The Secret Soviet Plan to Crush NATO in 7 Days

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  • @alpha1789
    @alpha1789 Před 5 lety +2842

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

  • @OsmoZchannel
    @OsmoZchannel Před 5 lety +17434

    Switzerland: *eating popcorn since 1815*

  • @billocoy9811
    @billocoy9811 Před rokem +13

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

  • @bhangrafan4480
    @bhangrafan4480 Před 2 lety +142

    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
      @AllanMogensen Před 2 lety +12

      The Ukrainian way

    • @pacivalmuller9333
      @pacivalmuller9333 Před rokem +8

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

    • @Saufs0ldat
      @Saufs0ldat Před rokem +52

      @@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
      @andresr.viguera9791 Před rokem +8

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

    • @andresr.viguera9791
      @andresr.viguera9791 Před rokem

      ​@@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
    @vigilantsycamore8750 Před 4 lety +1775

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

    • @miauteuszkoodziejczyk
      @miauteuszkoodziejczyk Před 4 lety +48

      ._.

    • @kasper2153
      @kasper2153 Před 4 lety +40

      It do be like that doe

    • @bezahltersystemtroll5055
      @bezahltersystemtroll5055 Před 4 lety +35

      felt so bad for the poles at 03:43 😔

    • @prski4206
      @prski4206 Před 4 lety +76

      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
      @themasterofbasketball6994 Před 4 lety +3

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

  • @MortyMortyMorty
    @MortyMortyMorty Před 5 lety +644

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

    • @frisk7951
      @frisk7951 Před 5 lety +81

      Morty *Portugal has left the server*

    • @benvu5399
      @benvu5399 Před 5 lety +19

      Several People are typing

    • @costa200
      @costa200 Před 5 lety +1

      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
      @doncorleone5677 Před 5 lety

      costa200 but soviet submarines are waiting to ambush any reinforcements there

    • @GroundBack
      @GroundBack Před 4 lety

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

  • @mrsnrub282
    @mrsnrub282 Před 2 lety +30

    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

  • @GooLagg
    @GooLagg Před rokem +66

    This aged well

    • @opmacace523
      @opmacace523 Před rokem +8

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

    • @mehmed13
      @mehmed13 Před měsícem +2

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

  • @alexross1816
    @alexross1816 Před 4 lety +10072

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

    • @_Saint_Michael_
      @_Saint_Michael_ Před 4 lety +142

      Ya I realised that

    • @battlinbear8939
      @battlinbear8939 Před 4 lety +361

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

    • @combatx3373
      @combatx3373 Před 4 lety +41

      More like lord of the ring type movie

    • @ayaankarim283
      @ayaankarim283 Před 4 lety +7

      yeah.

    • @davidnoble8002
      @davidnoble8002 Před 4 lety +53

      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.

  • @miguellopez-belmonterivero9625

    Ussr: gets to Spain
    Portugal: imma head out

    • @everythingiseconomics9742
      @everythingiseconomics9742 Před 4 lety +55

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

    • @EnzoLay_TheUmbraPonyGuardian
      @EnzoLay_TheUmbraPonyGuardian Před 4 lety +4

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

    • @mrbisshie
      @mrbisshie Před 4 lety +10

      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
      @eggman2173 Před 4 lety

      @@EnzoLay_TheUmbraPonyGuardian bratil

    • @exoticzey8062
      @exoticzey8062 Před 4 lety

      Portugal is now an island off the coast of Brazil

  • @socranveritas5358
    @socranveritas5358 Před 2 lety +16

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

  • @ralphgreenjr.2466
    @ralphgreenjr.2466 Před 2 lety +53

    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
      @zdravkogeorgiev6388 Před 2 lety

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

    • @fungisrock8955
      @fungisrock8955 Před rokem

      Where the A-10 would shine

  • @sg27182
    @sg27182 Před 4 lety +3070

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

    • @davidliu2243
      @davidliu2243 Před 4 lety +148

      lol i realised that

    • @Nibol
      @Nibol Před 4 lety +148

      Maybe they just moved their government seat again.

    • @Nibol
      @Nibol Před 4 lety +85

      Maybe they just moved their government seat again.

    • @matiasguerra591
      @matiasguerra591 Před 4 lety +80

      Maybe they just moved their government seat again.

    • @madisonwolfe777
      @madisonwolfe777 Před 4 lety +80

      Maybe they just moved their government seat again.

  • @ballssnatcher9764
    @ballssnatcher9764 Před 5 lety +12928

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

    • @schusterlehrling
      @schusterlehrling Před 4 lety +411

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

    • @ronk_thecat4002
      @ronk_thecat4002 Před 4 lety +188

      Ireland: has guinness and a car bomb

    • @morganfreeman4204
      @morganfreeman4204 Před 4 lety +106

      Aiden Gamer Italy: has pizza bomber

    • @schusterlehrling
      @schusterlehrling Před 4 lety +47

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

    • @morganfreeman4204
      @morganfreeman4204 Před 4 lety +23

      Ingo Zachos jeez it’s a joke take it easy

  • @LorenzoEusebi
    @LorenzoEusebi Před rokem +10

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

  • @notamastermind341
    @notamastermind341 Před rokem +9

    Russia still trying to execute this plan😂

  • @itaybron
    @itaybron Před 5 lety +423

    gamma radiation: am i a joke to you?

    • @itsjustmint5211
      @itsjustmint5211 Před 5 lety +2

      itaybron 😂😂👌👌

    • @Dino-oh7xh
      @Dino-oh7xh Před 5 lety +5

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

    • @juanfranciscovillarroelthu6876
      @juanfranciscovillarroelthu6876 Před 5 lety +5

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

    • @TheWarwolf102
      @TheWarwolf102 Před 5 lety +5

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

    • @Robin-gt2ju
      @Robin-gt2ju Před 4 lety

      Yes.

  • @PaperThePenguin
    @PaperThePenguin Před 5 lety +787

    5:17
    Portugal: Bye have a great day

    • @antaridae
      @antaridae Před 4 lety +11

      Nason Li that’s what i was thinking

    • @galaxyred7
      @galaxyred7 Před 4 lety +5

      Lmao

    • @piggyblitz4404
      @piggyblitz4404 Před 4 lety +16

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

    • @planescaped
      @planescaped Před 4 lety +10

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

    • @abdelrahmanmohammed9405
      @abdelrahmanmohammed9405 Před 4 lety +2

      @@planescaped underrated comment

  • @dirtyjack6300
    @dirtyjack6300 Před rokem +8

    Hello from the future.
    I didn't work.

  • @bootlegga69
    @bootlegga69 Před 2 lety +17

    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
      @twinedgalaxy3085 Před rokem

      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
      @bootlegga69 Před rokem +1

      @@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.

  • @lukaslen668
    @lukaslen668 Před 5 lety +3019

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

    • @xoticwaste5398
      @xoticwaste5398 Před 5 lety +133

      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
      @ott2325 Před 5 lety +22

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

    • @Hollywood2021
      @Hollywood2021 Před 5 lety +8

      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
      @ott2325 Před 5 lety +3

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

    • @llamaondrugs
      @llamaondrugs Před 5 lety +1

      I know i lose sleep over this

  • @bello271
    @bello271 Před 5 lety +559

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

  • @QZSS
    @QZSS Před rokem +6

    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.

  • @346UNCLEBOB
    @346UNCLEBOB Před 2 lety +8

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

  • @jackwhite7570
    @jackwhite7570 Před 5 lety +1324

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

    • @massimilianomencacci2510
      @massimilianomencacci2510 Před 5 lety +16

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

    • @morgomir176
      @morgomir176 Před 5 lety +72

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

    • @massimilianomencacci2510
      @massimilianomencacci2510 Před 5 lety +9

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

    • @cromancer3219
      @cromancer3219 Před 5 lety +23

      Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

    • @paulizzs4720
      @paulizzs4720 Před 5 lety +21

      Fuck Poland

  • @t0xictac015
    @t0xictac015 Před 5 lety +809

    "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."

  • @robplazzman6049
    @robplazzman6049 Před 2 lety +8

    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 !

  • @TheBranissimo
    @TheBranissimo Před 2 lety +4

    Not so secret now. Wrong title.

  • @usspaceforcethreatsandrese1915

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

    • @preston7032
      @preston7032 Před 3 lety +18

      FBI - Federal Bureau of Investigations what?

    • @fadlya.rahman4113
      @fadlya.rahman4113 Před 3 lety +10

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

    • @penelopemurfitt6974
      @penelopemurfitt6974 Před 3 lety +11

      Ireland: Can I have a try?

    • @Cradd5
      @Cradd5 Před 3 lety +4

      The non aligned movement: *sips drink*

    • @noahtrullbi
      @noahtrullbi Před 3 lety +1

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

  • @teacuppss9501
    @teacuppss9501 Před 5 lety +639

    "Secret plan"
    *Puts it on CZcams*

  • @TheVic18t
    @TheVic18t Před rokem +5

    This video has aged like milk.

  • @dan-n.
    @dan-n. Před rokem +1

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

  • @bjorndijkstra0532
    @bjorndijkstra0532 Před 5 lety +3884

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

    • @muammargadaffi9644
      @muammargadaffi9644 Před 5 lety +78

      LIBYA: I GOT NUKED 0 TIMES

    • @duxmartini
      @duxmartini Před 5 lety +165

      Poland : I've been nuked like 10 times

    • @davidandrews4454
      @davidandrews4454 Před 5 lety +133

      Japan: i actually got nuked, twice

    • @CompactStar
      @CompactStar Před 5 lety +57

      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
      @duckduckinator3185 Před 5 lety +26

      Greenland:I dont care about anything

  • @IllusiveDude
    @IllusiveDude Před 5 lety +240

    This invasion was brought to you by skillshare

  • @Gamingwithrayan1
    @Gamingwithrayan1 Před rokem +4

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

    • @dimanich_228
      @dimanich_228 Před rokem

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

    • @djx7134
      @djx7134 Před rokem +2

      @@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_
      @Kokos_ Před rokem

      @@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.

  • @carterskindle7086
    @carterskindle7086 Před rokem +6

    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
      @studiosx8561 Před rokem

      Ikt

    • @kamin526
      @kamin526 Před rokem

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

    • @nikolamma
      @nikolamma Před 20 dny

      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 ?

  • @HTPCYMC
    @HTPCYMC Před 5 lety +4268

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

  • @chadibn-based2803
    @chadibn-based2803 Před 5 lety +2187

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

    • @dukekassinger3028
      @dukekassinger3028 Před 5 lety +140

      or a video game

    • @dukekassinger3028
      @dukekassinger3028 Před 5 lety +68

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

    • @224chance
      @224chance Před 5 lety +91

      That would be a cool alternate history movie!

    • @cartermiller853
      @cartermiller853 Před 5 lety +118

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

    • @huhhmm4651
      @huhhmm4651 Před 5 lety +63

      LemmeYeetDatAss if EA made it each day would be a dlc

  • @calorion
    @calorion Před rokem +2

    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.

  • @TheElusiveReality
    @TheElusiveReality Před 2 lety +9

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

  • @bobhart677
    @bobhart677 Před 4 lety +2341

    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
      @mcswordfish Před 3 lety +509

      Looks like you did a good job, well done

    • @Shanoyu19271
      @Shanoyu19271 Před 3 lety +254

      Aj R the fuck?

    • @generalfeeessh7764
      @generalfeeessh7764 Před 3 lety +209

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

    • @simonh6371
      @simonh6371 Před 3 lety +253

      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
      @fadlya.rahman4113 Před 3 lety +79

      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.

  • @CoralPolyps
    @CoralPolyps Před 5 lety +1754

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

    • @iznasen
      @iznasen Před 5 lety +38

      😆too smooth

    • @brianxyz
      @brianxyz Před 5 lety +18

      Sam needs to upgrade his transition game.

    • @soupisstrange2263
      @soupisstrange2263 Před 5 lety +7

      I never knew segue was a word

    • @alphix0128
      @alphix0128 Před 5 lety

      I was about to comment this lol

    • @P4intNoBleChannel
      @P4intNoBleChannel Před 5 lety +6

      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

  • @TheDarkRodent
    @TheDarkRodent Před rokem +7

    Russia can't even conquer the Ukraine

  • @arkad6329
    @arkad6329 Před rokem +2

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

  • @aussieboy4090
    @aussieboy4090 Před 5 lety +572

    5:18
    Portugal has left the chat.

    • @joaopinho2361
      @joaopinho2361 Před 5 lety +10

      Safest Nato country in this scenario

    • @evermay1582
      @evermay1582 Před 5 lety +4

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

    • @chamal75
      @chamal75 Před 5 lety +1

      @@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
      @olympia5758 Před 5 lety +2

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

    • @mateistoian726
      @mateistoian726 Před 5 lety +4

      Hobbs Charles They have an alliance with the UK

  • @normalmighty
    @normalmighty Před 2 lety +2752

    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

  • @Isa_C729
    @Isa_C729 Před rokem +2

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

  • @mabotiyn
    @mabotiyn Před rokem +2

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

  • @JustinY.
    @JustinY. Před 5 lety +2852

    Well it ain't a secret anymore!

  • @wanali4504
    @wanali4504 Před 3 lety +2838

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

    • @eurovision50
      @eurovision50 Před 3 lety +301

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

    • @momentogamer-fp7pd
      @momentogamer-fp7pd Před 2 lety +90

      Why do I honestly think this could actually happen

    • @habsburgsaxecoburggotha
      @habsburgsaxecoburggotha Před 2 lety +47

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

    • @AnimationFanboy2k4
      @AnimationFanboy2k4 Před 2 lety +16

      Oversimplified

    • @jake3736
      @jake3736 Před 2 lety +62

      @@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

  • @DudeStone
    @DudeStone Před 2 lety +2

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

  • @ericwilson178
    @ericwilson178 Před 2 měsíci

    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".

  • @frst.4633
    @frst.4633 Před 3 lety +2381

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

    • @jakobvarga1902
      @jakobvarga1902 Před 3 lety +33

      No
      The Western Powers are better my friend

    • @sully555
      @sully555 Před 3 lety +13

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

    • @mitlereeeee9574
      @mitlereeeee9574 Před 3 lety +9

      Turns to 1991*

    • @British_navy
      @British_navy Před 3 lety +21

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

    • @mattiasrichards8953
      @mattiasrichards8953 Před 3 lety

      So true

  • @rickkcir2
    @rickkcir2 Před 3 lety +5476

    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.

  • @gokhanyuksel3782
    @gokhanyuksel3782 Před rokem +5

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

  • @peterj5083
    @peterj5083 Před 2 lety

    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.

  • @stefanetienney2666
    @stefanetienney2666 Před 5 lety +585

    Meanwhile in Switzerland: *yodeling and eating fondue*

    • @tsnovak20
      @tsnovak20 Před 5 lety +6

      Tzatziki le Puceau They would be dying slowly under nuclear fallout

    • @sienag313
      @sienag313 Před 4 lety

      *walmart yodel boy*

    • @TheDeepState2001
      @TheDeepState2001 Před 4 lety

      Enjoy the fallout

    • @jarzkathedevil8629
      @jarzkathedevil8629 Před 4 lety

      @@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
      @Literally-Brian Před 4 lety +2

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

  • @someoneorother2758
    @someoneorother2758 Před 5 lety +2258

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

    • @MidgeCat
      @MidgeCat Před 5 lety +312

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

    • @toby.maximillian
      @toby.maximillian Před 5 lety +15

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

    • @joeherd1412
      @joeherd1412 Před 5 lety +7

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

    • @adamw8818
      @adamw8818 Před 5 lety +26

      Sounds about right whilst drinking a cup of tea

    • @toby.maximillian
      @toby.maximillian Před 5 lety +1

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

  • @eklhaft4531
    @eklhaft4531 Před 2 lety +2

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

  • @JDMB001
    @JDMB001 Před rokem +1

    7 Days to the Rhine would've been a complete disaster back then. The USSR can't even do 7 days to Kyiv today....

  • @76XJK
    @76XJK Před 5 lety +344

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

    • @LuisManuelLealDias
      @LuisManuelLealDias Před 5 lety +2

      ei ei ei ei ei ei

    • @tttITA10
      @tttITA10 Před 5 lety +33

      And then, somehow Brazil gets independent again.

    • @klake5375
      @klake5375 Před 5 lety +1

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

    • @Tusiriakest
      @Tusiriakest Před 5 lety +38

      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
      @QuantumPhyZ Před 5 lety +5

      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.

  • @tz4217
    @tz4217 Před 5 lety +869

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

    • @marvelfan4767
      @marvelfan4767 Před 5 lety +7

      Haha i see what you did there

    • @hailstorm412
      @hailstorm412 Před 5 lety +4

      T Z oh *god*

    • @chufeng6223
      @chufeng6223 Před 5 lety +2

      If they werent pacifistic people they could have.

    • @x-90
      @x-90 Před 5 lety +7

      NATO could defeat them with Brilliant

    • @polarcape
      @polarcape Před 5 lety +1

      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.

  • @geneotrexler8246
    @geneotrexler8246 Před 2 lety

    Well done & informative video 👍

  • @ace74909
    @ace74909 Před 11 měsíci

    "Large flat and open plain"
    Me: looks up photos and sees millions of hills and trees

  • @tobivon2074
    @tobivon2074 Před 3 lety +371

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

    • @Juan2Soto23
      @Juan2Soto23 Před 3 lety +34

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

    • @Koaleebeer
      @Koaleebeer Před 2 lety +20

      you are going to brazil

    • @76456
      @76456 Před 2 lety +1

      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.

  • @GS02
    @GS02 Před 5 lety +658

    5:18 Portugal has left NATO

    • @johnnycoolguy5565
      @johnnycoolguy5565 Před 5 lety +40

      That’s actually kinda funny

    • @Varezjupp
      @Varezjupp Před 5 lety +22

      Iceland few second later left NATO as well xD

    • @Nooriman-mg7yw
      @Nooriman-mg7yw Před 5 lety

      Lol i think about that to ..

    • @danaiversen5700
      @danaiversen5700 Před 5 lety +4

      Portugal & Iceland are still members of NATO

    • @OMP25
      @OMP25 Před 5 lety +7

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

  • @ItsAA_Plays
    @ItsAA_Plays Před 2 lety +1

    Soviets invading nato
    Switzerland: *dies of bordem*

  • @ragoonsgg589
    @ragoonsgg589 Před 2 lety +1

    "in two weeks" echos in the present

  • @mattmills2167
    @mattmills2167 Před 5 lety +2685

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

    • @nekocekoBiHMK
      @nekocekoBiHMK Před 5 lety +78

      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
      @swilto_8749 Před 5 lety +119

      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
      @PGraveDigger1 Před 5 lety +22

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

    • @nekocekoBiHMK
      @nekocekoBiHMK Před 5 lety +18

      @@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
      @swilto_8749 Před 5 lety +1

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

  • @user-px7cq8nc2z
    @user-px7cq8nc2z Před 5 lety +1088

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

    • @paw1ak_248
      @paw1ak_248 Před 5 lety +24

      When the Winged Hussares arrived !!

    • @MyName-vg8yu
      @MyName-vg8yu Před 5 lety +13

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

    • @GoldFoilThonk
      @GoldFoilThonk Před 5 lety +15

      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
      @paw1ak_248 Před 5 lety +5

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

    • @JarthenGreenmeadow
      @JarthenGreenmeadow Před 5 lety +36

      "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...

  • @christiansteifen2556
    @christiansteifen2556 Před rokem +7

    Fun Fact: Today they cant even rush to Kiew without loosing 100k soldiers.

    • @guywithahoodie1409
      @guywithahoodie1409 Před rokem +2

      Fun fact: They have terrible equipment and cardboard armour, and they think they can take america

    • @user-tn7gt9fi3x
      @user-tn7gt9fi3x Před rokem

      @@guywithahoodie1409 nobody thinks so. Its impossible

    • @BluRayMafia
      @BluRayMafia Před rokem +1

      Source: Ukrainian news (not fakes)

    • @christiansteifen2556
      @christiansteifen2556 Před rokem

      @@BluRayMafia after russia Media says that we in Berlin are too poor to by christmas trees and cut down trees in the Parks for firewood…i believe More in ukrainian News :)

    • @BluRayMafia
      @BluRayMafia Před rokem

      @@christiansteifen2556 I didn't say anything about the Russian media, I will say that they are very often disgraced by such reports. I'm just saying that the Ukrainian media throw in fakes about Russia every day. How they shoot down Russian missiles, for example, showing fragments of an air defense projectile. You can also recall the terrorist attack in Kramatorsk, when a rocket flew into people waiting for a humanitarian corridor, the Ukrainians immediately accused the Russians, although later it turned out that the rocket was Ukrainian and was listed in her service. It is very convenient that everyone immediately forgot about this terrorist attack. The same is true about the arrival in Poland, 2 people died, but as soon as it turned out that the rocket was Ukrainian, everyone instantly forgot about this situation.

  • @BigBallSakks20
    @BigBallSakks20 Před rokem +1

    Everyone got a plan till they realize natos been planning for this war since 1949😂

  • @Szpagin
    @Szpagin Před 2 lety +2928

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

    • @Chill_syr
      @Chill_syr Před 2 lety +196

      Do you actually compare russia to USSR

    • @ChristianIce
      @ChristianIce Před 2 lety +648

      @@Chill_syr
      Putin does.

    • @Chill_syr
      @Chill_syr Před 2 lety +18

      😬😬

    • @Chill_syr
      @Chill_syr Před 2 lety +15

      @aa K0stic ok I imagined russian army is in kyiv

    • @alphagamer9505
      @alphagamer9505 Před 2 lety +67

      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

  • @kuolleidenvartia
    @kuolleidenvartia Před 5 lety +1178

    Everybody gansta till the nukes are launched

    • @RonanWan4032
      @RonanWan4032 Před 5 lety +8

      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
      @takeadayofff Před 5 lety +11

      After nukes, everybody a cannibal corpse.

    • @shadowlord1418
      @shadowlord1418 Před 5 lety +5

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

    • @RonanWan4032
      @RonanWan4032 Před 5 lety +2

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

    • @sssssnake222
      @sssssnake222 Před 5 lety +2

      @@RonanWan4032 nobody will escape nuclear winter.

  • @wootwootintheboott9201
    @wootwootintheboott9201 Před 2 lety +2

    Well, I think it is safe to say they couldn't take an empty football field in a week after following Ukraine.

  • @Nefariously_ignorant
    @Nefariously_ignorant Před rokem +3

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

    • @enitivy
      @enitivy Před 2 měsíci +1

      Dumb*ss Gorbachev ruined everything

  • @Hmmmmgh
    @Hmmmmgh Před 5 lety +447

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

    • @sgbench
      @sgbench Před 5 lety +69

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

    • @JustACrewChief
      @JustACrewChief Před 5 lety +7

      And the Germans were the main focus in the cold war

    • @lorenzomonti1190
      @lorenzomonti1190 Před 5 lety +2

      Don’t you mean “ Third Reich”?

    • @hang_kentang6709
      @hang_kentang6709 Před 5 lety

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

    • @JustACrewChief
      @JustACrewChief Před 5 lety

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

  • @sreckocuvalo8110
    @sreckocuvalo8110 Před 5 lety +696

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

    • @theunknown9076
      @theunknown9076 Před 5 lety +3

      LOL

    • @pawe6473
      @pawe6473 Před 5 lety +6

      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
      @58HeroZero Před 5 lety +2

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

    • @austindavies2858
      @austindavies2858 Před 5 lety +10

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

    • @AkosiJeThro
      @AkosiJeThro Před 5 lety +1

      Red Alert 2

  • @Tedger
    @Tedger Před 11 měsíci +1

    Warzaw pact never had good enough logistics for that plan.

  • @chansesyres4117
    @chansesyres4117 Před rokem +8

    Oh yeah, and Russia was going to take all of Ukraine in 3 days. 🤣
    Russia is much weaker than they act.

  • @tychosworld5201
    @tychosworld5201 Před 4 lety +466

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

    • @Treeboy327
      @Treeboy327 Před 3 lety +17

      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
      @mandmand3132 Před 3 lety +8

      @@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
      @Treeboy327 Před 3 lety +1

      @@mandmand3132 I didn't know that thank you

    • @timur2756
      @timur2756 Před 3 lety +1

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

    • @uros3701
      @uros3701 Před 2 lety +5

      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.

  • @sriyammohanty3442
    @sriyammohanty3442 Před 2 lety +1867

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

    • @sporgiii
      @sporgiii Před 2 lety +15

      for real

    • @yojimboroll9522
      @yojimboroll9522 Před 2 lety +16

      We will crush Russia like bug

    • @purpel6034
      @purpel6034 Před 2 lety +1

      Its becoming a reality

    • @captainwahhh3952
      @captainwahhh3952 Před 2 lety +14

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

    • @yojimboroll9522
      @yojimboroll9522 Před 2 lety +4

      @@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

  • @ralphsaavedra2326
    @ralphsaavedra2326 Před 6 měsíci

    The Soviets thinking using tactical nukes in a conventional war is viable is the same as thinking that using pistols in a fist fight is viable

  • @olafdericsson7613
    @olafdericsson7613 Před rokem

    Talking about the river Rhine but showing Heidelberg at the Neckar, which is significantly smaller @4:39

  • @TheBigRedskull
    @TheBigRedskull Před 5 lety +977

    *Instructions Unclear*
    Invaded Alask

    • @thatsnodildo1974
      @thatsnodildo1974 Před 5 lety +5

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

    • @lain_
      @lain_ Před 5 lety +69

      *InStRuCtIoNs NuClEaR*

    • @tearlach47
      @tearlach47 Před 5 lety +17

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

    • @moneyoh3
      @moneyoh3 Před 5 lety +10

      *A L A S K*

    • @TheBigRedskull
      @TheBigRedskull Před 5 lety +1

      The Debater didn’t even catch it lmao

  • @josuepalomares6820
    @josuepalomares6820 Před 5 lety +257

    I like how there are English and Russian subtitles

  • @_RedWizard
    @_RedWizard Před 2 lety

    I love the transition to the ad at the end

  • @Carfeu
    @Carfeu Před 2 lety

    They won’t do nothing in two weeks, the great bear is just a teddy bear.

  • @eternal5930
    @eternal5930 Před 4 lety +5585

    Mom: What do you learn on the internet?
    Me: How to destroy NATO in just a week.
    Edit: Why. Just why?

  • @Coeurebene1
    @Coeurebene1 Před 4 lety +303

    "and whatever remained of the Poles". Even in theoretical plans they get the rough role. Not cool to spawn between Russia and Germany...

    • @ADrug
      @ADrug Před 4 lety +8

      I actually thought for a second that he means North and South poles. Invading that in 2 weeks would have been a feat

    • @TheKamperfoelie
      @TheKamperfoelie Před 3 lety

      kRIOren1 fighting a two pole war is madness

  • @peterimoldi5353
    @peterimoldi5353 Před 2 lety +1

    Leaving out the nukes Ukrain has well established that Russia couldnt crush a ripe grape.

  • @lw9954
    @lw9954 Před rokem +1

    When you fully max grand battleplan doctrine

  • @miguellopez-belmonterivero9625

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

    • @emz2969
      @emz2969 Před 5 lety

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

    • @danielbob2628
      @danielbob2628 Před 5 lety

      You have no idea how accurate that is

    • @abcdefghijkl4913
      @abcdefghijkl4913 Před 5 lety +1

      Those retards deserve it

    • @hazardperceptiontest
      @hazardperceptiontest Před 5 lety

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

    • @Sentekuu
      @Sentekuu Před 5 lety +1

      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.

  • @iamdarthvader998
    @iamdarthvader998 Před 5 lety +598

    Moral of this story:
    Go to Switzerland.

    • @polpot6
      @polpot6 Před 5 lety +4

      Or Spain

    • @iamdarthvader998
      @iamdarthvader998 Před 5 lety +6

      @@polpot6 Yeah I forgot to mention Spain.

    • @gavinr9356
      @gavinr9356 Před 5 lety +7

      Sentient Salamander Spain is in nato they would get nuked

    • @phoneman7927
      @phoneman7927 Před 5 lety

      Welp always wanted to visit it anyway

    • @su_morenito_1948
      @su_morenito_1948 Před 5 lety +1

      Sentient Salamander
      Switzerland is better anyways lol

  • @vitsobotka6268
    @vitsobotka6268 Před rokem +3

    aged like milk didnt it

  • @JackRABBITslim27
    @JackRABBITslim27 Před 2 lety

    Sides were picked during all the world wars. In the age of nukes, sides must be picked prior to it to prevent it. Not sure if that's happening

  • @ThomasTheDankEngine_
    @ThomasTheDankEngine_ Před 5 lety +290

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

  • @abdlhmdx
    @abdlhmdx Před 5 lety +869

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

  • @popowere
    @popowere Před rokem +2

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

  • @alistersinclair4600
    @alistersinclair4600 Před 2 lety

    this plan is essentially just the soviets going 'we will then defeat our enemies' lol