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[Lynette] The Zapad exercise program is a proof of concept
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Mysteries of the Abandoned

The Zapad exerciseprogram is a proof of concept. And the concept they'reproving is...

[Lynette] The Zapad exercise
program is a proof of concept. And the concept they're
proving is that
the Soviet Army can survive an American
nuclear attack and then command
and coordinate a response

Full Transcript

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[Lynette] The Zapad exercise program is a proof of concept.
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And the concept they're proving is that the Soviet Army
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can survive an American nuclear attack
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and then command and coordinate a response.
Duration
19 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
01:16:49
Uploaded
Jul 07, 2025
Season
9
Episode
9
Genres
documentary
Production
Mosfilm

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Movie Summary

The world's most incredible engineering projects are revisited to uncover why places full of mysteries and untold secrets are now abandoned ruins.
S09 • E04 [Armando] This is the underground hospital section - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:05
[Armando] This is the underground hospital section
S09 • E04 It was only to accommodate 300 beds. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:04
It was only to accommodate 300 beds.
S09 • E04 But when the Japanese bombed the hospital building - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:13
But when the Japanese bombed the hospital building
S09 • E04 It was about one inch thick." - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:10
It was about one inch thick."
S09 • E09 In 1981, it looked drastically different. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:04
In 1981, it looked drastically different.
S09 • E04 [narrator] Thousands of US and Filipino troops - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:11
[narrator] Thousands of US and Filipino troops
S09 • E09 Everything was prepared for the work of the commanders, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:06
Everything was prepared for the work of the commanders,
S09 • E04 The island bastion of Corregidor - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:09
The island bastion of Corregidor
S09 • E09 Those are the observatory windows, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:06
Those are the observatory windows,
S09 • E04 [narrator] And having heard the rumor - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:11
[narrator] And having heard the rumor
S09 • E09 [narrator] Zapad-81 - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:12
[narrator] Zapad-81
S09 • E09 [Lynette] There was great uncertainty about what was going to happen next. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:12
[Lynette] There was great uncertainty about what was going t...
S09 • E04 [narrator] On Corregidor Island in 1942, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:15
[narrator] On Corregidor Island in 1942,
S09 • E09 [narrator] How would the west react - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:06
[narrator] How would the west react
S09 • E04 Given the blow the Japanese administered at Pearl Harbor, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:06
Given the blow the Japanese administered at Pearl Harbor,
S09 • E04 [narrator] The island's defenses - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:04
[narrator] The island's defenses
S09 • E04 The ammunition that the antiaircraft artillery had - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:09
The ammunition that the antiaircraft artillery had
S09 • E09 [narrator] On the Belarusian border in 1981, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:11
[narrator] On the Belarusian border in 1981,
S09 • E04 Once the Japanese pilots realized this, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:12
Once the Japanese pilots realized this,
S09 • E09 [Yuriy] The thing is, we didn't consider NATO or anyone. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:05
[Yuriy] The thing is, we didn't consider NATO or anyone...