Operation Unthinkable

Operation Unthinkable (Operation Unthinkable ) was the name of a commissioned in May 1945 by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill war plan, which had the military subjugation of the former Soviet Union by Great Britain and the U.S. to the destination. The plan has been classified by the British Chiefs of Staff Committee as militarily unfeasible and therefore left ultimately fall.

The elaborate plan was Churchill on 22 May 1945 two weeks after the German capitulation by the Chief of Staff, Lt.. Gene. Sir Hastings Lionel Ismay passed and on June 8, 1945 and July 11, 1945 supplemented. The date for the attack on the Soviet Union July 1, 1945 has been set. The plan was the use of British and U.S. troops. Owing to the high numerical superiority of the Red Army is also planned rearmament of approximately 100,000 soldiers of the defeated German army.

The wine classified as top secret plan was made ​​public in 1998.