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The Unites States of America has a complicated and chequered history with Russia.

The pair were embroiled in a cold war that lasted the best part of 45 years.

Despite being great rivals, the USA armed Forces and the Russian Red Army have met in

battle just once… but what if all of that changed.

Hello and welcome back to Life's Biggest Questions – the channel that likes to investigate

all lines of inquiry.

I am your host Rebecca Felgate and today we are asking What If America Invaded Russia.

Before we get into this video, why don't you guys let me know what your D day plan

is…because if this ever happened…it's probably coming! - like – share etc.

So…what if America Invaded Russia….well I mean, it's a bit of a death wish isn't

it.

Since the end of the cold war, documents have been released that have outlined both countries

passion for mutually assured destruction should the other strike…so what would this mean

in an invasion?

If the United States invaded Russia, it would be considered an act of hot war.

The pair have not been involved in country to country hot war ever…they fought on the

same sides in World War one and two.

Things only got tense after the second world war and both countries were threatened by

the others opposing ideals on how to build a strong nation.

That beings said, Russians and Americans have engaged in combat once before in history – 100

years ago in 1918.

The USA forces joined the Russian White Army to stop the Bolsheviks… which…

well its more wading into a civil war and their mission wasn't a resounding success

by any means.

If the USA was seriously going to invade Russia, they would have a serious plan of attack….

But as we know the devil…and…err..maybe Russians fool with the best laid plans.

Would the US ever even manage landfall?

Russia is VAST.

Like…seriously vast.

It basically spans the east to the west – annnd there is a point in the world, believe it

or not, where Russians and Americans can practically look eye to eye.

Let me draw your attention to the two islands between the far flung east of Russia – and

the very very West of Alaska…these are the Big Diomede and Little Diomede.

One owned by Russia, the other by the USA and separated by just 4 kilometres.

The united states could invade this land with little more than a hop skip and a jump…

although there would be little point in securing this island… and…fun fact for fact geeks

like me – if war did break out between the islands, the date the war started would be

contested – the islands straddle the time and date line, despite being 2 and half miles

apart the time difference is 21 hours.

That little tid bit aside, invading Russia in this way is pretty futile in traditional

war, which would see a country securing the capital for a victory.

Moscow is better accessed from Europe.

I guess, unless that wasn't the objective – maybe the United States wants to own or

annex the land that boarders China and North Korea in order to make an Eastern power play.

Either way, let's be clear about this, there is absolutely almost no way in which the Unites

States could launch a surprise invasion on the Russians.

In our modern age of surveillance, the Russians would see it coming.

If they got even a whiff of a Unites States Invasion, they would be ready to defend their

land with full force.

In some ways, a good old fashioned land invasion would be better news for Russia, the United

States and the world than a bomb.

Any drop of a nuke could have disastrous consequences and would be met with full retaliation.

During the cold war it was made clear that when it comes to Russia and the US, the only

way they play war is by threatening nuclear action.

It has never been carried out – but then neither country has invaded one another.

If the Unites States made the unprecedented move to invade, depending on the death toll

of Russians, Vladimir Putin may be in a more reasonable mood to act like a Statesman, rather

than a war lord.

If the US did invade, Putin would hold a press conference calling for America to withdraw,

else they will feel the full force of Russian anger.

Nato would likely hold a crisis meeting and traditional US allies would be confused and

under pressure to pick a side.

Would the United Kingdom, for example, support the United States in an invasion if it were

uprovoked?

World leaders wouldn't want to side with an aggressor, especially not China who have

had stern words on the topic in the past.

It will all boil down to circumstance – if the United States has what they see as fair

reason, perhaps they will garner some support.

If they had support, we could have another world war on our hands.

If the invasion was unprovoked, perhaps this would be enough to convince Putin to press

his polished and preserved red button – which, as he has once boasted, could lead to the

total annihilation of the USA.

Would Trump, or whomever is in power have time to retaliate?

Would both Russia and the US be destroyed in the fray?

If so, perhaps China will find the space to rise.

With the US destroyed….

The world power and ethos would shift.

Perhaps this would be the rise of the first Eastern Powerhouse – and these videos would

be hosted in Russian, or more likely mandarin.

Something to consider.

Of course, who really knows what would happen if America invaded Russia, but I can't image

it would be good.

What do you think would happen – let me know in the comments section down below.

Also don't forget to let me know your D Day Plan!

Also while you are down there, why don't you like and share this video.

For now, I am going to get out of here and continue to dream of world peace!

I'll catch you in the next video, but until then stay curious, stay alert and never ever

stop questioning!

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A Song of Ice and Fire: North (Part 2 of 3) - Duration: 5:29.

Since first establishing themselves in Wintefell alongside nearby Winter town, House Stark

expanded to control much of the Northern territory of Westeros defeating rival rulers like the

Barrow Kings of the Barrowlands in the famed Thousand Year war, that was more likely a

series of wars over approximately 200 years.

In time they defeated other northern kings such as those of House Flint of Breakstone

Hill, the Slates of Blackpool, the Umbers of Last hearth, the Lockes of Old Castle,

the Glovers of Deep Wood Motte, the Fishers of Stony Shore and Ryders of the Rills.

They also conquered House Greenwood, Towers, Amber, Frost and may have possibly driven

House Blackwood out of the North, who claim to have once ruled the entirety of the Wolfswood.

Legends claim House Stark also fought a war for Sea Dragon Point against the Warg King

and his allies which included greenseers, skin changers and children of the forest.

But eventually the Starks prevailed, killing the Warg king and his sons, while taking his

daughters as captives.

Under King Jon Stark they built the Wolf's Den to defend the White Knife river, while

his son Rickard Stark defeated the Marsh King and married his daughter to take control of

the Neck.

Under King Brandon IX they put down the raiding parties of Skagos in the east, where savage

men were said to eat human flesh, and in the west Rodrik Stark was said to have won Bear

Island from the Ironborn in a wrestling match, before giving it to House Mormont.

As the Ironborn had a long history of raiding and occupying the western coast, a number

of Stark Kings such as Theon the Hungry Wolf led armies to repel their forces, though these

confrontations gradually diminished following the rule of Rodrik Stark.

Over thousands of years many of the Houses that once fought against the Starks, became

loyal vassals, however others like the Red Kings of the Dreadfort, were not so willing

to bend the knee.

Known to be cruel and merciless, the men of House Bolton were said to flay their enemies,

claiming to have made cloaks from the skins of captured Starks.

Many wars were fought between these competing factions, and while King Royce Bolton II captured

and burned winterfell as did his descendant King Royce IV, House Stark was ultimately

victorious, with the red King Rogar the Huntsmen swearing fealty during the years of the Andal

Invasion.

Nevertheless House Bolton remained one of Winterfell's less reliable vassals, with

a long history of rebellion.

Occasionally the Northern realm of House Stark expanded to include the islands of three sisters,

who were traditionally an independent power with a unique culture and religion, worshiping

the lord of the skies and lady of the waves.

However they were conquered for a time by King Theon Stark who also landed an army on

the fingers of the Vale and eventually these raids, led to the rape of three sisters, where

stories say the northmen committed terrible crimes, like killing children and cooking

them in pots.

Other legends claim the Northmen disembowelled prisoners and executing three thousand warriors

in a day, with some even saying Lord Belthasar Bolton made a "Pink Pavilion" from the skins

of a hundred Sistermen.

Desperate to remove the Northmen, the people of the Sisters swore fealty to King Mathos

Arryn II of the Vale, resulting in the War Across the Waters, or the Worthless war, in

which the Wolf's Den was besieged and burned, prompting the King of Winter to authorize

an attack on Gulltown, burning the enemy fleet.

After control of the Islands changed hands over a dozen times, the Northmen finally lost

interest in the war and allowed the Vale to keep their holdings.

Roughly a thousand years before Aegon's Conquest, as House Manderly grew rich from

trade along the Mander River in the Reach, king Perceon Gardener III started to see them

as rivals to his power, sending them into exile and giving their lands and castles to

House peake.

Faced the possible extinction of their House, the Manderlys found their saviors in the Winter

King's of House Stark, who welcomed them as Bannermen in the North, granting them the

castle of the Wolf's Den and charging them with the protection of the White Knife.

Although the Manderlys they came to consider themselves proud Northerners, they also held

onto their southern heritage, worshiping the new gods of the Faith of the Seven, and becoming

one of the only northern territories to promote Knighthood.

Nevertheless, the Manderlys were extremely grateful to the Starks for saving their House

and remained staunch Stark loyalists for many years to come.

Using the wealth they brought from the Reach, House Manderly built the city of White Harbor,

developing a bustling trade economy that would make them the richest House in the North.

Just as the western coast was subject to raids from the Ironborn, pirates and slavers from

across the narrow sea regularly plundered the eastern coast.

And so after defeating troublesome Sea Raiders in one of these attacks, Karlon Stark was

rewarded with lands and titles, allowing him to form House Karstark of Karhold.