The Secret Soviet Plan to Crush NATO in 7 Days

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[@alpha1789]

RealLifeLore: Getting Nuked: I sleep Losing Password: R E A L S H I T

[@alucid9800]

Alpha 17 underated comment

[@BluE68_]

Alpha 17 true lol

[@terigonUSAS12]

yippie

[@ayaankarim283]

LOL SO FUNNY!😂😀😁😄

[@sreypich2943]

5th Reposned

[@OsmoZchannel]

Switzerland: *eating popcorn since 1815*

[@itsjustmint5211]

GAm a true

[@rillloudmother]

eating popcorn with rifles in their hands sitting in anti aircraft gun blinds...

[@ajmk3801]

😂😂😂😂 Fr lmao

[@frisk7951]

GAm a lmao

[@seanmathias232]

@@rillloudmother lol

[@billocoy9811]

Austria: pretends to be neutral USSR: whatever, we are nuking Vienna anyway.

[@bhangrafan4480]

And NATO had a not very secret plan to defeat it. It was based on Manstein's "elastic defence". This means beating a fighting retreat in front of the Soviets till they are exhausted, their supplies low and their supply lines over extended, then hitting them hard with a concentrated armoured counterattack across their lines of retreat.

[@AllanMogensen]

The Ukrainian way

[@pacivalmuller9333]

@ allan mogensen The Ukrainian Way is to recruit women and loosing extrem many soldiers for … nothing?

[@Saufs0ldat]

@@pacivalmuller9333 Losing fewer soldiers than the Russians while retaking their country from the foreign invaders. Until recently, Russia was considered the second most powerful military by many. Now it wouldn't even make the top 10 for most realistic observers. Enjoy your crippled economy, Ivan.

[@andresr.viguera9791]

@@pacivalmuller9333 for nothing? Fighting for their homes and their rightful homeland is nothing? Thanks for showing you are lying.

[@andresr.viguera9791]

​@@kellyotter "Does Russia threaten existance of Ukraine?" Oh, yeah, because taking territories and claiming they are Russia now, saying that any Ukrainian against the Russian regime should be buried and the constant massacres to Ukrainian civilians is not a threat to Ukraine. Oh, no siree. Get a book and go outside. The only neonazis here by the way are you and your Russian pals, a-hole troll.

[@vigilantsycamore8750]

2:55 Poland: "WHY IS IT ALWAYS US!?"

[@miauteuszkoodziejczyk]

._.

[@kasper2153]

It do be like that doe

[@bezahltersystemtroll5055]

felt so bad for the poles at 03:43 😔

[@prski4206]

When your country is 80% flatlands and you're practically situated in the middle of Europe, just between major and regional powers... you're kinda used to getting fu**ed up. It's thanks to lots of perseverance and luck that we're still alive and speaking polish 😅

[@themasterofbasketball6994]

That’s what I was thinking 😂 when I first learned about the First World War and the Second World War I felt so bad

[@miguellopez-belmonterivero9625]

Ussr: gets to Spain Portugal: imma head out

[@everythingiseconomics9742]

Portugal has fled to Brazil. Rio de Janeiro is now the capital of the Portuguese Empire.

[@EnzoLay_TheUmbraPonyGuardian]

@@everythingiseconomics9742 Portugal take the Rio Coast of Bratil and these then move their capital into the central area near the jungle

[@mrbisshie]

At that point, I can see Spain allying NATO out of fear that the Soviets are going to attack them next. Spain just had a Fascist Dictator and probably feared the Soviets invading Spain next, if this happened.

[@eggman2173]

@@EnzoLay_TheUmbraPonyGuardian bratil

[@exoticzey8062]

Portugal is now an island off the coast of Brazil

[@LorenzoEusebi]

So, you are saying that they being total delusional about their capabilities is not a recent thing?

[@notamastermind341]

Russia still trying to execute this plan😂

[@MortyMortyMorty]

5:18 *Portugal got bored and left the Nato lmao.*

[@frisk7951]

Morty *Portugal has left the server*

[@benvu5399]

Several People are typing

[@costa200]

didn't fit the narrative... Portugal would just be an open door to american reinforcements. The plan described had no logic due to that.

[@doncorleone5677]

costa200 but soviet submarines are waiting to ambush any reinforcements there

[@GroundBack]

They decided to surrender before the Soviets could take them down with their flawless invasion strategy

[@ballssnatcher9764]

Russia: has nukes America: has nukes Switzerland: has popcorn

[@schusterlehrling]

And nuclear fallout... a few month after eating the popcorn they are dead as well.

[@ronk_thecat4002]

Ireland: has guinness and a car bomb

[@morganfreeman4204]

Aiden Gamer Italy: has pizza bomber

[@schusterlehrling]

@@morganfreeman4204 italy would get nuked within the first wave attack from the Warzaw pact. Mostly because of the Nato Air Bases.

[@morganfreeman4204]

Ingo Zachos jeez it’s a joke take it easy

[@GooLagg]

This aged well

[@opmacace523]

It aged like fine milk inside a school locker through out the entire summer

[@mehmed13]

this is the ussr at its peak with warso alliance, not modern russia

[@mrsnrub282]

I'm fairly sure that Germany had US nukes on their territory. As if they wouldn't be sent flying after the Soviets launched theirs at Germany. Good to see that underestimating the West's response and hilariously optimistic war plans have always been part of Russian military doctrine

[@sg27182]

5:16-5:18 The invasion of France scared Portugal so much they left NATO.

[@davidliu2243]

lol i realised that

[@Nibol]

Maybe they just moved their government seat again.

[@Nibol]

Maybe they just moved their government seat again.

[@matiasguerra591]

Maybe they just moved their government seat again.

[@madisonwolfe777]

Maybe they just moved their government seat again.

[@alexross1816]

"Seven Days to the River Rhine" sounds like a great title to a movie.

[@_Saint_Michael_]

Ya I realised that

[@battlinbear8939]

Alex Ross this should be a movie tbh, like red dawn but it’s in Europe.

[@combatx3373]

More like lord of the ring type movie

[@ayaankarim283]

yeah.

[@davidnoble8002]

Actually, if what that man said was correct in theory it might actually take more like eight to fourteen days to reach the Rhine River giving NATO more time to respond to Soviet advances.

[@socranveritas5358]

Should do one about the abandoned Imperial Japanese invasion plans of Australia during WWII. It’s pretty interesting

[@dirtyjack6300]

Hello from the future. I didn't work.

[@rickkcir2]

WW3 : *Breaks out* East Germany: Invade Poland West Germany: Invades France NATO and Warsaw Pact: Wtf are you guys doing? East/West Germany: Sorry, force of habit.

[@pannoniamaps8829]

muscle memory

[@osberswgaming]

Yes

[@kailainathangopathy236]

This comment is gold 😂😂😂😂

[@aviationlover3613]

@@jcg.jcg.7314 Haha Bundeswehr go wooooooooooooooooshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[@yukishi2746]

Haha wintertime go brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[@itaybron]

gamma radiation: am i a joke to you?

[@itsjustmint5211]

itaybron 😂😂👌👌

[@Dino-oh7xh]

You’ll just turn all the soviets troops into hulk so they don’t need guns anyway.

[@juanfranciscovillarroelthu6876]

Warsaw Pact soldiers are expendable, dead soldiers don't need benefits

[@TheWarwolf102]

If they stay out of the worst of it, they should only get cancer later, being good enough to fight

[@Robin-gt2ju]

Yes.

[@ralphgreenjr.2466]

With the 11 ACR , I spent a Christmas on the border at the "Fulda Gap". It would have been a target rich environment. That Warsaw Pact force was large, but same Soviet equipment. Our mission was a delaying action to allow allied forces, ground and air to ramp up to stop and defeat them in detail. We had NO plans to push east and invade Russia. LOVE Germany, my second home!

[@zdravkogeorgiev6388]

YOU ARE SUCH A BIG LIER!🤔🤨🤥NOBODY, NEVER HAVE TO TRUST TO THE GREEDY USA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!😠😠😠

[@fungisrock8955]

Where the A-10 would shine

[@carterskindle7086]

It's funny that people thought Russia could take over the entirety of Europe in 2 weeks when in reality they can't get to the capital of Ukraine in 4 months.

[@studiosx8561]

Ikt

[@kamin526]

ok, the US can beat the biggest country in europe assisted by nato. using 150 thousand soldiers trying not to kill civilians?

[@nikolamma]

War started on 24.02 and Russians were already on 25.02-26.02 in Kiev capital of Ukraine what are you talking about ? They retreated then because of the agreement which Ukraine did follow but NATO said no,do you remember that Phone call between Zelensky and Macron ?

[@JustinY.]

Well it ain't a secret anymore!

[@aryanpoorasad150]

Justin Y. First

[@Proxlynmeow]

4th like

[@DxvinderSingh1699]

Justin Y. Yup

[@seppoleonvervloet132]

'Sup

[@tallulahahrens-siegel9832]

Trash Sonic cartoons And friendship + guy who like anime.

[@mattmills2167]

Soviets: *Nuke literally everywhere* NATO: *Nukes them in response* Soviets: *Surprised Pikachu face*

[@nekocekoBiHMK]

Um, no. Try opposite. In the simulation, NATO nuked Poland first. USSR nuking Italy and West Germany was a response to NATO nuking Poland.

[@swilto_8749]

nekocekoBiH Based on the video, isn't that what the plan was? Nuke European Nato countries but France and Britain since they are nuclear power? You can't expect France and Britain not to fight back with nukes after the Soviets just nuked their fellow Nato allies?

[@PGraveDigger1]

@@swilto_8749 The plan was to only use the 7 days to the Rhine plan after NATO would have nuked Poland.

[@nekocekoBiHMK]

@@swilto_8749 It's not, the video purposefully omits and misrepresents information, as is typical about most videos of this type. From wikipedia: "The scenario for the war was NATO launching a nuclear attack on Polish cities in the Vistula river valley area in a first-strike scenario, as well as Czech cities, which would prevent Soviet bloc commanders from sending reinforcements to East Germany to forestall a possible NATO invasion of that country.[2][4][3] A Soviet nuclear counter-strike would be launched against West Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Denmark.[2][3] "

[@swilto_8749]

nekocekoBiH Oh, in that case, I'm sorry, just basing my knowledge on the video.

[@QZSS]

Rhine river is drawn false, it defines the Swiss-German border in the south and runs through Austria too. The photo at 4:38 shows Heidelberg located at the river Neckar.

[@TheBranissimo]

Not so secret now. Wrong title.

[@Szpagin]

From "Seven days to river Rhine" to "Can't get to Kiev in a month".

[@Chill_syr]

Do you actually compare russia to USSR

[@ChristianIce]

@@Chill_syr Putin does.

[@Chill_syr]

😬😬

[@Chill_syr]

@aa K0stic ok I imagined russian army is in kyiv

[@alphagamer9505]

To be fair the ussr had troops closer to the thine already since they had east Germany so seven days to the Rhine wasn't a stretch of imagination

[@usspaceforcethreatsandrese1915]

Switzerland: *"It's even better in VR!"*

[@preston7032]

FBI - Federal Bureau of Investigations what?

[@fadlya.rahman4113]

KGB - Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti "You don't say..."

[@penelopemurfitt6974]

Ireland: Can I have a try?

[@Cradd5]

The non aligned movement: *sips drink*

[@noahtrullbi]

Switzerland When you talk about ww1 and ww2 switzerland when you talk about any war they were in REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@346UNCLEBOB]

Suddenly the possibility of nuclear war is scarier than loosing my pass word.

[@TheVic18t]

This video has aged like milk.

[@PaperThePenguin]

5:17 Portugal: Bye have a great day

[@antaridae]

Nason Li that’s what i was thinking

[@galaxyred7]

Lmao

[@piggyblitz4404]

It found a new trade route to “India”, don’t worry, they’ll soon find out what Antarctica is

[@planescaped]

It's called a 'Full Scale Diplomatic Peace Out'

[@abdelrahmanmohammed9405]

@@planescaped underrated comment

[@aussieboy4090]

5:18 Portugal has left the chat.

[@joaopinho2361]

Safest Nato country in this scenario

[@evermay1582]

@@joaopinho2361 We would like to invade Portugal for some lemon, and olives

[@chamal75]

@@evermay1582 Good luck with that! We are not militarily strong but we are an incredible and obnoxiuosly pain in the ass! I konw! I deal with portuguese people everyday. I would give two weeks before mighty russian military to leave, VOLUNTARILY!!! 😉

[@olympia5758]

Why is Portugal in NATO anyway? There help doesn't make any difference and they have a shit military.

[@mateistoian726]

Hobbs Charles They have an alliance with the UK

[@robplazzman6049]

I worked in a U.K. army storeroom in Berlin , 1980 to 82. Part of the kit I had to issue was the Nuclear, Chemical, Biological (NBC) suit. A charcoal lined woolen smock and trousers plus rubber boots together with gloves and a mask. Russians probably had the same. Would have kept them safe from fallout for maybe an hour or so longer than standard kit. The unit had about 100 men and a pre conflict stock of around 5 body bags !

[@biggestnibba]

really cool

[@bootlegga69]

You forgot to mention why the USSR thought this strategy would work - in 1979, they had an advantage in tactical nuclear weapons with the SS-20. It wasn't until early 1983 that the advantage swung back to the West with the deployment of the Pershing IRBM and ground launched cruise missiles capabe of nuclear strikes as far as Moscow. The problem with the Soviet plan was that Canada, the UK, and the USA all had significant contingents of troops and aircraft in West Germany. If any of those bases were nuked, it would guarantee a counter strike.

[@twinedgalaxy3085]

Pretty sure the soviets just lied about the numbers so the us wouldn’t attack them because they thought they had had an advantage

[@bootlegga69]

@@twinedgalaxy3085 It wasn't a numbers game, the SS-20 was more advanced and more accurate than the 1960s era tactical nukes the Soviet Union had in theatre, and their capabilities gave the USSR a viable first strike option they hadn't had before in Europe.

[@teacuppss9501]

"Secret plan" *Puts it on KZbin*

[@nochybanieraczej2307]

Yee

[@victoriarose1309]

Omg so secret. Nobody will EVER know!

[@mochizuki-honami]

👏👏👏

[@304gunner]

Omfg now it’s suuuppeeeerrrr secret omfg

[@andymadden8183]

In case you haven't noticed, the USSR hasn't existed since 1991.

[@jackwhite7570]

"And whatever remains of the Poles" Yes, that seems to be the general sentiment throughout history.

[@massimilianomencacci2510]

Jack, for almost three centuries poles destroyed a lot of states.

[@morgomir176]

@@massimilianomencacci2510 Poland became a powerful country between 1500-1700 but it never started any war if you look on the history timeline.

[@massimilianomencacci2510]

@@morgomir176 i know that. But was very very powerful, especially under the jagellons.

[@cromancer3219]

Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

[@paulizzs4720]

Fuck Poland

[@Gamingwithrayan1]

Russia then:To the rhine under 7 days we go! Russia now:Can't even take kyiv

[@dimanich_228]

Так Россия на спецоперацию уделила 5% своей армии, и тем не менее противостоит всему западному блоку. Дурачок =)

[@djx7134]

@@dimanich_228 Ah, that must be why they needed to mobilize old and sick people. Because they had so many trained soldiers, but, for some reason, they decided to waste more money and humiliate themselves on the world stage some more. Got it. Makes sense.

[@Kokos_]

@@djx7134 больных? Ахах, гений. У вас там пропоганда очень хорошо работает, раз больных мобилизуют. Какой смысл в этом? В России очень много здоровых, больных 0 смысл мобилизовать.

[@TheDarkRodent]

Russia can't even conquer the Ukraine

[@lukaslen668]

for me the scariest thing about nuclear war would be in the middle of it without having a protected password

[@xoticwaste5398]

Honey i see the nuke its coming we have to go! WAIT! HAVE YOU SECURED ALL OF YOUR PASSWORDS WITH DASHLANE? n-n-no? WE’RE ALL GUNNA FUCKING DIE NOW OUR PASSWORDS ARE GONE NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[@ott2325]

Estonia is safe bacause russia cant nuke here because estonia is too close to moskva and peterburg

[@Hollywood2021]

That’s why you have to use at least one upper and lower case letter, at least one alpha numeric, punctuation, and it has to be 16 characters. Problem solved.

[@ott2325]

@meemironi Its not that close but all the nuclear poisonus gasses would reach moscow

[@llamaondrugs]

I know i lose sleep over this

[@HTPCYMC]

Their secret plan was to bring Stalin back from the dead as a cyborg.

[@vatsalmehrotra5262]

RIP NATO then

[@natea5225]

How to properly clean your metal computer here before this comment blows up

[@uhtredofbebbanburg5748]

Was? More like Is

[@spira4147]

Good idea . It worked for the germans

[@car_lov3r]

I doubt that, since Stalin's successor denounced him.

[@vitsobotka6268]

aged like milk didnt it

[@mardalsow444]

Aged like milk

[@bello271]

RealLifeLore:" 5:14 ...so the plan was to invade France conventionally and push on across to the border with Spain..." Portugal:*Leaves NATO*

[@xxmemestar69xx82]

bello LMAO

[@Toastmaster_5000]

glad I'm not the only one to notice that

[@MrHatoi]

*_Portugal_*_ has left the game._

[@frisk7951]

bello lmao ye

[@b_f_d_d]

Lmfao

[@t0xictac015]

"The specter of nuclear war is not as terrifying today as it was then, but other threats to your personal well-being remain..." "...losing your password."

[@interferon4800]

Sounds legit.

[@nobblkpraetorian5623]

Well you do have a higher chance of losing your password than getting nuked right?

[@goover78]

**Click** stops video.

[@hazelhamili893]

I was reading it as soon as i saw the comment HUNTER2 IS THE PASSLOL

[@fighterairplane]

Most insane Segway I ever heard.

[@Nefariously_ignorant]

Well that panned out well for the Soviets, where is the Soviet union now?

[@enitivy]

Dumb*ss Gorbachev ruined everything

[@geneotrexler8246]

Well done & informative video 👍

[@IllusiveDude]

This invasion was brought to you by skillshare

[@_Saint_Michael_]

LOL

[@DeezNuts-mz5bx]

Underrated

[@chadibn-based2803]

We need a movie about this *SEVEN* *DAYS* *TO THE* *RIVER* *RHINE*

[@dukekassinger3028]

or a video game

[@dukekassinger3028]

Medal of Honour: 7 Days? EA PLEASE MAKE THIS A THING

[@224chance]

That would be a cool alternate history movie!

[@cartermiller853]

Thay title alone has the power to get me to see it twice.

[@huhhmm4651]

LemmeYeetDatAss if EA made it each day would be a dlc

[@Isa_C729]

The Swiss probably has millions of nuclear bombs and no one knows

[@dan-n.]

Portugal: **leaves NATO when the Eastern forces reached Spain**

[@CoralPolyps]

Did you just segue "Full scale nuclear war" into "losing your password"? That was _smooth!_

[@iznasen]

😆too smooth

[@brianxyz]

Sam needs to upgrade his transition game.

[@soupisstrange2263]

I never knew segue was a word

[@alphix0128]

I was about to comment this lol

[@P4intNoBleChannel]

I also love the fact that the epic music keep running during that, combined with that transition we were climbing levels of epicness, truly hilarious

[@stefanetienney2666]

Meanwhile in Switzerland: *yodeling and eating fondue*

[@tsnovak20]

Tzatziki le Puceau They would be dying slowly under nuclear fallout

[@sienag313]

*walmart yodel boy*

[@TheDeepState2001]

Enjoy the fallout

[@jarzkathedevil8629]

@@Literally-Brian Oh, come on! Finnish people drink coffee, not tea! 🤬 Finnish people drink coffee more than any other countries. 😎☕ Tea is for british people. 🇬🇧

[@Literally-Brian]

jarzka raw ofc. As a swedish-Finn myself i drink ungodly amounts of coffee. I meant ”tea party” as in having fika

[@calorion]

You forget that until the '80s, the US had tactical nukes aimed at the Fulda Gap. They were onboard with the "tac nukes won't escalate" thing too.

[@arkad6329]

“The threat of nuclear war is less today than it was back then” … That aged like milk.

[@frst.4633]

Soviet Union: *enters Germany* Germany: _ah shit, here we go again_

[@jakobvarga1902]

No The Western Powers are better my friend

[@sully555]

@@jakobvarga1902 the western powers can SMD , they couldnt even take down houthis lmfao

[@mitlereeeee9574]

Turns to 1991*

[@British_navy]

Soviets Generals to the infantry: “Is only nuclear wasteland not big deal, March through.”

[@mattiasrichards8953]

So true

[@bobhart677]

in 1979 I was a cavalry scout stationed on the border at the fulda gap. My job was to delay the Soviets by a day or two...

[@mcswordfish]

Looks like you did a good job, well done

[@Shanoyu19271]

Aj R the fuck?

[@generalfeeessh7764]

@@ajr1247 So, the floor at the hospital where you were born was made of concrete wasn't it?

[@simonh6371]

In 1988 I was in an Infantry Batallion in 2 Armoured Div, 1 (BR) Corps, our job was to delay the Sovs at the Minden Gap to the North...our estimated life expectancy in the event of invasion was 20 minutes.

[@fadlya.rahman4113]

Realistically, I don't see how this delaying forces can delay a momentum of 5000 Soviet tanks pouring through the Fulda Gap without resorting to Nuclear weapon.

[@gokhanyuksel3782]

Damn it was so secret how you manage to solve it ...

[@ihorskorobohatko1174]

Made by "Kiev in 3 days""

[@76XJK]

5:18 *Warsaw pact reaches Franco-Spanish border* *Portugal surrenders*

[@LuisManuelLealDias]

ei ei ei ei ei ei

[@tttITA10]

And then, somehow Brazil gets independent again.

[@klake5375]

@@tttITA10 Ah goddamn it, I let it happen again!

[@Tusiriakest]

5:14 "The plan was to invade France conventionally and push on across to the border with Spain" 5:19 Portugal:"What? Fuck that! * Leaves NATO * 5:53 "The reality, if France was invaded (..) they would probably at least use tactical nukes" Portugal:"Oh, back again then"

[@QuantumPhyZ]

We never surrendered. We would use our talk no jutsu to remain neutral, unless, of course they touched our brother, UK because in that case, we would go rampage and somehow bring Brazil with us.

[@tobivon2074]

5:17 Portugal: I see Brazil is nice this time of the year

[@Juan2Soto23]

Spain and portugal : i hear that south-american countries are pretty during this time of the year...

[@Koaleebeer]

you are going to brazil

[@76456]

thas more the president, since Kind of Portugal runned away to Brazil during Napoleon invasions. but at that time Our Dictator would go to Africa.

[@TheOkThx]

This one aged well XD

[@mabotiyn]

1. The Soviet Union collapsed. 2. If you talking about Russia, they have no chance against NATO.

[@someoneorother2758]

I like how in this plan, the UK just sits there like *THIS IS FINE.*

[@MidgeCat]

“War breaks out between NATO and Russia” Britain: It’s time for a British Exit

[@toby.maximillian]

Someone Or other i dont care Britain will Be fine no harm done America will save us and we will save them

[@joeherd1412]

And because of where I live in the uk if a nuclear war started I would be virtually unaffected if one hit London

[@adamw8818]

Sounds about right whilst drinking a cup of tea

[@toby.maximillian]

Joe Herd that’s exactly what I thought because I live in the countryside so I won’t Be affected

[@TheBigRedskull]

*Instructions Unclear* Invaded Alask

[@thatsnodildo1974]

that was china tho since the soviet union collapsed years prior lmao

[@lain_]

*InStRuCtIoNs NuClEaR*

[@tearlach47]

@@lain_ Unclear is just an anagram of nUclear. Coincidence? I think not.

[@moneyoh3]

*A L A S K*

[@TheBigRedskull]

The Debater didn’t even catch it lmao

[@TheElusiveReality]

Its so interesting how each side expects wildly different behavior from what the other side would actually do

[@ragoonsgg589]

"in two weeks" echos in the present

[@user-px7cq8nc2z]

“And whatever remained of the poles” polish war history in one sentence

[@paw1ak_248]

When the Winged Hussares arrived !!

[@MyName-vg8yu]

We did something right cause here I am telling you to go fuck yourself.

[@GoldFoilThonk]

My Name nah, Poland is like a damsel in distress, has to get saved or liberated. Literally how it’s entire short history has gone. Polish interests just haven’t been focused on the military, more centered on developing a culture and their banging good sausage game.

[@paw1ak_248]

@@GoldFoilThonk yes we did everything right we saved all ur asses

[@JarthenGreenmeadow]

"Poland is like a damsel in distress" Surely you mean Vienna. Also you're a fool if you think Poland has a short history. They've been around for almost a thousand years...Poland Lithuania used to be one of the largest/most powerful kingdoms in Europe. Nicolaus Copernicus was Polish and he proved the Heliocentric model mathematically. He was the basis from which Galileo worked... Just saying if all you know of the Polish is the 20th century then shhhh because you dont know anything. I bet all you know of the French is that they surrender...

[@normalmighty]

You know, learning that the USSR thought they could get away with a few "tactical" nukes to kick things off isn't exactly comfortable right now

[@LittleSparklingStars]

*sweats in belgian* it really isn't, isn't it?

[@devinreed5725]

Mmhmm

[@jasonrist6582]

that same mentality persists

[@noahgoldman9725]

This whole video aged like milk…

[@TheSorrowedMan]

But it does explain a lot.

[@monkeeseemonkeedoo3745]

SO optimistic.

[@DudeStone]

Their so weak they can't go 50 miles without pulling back in embarrassment

[@bjorndijkstra0532]

Denmark: I got nuked 2 times Netherlands: I got nuked 4 times Germany: I got nuked 8 times Switzerland: you guys got nuked?

[@muammargadaffi9644]

LIBYA: I GOT NUKED 0 TIMES

[@duxmartini]

Poland : I've been nuked like 10 times

[@davidandrews4454]

Japan: i actually got nuked, twice

[@CompactStar]

India: I got nuked 16 times Russia: I got nuked 32 times United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: I got nuked 64 times *Antarctica: You guys & Switzerland got nuked?*

[@duckduckinator3185]

Greenland:I dont care about anything

[@GS02]

5:18 Portugal has left NATO

[@johnnycoolguy5565]

That’s actually kinda funny

[@Varezjupp]

Iceland few second later left NATO as well xD

[@Nooriman-mg7yw]

Lol i think about that to ..

[@danaiversen5700]

Portugal & Iceland are still members of NATO

[@OMP25]

Portugal never left NATO and never will!!! What you are TALKING ABOUT??? Each year NATO make training exercises here in my country.

[@eklhaft4531]

Playing War Thunder I never realized how interesting Fulda was (it is one of the maps in the tank game).

[@peterj5083]

Wanted to add the title of the book and name of author who wrote "A Secret Life" which is about the Ryszard Kuklinski story. The author's name is Benjamin Weiser. The movie "Jack Strong" is based on this book.

[@wanali4504]

*What the USSR thought would happen* France: hey look USSR is nuking our neighbors UK: what should we do? France: nothing!

[@eurovision50]

Well given the invasion of Poland, that was a reasonable assumption.

[@momentogamer-fp7pd]

Why do I honestly think this could actually happen

[@habsburgsaxecoburggotha]

Which is probably what they would’ve done as the USSR had 10 times their nuclear arsenal combined

[@AnimationFanboy2k4]

Oversimplified

[@jake3736]

@@habsburgsaxecoburggotha at some point the amount of nuclear weapons doesn't matter. Nobody needs or is going to use thousands of nukes without destroying their own country in the process

[@Hmmmmgh]

>video about 3rd worldwar >majority of video about germany Here we go, a third time

[@sgbench]

Germany is in the middle of Europe. It always has been and always will be a strategic region during major continental wars.

[@JustACrewChief]

And the Germans were the main focus in the cold war

[@lorenzomonti1190]

Don’t you mean “ Third Reich”?

[@hang_kentang6709]

@@JustACrewChief Korea, Vietnam and Afghanistan disagree and the latter is still reeling from the aftermath of the coldwar.

[@JustACrewChief]

@@hang_kentang6709 ye but where any of those countries occupied for over 40 years and all shrunk in size after 2 world wars

[@gicheruster]

Exciting production

[@ericwilson178]

I grew up in Oak Ridge, TN (Manhattan Project) and wound up on the Iron Curtain with the US 2nd Cavalry covering Hof Gap 78-80, which was not mentioned in this video. The Soviets in the Fulda Gap depended on the Hof Gap invasion to create a pincer movement on the cavalry units. Our expect lifetime as a functioning unit after the Soveits crossed the frontier was about one hour. We trained for "escape and evasion".

[@kuolleidenvartia]

Everybody gansta till the nukes are launched

[@RonanWan4032]

hopefully Australia is not on Russia's radar. we are a neutral country in some respect but when Malcolm Turnbull was still in office, he declared that we will fight with the U.S and the North Atlantic Alliance

[@takeadayofff]

After nukes, everybody a cannibal corpse.

[@shadowlord1418]

@@RonanWan4032 we in nz are not in nato but if you go to war so will we

[@RonanWan4032]

@@shadowlord1418 Yeah, the commonwealth will all fight together if the situation becomes a reality

[@sssssnake222]

@@RonanWan4032 nobody will escape nuclear winter.

[@tz4217]

They could defeat NATO with .....Skill share

[@marvelfan4767]

Haha i see what you did there

[@hailstorm412]

T Z oh *god*

[@chufeng6223]

If they werent pacifistic people they could have.

[@x-90]

NATO could defeat them with Brilliant

[@polarcape]

NATO is the biggest Military alliance in the world lead by the strongest nation in the world with the largest military... NATO would not lose easily TZ... China is the only nation that spends on their military like the US... not even Russia spends like them nations.

[@Tedger]

Warzaw pact never had good enough logistics for that plan.

[@TheUnbreakableCore]

Yeah... yeah, that worked out rly well

[@josuepalomares6820]

I like how there are English and Russian subtitles

[@oshoarora6337]

Best part is that the russian subtitales are auto generated

[@thecrap17yearsago35]

i love youtube

[@dragonideddrag9030]

OH fudge.

[@rohitjain2411]

KZbin be like "Let's escalate this"

[@ThomasTheDankEngine_]

5:04 They wanted to invade France through Belgium. Where have I see this before? 🤔

[@jakefarrugia4604]

Thomas 1VL 😂😂

[@7macfly2]

France would have austerlizt Russia ;)

[@jakefarrugia4604]

Nah they would Moscow campaign out of it.

[@blimpgaming8534]

@Nickdas es faulse

[@blimpgaming8534]

@Nick schlieffen plan

[@popowere]

When I see that, it’s when I understand Soviet was not different from nazi

[@JohnAsmith-rw6uo]

Who is going to do it for them? Because they sure can't.

[@f.b.i4598]

USSR's Master Plan: *_RUSH 🅱️_*

[@KnamagonLP]

Berlin? Brussels? Bordaux?

[@Mr.Kalashnikov47]

BPentagon. Bwashington. BTel Avive. Barea51.

[@obscureoccultist9158]

@@KnamagonLP USSR: yes

[@simondesanta5774]

F.B.I cyka blyat

[@matthikin]

I'm sorry did you just italicise an emoji

[@iamdarthvader998]

Moral of this story: Go to Switzerland.

[@polpot6]

Or Spain

[@iamdarthvader998]

@@polpot6 Yeah I forgot to mention Spain.

[@gavinr9356]

Sentient Salamander Spain is in nato they would get nuked

[@phoneman7927]

Welp always wanted to visit it anyway

[@su_morenito_1948]

Sentient Salamander Switzerland is better anyways lol

[@Sscc.]

This aged well…..

[@RorysAdventures2023]

Title: The Secret Soviet plan to Crush NATO NATO: WHAT!?

[@sreckocuvalo8110]

USSR officer propose a secret plan: ''Let's do EXACTLY what NATO expect us to do!'' *PROMOTED TO SUPREME COMMANDER*

[@theunknown9076]

LOL

[@pawe6473]

You can actually watch Jack Strong movie about polish officer Robert Kukliński who gived those war plans to NATO in worry of Poland annihilation. After this, US shorten mobilization of it's troopa to two weeks.

[@58HeroZero]

@@pawe6473 Ryszard Kukliński, Richard Kuklinski was a American hitman for the mob.

[@austindavies2858]

Lord Haige ww1 lets charge them for the 16th time they will never expexct us to do it again!

[@AkosiJeThro]

Red Alert 2

[@tychosworld5201]

“And whatever remained of the pols” Haven’t Poland been through enough?

[@Treeboy327]

No, they’re the land of Po, the Teletubby, po-land, which is why they’re getting invaded (they knew the show was getting made before the tv show aired)

[@mandmand3132]

@@Treeboy327 ok i do now this was a joke ,but still the poles saved europe plenty of time and they should get credit for it

[@Treeboy327]

@@mandmand3132 I didn't know that thank you

[@timur2756]

The national republics of the Russian Federation want to become free independent states. But non-Russian peoples are forbidden to talk about this.

[@uros3701]

It had but unfortunately strategists from USA and USSR don't care about that.They would nuke anyone if they saw need to do it.But I love Poland because they are our Slavic bros and have similar culture and because they have been through same shit as we Serbs have.I am glad this never happened!Greetings from Serbia to Poles and to all the other peoples who survived cold war.

[@_RedWizard]

I love the transition to the ad at the end

[@vossejongk]

That plan aged well

[@miguellopez-belmonterivero9625]

The first NATO nukes will fall ni Poland... poor poland she is always getting the worst part

[@emz2969]

I'm pretty sure that's not still a plan.

[@danielbob2628]

You have no idea how accurate that is

[@abcdefghijkl4913]

Those retards deserve it

[@hazardperceptiontest]

Did you just fucking give a piece of land a gender .-.

[@Sentekuu]

Well we won against the commies in 1920 (Polish-Bolshevic war) and 1989 (Solidarność movement) Also theres a movie about a Polish spy Ryszard Kukliński that spied on the soviets to safe Poland from a nuclear devastation as he knew the Soviets pretty well.

[@sriyammohanty3442]

"The spectre of Nuclear War may not be as Terryfying today as it used to be..." Russia: And i took that personally

[@sporgiii]

for real

[@yojimboroll9522]

We will crush Russia like bug

[@purpel6034]

Its becoming a reality

[@captainwahhh3952]

@@yojimboroll9522 a bug that poisons you as it's dying :|

[@yojimboroll9522]

@@captainwahhh3952 endure the sting, then grab that shit with some tweezers, pull it's stinger out, and admonish it before it's peers as it lies dying

[@Welovedaxies]

That panned out well

[@jevers7560]

Always doubtfull how these plans are explaned not in or by a Russian...

[@abdlhmdx]

Russia *had* a plan to invade NATO Pewdiepie *still has* the plan to invade Norway

[@andresmartinezramos7513]

They have no defenses

[@paranoidise6458]

It is simple

[@Babyuwuwugirluwuwu]

They have all the *O I L*

[@deadpirateroberts9937]

*We'll invade Norway at DAWN! LONG LIVE THE BROS!*

[@MiraSubieGirl]

@@andresmartinezramos7513 We could do it...

[@somebodysomeone6834]

5:18 Soviets: Are invading France. Portugal: ight imma head out.

[@cr4zypeopl3]

Brazil: A- Portugal: YES!!

[@1988ARL]

caralho

[@chrisie]

Hmm looks like it isn't secret anymore ;)

[@JEDGAMES090]

*Nato Members watching this taking notes*