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#Londinium90AD: Gaius and Germanicus discuss our scenarios for the Russian offensive. Michael Vlahos. Friends of History Debating Society.

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🗓️ 13 February 2023

⏱️ 15 minutes

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#Londinium90AD: Gaius and Germanicus discuss our scenarios for the Russian offensive. Michael Vlahos. Friends of History Debating Society.

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This is the Friends of History Debating Society. I'm John Bachelors. I welcome Michael

0:34.2

Flayhouse who is Germanicus. I am Gaias. We are in Londonium. It is 91 AD winter. We're

0:42.6

by the Thames, our cup of wine reflecting upon the events in the Roman Empire, first, second

0:50.0

and third century in lessons learned. But at the same time, we're watching the 21st

0:54.6

century. The conflict in Europe, the battle between the Russian Federation and NATO. It

1:02.4

comes now to the announced plans of Russia to launch an offensive or an offensive is underway.

1:10.9

London reporting, but Moscow doesn't discourage that reporting.

1:16.6

Germanicus, the plan as it's outlined in the simplest form, is a pincer attack coming

1:22.9

from the north, driving deep into Ukraine, bypassing towns, villages, all-cross roads, 2,000

1:31.8

armored vehicles, 300,000 men. And the second part of the pincer coming out of Crimea, bypassing

1:39.0

Odessa, driving towards the center of Ukraine to cut off resupply and create a cauldron

1:46.8

for the Ukrainian army that is necessarily committed along the static Donbas line. That's the

1:53.4

big picture. Have we seen this before, Germanicus? Good evening to you.

1:59.7

Good evening, Gaias. No, we haven't seen this. The outline of a giant pincer attack from

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