The Cold War - OverSimplified (Part 2)

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Комментарии • 41 тыс.

  • @vro1899
    @vro1899 2 года назад +23419

    Update: Russians no longer have access to Pizza Hut.

  • @youraverageamerican1315
    @youraverageamerican1315 7 месяцев назад +4605

    4 years later, and we're still waiting for that Oversimplified Vietnam War.

    • @letsgame9409
      @letsgame9409 7 месяцев назад +30

      IK

    • @kitkatkato
      @kitkatkato 7 месяцев назад +101

      We are waiting for him to at least give us a video

    • @C0mmAnderCAZ
      @C0mmAnderCAZ 7 месяцев назад +18

      Soon™

    • @kitkatkato
      @kitkatkato 7 месяцев назад +8

      @@C0mmAnderCAZ I wonder whats next

    • @C0mmAnderCAZ
      @C0mmAnderCAZ 7 месяцев назад +46

      @@kitkatkato Probably The second punic war

  • @Sebastian62608
    @Sebastian62608 2 месяца назад +611

    That one guy who stopped the submarine from firing the missiles is proof that one man can change the world. His one decision is the reason the world was saved.

    • @shuangsong3642
      @shuangsong3642 Месяц назад +1

      140likes and no replies

    • @OkSid300
      @OkSid300 27 дней назад

      Asshole ruined all the fun.

    • @Jesus_Christ_loves_you_alot
      @Jesus_Christ_loves_you_alot 21 день назад +11

      God gave him wisdom at that moment

    • @ignite5815
      @ignite5815 4 дня назад +2

      Don't forget that one guy who decided to not report possible us missles. The radar messed up and said there were US misses incoming, the only thing he had to do was to call it in and nuclear war would happen.

    • @justdoit83388
      @justdoit83388 День назад +1

      ​@@ignite5815yes that dude's name is Stanislav Petrov

  • @ij1376
    @ij1376 Год назад +1855

    I got goosebumps when he started talking about the Berlin Wall coming down. I was taught this history as a kid, but as an adult I comprehend it much better.

    • @EJD339
      @EJD339 Год назад +35

      I’ve decided to watch his videos and the visual representation really helps me understand what was going on. As a kid, I remembered what happened but I didn’t comprehend the consequences of these events.

    • @laurapeter3857
      @laurapeter3857 11 месяцев назад +23

      I remember watching the coverage on TV as a teenager. As an American of German descent, it brought happy tears and still does to thus day.

    • @TONI__KROOS
      @TONI__KROOS 10 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@laurapeter3857how old are you now?

    • @Balaji14100
      @Balaji14100 9 месяцев назад +11

      Yeah man, I'm from India.. and I've learned all this in school in textbooks.. never found them interesting or understood them properly.. watching it as an adult gives me chills..

    • @jasonhaynes2952
      @jasonhaynes2952 9 месяцев назад +12

      Same here. You know what's really moving is the song "Wind of Change" by the (West German) rock group Scorpions. He literally wrote the lyrics in Moscow after performing at the Moscow Peace Festival in August of 1989, noticing the positive feelings that change and peace and an end to the cold war were on the horizon...they could just FEEL it. Sure enough, the Berlin Wall came down just 2 months later and the song became a virtual anthem for the entire change and hope that came with it. The Scorpions literally played the song for the 10 year anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall. The video for the song represents much of this as well. It's abosutely moving. Few songs can give me those kind of goosebumps, but this one for sure makes the cut! I was also too young to fully comprehend all of it in 1989 (I was 13 or 14), but I could certainly grasp the tension between the USSR and the USA, and distinctly remember when the wall fell it was absolutely unbelievable!

  • @jeck7412
    @jeck7412 4 года назад +21503

    That 1 guy who refused to launch the missile saved us from ww3

    • @tinkaraazb9383
      @tinkaraazb9383 4 года назад +230

      Wasnt it tecnecl the comander od the navy since a sumbamrine usuly has only 2 sub generals / oficers?

    • @michaelw4
      @michaelw4 4 года назад +1288

      tim mobile are you 5 years old?
      Edit: Thanks for the likes, guys.

    • @NCF29YT
      @NCF29YT 4 года назад +289

      ayy lmao lmFao I think so, honestly. No one spells like “ow heo tecnel”

    • @lettero1761
      @lettero1761 4 года назад +270

      it was vasili arkipov

    • @michaelw4
      @michaelw4 4 года назад +434

      No shit, he’s subscribed to Logan Paul vlogs.

  • @leakersnick2106
    @leakersnick2106 4 года назад +9744

    “911 what’s your emergency?”
    “Yeah, I just found a Soviet missile under my bed...”

    • @Boooooooooo541
      @Boooooooooo541 4 года назад +79

      Finnish Demon r/wooosh

    • @leakersnick2106
      @leakersnick2106 4 года назад +164

      Finnish Demon because that’s what I always do when I find Soviet missiles under my bed 🙄

    • @FlSCHL
      @FlSCHL 4 года назад +28

      Ok plz calm down 😢lol

    • @nolongerusing7430
      @nolongerusing7430 4 года назад +73

      @@Boooooooooo541 he deleted his comment. What a wuss

    • @rsemsp517
      @rsemsp517 4 года назад +16

      SG21337 what did he say

  • @HawkMawth
    @HawkMawth 8 месяцев назад +223

    “Are your breathing now?”
    “Yea”
    “Yea, I wouldn’t” 💀💀💀

  • @Raidon484
    @Raidon484 8 месяцев назад +239

    "Meanwhile, in Berlin:"
    - a sentence that has never ended well

    • @philippHD100
      @philippHD100 23 дня назад +1

      „Sofort, unverzüglich.“ und übersieht im selben Moment die Notiz für 5 Uhr morgens am nächsten Tag.

  • @valdemarvictory3105
    @valdemarvictory3105 3 года назад +39586

    If Russia is so good at defeating it's enemies in the winter, then how come they lost the cold war?

    • @l1ngl1ng5
      @l1ngl1ng5 3 года назад +3115

      this is gold

    • @ammarpratama1207
      @ammarpratama1207 3 года назад +827

      Because the Russian has a limit, they're supposed to win but the world gets colder, ya wanna know, why?

    • @schlafanzyk
      @schlafanzyk 3 года назад +4523

      because of global warming duh

    • @landonfromdanceclasssussyb2987
      @landonfromdanceclasssussyb2987 3 года назад +521

      Nice one

    • @KH-om1xy
      @KH-om1xy 3 года назад +376

      lmao no they didn't. theyre following an old plan. weaken a democracy, institute fascism, etc etc.

  • @danielhoyng6588
    @danielhoyng6588 4 года назад +28246

    Oversmplified never hire more voice actors. You talking and arguing with yourself is the funniest thing ever.

    • @SeptimusAugustusI
      @SeptimusAugustusI 4 года назад +629

      @@---zd4wv wouldn't it be not oversimplified anymore if he'll hire more actors? :)

    • @DungHoang-jt5hh
      @DungHoang-jt5hh 4 года назад +58

      Tru

    • @r7ahtesham885
      @r7ahtesham885 4 года назад +218

      Yeah true, no one else should voice act in his video.
      That would ruin his videos

    • @renixmar3373
      @renixmar3373 4 года назад +173

      Oversimplified is a one man team, if you haven't realized

    • @hii-people2245
      @hii-people2245 4 года назад +59

      ReNixMaR I think he’s hired more animators

  • @ArgentinianElectrician
    @ArgentinianElectrician 11 месяцев назад +1080

    2:27 this guy deserves some sort of trophy or medal for single-handedly not causing a nuclear war.
    edit: prevented*
    but he also not caused one too

    • @mollusckscramp4124
      @mollusckscramp4124 9 месяцев назад +147

      He was actually awarded the first Future of Life award posthumously to his family in 2017

    • @ArgentinianElectrician
      @ArgentinianElectrician 9 месяцев назад +45

      @@mollusckscramp4124 Ok good. Or else I would be even more disappointed in humanity.

    • @praetorian3902
      @praetorian3902 8 месяцев назад +22

      There's one more guy that saved the world from nuclear holocaust. If you're interested google "the man who saved the world". There's even a movie/documentary that came out in 2014.

    • @OkSid300
      @OkSid300 7 месяцев назад +1

      Buzzkill!

    • @theInternet633
      @theInternet633 7 месяцев назад +20

      I think he deserves a little more than that for preventing nuclear annihilation of most of humanity. He should've won all Nobel peace prices for the next decade at the very least.

  • @emmanueljaramillo
    @emmanueljaramillo 8 месяцев назад +95

    Fun fact. Jimmy Carter is the only Oversimplified character who is still alive

    • @Charlie-moon-0-
      @Charlie-moon-0- 21 день назад +3

      Wow

    • @thedictationofallah
      @thedictationofallah 7 дней назад +1

      Not anymore

    • @Charlie-moon-0-
      @Charlie-moon-0- 7 дней назад +1

      @@thedictationofallah he’s still alive I’m pretty sure? He’s like 99

    • @emmanueljaramillo
      @emmanueljaramillo 7 дней назад +2

      @@thedictationofallah Inwas wrong. 2 characters are still alive. Jimmy Carter and Boris Yeltsin

    • @hmm8445
      @hmm8445 6 дней назад

      Jimmy is slowly dying

  • @50SPEEDX
    @50SPEEDX 3 года назад +33323

    You can release that “Vietnam War-Oversimplified” anytime now....

    • @ngockien2080
      @ngockien2080 3 года назад +2281

      Vietnam War-Oversimplified belike: the trees that talk

    • @mjaned0528
      @mjaned0528 3 года назад +458

      same i want to see

    • @user-ru1jo5rc3t
      @user-ru1jo5rc3t 3 года назад +142

      @@mjaned0528 yep

    • @gatorskunk26
      @gatorskunk26 3 года назад +239

      Vietnam war is sort of part of the Cold War so there is t much need for it

    • @hannerieboshoff842
      @hannerieboshoff842 3 года назад +109

      They hid it in a tree

  • @artlygalkd3502
    @artlygalkd3502 4 года назад +13282

    What I learned today:
    1. Sweet looking men are probably ruthless dictators.

    • @aidoll3692
      @aidoll3692 4 года назад +745

      And they both wanna take over their countries under their own regime

    • @dobrastaravremena7176
      @dobrastaravremena7176 4 года назад +233

      Old*

    • @sarahcesar5813
      @sarahcesar5813 4 года назад +67

      Yesss... Agreee no more.. I have learnt about it in my own life.. Sweet looking/talking men are dangerous!!

    • @user-re8nw4ph2x
      @user-re8nw4ph2x 4 года назад +41

      And they might solve the nuke crisis.

    • @markthebikethief1248
      @markthebikethief1248 4 года назад +23

      And asian

  • @ryankelley2429
    @ryankelley2429 3 месяца назад +21

    I'm proud to say my grandfather (still living as of 2-3-24) was the first pilot to fly into "New Berlin" with a US registered aircraft. November 7th, 1989, him and my grandmother both took barbwire and chunks of the wall. They crossed at checkpoint Charlie and said it was a party all night long.

  • @ashokjoseph6990
    @ashokjoseph6990 Год назад +157

    Anyone else notice Forrest Gump yelling for Jenny at 7:04 ? Respect to Oversimplified for paying tribute to that American Classic.

  • @jeffrey589
    @jeffrey589 4 года назад +6751

    "Where's the corruption"
    "my first act as president is to pardon Nixon"
    "Ah there it is"
    This had me dying laughing

    • @mustanseersaify1501
      @mustanseersaify1501 4 года назад +76

      that was so hard🤣

    • @BigUriel
      @BigUriel 4 года назад +105

      It's funny because it's true

    • @ruimanueldeoliveirapereira2603
      @ruimanueldeoliveirapereira2603 4 года назад +29

      that's 8:57
      very nice!!

    • @thureintun1687
      @thureintun1687 4 года назад +15

      That ain't even deem corrupted in Eastern 3rd worlds. That kinda things has always* done by leader*(leader in the East has nothing above them, that include law) of the period.
      What makes me lol is how Americans and Westerners as so naive as fuck, thinking their country is indeed so fucked up and corrupted. But the truth is they know shit about how their fellow human beings who were unfortunate enough to born in 3rd worlds are suffering! Shame

    • @callofdutybutt
      @callofdutybutt 4 года назад +149

      @@thureintun1687 just because other places are more corrupt doesn't mean that western countries can't be

  • @Ancend
    @Ancend 3 года назад +3356

    "Are you breathing right now?" "Yeah"
    "I wouldn't"

  • @Tristan-of1cl
    @Tristan-of1cl Месяц назад +23

    "Where's the corruption??"
    "My first order is to pardon Nixon"
    "Ahhh there it is."
    Not gonna lie that was one of the best jokes I have heard today!

  • @Will-dk5wq
    @Will-dk5wq 8 месяцев назад +39

    That one man on that sub is the reason that WW3 didn't break out...

    • @LeahinIRL
      @LeahinIRL Месяц назад

      fr and he was fine too

  • @olitesla5891
    @olitesla5891 4 года назад +32241

    Losing a nuke is just a whole new level of irresponsible.

    • @yessum15
      @yessum15 4 года назад +2161

      yeah thanks MOM. Jeez be cool for once in your life.

    • @olitesla5891
      @olitesla5891 4 года назад +1020

      @@yessum15 it's a joke, SON.

    • @yessum15
      @yessum15 4 года назад +579

      @@olitesla5891 ru serious? Obviously i was playing along w. It. Like how is it "cool' lol

    • @sarahamira5732
      @sarahamira5732 4 года назад +1715

      This angered his father, who punished him severely

    • @Vimdraa
      @Vimdraa 4 года назад +1137

      I don't know what's scarier. That we lost a nuclear warhead, or that it happens so often there's actually a term for it.

  • @somespecialname
    @somespecialname 4 года назад +2974

    "Are you gonna unsubscribe from OverSimplified?"
    "Yes."
    "Yeahhhh I wouldn't."

    • @ahmedouramdane2246
      @ahmedouramdane2246 4 года назад +13

      i would [troll face]

    • @drunkjack2365
      @drunkjack2365 4 года назад +27

      Yeah well we have a tank

    • @yaboiyogsas2431
      @yaboiyogsas2431 4 года назад +10

      Let’s play: spot the AC 130

    • @thatcooldudeisawesome876
      @thatcooldudeisawesome876 4 года назад +2

      @@yaboiyogsas2431 ENEMY AC-130 ABOVE!

    • @vargo2987
      @vargo2987 4 года назад +2

      Spoopy Enchiladas it would be better so u can forget so when u finally remember you have a lot of episodes to watch

  • @brandoncrawford7971
    @brandoncrawford7971 3 месяца назад +34

    It's been five years and I still haven't spotted that damn Vietcong soldier

  • @OficjalnyProfilMarty
    @OficjalnyProfilMarty 3 месяца назад +25

    5:40 funny fact: in Polish language, when we want to say that something is chaotic, messy and complicated, we use the word 'saigon' which is the name of that city in Vietnam! I actually didn't know what until some time ago, I thought it's just another random word

    • @Jesus_Christ_loves_you_alot
      @Jesus_Christ_loves_you_alot 21 день назад

      Hi there! Jesus Christ loves you very much. He is the only way to heaven. May God bless you!

  • @eoinprather7234
    @eoinprather7234 2 года назад +3362

    “Where’s the corruption?” “Ah, there it is” broke me

    • @trickythefox9598
      @trickythefox9598 2 года назад +76

      "Where is corruption?"
      **Looks at modern countries**
      "Ah, there it is!"

    • @evilriceplate2590
      @evilriceplate2590 2 года назад +19

      It reminds me of time when I played Terraria, went to underground near my base, heard corruption theme and I had same question

    • @Resetium
      @Resetium 2 года назад +8

      @@evilriceplate2590 hardmode is pain
      I might dig out borders between biomes as a result, just to be sure

    • @evilriceplate2590
      @evilriceplate2590 2 года назад +4

      @@Resetium I already defeated first mech boas

    • @Resetium
      @Resetium 2 года назад +6

      @@evilriceplate2590 good for you

  • @MrZachtheKingsfan
    @MrZachtheKingsfan 2 года назад +4546

    2:25
    Homie literally saved the entire goddam world by just saying “nah”

    • @Equints
      @Equints 2 года назад +92

      I saved somebody's life today, just by saying "nah, not today"

    • @oceansblue2000
      @oceansblue2000 2 года назад +40

      That man's a saint 💯

    • @natnew32
      @natnew32 2 года назад +209

      It's even crazier than that. Under normal circumstances Soviet protocol requires an agreement between two specific people to launch a nuke. *Those two people already agreed,* but it had a quirk that if there was some high-ranking official on board, they'd need to agree too. This guy was that high ranking official.

    • @balticblues8130
      @balticblues8130 2 года назад +8

      420 likes LOL

    • @smitasingh3081
      @smitasingh3081 2 года назад +6

      i mean, if u think about it, only america would have been affected in the short run

  • @Istaqlal
    @Istaqlal Месяц назад +11

    Did i just watch the whole thing from Ww1 to civil war in one go? Yes I did.

  • @Pretz.exe_has_stopped_working
    @Pretz.exe_has_stopped_working 2 месяца назад +31

    "An election in Bulgaria"
    "A peaceful revolution in Czechoslovakia"
    "And a violent one in Romania-"
    Oof, that really got me for some reason.

  • @YungFlightRisk
    @YungFlightRisk 3 года назад +2415

    Soviets: **Lose an unknown amount of missies**
    2020: ¨Hey ferb i know what we´re going to do today¨

    • @highgroundgamer1435
      @highgroundgamer1435 3 года назад +89

      A 104 days of nuclear fallout

    • @txtn8336
      @txtn8336 3 года назад +37

      If you jinx this year, so help me-

    • @inktendo1018
      @inktendo1018 3 года назад +8

      *chuckles* Im in danger

    • @NolanDraconis
      @NolanDraconis 3 года назад +6

      Has anybody noticed he spelled missiles wrong

    • @Chris14_
      @Chris14_ 3 года назад +2

      @@NolanDraconis oh my lord I didnt even notice

  • @lord5886
    @lord5886 3 года назад +2700

    2:28 This person on screen is the most underrated person is existence. If he never made that decision then we may be living in an irl fallout, or we may not be living atll

    • @malvahalva9610
      @malvahalva9610 3 года назад +53

      I once saw a video about him

    • @Morningstar_37
      @Morningstar_37 3 года назад +11

      true

    • @danielyakam2437
      @danielyakam2437 3 года назад +15

      @@malvahalva9610 the one made by EmpLemon?

    • @sagichdirdochnicht4653
      @sagichdirdochnicht4653 3 года назад +92

      One of a few others.
      There also have been some false alerts, detecting nuclear missles on both sides, when there were none. And they've pretty much had orders to immediatly strike counter attacks, if some missles came. And as you may notice, they just didn't.
      Wich is why they are equally as important, because if either USA or UDSSR launched some nuclear missles, because of some false alert, nuclear wasteland and shit...

    • @Geoffrey6_
      @Geoffrey6_ 3 года назад +22

      After soviet union desolved, they learned that those missiles were fake. So, it would not be a nuclear war

  • @dishika_13
    @dishika_13 11 месяцев назад +12

    Vasili Arkhipov, man gets the credit to prevent WW3

  • @35SF
    @35SF 8 месяцев назад +10

    Vasili Arkhipov literally stopped the cold war fr what a chad

  • @namelessanonymous2913
    @namelessanonymous2913 2 года назад +8216

    2:25
    "This beautiful man" is so underappreciated. He probably had saved more lives than anybody in the history of mankind.

  • @No-ep8ig
    @No-ep8ig 4 года назад +5806

    Oversimplified in a few years:
    *Oversimplified:2020 part 1*

    • @aregmirzoyan869
      @aregmirzoyan869 3 года назад +108

      I wonder
      I WONDER

    • @themediocrewolf4361
      @themediocrewolf4361 3 года назад +206

      Theres gonna be 6 parts

    • @aahnaroy744
      @aahnaroy744 3 года назад +115

      "Now, we're going to talk about the worst year we had....so far."

    • @alistairmatheson8816
      @alistairmatheson8816 3 года назад +64

      The mediocre wolf actually there will be 12 parts, one for each month

    • @malcb5577
      @malcb5577 3 года назад +25

      more like: 2020 part 1 - Oversimplified (part 6)

  • @vincentbaker1986
    @vincentbaker1986 9 месяцев назад +9

    How did I only realise it’s a hammer and pickle on the Soviet flag😂😂

    • @curbyourshi1056
      @curbyourshi1056 9 месяцев назад +2

      Hahaha, it's all they could afford!

  • @scary2345
    @scary2345 11 месяцев назад +6

    2:27 respect to the guy for not launching the nukes

  • @Rafting900
    @Rafting900 3 года назад +2882

    Like my grandpa used to say :
    Everyone gangsta till the bushes start speaking vietnamese

    • @gombomicrowave9489
      @gombomicrowave9489 3 года назад +18

      HA!

    • @galladesamurai2380
      @galladesamurai2380 3 года назад +172

      American soldier: man, this war sucks
      The tree: yeah it does
      American soldier: *unloads entire M16 into the tree*

    • @carsonsprinkles1509
      @carsonsprinkles1509 3 года назад +133

      When you tell a joke to your comrades in Vietnam and the the trees start laughing

    • @animeshpanda2960
      @animeshpanda2960 3 года назад +16

      That's a good one 😂

    • @galladesamurai2380
      @galladesamurai2380 3 года назад +27

      @@animeshpanda2960 the bush: yeah, such a banger of a joke!

  • @thetexastickler
    @thetexastickler 3 года назад +2429

    "I am the Lorax,
    I speak for the trees.
    I hear them,
    they're speaking Vietnamese..."

  • @cantaloupe3139
    @cantaloupe3139 3 месяца назад +16

    5 years later we’re still waiting for over simplified Vietnam war

  • @LeMan12349
    @LeMan12349 2 месяца назад +10

    “And the world got along forever after”
    Putin & Hamas: No

    • @dizzydean2767
      @dizzydean2767 Месяц назад

      Kim Jong Un: also no

    • @m.r4841
      @m.r4841 Месяц назад

      @@dizzydean2767True, but he isn’t doing much

    • @dizzydean2767
      @dizzydean2767 Месяц назад

      @@m.r4841 True but you never know 🤷‍♂️

    • @Bronsonnarrator
      @Bronsonnarrator Месяц назад

      Stfu it was West who started to fuck with Russia.

    • @dizzydean2767
      @dizzydean2767 Месяц назад

      @basedossetian If there was a major war in which no civilians died I’d be shocked.

  • @kaidenhartley9977
    @kaidenhartley9977 3 года назад +3019

    US Soldier
    "Man this war sucks."
    The Trees
    "I know right."
    US Soldier
    "SCREAMS!"

  • @thelightbringer8610
    @thelightbringer8610 Год назад +5725

    You really gotta feel bad for the guy that had to tell his boss “I lost these nuclear weapons”

    • @justhere-ru9iv
      @justhere-ru9iv Год назад +53

      FR

    • @Shoteaux2
      @Shoteaux2 11 месяцев назад +117

      how can you even explain that, poor guy

    • @ArgentinianElectrician
      @ArgentinianElectrician 11 месяцев назад +204

      @@Shoteaux2 "It fell out of my pocket."

    • @stevenstamper7904
      @stevenstamper7904 11 месяцев назад +149

      ​@@ArgentinianElectrician my dog ate it

    • @richardsmith6608
      @richardsmith6608 11 месяцев назад +50

      @@stevenstamper7904 ... then the dog was promptly taken to a radiation containment facility and incinerated

  • @SuperNovaWorld
    @SuperNovaWorld 13 дней назад +2

    it's BEEN 5 YEARS SINCE YOU PROMISED US Oversimplified Vietnam War.

  • @aristeidiskalas-py1fs
    @aristeidiskalas-py1fs 29 дней назад +3

    All these years in school i coudnt wrap it up history in my head especially cold war , i watched ww1 ww2 and cold war and i feel i covered these blank points in my head , for God sakes i dont say i am history expert now but it helped me a lot !! Thank you man!

  • @issstrops843
    @issstrops843 3 года назад +6607

    Bro I’m not even watching this for school this is just for fun it’s so entertaining-

  • @karimamin2
    @karimamin2 4 года назад +729

    "Are you breathing air right now?"
    "Yes"
    "Yeah....I wouldn't..."

    • @samuelrichard9761
      @samuelrichard9761 4 года назад +38

      There's a tax for that

    • @FionaS0503
      @FionaS0503 4 года назад +7

      This enraged his father, who punished him severely

    • @lolekbolek916
      @lolekbolek916 4 года назад +2

      @@samuelrichard9761 *stamp*

  • @andrewlol9095
    @andrewlol9095 3 месяца назад +5

    Oversimplified gonna be running around WW3 battleground recording leaders conversations for a hype video

  • @hitmancar6950
    @hitmancar6950 10 месяцев назад +11

    You should have mentioned the Chernobyl disaster as even soviet officials stated that that was one of the main reasons for the fall of the USSR

    • @b-ray4704
      @b-ray4704 Месяц назад

      100%, after watching the show on HBO, it truly showed how significant the incident was and could've been. Also uncovered many issues within the country

  • @r3wturb0x51
    @r3wturb0x51 5 лет назад +2848

    we'd all be dead if it wasn't for Vasili Arkhipov. Thank god for that guy having the fortitude to say no to launching the nuke

    • @kaimcdragonfist4803
      @kaimcdragonfist4803 5 лет назад +311

      Truly an unsung hero of the Cold War. I don’t remember ever learning that particular detail in school, though I also didn’t pay very close attention when we discussed the Cuban Missile Crisis

    • @milktea8773
      @milktea8773 5 лет назад +159

      Plus he's a beautiful man :b

    • @lilautismo8247
      @lilautismo8247 5 лет назад +44

      Same go’s for Alexei Ananenko, Valeri Bezpalov and Boris Baranov

    • @lt_darkseekerantique3911
      @lt_darkseekerantique3911 5 лет назад +1

      Kai McDragonfist Eeyup,same here

    • @unknow210
      @unknow210 5 лет назад +31

      "This beautiful Man"

  • @carmelads
    @carmelads 2 года назад +5374

    Imagine 2 men standing waist deep in gasoline with a match in their hands, just waiting to see who will drop first. And the rest of the world is standing next to them, unable to do anything. That’s the cold war

    • @CallenderMan
      @CallenderMan 2 года назад +594

      More accurately, everyone is waist deep in gasoline and America and Russia are the only ones with matches, since war would mean near-global destruction.

    • @AnarchyDruid
      @AnarchyDruid 2 года назад +88

      wow I watched that whole 2 part history when I could have just come here.

    • @AnarchyDruid
      @AnarchyDruid 2 года назад +20

      @pain au chocolat cruassader I've got nothing to do with the devil. I don't even belive in the guy.

    • @sectioncraft4647
      @sectioncraft4647 2 года назад +3

      Yes

    • @AnarchyDruid
      @AnarchyDruid 2 года назад +15

      @pain au chocolat cruassader at least I still have the capacity to love still✌🏳️‍🌈

  • @MisterKeerbo
    @MisterKeerbo Год назад +25

    This is the most interesting story I have ever heard. R.I.P to Mikhail Gorbachev for being the game changer

  • @danield651
    @danield651 Месяц назад +2

    8:38 laughs like schoolgirl eating cake 💀💀💀

  • @luketimewalker
    @luketimewalker 2 года назад +3120

    Vassili Arkhipov is our specie's ultimate HERO. Bless him forevermore.

    • @mydogdeli
      @mydogdeli 2 года назад +28

      True dat, but...species'?

    • @wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
      @wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww 2 года назад +164

      He is a hero. he saved lives by just saying “no”

    • @alecfongy3175
      @alecfongy3175 2 года назад +23

      I will never forget him

    • @bernardoroque9794
      @bernardoroque9794 2 года назад +21

      Hail Arkhipov!

    • @trashmemer5924
      @trashmemer5924 2 года назад +13

      just remember...He's greek and i am too and its crazy to hear from our tiny country people talking somehow for it LMFAO

  • @casualBob7
    @casualBob7 2 года назад +3590

    2:27 holy shit, this dude is the embodiment of a true chad, not only did he stand up to 2 higher officers and saved all our lives in the process, but he looks like chad.

    • @malcolmjenkins3585
      @malcolmjenkins3585 2 года назад +400

      The virgin stalin vs. The chad arkhipov

    • @Josep_Hernandez_Lujan
      @Josep_Hernandez_Lujan 2 года назад +332

      He was actually the highest ranking officer, a Commodore, who commanded the entire flotilla. That's why he also got a vote. Because while not the Captain, he did have a higher rank.
      All the other subs only required two votes, that of the Captain and the Commissar.
      Just imagine the odds that off all the Soviet subs it just happens to be to one that required a third vote. If Arkhipov had picked any other sub as his "flag ship", nuclear war would've happened.

    • @VascoCC95
      @VascoCC95 2 года назад +19

      He saved some lives but there are countries that had nothing to do with the cold war and would have no causalities. Think of Switzerland that remained neutral during ww2 even though they were in the center of the conflict...

    • @DwayneTheGlockJohnson
      @DwayneTheGlockJohnson 2 года назад +125

      @@VascoCC95 fallout doesn't care about borders

    • @DwayneTheGlockJohnson
      @DwayneTheGlockJohnson 2 года назад +84

      @@TerraKnyte_64 aw hell yeah man that radioactive cloud sees that plus flag, shits itself and runs away, 10/10 the Swiss win again lmao

  • @jimt503
    @jimt503 5 месяцев назад +6

    Somehow you forgot to mention President Ronald Reagan and his fameous speech from the West Berlin side of the wall, in which he implored "Mr.Gorbachev, tear down this wall." It was a monumental speech at the time and impossible to forget.

  • @menacingbread7909
    @menacingbread7909 3 месяца назад +9

    Saying that president Ho Chi Minh was a ruthless dictator is basically saying the Buddha was a warmonger

  • @joaodiogorodrigues7304
    @joaodiogorodrigues7304 2 года назад +2847

    That "OverSimplified WW3 Coming sooner or later" hits different now...

    • @bruhwhoisyou1655
      @bruhwhoisyou1655 2 года назад +30

      fr

    • @andyb1653
      @andyb1653 2 года назад

      @@juliachristie6149 Not WW3 just yet. Yes, Ukraine's all fucked up and Russia's money has turned to dust, but there's still time to hit the brakes on this thing.

    • @masternobody1896
      @masternobody1896 2 года назад +13

      i guess there is always going to be wars

    • @andyb1653
      @andyb1653 2 года назад +32

      @@masternobody1896 War....
      War never changes.

    • @shadocloud
      @shadocloud 2 года назад +41

      Yes but there's memes this time

  • @dnalol7648
    @dnalol7648 4 года назад +2966

    You know you're dead when the trees start speaking Vietnamese

    • @farlanyukir2452
      @farlanyukir2452 4 года назад +126

      And you know shits gonna happen when the sky start singing fortunate son

    • @rohitchavan921
      @rohitchavan921 4 года назад +5

      lmaoooooooo

    • @mami1330
      @mami1330 4 года назад +24

      You know you’re dead when the swamps start shooting aks

    • @GorillaWar3
      @GorillaWar3 4 года назад +41

      Germans when the snow starts speaking russian:*scared cat face*

    • @pierresihite8854
      @pierresihite8854 4 года назад +48

      @@GorillaWar3 When the Soviets hear the snow speaking Finnish

  • @hardenedclay8840
    @hardenedclay8840 7 месяцев назад +5

    8:36 imagine how confident he mustve felt😂

  • @princeofchemotherapy6544
    @princeofchemotherapy6544 7 месяцев назад +8

    14:55 HE SAID THE THING

  • @ecksdee1637
    @ecksdee1637 4 года назад +3009

    America: Has Missles in Turkey
    Soviet Union: Puts Missles in Cuba
    America: *_Surprised Pickachu Face_*

    • @IceCream-ey2kg
      @IceCream-ey2kg 4 года назад +60

      Ngl when I heard that, I was like wut missiles? I literally forgot about the missiles in Turkey lol

    • @accountoftheultraimaginato4012
      @accountoftheultraimaginato4012 4 года назад +8

      Pickachu. Yes.

    • @shavturtle1213
      @shavturtle1213 4 года назад +90

      Ice Cream it’s cus whenever Americans talk about it they coinviently forget to mention Turkish missiles

    • @iceneko9170
      @iceneko9170 4 года назад +16

      @@shavturtle1213 yes. conveniently, it doesnt get mentioned int he texts much...

    • @twinzzlers
      @twinzzlers 4 года назад +2

      @@iceneko9170 Does it matter? Any country would hate that.

  • @DarthVader1273
    @DarthVader1273 2 года назад +3961

    You know you’ve mastered teaching when people watch your educational videos for fun

    • @mzil
      @mzil 2 года назад +15

      Sometimes there is a disinformation...

    • @slevinchannel7589
      @slevinchannel7589 2 года назад +54

      @@mzil Learning never ends,
      so here you go, have some RANDOM comment trying to give you Fun Science-Times:
      Veritasium is cool, but Hbomberguy is even better.
      Practical Enginnering is also recommend-worthy,
      just like Neil Red, It's ok to be smart, Oversimplified, CGP Grey, Tier Zoo, Kozmo, Sci Man Dan, Bob the Science Guy, Creaky Blinder.
      And Legal Eagle and Cinema Therapy also are very educational, but these 2 are noteworthy for offering a very new viewpoint for old things.

    • @muhammadaqil7025
      @muhammadaqil7025 2 года назад +13

      @@slevinchannel7589 good job son. i hope you find a lucky penny 🦋✨

    • @slevinchannel7589
      @slevinchannel7589 2 года назад +8

      @@muhammadaqil7025 Thanks,
      but I was never after Money, at all. I am just a Science-Enthuaist who thinks science-fans (while not as uncoordinated and scattered AF as HunterxHunter-Fans are) are still very scattered and often fail to know the best-of-the-best on youtube.
      So i offer my help, duh.

    • @YouKnowImOnMyPeriodYah
      @YouKnowImOnMyPeriodYah 2 года назад +8

      @@mzil
      It’s inevitable, if you’re doing serious research that’s why you use multiple sources. But I’m here for fun and for the memes, so what can you do

  • @azilk
    @azilk 2 месяца назад +3

    after 5 years the promised vietnam war is still yet to come

    • @toddstone230
      @toddstone230 2 месяца назад

      In another video he predicted the French Revolution vid would come out in 2027. So we got to get to that one first I guess lol

  • @tinimunson1242
    @tinimunson1242 11 месяцев назад +3

    Oh my gosh, I cannot believe you actually did a bit of the history of my country, Vietnam !! It was amazing ! I love your channel!

  • @juliustan3875
    @juliustan3875 4 года назад +678

    Most used sentence in the video:
    Soviet people to be happy:2%
    That damn wall:1%
    They wanted a president tough on communism:97%

    • @staringgasmask
      @staringgasmask 4 года назад +18

      ruthless dictator

    • @902xgamer3
      @902xgamer3 4 года назад +23

      Very sweet looking old men, but don’t let that fool you, they were both ruthless dictators, who both dreamed of reuniting Korea/Thailand, but under their own regime.

    • @nguyenhoanglong420
      @nguyenhoanglong420 3 года назад

      @@mooseears9849 WELL I HAVE TO GET USED TO WITH IT CAUSE I CANNOT DO ANYTHING AND I HAVE TO OBEY TO COMMUNISM PARTY OF VIETNAM

  • @BBait01
    @BBait01 5 лет назад +2837

    Where’s the corruption ... ahh there it is

    • @Mixima101
      @Mixima101 5 лет назад +6

      I think he did it because it would have looked like jailing your political opposition, which happens often in non-democratic countries.

    • @solomonshv
      @solomonshv 5 лет назад +82

      @@Mixima101 that makes no sense. ford and nixon ran the white house together, they were in the same party. at no point in history did they oppose each other.

    • @thedemongodvlogs7671
      @thedemongodvlogs7671 5 лет назад +1

      Yay

    • @joshieque9460
      @joshieque9460 5 лет назад +10

      Your profile pic fits perfectly with your comment.

    • @justnitro9448
      @justnitro9448 5 лет назад +2

      Abraham Lincoln vid

  • @Bosslady_Goodness
    @Bosslady_Goodness 5 месяцев назад +2

    I love youte videos, been binge watching since yesterday... I use to think history is a bore but learning about other nations war and what led to it has been fascinating🇳🇬❤️

  • @abc_13579
    @abc_13579 9 месяцев назад +7

    At 0:56 you said, "but Castro felt there was still an impending threat to his regime." How right he was! The information recently declassified from that period shows that after the Bay of Pigs fiasco Kennedy immediately asked his advisors to come up with other ways to get rid of Castro. Kennedy wanted that guy out (not that I blame him for that), and Castro understood this-so of course he turned to the USSR for protection. What else was he supposed to do?

  • @ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid
    @ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid 2 года назад +2957

    Gotta love how casually that "fourteenth time America has lost a nuke" line got swept under the rug.

    • @arpit8614
      @arpit8614 2 года назад +59

      @Amir Liz Its a joke dude

    • @watsenju1103
      @watsenju1103 2 года назад +18

      If it got swept under the rug why do we know the number? What you mean is you hadn't heard about it because you never sought information on the topic. Please don't sic "it's a joke" guy on me

    • @Campeon99
      @Campeon99 2 года назад +44

      @@watsenju1103 it’s a joke bruv

    • @watsenju1103
      @watsenju1103 2 года назад +5

      @@Campeon99 haha noooo you got me bruv

    • @talha1349
      @talha1349 2 года назад +40

      @@watsenju1103 they meant the vid only very briefly mentioned it, therefore "sweeping it under the rug" very quickly

  • @nguyentony7357
    @nguyentony7357 5 лет назад +3230

    America: Do you have oil?
    Countries with oil: Yeah
    America: Yeah... I wouldn't

  • @weebandgaminginc.7593
    @weebandgaminginc.7593 11 месяцев назад +5

    I swear to god the Cold War is just one heart attack after another, and I’m just learning about it. Even before this, I knew how the bay of pigs invasion and the Cuban missile crisis would end, but I’m always on the edge of my seat

  • @Raidon484
    @Raidon484 8 месяцев назад +4

    About the east german government giving in: while it is true that the travel ban wasn't meant to be lifted until next day, it kinda was because someone made a bit of an oopsie and said that to his knowledge, the travel ban lifting was to take effect immediately. So, after everyone heard that, they flocked to the border. The soldiers there, not knowing what to do, phoned a few people and ultimately just let them through because what are you gonna do at that point?

  • @ackee39
    @ackee39 3 года назад +3906

    2:25
    This guy basically prevented WW3, and probably saved the entire world by doing so. There should be some kind of holiday to his name or something

    • @xXRealXx
      @xXRealXx 2 года назад +258

      AFAIK, unfortunately he wasn't appreciated for what he did back in the USSR (aka gulag for ya (I think, I may be wrong))

    • @ChivalrousThief_Zelnir
      @ChivalrousThief_Zelnir 2 года назад +202

      Most records of him were probably stamped out cuz I don't think the boys back home approved

    • @xXRealXx
      @xXRealXx 2 года назад +243

      @@ChivalrousThief_Zelnir yea lol, how dare you save humanity instead of killing it off for the glory of the USSR!

    • @ChivalrousThief_Zelnir
      @ChivalrousThief_Zelnir 2 года назад +103

      @@xXRealXx bro its because in America, Nuke make you dead. In Soviet Russia, Nuke make you strong. 💪💪 😂😂

    • @xXRealXx
      @xXRealXx 2 года назад +44

      @@ChivalrousThief_Zelnir *Hulk noises intensify*

  • @keiichiiownsu12
    @keiichiiownsu12 3 года назад +1369

    2:26 Apparently "this beautiful man" was posthumously awarded for his actions in 2017. Brings tears to my eyes!

    • @bringdislikesback8078
      @bringdislikesback8078 2 года назад +3

      Why did you say "beautiful man" like this

    • @RodrigoLRDR
      @RodrigoLRDR 2 года назад +117

      but he is quite handsome 😳

    • @muddledlion9593
      @muddledlion9593 2 года назад +2

      He is dead

    • @cyborgthorney
      @cyborgthorney 2 года назад +17

      @@muddledlion9593 VASILI NOOOOOO-

    • @CallenderMan
      @CallenderMan 2 года назад +33

      @@muddledlion9593 Hence the use of the word "posthumously" in the original comment

  • @MMMeteor192
    @MMMeteor192 Год назад +1

    I’m making a project on nuclear power, and I’m making currently about the cold war and it’s effects on nukes, and this video has helpped me a ton with that, as well as the first part.

  • @user-cd3mu4bm8f
    @user-cd3mu4bm8f 7 месяцев назад +3

    Are you breathing right now? Yeah I wouldn’t.

  • @elijahr241
    @elijahr241 3 года назад +3317

    "I'm unsubscribing from OverSimplified."
    *No, we have a tank.*

  • @25i428
    @25i428 3 года назад +633

    “Are you moving to West Berlin?”
    “Yep”
    “Yeah.... I wouldn’t”

    • @Charles-SG
      @Charles-SG 3 года назад +4

      Ryan Teoh 😂😂

    • @zestgramz
      @zestgramz 3 года назад

      America: Are you moving to east germany
      Someone: Yeah
      America: nahh I wouldn't

    • @johnbaker7102
      @johnbaker7102 2 года назад +1

      @@zestgramz lol no one is moving to East Germany voluntarily

  • @AdamThechosenone-dl3rn
    @AdamThechosenone-dl3rn Месяц назад +4

    6 years and still no Vietnam war video

  • @kittyonmydesk5532
    @kittyonmydesk5532 11 месяцев назад

    7:50
    1. the easing of hostility or strained relations, especially between countries
    2. to kiss and make up, diplomatically speaking

  • @avarma6313
    @avarma6313 4 года назад +678

    vasili arkhipov is the most underrated hero of all time

    • @jjollie4334
      @jjollie4334 4 года назад +53

      For real. He literally changed the course of humanity with one decision

    • @Dhimo758
      @Dhimo758 4 года назад +8

      *Sad Stanislav Petrov noises*

    • @SimoneFin
      @SimoneFin 4 года назад

      All aboard the Arkhipov train

    • @marquisdehoto1638
      @marquisdehoto1638 4 года назад +1

      There were more people like him... he is sadly not the only one who stopped ww3.

    • @kint87
      @kint87 4 года назад +3

      So many unknow heroes ...
      There is some soviets submariners who volunteer to go die horribly to fix broken nuclear plant in their sinking submarine so the whole ocean wont go dead...
      And so they die horribly, saving us all and oceans
      Do we know theim ? Well...

  • @andrewyousif5722
    @andrewyousif5722 4 года назад +1518

    Every time a World War comes, the bigger the fights get.
    WW5: Jupiter vs the Sun

    • @thepixelpr3dator207
      @thepixelpr3dator207 4 года назад +36

      1 and 2 werent neccessarily 'bigger' there were just more casualties because a side ALMOST won and then was defeated, meanwhilr ww1 the side starting the war barely did anything
      Ww3 will be a very big difference tho

    • @nekochan3231
      @nekochan3231 4 года назад +60

      WW6: Milkyway Galaxy vs Andromeda Galaxy

    • @ladybabe6958
      @ladybabe6958 4 года назад +2

      @Lumine Moonwait a minute is that from alita battle angel

    • @ladybabe6958
      @ladybabe6958 4 года назад +2

      @Lumine Moon Zalem war

    • @obot321sucks4
      @obot321sucks4 4 года назад +2

      @Andrew Yousif hol up

  • @partisan3353
    @partisan3353 3 месяца назад

    Your part on the vietnam war unironically helped me on an exam, thank you bro

  • @mrdontrump
    @mrdontrump Месяц назад +3

    it's interesting, that in the West they shows Gorbachev as a good man, but in Russia we are calls him a betrayal, coz after what he did we had very tought period

    • @Bronsonnarrator
      @Bronsonnarrator Месяц назад

      Yeah his whole videos are frome perspective of western bullshit colonial asshole narrative. Fact is they won so wrote the history. Gorbachev may be a good man but also a weak men who bowed down to bullshit of West.

  • @cameosix7077
    @cameosix7077 3 года назад +3849

    Gorbachev: Free elections
    Putin: I am about to end this man's entire carrer

    • @Yekatanarchist
      @Yekatanarchist 3 года назад +156

      Europa no. Gorbachev was a reformer, he did not want the union to split. He wanted to liberalize it completely and create a new union. The union split up because of the coup. Say thanks to the coup for the millions of lives not Gorbachev

    • @od4361
      @od4361 3 года назад +151

      @@Yekatanarchist I respect Gorbachev's intentions, but he was a fool to think that people who have been oppressed for almost 70 years were just going to accept his new reforms and immediately see the USSR as a friend, instead of a violent conqueror.

    • @fatrooster4632
      @fatrooster4632 3 года назад +65

      @@od4361 Yeah he was a bit of an naïve idealist. At least the Baltics and most of the former eastern bloc is doing ok, even if Russia/Ukraine/Belarus/Armenia/parts of central Asia arent.

    • @specialunit0428
      @specialunit0428 3 года назад +24

      @@fatrooster4632 I heard that 90s Russia, Ukraine and Belarus were the most dangerous places in the world as everyone thought it was the end of the world. Murders were occurring daily outside people's homes, robberies increased, corruption exploded and the Russian mafia suddenly gained lots of power.

    • @betterthanMJF
      @betterthanMJF 3 года назад +11

      @@Yekatanarchist I blame Yeltsin

  • @whosanime9035
    @whosanime9035 3 года назад +1749

    "That handsome one" avoided WW3, if he didn't stop them then the world would be DED.

  • @hyprpoint
    @hyprpoint 11 месяцев назад +2

    My grandpa fought in the vietnam war, he was in the 101st airborne division and fought in hamburger hill, i'd love to see a video about it.

  • @Raceb8420
    @Raceb8420 8 месяцев назад +3

    Who else paused to look closer at the Berlin Wall graffiti?

  • @securitybreach5182
    @securitybreach5182 4 года назад +2003

    " Vietnam war Oversimplified. Coming eventually 2019"
    2020: Dude, Uncool

    • @soap4199
      @soap4199 4 года назад +9

      welp, I want it too, and I know it'll come in about... 50 more years?

    • @redfire1787
      @redfire1787 4 года назад +57

      This enraged Oversimplified fans, who punished oversimplified severely.

    • @Chuby_ubesie
      @Chuby_ubesie 4 года назад +6

      So uncool

    • @Jackuves
      @Jackuves 4 года назад +3

      I thought it was it henry the 8th

    • @taidang9540
      @taidang9540 4 года назад +1

      yea but never came

  • @perniciousreaper4393
    @perniciousreaper4393 2 года назад +5081

    A couple of fun facts about Vasili Arkhipov, the Soviet submarine officer. First, in regards to the incident mentioned in the video...Arkhipov was greatly concerned that his key would be taken from him by force, based on how motivated his captain was to launch nuclear missiles. So, he swallowed his key and told his captain that the only way to launch the missiles would be to cut him open. Second, a little over a year before that incident, Arkhipov was executive officer of the doomed K-19 when the famed accident involving its reactor happened. He, along with the rest of the crew, was irradiated as a result. Despite that, he outlived many of the K-19 crew, who died prematurely over the next couple of decades due to radiation exposure. I'd like to think that the Universe/God/whatever gave him some bonus years for saving the world.

    • @slevinchannel7589
      @slevinchannel7589 2 года назад +144

      Learning never ends,
      so here you go, have some RANDOM comment trying to give you Fun Science-Times:
      Veritasium is cool, but Hbomberguy is even better.
      Practical Enginnering is also recommend-worthy,
      just like Neil Red, It's ok to be smart, Oversimplified, CGP Grey, Tier Zoo, Kozmo, Sci Man Dan, Bob the Science Guy, Creaky Blinder.
      And Legal Eagle and Cinema Therapy also are very educational, but these 2 are noteworthy for offering a very new viewpoint for old things.

    • @ricardslisovskis2839
      @ricardslisovskis2839 2 года назад +19

      @@slevinchannel7589 What about MinuteEarth?

    • @slevinchannel7589
      @slevinchannel7589 2 года назад +11

      @@ricardslisovskis2839 I aint familar with that one, but i love to get stuff recommended almost (but just almost) as much as i love recommending stuff to people!

    • @chughes156
      @chughes156 2 года назад +23

      @@slevinchannel7589 Thanks for the list! I would add Tom Scott, Computerphile/Numberphile and Robert Miles to the list, but CGPgrey is my firm favourite

    • @slevinchannel7589
      @slevinchannel7589 2 года назад +4

      @@chughes156 YEP!

  • @tessy4460
    @tessy4460 29 дней назад

    Hi, APUSH student here. Your videos are incredibly creative, helpful and funny! They aid my love of history. Right now we are learning about the Vietnam War, and I would LOVE to see a min-war video on it if at all possible. Thanks!

  • @tacotown4598
    @tacotown4598 7 дней назад +2

    15:56 “what could go wrong”
    It did. It really went wrong.

  • @robertwynn5264
    @robertwynn5264 4 года назад +2497

    Earth:
    About to get torn to pieces
    Vasili Arkhipov:
    *I'm About to Save This Man's Whole Career*

    • @rudywitdatooli
      @rudywitdatooli 4 года назад +7

      Stop

    • @TheKazragore
      @TheKazragore 4 года назад +63

      Him and Stanislav Petrov the two MVPs of the Cold War.

    • @Cobblestonebob
      @Cobblestonebob 4 года назад +12

      Vasili - one of the true G's the world needed

    • @housesports000
      @housesports000 4 года назад +33

      This enraged his father, *who punished him severely.*

    • @thedisciple5733
      @thedisciple5733 4 года назад +1

      what a life saver

  • @isaacsorrels4077
    @isaacsorrels4077 4 года назад +818

    2:24 Good god that actually is a beautiful man.
    That jaw line is almost as impressive as him saving the world.

  • @janelian1324
    @janelian1324 2 месяца назад +2

    Could you do a video about the cold war between Russia and Finland? I really like to watch your videos cause they are really well explained and I can learn really easily of them.

  • @ronanprince4442
    @ronanprince4442 3 месяца назад +1

    binge watching oversimplified ww1 all the to this in one sitting is a damned good history class

  • @howlknightxx1619
    @howlknightxx1619 4 года назад +7640

    I learned more in 17 minutes than 7 hours at school

  • @lucanovellino1010
    @lucanovellino1010 4 года назад +601

    "Where's the corruption"
    "my first act as president is to pardon Nixon"
    "Ah there it is"
    This was amazing

    • @gengarzilla1685
      @gengarzilla1685 3 года назад +8

      This is why attempting to impeach Donald Trump was a bad idea. His VP, Mike Pence, probably would have taken over and got Trump off the hook.

    • @igustibagusananda7706
      @igustibagusananda7706 2 года назад +1

      And then there's Donald Trump who pardon a bunch of criminals at the end of his term.

  • @cluods1371
    @cluods1371 7 месяцев назад +1

    This lore is crazy can't wait for you're next book

  • @DecentCobra3000
    @DecentCobra3000 6 месяцев назад +3

    The part where the US gave Chad a sword and told it to fight Libya was so cute.