The Cold War - OverSimplified (Part 2)

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  • Опубликовано: 12 ноя 2024

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  • @lord5886
    @lord5886 4 года назад +2954

    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 +94

      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

  • @namelessanonymous2913
    @namelessanonymous2913 3 года назад +8573

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

  • @valdemarvictory3105
    @valdemarvictory3105 4 года назад +41135

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

    • @l1ngl1ng69
      @l1ngl1ng69 4 года назад +3247

      this is gold

    • @ammarpratama1207
      @ammarpratama1207 4 года назад +824

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

    • @schlafanzyk
      @schlafanzyk 4 года назад +4771

      because of global warming duh

    • @landonfromdanceclasssussyb2987
      @landonfromdanceclasssussyb2987 4 года назад +537

      Nice one

    • @KH-om1xy
      @KH-om1xy 4 года назад +396

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

  • @youraverageamerican1315
    @youraverageamerican1315 Год назад +6896

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

  • @jeck7412
    @jeck7412 5 лет назад +23945

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

    • @tinkaraazb9383
      @tinkaraazb9383 5 лет назад +259

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

    • @michaelw4
      @michaelw4 5 лет назад +1339

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

    • @NCF29YT
      @NCF29YT 5 лет назад +303

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

    • @lettero1761
      @lettero1761 5 лет назад +288

      it was vasili arkipov

    • @michaelw4
      @michaelw4 5 лет назад +448

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

  • @50SPEEDX
    @50SPEEDX 3 года назад +34363

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

    • @ngockien2080
      @ngockien2080 3 года назад +2345

      Vietnam War-Oversimplified belike: the trees that talk

    • @mjaned0528
      @mjaned0528 3 года назад +471

      same i want to see

    • @user-ru1jo5rc3t
      @user-ru1jo5rc3t 3 года назад +144

      @@mjaned0528 yep

    • @gatorskunk26
      @gatorskunk26 3 года назад +246

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

    • @hannerieboshoff842
      @hannerieboshoff842 3 года назад +112

      They hid it in a tree

  • @luketimewalker
    @luketimewalker 3 года назад +3214

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

    • @mydogdeli
      @mydogdeli 3 года назад +30

      True dat, but...species'?

    • @vivi.loves.kitties
      @vivi.loves.kitties 3 года назад +172

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

    • @alecfongy3175
      @alecfongy3175 3 года назад +26

      I will never forget him

    • @bernardoroque9794
      @bernardoroque9794 3 года назад +24

      Hail Arkhipov!

    • @trashmemer5924
      @trashmemer5924 3 года назад +14

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

  • @Sebastian62608
    @Sebastian62608 8 месяцев назад +1984

    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 7 месяцев назад +3

      140likes and no replies

    • @OkSid300
      @OkSid300 7 месяцев назад

      Asshole ruined all the fun.

    • @Jesus_Christ_loves_you_alot
      @Jesus_Christ_loves_you_alot 6 месяцев назад +41

      God gave him wisdom at that moment

    • @ignite5815
      @ignite5815 6 месяцев назад +49

      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 6 месяцев назад +28

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

  • @Ancend
    @Ancend 3 года назад +4156

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

  • @leakersnick2106
    @leakersnick2106 5 лет назад +10999

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

    • @Boooooooooo541
      @Boooooooooo541 5 лет назад +83

      Finnish Demon r/wooosh

    • @leakersnick2106
      @leakersnick2106 5 лет назад +174

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

    • @FlSCHL
      @FlSCHL 5 лет назад +29

      Ok plz calm down 😢lol

    • @nolongerusing7430
      @nolongerusing7430 5 лет назад +77

      @@Boooooooooo541 he deleted his comment. What a wuss

    • @rsemsp517
      @rsemsp517 5 лет назад +16

      SG21337 what did he say

  • @MrZachtheKingsfan
    @MrZachtheKingsfan 3 года назад +4971

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

    • @Equints
      @Equints 3 года назад +104

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

    • @oceansblue2000
      @oceansblue2000 3 года назад +43

      That man's a saint 💯

    • @natnew32
      @natnew32 3 года назад +226

      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 3 года назад +8

      420 likes LOL

    • @smitasingh3081
      @smitasingh3081 3 года назад +6

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

  • @Raidon484
    @Raidon484 Год назад +744

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

    • @philippHD100
      @philippHD100 6 месяцев назад +4

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

  • @r3wturb0x51
    @r3wturb0x51 5 лет назад +2889

    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"

  • @ackee39
    @ackee39 3 года назад +3986

    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 3 года назад +262

      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 3 года назад +207

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

    • @xXRealXx
      @xXRealXx 3 года назад +249

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

    • @ChivalrousThief_Zelnir
      @ChivalrousThief_Zelnir 3 года назад +106

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

    • @xXRealXx
      @xXRealXx 3 года назад +45

      @@ChivalrousThief_Zelnir *Hulk noises intensify*

  • @DarthVader1273
    @DarthVader1273 3 года назад +3980

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

    • @mzil
      @mzil 3 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 +7

      @@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

  • @ryankelley2429
    @ryankelley2429 9 месяцев назад +187

    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.

    • @ValisaGriffin
      @ValisaGriffin 3 месяца назад +2

      So Ryan you watched the first cold war vid well during the Korean War my papal served in the marines

  • @casualBob7
    @casualBob7 3 года назад +3668

    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 3 года назад +404

      The virgin stalin vs. The chad arkhipov

    • @Josep_Hernandez_Lujan
      @Josep_Hernandez_Lujan 3 года назад +340

      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 3 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 3 года назад +130

      @@VascoCC95 fallout doesn't care about borders

    • @DwayneTheGlockJohnson
      @DwayneTheGlockJohnson 3 года назад +88

      @@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

  • @danielhoyng6588
    @danielhoyng6588 5 лет назад +29195

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

    • @SeptimusAugustus
      @SeptimusAugustus 5 лет назад +648

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

    • @DungHoang-jt5hh
      @DungHoang-jt5hh 5 лет назад +59

      Tru

    • @r7ahtesham885
      @r7ahtesham885 5 лет назад +223

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

    • @renixmar3373
      @renixmar3373 5 лет назад +175

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

    • @hii-people2245
      @hii-people2245 5 лет назад +61

      ReNixMaR I think he’s hired more animators

  • @eoinprather7234
    @eoinprather7234 3 года назад +3507

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

    • @trickythefox9598
      @trickythefox9598 3 года назад +78

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

    • @evilriceplate2590
      @evilriceplate2590 3 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 3 года назад +8

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

    • @evilriceplate2590
      @evilriceplate2590 3 года назад +4

      @@Resetium I already defeated first mech boas

    • @Resetium
      @Resetium 3 года назад +6

      @@evilriceplate2590 good for you

  • @HawkMawth
    @HawkMawth Год назад +588

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

    • @Imagine_Beyond
      @Imagine_Beyond 4 месяца назад +4

      389 likes and no replies.. wow.

  • @thelightbringer8610
    @thelightbringer8610 Год назад +5756

    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 +54

      FR

    • @Shoteaux2
      @Shoteaux2 Год назад +120

      how can you even explain that, poor guy

    • @ArgentinianElectrician
      @ArgentinianElectrician Год назад +206

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

    • @stevenstamper7904
      @stevenstamper7904 Год назад +150

      ​@@ArgentinianElectrician my dog ate it

    • @richardsmith6608
      @richardsmith6608 Год назад +50

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

  • @artlygalkd3502
    @artlygalkd3502 4 года назад +14786

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

    • @aidoll3692
      @aidoll3692 4 года назад +802

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

    • @dobrastaravremena7176
      @dobrastaravremena7176 4 года назад +252

      Old*

    • @sarahcesar5813
      @sarahcesar5813 4 года назад +75

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

    • @陈知乾
      @陈知乾 4 года назад +43

      And they might solve the nuke crisis.

    • @markthebikethief1248
      @markthebikethief1248 4 года назад +23

      And asian

  • @keiichiiownsu12
    @keiichiiownsu12 3 года назад +1405

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

    • @bringdislikesback8078
      @bringdislikesback8078 3 года назад +3

      Why did you say "beautiful man" like this

    • @RodrigoLRDR
      @RodrigoLRDR 3 года назад +118

      but he is quite handsome 😳

    • @muddledlion9593
      @muddledlion9593 3 года назад +2

      He is dead

    • @viiiiiiiipuri
      @viiiiiiiipuri 3 года назад +17

      @@muddledlion9593 VASILI NOOOOOO-

    • @CallenderMan
      @CallenderMan 3 года назад +33

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

  • @brandoncrawford7971
    @brandoncrawford7971 9 месяцев назад +196

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

    • @MichaelFreiberg-qy8bt
      @MichaelFreiberg-qy8bt 6 месяцев назад +3

      there ain't one

    • @notsojharedtroll23
      @notsojharedtroll23 5 месяцев назад +2

      That's the joke cause of camouflage

    • @EliteScoutVN
      @EliteScoutVN 3 месяца назад +3

      Spot the dog in Vietnam War
      Awnser: The dog is in Vietcong soldier's stomach

    • @TSERJI
      @TSERJI 2 месяца назад +1

      🤣

    • @SwayamNegi-Swami
      @SwayamNegi-Swami Месяц назад +1

      good thing you weren't sent there

  • @issstrops843
    @issstrops843 3 года назад +6692

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

  • @jeffrey589
    @jeffrey589 4 года назад +7844

    "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 +86

      that was so hard🤣

    • @BigUriel
      @BigUriel 4 года назад +117

      It's funny because it's true

    • @ruimanueldeoliveirapereira2603
      @ruimanueldeoliveirapereira2603 4 года назад +34

      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

    • @BouncinBabyBren
      @BouncinBabyBren 4 года назад +159

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

  • @larrygaroth9773
    @larrygaroth9773 3 года назад +5872

    I actually teared up a little over the Berlin part where they reunited

    • @sam_sa09
      @sam_sa09 3 года назад +82

      Same

    • @kiarona.
      @kiarona. 3 года назад +54

      Me too

    • @kalirice7875
      @kalirice7875 3 года назад +253

      Me too. Would love to see the same thing for Korea one day. ❤️

    • @alejandrodominguez165
      @alejandrodominguez165 3 года назад +27

      @@kalirice7875 it wouldn’t be the same

    • @kalirice7875
      @kalirice7875 3 года назад +191

      @@alejandrodominguez165 definitely will be more traumatic, and I don’t see a diplomatic way for it to be done without war unfortunately.. but I would love to see a day they are United and the people of the North are liberated.

  • @Will-dk5wq
    @Will-dk5wq Год назад +73

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

    • @LeahinIRL
      @LeahinIRL 7 месяцев назад +1

      fr and he was fine too

  • @hunterpupa
    @hunterpupa 2 года назад +8576

    Already watched this long time ago. Now back to just say that despite a lot of these documentaries, history is indeed bound to repeat itself.

    • @nataliehocklander6573
      @nataliehocklander6573 2 года назад +314

      i literally came to watch this video due to what's going on in ukraine.. crazy.

    • @0xUchiha
      @0xUchiha 2 года назад +276

      "Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it".
      -someone famous I can't remember.

    • @utilizator500
      @utilizator500 2 года назад +166

      I came here to mention that "WW3 coming sooner or later" near the end.

    • @aeliusdawn
      @aeliusdawn 2 года назад +39

      Considering that we are again at Defcon 2, you are right

    • @blagd
      @blagd 2 года назад +7

      Almost took the words out of my mouth

  • @ij1376
    @ij1376 Год назад +1897

    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 Год 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 Год назад +1

      ​@@laurapeter3857how old are you now?

    • @Balaji14100
      @Balaji14100 Год назад +12

      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 Год назад +13

      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!

  • @avarma6313
    @avarma6313 5 лет назад +693

    vasili arkhipov is the most underrated hero of all time

    • @jjollie4334
      @jjollie4334 5 лет назад +54

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

    • @Dhimo758
      @Dhimo758 5 лет назад +9

      *Sad Stanislav Petrov noises*

    • @SimoneFin
      @SimoneFin 5 лет назад +1

      All aboard the Arkhipov train

    • @marquisdehoto1638
      @marquisdehoto1638 5 лет назад +1

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

    • @kint87
      @kint87 5 лет 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...

  • @OficjalnyProfilMarty
    @OficjalnyProfilMarty 9 месяцев назад +105

    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 6 месяцев назад +3

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

    • @whatisthis6259
      @whatisthis6259 5 месяцев назад

      Hi there! Allah loves all of his beings and accepting him as your god is the way to Jahanna. Allah loves you!

    • @CJ-bb3yv
      @CJ-bb3yv 4 месяца назад

      ​@@whatisthis6259Nah I created Allah and he worships me so you better do too

    • @vargskelethor
      @vargskelethor 3 месяца назад

      i have never heard anybody say that

  • @perniciousreaper4393
    @perniciousreaper4393 2 года назад +5102

    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!

  • @somespecialname
    @somespecialname 5 лет назад +3199

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

    • @ahmedouramdane2246
      @ahmedouramdane2246 4 года назад +14

      i would [troll face]

    • @drunkjack2365
      @drunkjack2365 4 года назад +26

      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!

    • @VargoOP
      @VargoOP 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

  • @Istaqlal
    @Istaqlal 7 месяцев назад +50

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

    • @Wimikooo
      @Wimikooo 5 месяцев назад +1

      Lol I used it to study for history test about this stuff now I'm thinking about becoming a history memer

  • @olitesla5891
    @olitesla5891 5 лет назад +32378

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

    • @yessum15
      @yessum15 5 лет назад +2175

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

    • @olitesla5891
      @olitesla5891 5 лет назад +1034

      @@yessum15 it's a joke, SON.

    • @yessum15
      @yessum15 5 лет назад +587

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

    • @sarahamira5732
      @sarahamira5732 5 лет назад +1722

      This angered his father, who punished him severely

    • @Vimdraa
      @Vimdraa 5 лет назад +1144

      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.

  • @thetexastickler
    @thetexastickler 3 года назад +2796

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

  • @794edgar
    @794edgar 2 года назад +4185

    Just wanted to come back and watch parts 1 and 2 due to the passing of Mr. Gorbachev and he seemed like a man that wanted peace. R.i.p Mr. Gorbachev.

    • @wweminehead
      @wweminehead 2 года назад +48

      I had the exact same idea

    • @liminalb1rds158
      @liminalb1rds158 2 года назад +43

      May he Rest In Peace

    • @mepanaga1479
      @mepanaga1479 2 года назад +104

      Rip Mikhail Gorbachev. All he wanted was peace and happiness in Russia.

    • @mikenike1062
      @mikenike1062 2 года назад +25

      My friend told me he died and I was like no you little lier but I asked my alexa and she said he died 5 days ago 😪 💔 😔

    • @bashy_07
      @bashy_07 2 года назад +162

      The country he worked so hard to free. He watched it as it fell into a one party dictatorship again under Putin. I honestly feel bad for Gorbachev. RIP Mikhail Gorbachev

  • @Tristan-of1cl
    @Tristan-of1cl 7 месяцев назад +111

    "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!

  • @joaodiogorodrigues7304
    @joaodiogorodrigues7304 2 года назад +2928

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

    • @bruhwhoisyou1655
      @bruhwhoisyou1655 2 года назад +32

      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 +34

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

    • @shadocloud
      @shadocloud 2 года назад +41

      Yes but there's memes this time

  • @carmelads
    @carmelads 3 года назад +5433

    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 3 года назад +598

      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 3 года назад +88

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

    • @AnarchyDruid
      @AnarchyDruid 3 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 3 года назад +3

      Yes

    • @AnarchyDruid
      @AnarchyDruid 3 года назад +15

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

  • @No-ep8ig
    @No-ep8ig 4 года назад +5909

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

  • @emmanueljaramillo
    @emmanueljaramillo Год назад +275

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

    • @Apollo292_99
      @Apollo292_99 6 месяцев назад +5

      Wow

    • @thedictationofallah
      @thedictationofallah 6 месяцев назад +5

      Not anymore

    • @Apollo292_99
      @Apollo292_99 6 месяцев назад +4

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

    • @emmanueljaramillo
      @emmanueljaramillo 6 месяцев назад +14

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

    • @gooseegg617
      @gooseegg617 6 месяцев назад +1

      Jimmy is slowly dying

  • @Rafting900
    @Rafting900 4 года назад +3014

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

    • @gombomicrowave9489
      @gombomicrowave9489 4 года назад +18

      HA!

    • @galladesamurai2380
      @galladesamurai2380 4 года назад +174

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

    • @carsonsprinkles1509
      @carsonsprinkles1509 3 года назад +135

      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!

  • @BrandonHanson
    @BrandonHanson 2 года назад +8737

    Rest in peace to Mikhail Gorbachev. You we'll be remembered for being the game changer.

    • @liminalb1rds158
      @liminalb1rds158 2 года назад +481

      @@d3finit1on99 I feel bad for the Russians, some came to terms that yes maybe his actions was for the better, but most suffered like never before when the Soviet Union dissolved, and blamed all that on His name, it’s tragic.

    • @usssr1917
      @usssr1917 2 года назад +60

      he is a traitor

    • @theholypeanut8193
      @theholypeanut8193 2 года назад +419

      @@usssr1917 Found the bot.

    • @AdmiralDevil
      @AdmiralDevil 2 года назад

      @@d3finit1on99 May the legend rest in peace I hope the states kicks Vladimir in the jaw to honor the man the Myth the legend Mikhail Gorbachev

    • @arandomhandle33444
      @arandomhandle33444 2 года назад +155

      HE IS THE HOST WITH THE MOST GLASNOST

  • @roboticpotato3974
    @roboticpotato3974 3 года назад +3585

    This man can make SPONSORS entertaining, now THAT is talent he deserves more than 5 mil

  • @andrewlol9095
    @andrewlol9095 9 месяцев назад +24

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

  • @kalumani1030
    @kalumani1030 4 года назад +491

    "Stay still my beating heart.."
    10 years later he had a heart attack

  • @isaacsorrels4077
    @isaacsorrels4077 4 года назад +823

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

  • @robertwynn5264
    @robertwynn5264 5 лет назад +2512

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

    • @rudywitdatooli
      @rudywitdatooli 5 лет назад +7

      Stop

    • @TheKazragore
      @TheKazragore 5 лет назад +63

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

    • @Cobblestonebob
      @Cobblestonebob 5 лет назад +12

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

    • @housesports000
      @housesports000 5 лет назад +33

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

    • @thedisciple5733
      @thedisciple5733 5 лет назад +1

      what a life saver

  • @aristeidiskalas-py1fs
    @aristeidiskalas-py1fs 7 месяцев назад +7

    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!

  • @Taikamuna
    @Taikamuna 5 лет назад +23217

    All this could've been avoided if they had just known about Skillshare

  • @vro1899
    @vro1899 2 года назад +27615

    Update: Russians no longer have access to Pizza Hut.

  • @awesomezilla
    @awesomezilla 5 лет назад +406

    the world war 3 thing at the end was too good

    • @culterwaleddy
      @culterwaleddy 5 лет назад +18

      Just remember that China plans to invade Taiwan by 2020, and it's 2019.

    • @benjaminmaxwell9025
      @benjaminmaxwell9025 5 лет назад +3

      collin ohlinger oh yeah there is that to look forward to

    • @nebulaone908
      @nebulaone908 5 лет назад +2

      @@culterwaleddy That's true. And don't forget all the crap going on in Europe, *cough* *cough* (yellow vests).

    • @zackriggs293
      @zackriggs293 5 лет назад

      collin ohlinger wait, what?

    • @GanyuSimpingDegenerate
      @GanyuSimpingDegenerate 5 лет назад +1

      that thought scares me

  • @cantaloupe3139
    @cantaloupe3139 9 месяцев назад +27

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

  • @dnalol7648
    @dnalol7648 5 лет назад +2991

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

    • @farlanyukir2452
      @farlanyukir2452 5 лет назад +127

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

    • @rohitchavan921
      @rohitchavan921 5 лет назад +5

      lmaoooooooo

    • @mami1330
      @mami1330 5 лет назад +24

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

    • @GorillaWar3
      @GorillaWar3 5 лет назад +41

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

    • @pierresihite8854
      @pierresihite8854 5 лет назад +48

      @@GorillaWar3 When the Soviets hear the snow speaking Finnish

  • @andrewyousif5722
    @andrewyousif5722 5 лет назад +1544

    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 +62

      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

    • @obot321
      @obot321 4 года назад +2

      @Andrew Yousif hol up

  • @BBait01
    @BBait01 5 лет назад +2845

    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

  • @jacksonsfuntime7187
    @jacksonsfuntime7187 24 дня назад +11

    That will forever haunt me 3:11

  • @YungFlightRisk
    @YungFlightRisk 4 года назад +2520

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

    • @JhnGMN30
      @JhnGMN30 4 года назад +92

      A 104 days of nuclear fallout

    • @_rebecca_frailey
      @_rebecca_frailey 4 года назад +39

      If you jinx this year, so help me-

    • @inktendo1018
      @inktendo1018 4 года назад +9

      *chuckles* Im in danger

    • @NolanDraconis
      @NolanDraconis 4 года назад +7

      Has anybody noticed he spelled missiles wrong

    • @Chris14_
      @Chris14_ 4 года назад +2

      @@NolanDraconis oh my lord I didnt even notice

  • @tranquilitybase6904
    @tranquilitybase6904 2 года назад +3131

    Rewatching this on the 22nd of February 2022, just a few hours after Putin announced that he will invade some of Ukraine's regions (for "peacekeeping"). That ending line to the video, "WW3 coming sooner or later", never sounded so terrifying

    • @couchpotat4209
      @couchpotat4209 2 года назад +67

      ikr, came here to see if anyone else was thinking that
      its just past midnight for me so this comment should show up as on 2/23

    • @chloeserafica3968
      @chloeserafica3968 2 года назад +9

      what if i tell you i'm just 15 years old and seeing this comment makes me wanna jump off a cliff

    • @carrott36
      @carrott36 2 года назад +15

      @Gamer mad, as mentioned in the video, would prevent that.

    • @alinserbanmusic
      @alinserbanmusic 2 года назад +41

      Watching this on 28th of February 2022, 5 days after the start of the invasion of Ukraine and Russia put its nuclear arsenal on high alert.. who knows what follows..

    • @carrott36
      @carrott36 2 года назад +13

      @@alinserbanmusic I believe it's more of a threat, if Putin has any brains he'll know that as soon as he launches his missile Biden and other countries will shoot theirs. This is why nuclear warfare is't going to happen, as long as world leaders have half a brain.

  • @kaidenhartley9977
    @kaidenhartley9977 4 года назад +3329

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

  • @SuperNovaWorld
    @SuperNovaWorld 6 месяцев назад +13

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

  • @juliustan3875
    @juliustan3875 5 лет назад +717

    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 +19

      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.

  • @fader3680
    @fader3680 5 лет назад +446

    2:23 the most beautiful man who saved us from nuclear war.

    • @Sproot21
      @Sproot21 5 лет назад +18

      2:27 *

    • @mukbangwillabyes8803
      @mukbangwillabyes8803 4 года назад +1

      for now...

    • @comfortzoneking8785
      @comfortzoneking8785 4 года назад +28

      We all know he's secretly a ruthless dictator.

    • @arrowup8711
      @arrowup8711 4 года назад +1

      @@Account-jn7xu yeah man. Sorry for the somewhat hateful comment. On the plus side. I was having a bad day. Lmao

    • @arrowup8711
      @arrowup8711 4 года назад

      @@Account-jn7xu -im always watching-

  • @whosanime9035
    @whosanime9035 3 года назад +1756

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

  • @Pretz.exe_has_stopped_working
    @Pretz.exe_has_stopped_working 9 месяцев назад +71

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

    • @harrisonofcolorado8886
      @harrisonofcolorado8886 6 месяцев назад +9

      Imagine what he would have said if he mentioned Yugoslavia.

    • @mateo7917
      @mateo7917 5 месяцев назад +4

      We DONT talk about the Romanian one

    • @ForTheBrotherhood
      @ForTheBrotherhood 3 месяца назад

      ​@@harrisonofcolorado8886Fortunatelly, it was technically out of the Cold War. I guess, I don't really know.

  • @ZeroEagle667
    @ZeroEagle667 3 года назад +1283

    2:27 that third officer literally saved everyone.

    • @vksu8453
      @vksu8453 3 года назад +99

      Yeah if it weren’t for him WW3 would of started and killed millions probably more.

    • @nejckra
      @nejckra 3 года назад +82

      There is a documentary about him- The Man Who Saved the World

    • @MasterZebulin
      @MasterZebulin 3 года назад +9

      Honestly, I kinda wish he didn't.

    • @speedmos1738
      @speedmos1738 3 года назад +80

      @@MasterZebulin You're insane

    • @MasterZebulin
      @MasterZebulin 3 года назад +14

      @@speedmos1738 You can blame humanity for that. Jerks.

  • @AntiCitizenX
    @AntiCitizenX 5 лет назад +345

    I completely lost it at "sleep well tonight!" That was amazing.

  • @rella9416
    @rella9416 5 лет назад +281

    Oversimplified uploads new video
    *be still my beating heart*

  • @adityashetty-k5q
    @adityashetty-k5q 2 месяца назад

    @OverSimplified, its been five years and the journey with you has been great. It was your videos , which helped me in history and today i am applying for the position of history teacher. THank you!!!

  • @neatpolygons8500
    @neatpolygons8500 5 лет назад +576

    I was watching the first video thinking that i'll wait few months for Part 2 .. ain't OverSimplified the best ever?

    • @randomtakka2032
      @randomtakka2032 5 лет назад +3

      agreed

    • @maximmohareb7464
      @maximmohareb7464 5 лет назад +3

      Same

    • @VenomousCompany
      @VenomousCompany 5 лет назад +8

      They care about there Viewers and making Quality Video's. And Animation takes a long time to make. They did this more us. If only if the only 99.9% of channels on RUclips cared about their viewers =P Instead of making minimal effort video's but having a good Title and Thumbnail to get views.

    • @juliuscaesar5197
      @juliuscaesar5197 5 лет назад

      7:02 forrest gump

    • @teodorpawowski2490
      @teodorpawowski2490 5 лет назад +1

      This video is blocked in north korea

  • @cameosix7077
    @cameosix7077 3 года назад +3914

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

    • @Yekatanarchist
      @Yekatanarchist 3 года назад +157

      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 +155

      @@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 +66

      @@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 +26

      @@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 +12

      @@Yekatanarchist I blame Yeltsin

  • @starryydayydreams_
    @starryydayydreams_ 5 лет назад +405

    “...it was a bit more complicated then that-“
    THIS IS OVERSIMPLIFIED FOR A REASON

  • @zakirehman9023
    @zakirehman9023 4 месяца назад +1

    I just found this channel a few days ago and wow, I never thought I could fall in love with history like that. I'm addicted.

    • @Da-Hub
      @Da-Hub 3 месяца назад

      THE HELL MOST OF HIS VIDEOS ARE NINE YEARS YOU DIDNT SEE HIM TILL NOW!

  • @howlknightxx1619
    @howlknightxx1619 5 лет назад +7633

    I learned more in 17 minutes than 7 hours at school

  • @masstranwastaken
    @masstranwastaken 2 года назад +1459

    "And the world got along together, forever after".. Yeah, about that

    • @shyamama598
      @shyamama598 2 года назад +14

      lmaooo

    • @shyamama598
      @shyamama598 2 года назад +29

      Ukraine

    • @scaryclouds1403
      @scaryclouds1403 2 года назад +32

      "End of history" my ass lmao

    • @bruhmomento4462
      @bruhmomento4462 2 года назад +74

      History fans after surviving ww3 to watch the new oversimplified ww3 video
      "A small price to pay for salvation"

    • @japneet7211
      @japneet7211 2 года назад +17

      russia at it again

  • @elijahr241
    @elijahr241 4 года назад +3336

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

  • @janelian1324
    @janelian1324 8 месяцев назад +3

    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.

  • @sirethanthegreat4069
    @sirethanthegreat4069 4 года назад +416

    My grandpa was in the Cold War. Specifically in the Vietnam War. He served as a Captain in the Vietnamese Army and was shot but somehow survived. He is still alive and living in San Francisco. God bless that man.

    • @mohdadeeb1829
      @mohdadeeb1829 4 года назад +5

      So you are the one who makes Grandpa jokes .

    • @Angry5704
      @Angry5704 4 года назад +16

      Dang, I don't even know what to say. My great-grandfather was in D-Day, so I guess I'm in that little group with you.

    • @zekedia2223
      @zekedia2223 4 года назад +3

      Was he American or Vietnamese?

    • @Angry5704
      @Angry5704 4 года назад +2

      @@willmorrison2388 What do you mean when? The Vietnam War was something like 5 years long, that's like asking when was Hitler in control of Nazi Germany?

    • @sirethanthegreat4069
      @sirethanthegreat4069 4 года назад +3

      ZZekedia 222. He was Vietnamese.

  • @cormyat07
    @cormyat07 3 года назад +3128

    People always love to talk about how stupid the Cold War was, but when you really understand history, you realize it wasn't so much stupid as inevitable. The two sides were just too terrified to actually fight each other, but also were driven by powerful ideals and political commitments that wouldn't allow them to just back off.

    • @zrora3094
      @zrora3094 3 года назад +152

      It really is sensical. You have very strong beliefs that you believe fully for good reason but you also don't want to kill a whole bunch of innocent people over it, regardless of which side they're on. You don't want a whole bunch of people to be subjected to communism but you don't want to have to drop a nuke on the same people. Or in the case of Russia, you don't want to get overthrown by your own people or blown up.

    • @ephraimavram7254
      @ephraimavram7254 3 года назад +5

      Agreed

    • @mrsynth2643
      @mrsynth2643 3 года назад +13

      @@zrora3094 that is not why the americans didnt like communism. Do not get it twisted

    • @steampunkastronaut7081
      @steampunkastronaut7081 3 года назад +6

      Mr Synth for what reason they didnt like it then?

    • @ephraimavram7254
      @ephraimavram7254 3 года назад +3

      @@steampunkastronaut7081 Americans didn’t like Communism because it goes against what we believe🤓

  • @blam320
    @blam320 5 лет назад +328

    Two videos in the same day?
    *_Nuts!_*

  • @Bosslady_Goodness
    @Bosslady_Goodness 11 месяцев назад +3

    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🇳🇬❤️

  • @quinnkelly282
    @quinnkelly282 4 года назад +3555

    So where’s this “oversimplified Vietnam war” at....

    • @Fiftykingz
      @Fiftykingz 4 года назад +91

      Quinn Kelly 2027

    • @blitznewz
      @blitznewz 4 года назад +31

      Idk but I can't wait tho

    • @hobk116
      @hobk116 4 года назад +17

      in 2120

    • @gfilmer7150
      @gfilmer7150 4 года назад +108

      Napoleonic War
      Vietnam War
      Hundred Years War
      War of The Roses
      That's what I wanna see.

    • @cmdrblaze6487
      @cmdrblaze6487 4 года назад +25

      Honestly that would be pretty cool, that war is seriously under-studied

  • @karimamin2
    @karimamin2 5 лет назад +746

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

    • @samuelrichard9761
      @samuelrichard9761 5 лет назад +38

      There's a tax for that

    • @FionaS0503
      @FionaS0503 5 лет назад +7

      This enraged his father, who punished him severely

    • @lolekbolek916
      @lolekbolek916 4 года назад +2

      @@samuelrichard9761 *stamp*

  • @syzx7538
    @syzx7538 5 лет назад +341

    To everyone mentioning things OP missed, this is beautiful.
    The channel is called oversimplified. I'm so glad this exists, it's getting people that otherwise would never really be in the discussion involved with history, and more - getting the real facts!!!!!
    Im fucking crying

    • @tudororor
      @tudororor 5 лет назад +3

      Yeah, I mean, in my history class, we are at the Russian Revolution, and we had to do an esse(?) about Stalin/Lenin, and even if it was oversimplified ;), it helped me în what their intentions were.

    • @Jimmy_Jones
      @Jimmy_Jones 5 лет назад +8

      UK: I'm sure I was taught all of this but the only thing I remeber from history lessons was America, Russia and the German wall.
      This video taught me a lot as to why wars that I knew of existed.

    • @jarjarfetishist9674
      @jarjarfetishist9674 5 лет назад +4

      Bro don’t call him OP you ain’t on reddit.

    • @calebs4755
      @calebs4755 5 лет назад +4

      This channel is more designed to get you interested in a way that you want to know more.

    • @xeonclan5741
      @xeonclan5741 5 лет назад

      Well, there is RealLifeLore. He uploads every week.

  • @theshrew69
    @theshrew69 2 месяца назад

    This is brilliant. Not just the content but the format. If School was like this you would engage so many more people. Great Job

  • @The-Stickmation
    @The-Stickmation Год назад +5292

    When WW3 happens everyone needs to collectively come together to protect Oversimplified or we’ll NEVER GET A VIDEO ON IT.

    • @greenentity6846
      @greenentity6846 Год назад +152

      he's probably got a bunker

    • @oneparthi
      @oneparthi Год назад +55

      yes, we must protect him

    • @MamutaBCU
      @MamutaBCU Год назад +45

      *IF* WW3 happens.

    • @habibzaniab7264
      @habibzaniab7264 Год назад +25

      Just building a advanced shield

    • @dalcomaroni9837
      @dalcomaroni9837 Год назад +13

      @@greenentity6846 bu if he doesn't we need to make him one

  • @rojeezee
    @rojeezee 4 года назад +250

    2:27 he’s not lying, that’s one beautiful man

    • @spatha2584
      @spatha2584 4 года назад +4

      rojeezee, I agree

    • @Geoffrey6_
      @Geoffrey6_ 4 года назад +12

      But later when soviet union desolved they reveal secret documents and there was saying those torpidoes were actually fake (Cuba Crisis) so if he had pressed the button it might not have declared a nuclear war more like an accident... (with a lot of damage)

    • @edcaous
      @edcaous 4 года назад +3

      Damn.

    • @anticringepill1313
      @anticringepill1313 4 года назад

      Gayyy

    • @sergejrsima-ella7925
      @sergejrsima-ella7925 4 года назад +3

      @@anticringepill1313 He’s the reason you’re probably alive rn lmao

  • @slagman2334
    @slagman2334 3 года назад +2689

    You could say: “nothing bad ever happens to the Kennedys”

    • @kevinw8276
      @kevinw8276 3 года назад +97

      Until one flips their car while drag racing Abraham Lincoln.

    • @InsanityReborn
      @InsanityReborn 3 года назад +40

      And then Lincoln decides it's a perfect time for a nap, because Ghandi never got to see a chick have sex with a pie.

    • @thelogician3845
      @thelogician3845 3 года назад +7

      @@InsanityReborn *Gandhi

    • @MorrisPXG
      @MorrisPXG 3 года назад +3

      Kidneys lmao

    • @pokeskull5380
      @pokeskull5380 3 года назад +16

      "Nothing bad ever happens to the Kennedy's" JFK assassinated: 1963 RFK assassinated: 1968

  • @vincentbaker1986
    @vincentbaker1986 Год назад +16

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

  • @ArgentinianElectrician
    @ArgentinianElectrician Год назад +1315

    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 Год назад +156

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

    • @ArgentinianElectrician
      @ArgentinianElectrician Год назад +48

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

    • @praetorian3902
      @praetorian3902 Год 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 Год назад +1

      Buzzkill!

    • @theInternet633
      @theInternet633 Год назад +21

      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.

  • @freezytfg9738
    @freezytfg9738 3 года назад +638

    the arkhipov guy is so under-appreciated he literally saved the entire world

    • @jeremy5602
      @jeremy5602 3 года назад +2

      And he probably took a 9x19mm Tokarev to the back of the head when he got home to the Soviet Union

    • @semlcolon
      @semlcolon 3 года назад +29

      @@jeremy5602 No, he retired in the mid 80's and died in 1998, after the soviet union was dissolved.

    • @azaria_phd
      @azaria_phd 3 года назад +11

      @@jeremy5602 Why the fuck would the Soviet Union execute the guy for not starting a nuclear war? Are you ok?

    • @CoralCopperHead
      @CoralCopperHead 2 года назад

      Shame he went and did that.

    • @cbfranco3307
      @cbfranco3307 2 года назад

      @@azaria_phd ...because they're a freaking dictatorship?

  • @wonton_7708
    @wonton_7708 5 лет назад +382

    When we played "Spot the Vietcong Solider." I eyed the trees really hard....

    • @fyukfy2366
      @fyukfy2366 5 лет назад +12

      They were eyeing you too

    • @DMDarren
      @DMDarren 5 лет назад +3

      Waahaa _1 I said underground

    • @viethuongvothai686
      @viethuongvothai686 5 лет назад +5

      Waahaa _1 actually, there is at least 100 vietcong soldiers there, there is no trees or grass or bush at all

  • @PastWars
    @PastWars 2 месяца назад +2

    Love playing “Let’s play spot the (blank) soldier!”

  • @sra7194
    @sra7194 5 лет назад +444

    Oversimplified uploaded 2 videos at a time which meant many people stopped working for half an hour. This led to more economic downturn.
    Then they replayed the videos for their friends to watch. This led to more economic downturn.
    The people then realised how he got them addicted and didn't give them more. They protested and this led to more economic downturn.

    • @personaronthegreat1399
      @personaronthegreat1399 5 лет назад +32

      Dude... Uncool

    • @ryanchia8764
      @ryanchia8764 5 лет назад +15

      And now the people wanted a president who would be hard on the soviet union

    • @hassanjadoon183
      @hassanjadoon183 5 лет назад +5

      Genius^

    • @ojasmishra3487
      @ojasmishra3487 5 лет назад +23

      This enraged Oversimplified's father who punished him severely

    • @arikrahaman3732
      @arikrahaman3732 5 лет назад +13

      Now, Oversimplified will use his RUclips money to buy feather hats...

  • @mancillamarie
    @mancillamarie 4 года назад +1784

    psychologist: “don’t worry, mom stalin in an apron with a roller isn’t real, he can’t hurt you.”
    mom stalin in an apron with a roller:

  • @t0x_alpha567
    @t0x_alpha567 4 года назад +270

    The worst enemy of all of the sides
    THAT DAMN WALL

    • @davidgumazon
      @davidgumazon 4 года назад +4

      That's commonly occurred in Minecraft multiplayer. So yeah...

  • @jimt503
    @jimt503 11 месяцев назад +14

    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.

    • @beatjunkybg
      @beatjunkybg 3 месяца назад +1

      Also 2 years before it actually fell, so it didn't do anything. Just a politician politicianing

  • @m0abmaster163
    @m0abmaster163 5 лет назад +2348

    Over simplified: sleep well tonight
    Me: *hears a boom in the distance*

    • @Fire-ed9zc
      @Fire-ed9zc 5 лет назад +28

      *Nuclear Siren* Fallout 5 confirmed!

    • @k0rokin157
      @k0rokin157 5 лет назад +3

      Gaming .tv1 lol same there is construction in my neighborhood

    • @hugonubario
      @hugonubario 5 лет назад +24

      sorry I farted

    • @Darwin3979
      @Darwin3979 5 лет назад +5

      When i watch something scary, In my dreams it happens.

    • @themusicalmouse2999
      @themusicalmouse2999 5 лет назад +1

      That will take place in Japan