In 1962, the Joint Chiefs of Staff sent Operation Northwoods to JFK as a daring, covert plan to stop a potential Soviet invasion. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss this now declassified plan, the shocking series of secret actions it proposed, and Kennedy's response.AI-powered
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Operation Northwoods (Cold War Mystery!)
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
Military Intervention in Cuba, Top Secret
General niter sent secretary macnamera a memo outlining the overall plan. It was titled justification for us. Military intervention in cuba, top secret. The idea would be to create an impression of Cubans acting rashly and irresponsibly. These would be what are known as false flag operations.
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