In 1941 was Russia planning to engage in a war with Germany, to defeat Hitler’s Third Reich, and then take over his empire in Western Europe.

This programme is going to explore that question and what the evidence shows. The most important evidence that has to be closely examined are the records in the Russian archives that were opened up some years after the fall of the Soviet Union. You will be shocked. And if you’re not shocked you should be.

Tag words: Yang Jisheng; Tombstone; Nicholas von Below; Nicholas von Below; Reinhardt Gehlen; William Bullitt; Robert Kelley; Timoshenko;