We Asked a Military Expert How To Invade And Conquer Russia -- Oscar Rickett, Vice
In the past, when I've asked military experts from IHS Jane's what it would take to conquer, say, America, or the UK, the idea of its actually happening in the near future was relatively far-fetched. But recent events in Crimea have raised the very real possibility of conflict, so when I asked IHS Jane's Konrad Muzyka what it would take to conquer Russia, it all suddenly felt very real.
No one wants to see Putin riding into battle on the back of a nuclear warhead, but that said, I'd like to make it clear that I, for one, welcome our new Russian overlords and would like to remind them that I could be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground vodka caves.
VICE: I'm going to begin with a classic cliché. Over the centuries, plenty of power-hungry leaders have tried to take on Russia, convinced that they would be the first to overcome the brutal Russian winter. How could a modern army deal with this ancient problem?
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My Comment: An entertaining discussion .... because it will never happen.
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From my viewpoint of playing Hearts of Iron 3 (a hardcore military simulation and the best of its kind when it comes to grand strategy) as Germany, I can safely say there is no such thing as conquering Russia and an invasion would be an unrealistic logical tactical nightmare regardless what scenario someone comes up with.
If such an unlikely invasion would ever take place it would be in the form of missiles and utter destruction. Russia is the kind of country that would carry on fighting even if Moscow was somehow removed from the equation.
Much like how if the White House was suddenly wiped away, America would continue to fight. Both America, Russia and China are a certain 'no-go' when it comes to invasion scenarios because the sheer amount of men, supplies and resources to capture and hold would be immense.
Japan's invasion of China came at a heavy cost and there were occupational logistic nightmares to deal with as Japan struggled to hold onto their territory. The fact that they massacred thousands/millions of Chinese probably made their occupation efforts somewhat less daunting.
Germany employed puppet governments during ww2 but that was a different ballgame altogether. The main reason why Germany helped form Vichy France was because they knew they couldn't control all of France and needed to persuade the government to co-operate. Even with that they suffered constant guerrilla style attacks from French resistance.
Invading large expansive regions is just an unrealistic scenario and one that will have a heavy burden associated with such an invasion in these modern times.
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