“Unthinkable” was the name of the secret British plan of May 1945: to begin a war against the USSR immediately, using British, American, and German forces. In his book, the well-known Russian politician and analyst Vyacheslav Nikonov examines the key events of that time: how the alliance of the victors fell apart and who stood at the origins of the Cold War.
“Unthinkable” was the name given to a plan developed in Britain in May 1945 for an instant war with the Soviet Union using British, American, and German forces. The plan was never carried out, but soon something seemingly incredible happened: in just a few months, the partnership of the Second World War gave way to the Cold War, which Winston Churchill in effect proclaimed in his Fulton speech in March 1946. Why did this happen? The answer is in the book by the well-known Russian politician, analyst, and television host V. A. Nikonov. You will learn what was happening then in the Kremlin offices, in the capitals of the leading powers, in the West and the East — and in the minds of their leaders. How the UN was created, how the atomic age began, how Japan capitulated. And where the current hostility of Western elites toward us comes from.