewycraft]

In all honesty, Polish soldiers would more motivated than ever to keep fighting, possibly the same with German soldiers wanting to keep Germany united. But yeah, British, French and American troops would have enough, they would most likely not go any further, unless it were Soviets that attacked.

[@richsmith7200]

The American public would never have supported a post war conflict with Russia. Now, however........things have certainly changed.

[@joselee9605]

@@richsmith7200 Very true, the modern day Americans could easily beat the Russians in a modern day war, but a 1945 US vs the Soviets is a far different story

[@richsmith7200]

@@joselee9605 people don't realize how large the Russian army was after WW2, even with their phenomenal losses. Sadly, history isn't really taught any more. My high school days, we had WW2, Korea, and Vietnam War veterans teaching.

[@MulToyVerse]

Looks like they didn't take into account the atom bomb, though it wasn't known till August 1945.

[@slainer5748]

3:36 lol I really love this part

[@IAmJustACritic]

It is only a British man who can be in the heat of warfare and still sip his tea delicately.

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[@CheezeSpartan]

Churchill to the krauts: *You are now attacking!* *Teams have been Auto-balanced*

[@vasilijepapovic9092]

Nice video

[@oliversherman2414]

I'd love to see an alternate history series about this

[@traviscrum5860]

Outstanding animation work! Still has the same look and style as it did in the beginning but updated quite well. From the more unique overall movements between the characters to the details in them and their equipment to the greatly increased scale when necessary in some scenes, it's quite nice to look at.

[@justafrogwithahat355]

3:55 CAPTAIN PRICE?!

[@buzzman3200]

The one omission I can think of is whether the US atomic weapons would have tipped the balance, but these hadn't yet been used when Operation Unthinkable was written

[@doneiliragaba1266]

3:36 what I think would be unthinkable is the British sipping tea and German sipping beer when they are in the battlefield exchanging fire with the soviet, love your humour😆😆

[@user-cu6qq9bp2t]

I love your timing Simple History. Well done. Keep on the good work.

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[@mrmr446]

When peace was an option the army would have mutinied rather than go along with another example of Churchill being strategically inept, he also proposed D-Day going through Portugal and Spain and was behind the disastrous Gallipoli campaign. It was Churchill who agreed that Poland would be in Soviet sphere of influence at a conference with Stalin.

[@Lunkwow]

It was FDR that held all the cards, Churchill knew his bargaining power was useless at that point in the war. It was USA that could push Stalin for more but FDR was so sick at the end of his life that he conceded to Stalin and he is one that will take the cake and the table too if he can.

[@brad5426]

Gallipoli is the only time Churchill has been strategically inept. As for the D-day in Portugal, well it never happened so how will we know the answer to that?

[@user-nu7nd7lf4j]

Churchill also suggested a debarkation in the Balkans

[@mk-ultraviolence1760]

@@brad5426 The Italian and Sicilian campaigns beg to differ.

[@mrmr446]

@@brad5426 Neither Portugal nor Spain were in the war, both were neutral and assisted the allies as much if not more than the axis, so it would have needlessly expanded the conflict.

[@kridedikal2427]

New great video

[@donsapunk]

The beverages got me man.

[@Dan-qu9vb]

3:41 that is the most accurate representation of a average American ever

[@ibanheadhunter8317]

3:35. I cracked up a bit when I saw the soldiers from different nations had food they are well known for next to them. The British with their tea The Germans with their beer The Americans with their cheeseburgers The Soviets with thier vodka

[@ErnestKhamilov]

3:35 casually sips tea

[@ronlee2776]

With this going on behind the scene and Churchill’s public statements on continuing austerity after the war got him defeated in the General Elections before he could attend the Potsdam Conference.

[@beanmanbutchina]

If this actually happened, it wouldn’t be called WW3 it’s be called WW2’s second part

[@nucleardonuts7028]

It would be called MF BLOODBATH

[@darthzayexeet3653]

Imagine being a German Soldier in the Wehrmacht sent to fight the Soviets in Stalingrad, lose, get pushed back all the way to Berlin and then being forcefully recruited by the British to fight the Soviets *AGAIN* all the way to the Ural Mountains

[@costliercart7195]

Obviously realistically the allies would've been quickly swept to the sea if the operation actually took place, most people simply are not able to grasp just how powerful the Red Army really was by 1945

[@firemangan5024]

@@costliercart7195 I think thats too far fetch but yeah, combined with the equipment they got from lend lease the Soviets would’ve pushed the allies back to the Rhine river, the allies would use their advantages to create a defensive at the river to prevent another Dunkirk.

[@justarandompersonininterne6583]

@@firemangan5024 and a stalemate

[@brandonarmienti6875]

@@costliercart7195 No. The Western Allies had more equipment, supplies and combined a larger airforce compared to the Soviets. Just because one side has a huge number of soldiers doesn't automatically mean that they win.

[@Deridus]

A lot of soviet wins in 1944 was because of attrition, not great strategy or tactics. Too much of the Red Army's doctrine was tied up in politics to reach it's full potential, much like Germany's military and economy was handicapped by it's perverse philosophies regarding labor and it's pervasive xenophobia. TL;DR: once America got it's logistics train secured, the Soviets on the Western front would be doooooooomed.

[@ximbabwe0228]

The beer and the cheeseburger lmao

[@NicWalker627]

As grim as this topic is, the animation is really good.

[@stuff9680]

The Soviet Red Army was having man power problems by 1943 and by the battle of Berlin the units that attacked Berlin were only at 80% strength, the reason the Soviets had more divisions was that they were smaller in terms of manpower

[@north_warwolf1183]

Not to mention, a lot of those divisions were almost anhiliated in the ensuing tide in Germany. Plus, for every Zhuckov, [who's loyalty to the USSR would be... Questionable given how close he was with Ike], you had a 1945 Era Putin and Tsar Nicholas commanding other overall fronts. Plus, the Anglo-American-Polak Airborne Army was a MASSIVE tactical asset compared to the extremely infant VDV and Spetsnaz. And he did downplay air power. I'm quite confident once the IL-2 fleet of the USSR was decapitated, the US P-47's and British Hawker Typhoons would've been much more of an asset against Soviet logistics [which were already near breaking at times], and Soviet combat, especially armored formations. I mean, the Germans ANHILIATED A WHOLE ARMORED CORPS [Or division) WITH STUKA'S IN KURSK! The US could easily do the same, especially if those Naval and Marine Avaitors could join the fight. Then the Whermacht divisions with their remaining Tigers, Panthers, Panzer IV's, and other such weapons along with lended Sherman's and other designs would've been a sight to behold, especially when you consider they still had quite the considerable K/D Ratio against Soviet T-34's. When you consider that Germany would still be able to put up quite a fight for their size, and that the USSR was I'm quite a precarious position, and not to mention you'd be putting the Chuck Yeagers and the Erich Hartmann's of the war together on the same side, it's not quite as simple as "HEHE! URRRRA GO BRRRRRR!"

[@mestupkid211986]

The Soviets also organized their divisions differently compared to ours.

[@north_warwolf1183]

@@mestupkid211986 , True!

[@leomduffy794]

True sadly I see as of today Russia has not changed by using overwhelming numbers with this unnecessary war in the Ukraine. Just using wave after wave of troops. But the soviet build-up to the battle of Berlin was crazy I think it was at least 1.5 million soldgers agenst the last of the last of what Germany could even scrape up. Thd Germans still in 1945 caused the red army a million causalitys.

[@north_warwolf1183]

@@leomduffy794 , Yeah. That is quite true. Honestly, with modern warfare [please don't make a COD or Captain Price reference], it seems as if those massive wave tactics just won't work. Because with NATO you have such well trained, elite formations using such integrated combined arms tactics.

[@mikeratixxd7397]

Imagine living in the soviet union post WW2, you just survived the most devastating war in All human history, And then a british guy Gets the idea of "How about we do it again?", thats Really messed up

[@tamaraschmid1871]

THEN BRING EM!!!

[@obi-wankenobi4640]

Thankfully this idiotic plan never happened.

[@shoebill3810]

Based comment

[@ayooo454]

sadly this plan never happened :(

[@Godzillafan78]

@@ayooo454buddy wants more people to die for literally nothing 💀

[@eetulehtinen7304]

Fun fact: Sabaton has made three songs about Finland or it's soldiers and 0 about Italy or it's soldiers

[@jovanlipovatz4503]

It was called Unthinkable for a reason. I don't think it was ever seriously considered, even if planners were tasked with putting together a serious analysis.

[@CactusJackIV]

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[@ux3476]

2:25 LMAO I love how he's portrayed British "peoples" teeth

[@Steven-dt5nu]

Love the drinks

[@jinglejangle3287]

Your animations really improved. Now we can see empty cases from guns even on the bolt actions rifles.

[@chansus9157]

3:34 love how the British soldier was drinking tea during war lol

[@dalekinthewater4708]

03:39 Ain't no way that Brit just drank tea in the middle of the battle

[@chlorophyll6154]

I think the real problem lies in Asia, even in 1945 the Chinese civil war continued and later the rise of Korean war, which made Americans have their hand full to conquer Europe even the Soviets are very weak at that time

[@cateatingcorn7276]

3:35-3:54 is golden, favorite part is the two Purple Heart medals