I get goosebumps when i watch this. The situation could have turned real very fast with all the incidents that happened in Sweden during the cold war. You will get to know just a few of them in this series.
Really excited that you are watching this. The Swedish total defence machinery was brutal. There was a plan for everything. Really impressive and quite inspiring in many ways.
This brings back so many memories. I served as an officer in the Swedish Air Force, received my commission in 1974, during all these years (I retired in 2006). This was the stark realty we lived and worked in at the time. I still remember all the events, and quite a few others, mentioned in this film.
Same production has done a modern series looking into "if the war comes" and looking at some of the same stuff but if the war started tomorrow for us in Sweden. Love them as they are 'lagom' length and packed with information.
I've seen this series a few times and it really brings memories and a sense of how Sweden was able to create such a huge national task. In one episode they will show those who have died for real in training in the air-force. Growing up in Söderhamn by an airbase F15. They practiced as in war. And many are dead. There is a lot of gratitude to be given to all who lost their lives and sacrificed in other ways. I don't like how we don't have celebration for our heroes. It makes me tear-eyed.
One has to wonder what the current iterations of those bunkers are like since the older ones were basically turned into museums and tourist attractions.
Sweden army and air force always been hard core , even when them neutral. Their airforce fly so agressive that them lost a lot of pilots. full war style. Neutral hocky champions ?. So happy to have them in Nato and the scandinavian force. Greatings from Norge.
There's a brilliant museum housed in what was once an underground facility at an airbase, where they kept all of the aircraft. Itäs just outside Gothenburg, it's called Aeroseum. 🙂
Id recommend you to Look into u137 aka Whickey on the Rocks. The Catalina Affair Both times was about as close or closer to a full scale war than the Cuba Crisis.
If you make tour in Sweden i advice you to visit Karlskrona my home town an big navy base with lots of history Charles the XII launched his attack from here against russia. The city as an above city split between the civilian part and the navy base part but also a city underground with HUGE bunkers and command structure capable to survive direct hist of the largest bombs. Ive only seen a fraction of the underground complex myself. There are tours there and very interesting. The whole archipelago of Karlskrona are littered with mountain strongholds and bunkers
Sweden at the time was probably the most militarized country in the world, perhaps with the exception of North Korea... it was hidden beneath the surface but it was there
@@aj897 I think you lack the understanding of the meaning of the word. Militarized does not mean absolute military strength or biggest budget, it means that preparedness permeates every part of a society that was ready to switch into a war machine at a moments notice, every man did 7-15 months military service and every person knew their wartime posting by heart. Even privately owned cars trucks , busses and all kinds of heavy machinery could have a predetermined military posting in case of war. Every apartment building had a bomb shelter and just about every mountain a military installation hidden within
According to the civilian agency JANES, which specialises in military matters and what that entitles, Israel was the most "war-prepared" nation during the Cold War, followed by Sweden. Still, we build, into installations, blastchambers (Bridges, harbours and that kind) into which we, in a war, can pump explosives to quickly deny an enemy access to that infrastructure. But we are nowadays miles away from the preparedness we had.
@yt45204 That the the implication of the end-game scenario of Swedish Cold War military thinking: "The Free War", which was absolutely terrifying. Comes towards the very end of this series.
We recently had a guy sentenced to life in prison for selling documents/data to Russia. He's been working at our secret military services and stuff.. So yeah, this happens.
ruclips.net/video/Y80utl-RkHg/видео.htmlsi=V6jT_HzTEsE5nJq7 Here is a link to the first episode of when the war comes released by the Swedish arm forest. It’s a similar concept but put in a more modern time about what would happen if a war actually comes now 2024 and how it would look like.
Hope you will follow up with the "season 2" of this series. "When war comes". A newer production that makes you think about the world we are living in.
@@CombatReadyHQ When war comes (när kriget kommer) episode 1 (has eng sub): ruclips.net/video/Y80utl-RkHg/видео.htmlsi=BAWLm5qh4_QCXlTf And a documentary with Eng Sub about the Russian submarine that got stuck on Swedish land 1981 (that they mentioned briefly in "When War Comes episode 2"): Whisky on the rocks U-137: ruclips.net/video/WdsezCWfRmk/видео.htmlsi=4hgJAH46hqiSllLd
@@CombatReadyHQ The link can also be found under your episode 2. The Swedish Armed Forces is the one that provides the official source of the production. The channel is a good source for documentaries related to Sweden. It is not a "Season 2", When the war comes is a series in five parts that deals with the threat picture of the future. The series explains how a conflict would affect Swedish society and what demands it places on Sweden's future military defence. ruclips.net/video/j2DPj5_u08Q/видео.html
I get goosebumps when i watch this. The situation could have turned real very fast with all the incidents that happened in Sweden during the cold war. You will get to know just a few of them in this series.
Really excited that you are watching this. The Swedish total defence machinery was brutal. There was a plan for everything. Really impressive and quite inspiring in many ways.
Yea. Like there was pallets upon pallets of things from handgranades too tooth brushes.
This brings back so many memories. I served as an officer in the Swedish Air Force, received my commission in 1974, during all these years (I retired in 2006). This was the stark realty we lived and worked in at the time. I still remember all the events, and quite a few others, mentioned in this film.
Same production has done a modern series looking into "if the war comes" and looking at some of the same stuff but if the war started tomorrow for us in Sweden. Love them as they are 'lagom' length and packed with information.
I've seen this series a few times and it really brings memories and a sense of how Sweden was able to create such a huge national task.
In one episode they will show those who have died for real in training in the air-force.
Growing up in Söderhamn by an airbase F15.
They practiced as in war.
And many are dead.
There is a lot of gratitude to be given to all who lost their lives and sacrificed in other ways.
I don't like how we don't have celebration for our heroes.
It makes me tear-eyed.
One has to wonder what the current iterations of those bunkers are like since the older ones were basically turned into museums and tourist attractions.
Sweden army and air force always been hard core , even when them neutral. Their airforce fly so agressive that them lost a lot of pilots. full war style. Neutral hocky champions ?. So happy to have them in Nato and the scandinavian force. Greatings from Norge.
Excellent series!
I'm really glad it never came to fruition, I'm so happy we never had to go to war ❤
There's a brilliant museum housed in what was once an underground facility at an airbase, where they kept all of the aircraft. Itäs just outside Gothenburg, it's called Aeroseum. 🙂
Sweden is now rebuilding the defence and restoring old bunker complexes, airfields and mine fields.
Id recommend you to Look into u137 aka Whickey on the Rocks.
The Catalina Affair
Both times was about as close or closer to a full scale war than the Cuba Crisis.
Have you tried astma medicine? I had the same sound in my windpipes as you do before i tried it. Totally gone now
If you make tour in Sweden i advice you to visit Karlskrona my home town an big navy base with lots of history Charles the XII launched his attack from here against russia. The city as an above city split between the civilian part and the navy base part but also a city underground with HUGE bunkers and command structure capable to survive direct hist of the largest bombs. Ive only seen a fraction of the underground complex myself. There are tours there and very interesting. The whole archipelago of Karlskrona are littered with mountain strongholds and bunkers
My father was a red beret. He was ready 24/7.
Sweden at the time was probably the most militarized country in the world, perhaps with the exception of North Korea... it was hidden beneath the surface but it was there
The USA and the USSR were still ahead lol
@@aj897 I think you lack the understanding of the meaning of the word.
Militarized does not mean absolute military strength or biggest budget, it means that preparedness permeates every part of a society that was ready to switch into a war machine at a moments notice, every man did 7-15 months military service and every person knew their wartime posting by heart. Even privately owned cars trucks , busses and all kinds of heavy machinery could have a predetermined military posting in case of war. Every apartment building had a bomb shelter and just about every mountain a military installation hidden within
According to the civilian agency JANES, which specialises in military matters and what that entitles, Israel was the most "war-prepared" nation during the Cold War, followed by Sweden. Still, we build, into installations, blastchambers (Bridges, harbours and that kind) into which we, in a war, can pump explosives to quickly deny an enemy access to that infrastructure. But we are nowadays miles away from the preparedness we had.
@yt45204 That the the implication of the end-game scenario of Swedish Cold War military thinking: "The Free War", which was absolutely terrifying. Comes towards the very end of this series.
Since if the war came maybe I would never have existed ❤
Sound is increadibly low
Sounds fine
Sounds fine for me as well
Hopefully we will never have to go that far as to get nuclear threat etc. But we are ready but hoping it will never get that far ❤
We recently had a guy sentenced to life in prison for selling documents/data to Russia.
He's been working at our secret military services and stuff.. So yeah, this happens.
And in the eighties there were Stig Bergling
ruclips.net/video/Y80utl-RkHg/видео.htmlsi=V6jT_HzTEsE5nJq7
Here is a link to the first episode of when the war comes released by the Swedish arm forest. It’s a similar concept but put in a more modern time about what would happen if a war actually comes now 2024 and how it would look like.
Hope you will follow up with the "season 2" of this series. "When war comes". A newer production that makes you think about the world we are living in.
Didn’t know there was a season 2, are you able to send it over to me on our discord or instagram
@@CombatReadyHQ When war comes (när kriget kommer) episode 1 (has eng sub): ruclips.net/video/Y80utl-RkHg/видео.htmlsi=BAWLm5qh4_QCXlTf
And a documentary with Eng Sub about the Russian submarine that got stuck on Swedish land 1981 (that they mentioned briefly in "When War Comes episode 2"): Whisky on the rocks U-137: ruclips.net/video/WdsezCWfRmk/видео.htmlsi=4hgJAH46hqiSllLd
@@CombatReadyHQ Its available on RUclips , its called "När kriget kommer," meaning "When the war comes" and it also has has English subs
@@kronop8884 ok thank you
@@CombatReadyHQ The link can also be found under your episode 2. The Swedish Armed Forces is the one that provides the official source of the production. The channel is a good source for documentaries related to Sweden. It is not a "Season 2", When the war comes is a series in five parts that deals with the threat picture of the future. The series explains how a conflict would affect Swedish society and what demands it places on Sweden's future military defence.
ruclips.net/video/j2DPj5_u08Q/видео.html
You have way too many commercials on your channel. Brake ups every third minute... Don't bee that greedy.