How to pronounce the upcoming operation by Steve Harvey and Neil DeGrasse Tyson

Not sure how to pronounce in Russian but these 2 are hilarious :laughing:

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English: Operation Uranus
Russian: Опера́ция Ура́н
[romanised: Operatsiya Uran]

Not to be confused with Operation Mars (which was to be followed with Operation Jupiter, but that was cancelled) and Operation Saturn (which was redesignated Little Saturn).

Though Uranus was a major succes, Mars is generally seen as a failure with benefits. The key benefit being that the Germans could not transfer (as planned) at least 7 divisions (including 3 armored) to the southern sector as they had to be used to plug gaps resulting from Operation Mars.

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My favorite was the acronym PLUTO. Whomever came up with that name must have been so pleased with themselves, they nailed it.

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I noticed from the Next episode (On Patreon) that Indy chose the Steve Harvey pronunciation. :joy_cat: :joy_cat:. Steve does run the show here ;-).

But agree the Russian one is better. I worked in Russia for a while and could read Cyrrillic but not very good at it.

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Just very serious follow up, no snickering allowed :nerd_face::crazy_face::stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye: Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains Uranus - YouTube

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