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Love the video Can you make one of Putin, the Rise of Putin... The 90s was bad for the Russians, sadly the west didn’t do enough to support the Russians and it left the Russians with a bitter taste of capitalism.
Thank you so much for this amazing content! It’s crazy to me that it’s so under appreciated. Like only a couple thousand views in one day? Almost criminal!
I spent 6 years in the 1970's patrolling the border between West Germany and East Germany/Czechoslovakia in Cavalry and Armor Units of the United States Army. When the Berlin Wall came down I am not afraid to say I cried like a baby. I had lived through the cold war as a child in to adulthood and I never thought I would live to see the Wall come down and Germany reunited. This video brought back so many of my life memories. Thank you for posting.
My neighbour served with the British Army in Berlin during the Cuban Missile Crisis and told me as it got dark when he was on sentry duty he really expected he wouldn’t see the dawn. I grew up in Britain in the 70s and 80s and nuclear war was always in your mind. If it had happened my area was targeted for 5 nukes as it was heavy industry and the motorway network north to south ran through the area.
I always felt it was my responsibility to defend the people of Europe from the Soviet Union and it's allies as Communism was such a horrible way of life. I still feel that way and after all when I was in Germany it was my home also.@@nigeh5326
@@richardsmith9609 I get what you mean I think a lot of NATO troops felt similar. Communism was a lousy way to live as was Fascism before it. I’m a Social Democrat politically but Ive plenty of friends who are conservative and a few who are green but one thing we all have in common is a love of democracy and appreciation of the sacrifices made to give us the lives we have now.
This is by far the best documentary I've seen, the narration, how its all divided into segments but somehow all connected to each other and telling just enough information to make us understand while not diving too much into it, its just perfection.
@@findstabilisedohshit4669 there are thousands of good documentaries and lectures on RUclips. It's like saying "this is the only good page in the encyclopedia". You have no excuse to not get smarter every day because of the tools in your pocket.
When you learn more in an hour than you have 20+ years, that's the knowledge in studying history to understand the world. 👏 Major props to the creator.
I might be late to the video but something very important about the accuracy of the video is how it doesn’t spend time trying to paint x side as the good or bad. It simply lists the provable facts and leaves the consumer to make the decision themselves.
I am a history teacher and this video is beyond excellent. My grade 10 students thoroughly enjoyed this video as it is presented in an approachable and interesting manner. Thank you so much for this video!
With all due respect this documentary only gets the dates right, and of course some of the material points however leaves out all the less than honorable behavior of us officials
@Samantha Black I believe the two bombs didn't have to be dropped on Japan because Japan had no Navy by that point, and as an island nation they needed a merchant Marine which was also sunk. The United States corporate system wanted them test it out on people, so they did, and it was also to frighten russia. And Chile was not the only country completely ruined by Milton Friedman's Chicago School socioeconomics, I think you misconstrued what I wrote I was actually saying that this documentary does not touch on any of the serious moral flaws of the United States government
@Samantha Black besides Truman was too much of a wimp to question Wall Street on any aspects of American foreign policy because that's who controls American foreign policy. Truman was not even asked by the army for his permission because they didn't need it, the bombs belonged to the corporations who built them
@@tinafoster8665 The United States (and other European Powers for that matter) had already been testing Nuclear Bombs on people well before the dropping of Fat Man and Little Boy. Look up the Bikini Atoll Nuclear Tests. The dropping of atomic bombs on Japan and nothing to do with "testing" the bombs. They knew full well what was going to happen, at least to some extent.
Truly excellent. I was born in 1953. I lived through it all and was a cold war warrior - an electronics engineer who worked in defence. This has filled in a lot of gaps. It deserves several viewings. Thanks for this.
@@minaxxr3124 Well it may be cold, but possibly hot. "From a distance you look like my friend, even though we are at war. I just cant comprehend what all this war is for"
Excellent documentary. Like a real high quality history lesson. Thank you. Puts so much into context. If you were raised in Africa you missed much of the historical context of the 1st world because it was not taught in schools. The internet bridged a huge knowledge gap. My own awareness of the wider world started in mid 90's by which time, my job was taking me regularly into the post Berlin wall eastern Europe. It was truly an amazing time to witness the changes including McDonald's in Moscow. Sometimes, one can too young and naive to realize how close we are to history of civilizations. Thanks again for putting this documentary together.
Oh my goodness. I've taken courses in college that didn't explain things this well or tie events together as well either. Thank you. I've learned so much in just over an hour. Little yet significant things, such as what 1st, 2nd, and 3rd world actually means. I love your channel. You've never put bad content out, ever! This was the last video you posted, I think. Wish you'd have more content to publish.
Holy crap! This is the first time I've seen/heard any mention of Vasily Arkhipov in any English language account of the Cuban missile crisis. This single Soviet officer almost certainly saved the world and hardly any Americans have ever even heard his name. Bravo. Very well done.
Agreed. More should be done to enlighten the American people of the heroic deeds of men like Vasily Arkhipov and, as James Taylor already said, Stanislov Petrov. There should be a national holiday here in the US commemorating these hero's of the Soviet Union. We should name streets after them. Without their actions, the world could be much different today. And NOT different for the better.
Hello, I am a Rwandan medical Doctor, 37years old, married with two beautiful children. I felt in love with history and mainly international relations mostly the events that took place in the 19th and 20th century, i am so passionate about the Geopolitics of the 1st and 2nd world wars and also the reshape of spheres of influence and balance of powers that always took place in the aftermath of each war. This is my first time to watch such an amazing documentary about the cold war 😍😍. I subscribed before starting to watch the video 😂🤗🤗🤗
Watching many documentaries and reading books and articles on war and conflicts has shown me that those in power see people as mere regrowing numbers, their suffering and murder is insignificant to them; achieving their plans through coups, war, inciting internal conflicts at the expense of slaughtering hundreds of thousands of people is unmatchably more important
It goes on to this very day, The United States versus Russia. Ravaging Ukraine's land, wiping out a generation of it's men, they can't even use economic ideals as an excuse. Only economic control.
Sir, this is by far, the most objective, factual, extensive (but still concise) and well research documentaries I have seen. Seriously, I figured documentaries like this were a thing of the early 2000s but you made this in the 2020s?! BRAVO! It is not ideologically biased like most "documentaries" are today and it is, again, so well researched! 👏👏👏
It’s neoliberal porn, barely not bare propaganda. Sounds like he wants to swallow Reagan’s kids. Not worth the air to present, especially since the info is common knowledge but without the attempt of garbage fallacies to push the rationale of the unrational. It’s worst than ignorant bigotry, since that’s educational and socially engeenered not blatant dog whistles
I sent your channel to my Social studies teacher and she ended up showing it to my class and now my class enjoys social studies so I’m no longer that weird kid who enjoys the subject. Thanks for that.
I’m a retired U.S. Military veteran having served with a Reconnaissance Squadron in the European & Middle East Theatre’s. I also worked for the NRO for a period of time. I found this video to be very informative. My only input would have been to add the Geneva Convention Treaties of 1949 in your timeline. Since this documentary had a lot to do with war I would have thought these treaties to be of significance. ✌🏽
You can imagine how confused and excited all of us poly sci majors were that graduated between 88 and 92. Textbooks could not keep up, let alone the professors the foreign affairs publications. What a time, what a time.
It is not hard to imagine what the world would be like if the superpowers had spent all that money, manpower, energy, and resources toward humanitarian pursuits and constructive sciences rather than on the pursuits of war.
Wouldve been wasted either way. The world would likely be in a worst state if that the case. Pampering people makes them weak and dependant, brutal environments makes people strong and reasourceful.
Unfortunately, that's not the world we live in... Every one thinks of Hitler when you think about evil but Joseph Stalin was even worse and had more power. God only knows what the world would be like had Russia or Germany created the Atomic bomb first
Thank you. To discribe the basic essense and events of the Cold War this fully in less than on and a half hour, and without any tendentious lack of false objectivity, but simply by explaining its psychology and distribute all blame fairly, is a showpiece. This should be used in general education.
Dude my world history teacher has not taught me anything this whole year- iv had to rely on documentary’s on YT. Your channel has helped me so much for studying for my finals ❤️
This has to be the most informative documentary I have ever watched in my life, has filled me alot of info I could have never found interesting to read, very organized and smooth presentations, an entire 5 decades of history summarized in an hour and a half, makes you glued to the screen throughout.
Sadly, schools only provide a distraction, beyond language & mathematics, their only usefulness, is socialising with other kids of a similar age & interest's. Real life skills learning, doesn't start until we leave school.
He doesn't understand capitalism or communism, lesso so that either can be "at war"with the other. You learned nothing. Just the phrase "the soviet union would fare better" is laughable. They skipped over a couple million deaths from collectivism.
even thought we had very detailed history classes and i got okay grades, this is the first time I'm learning about it in english and understanding cold war full length and complexity better.
well the cold world isn't something that you can simply define. its basically the political atmosphere of the 20th century. America became victorious after WW2, and because of this, they dominated the world economically. Soviets had dominated their part of the world. The two countries naturally have different goals. But due to lack of information, lack of internet, lack of knowledge, etc people were very unaware of basic information. Now, in 2021, the cold war will never be possible because the citizens of the world are too educated about world affairs. What people never talk about is all the times the USA and Soviet Union actually worked together. It's more interesting to hear about the problems, issues, and disagreements...but there were also times when the USA and Soviet Union worked together. Keep in mind, the USA and Russia always had a trade relationship/citizens visiting each other's countries, despite the proxy wars and propaganda. Soviet Union took out leaders that didn't fit their agenda..as well as USA. People were too fearful of another World War. Thank God human beings are interconnected and no longer so nationalistic! The Internet has made the world so much smaller; for the most part, we all view ourselves as brothers and sisters, despite borders.
I know most of this stuff in this documentary. I lived through much of it. This is the first time I've see a documentary about the "whole" cold war in one place and so well articulated too.
Formal education, elementary through post graduate, is no longer as thorough, truthful and unbiased as it was when I studied (1962-1981). Videos like this one, with the presenter available for questions, are more illuminating than most of the courses I slogged through just for the grade. Thank you.
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this is incredible! I'm a huge history buff. Especially war history. The cold war is something I admittedly didn't know so much about. After watching this a few times I feel like a damn expert lol. Very well done!
It's very bizarre that the French lost there country to the Nazis, but immediately after WW2 the French start demanding there overseas territories (Vietnam, Algeria). While England, The Dutch and the United States granted independence to overseas countries, the French insisted on keeping there's. How arrogant can you get?
Might be unpopular, but had Germany been run by anyone but an ideological regime bent on getting rid of others and their way of life in the name of racial superiority and extreme nationalism, I'd say the French government (not people) got what they deserved by being occupied. France was the one that insisted on making the Versailles Treaty harsh as possible, pretty much guaranteeing war in 15-20 years. Even the Brits were trying to compromise post WW1, despite Germany breaking many rules. They were harsh, pompous, imperialists and we can't forget that. Just look at how their "former" colonies are doing today vs other nations' former territories.
Im 3 years late but at the point of WW2 and 1, what overseas territories did the USA have and give up/lose? I didn't even know they had any to lose especially at this time.
Having lived through all of this, being one of those kids diving under desks at school, I can say this is the very best wrap-up of the events that have so shaped our world I have ever seen...Very well done, liked & subbed...
This is my favorite war time era because it shapes the world as we know it today. It still affects us today, in the form of Cuba and the embargo that is still standing.
This is by far the most interesting thing I’ve ever seen on RUclips.must watch for everyone out there who struggles to understand the world order we live in.
My parents used to talk about how they felt and dealt with living during the Cuban Missle Crisis. They described how frightened they were and had prepared for the end of the world. This is such a great video outlining such pivotal moments in world history.
Well done on sticking as best you could to facts and staying away from editorializing. Not perfect, but probably the most “journalistic” effort I’ve seen in 10+ years. I appreciate not being propagandized for over an hour on real history in the last 100 years. Thank you 🙏👌🤘🙌🏻
Reid, since you apparently have the expertise to qualify this documentary as "not perfect" - as in compared to your perfect expertise, right? - I invite you to list every single flaw, specifying the timestamp of the flaw, explaining the flaw, and including links to the relevant primary sources demonstrating that what you claim is correct (primary sources are the only kind of sources an expert uses - but who am I to tell you, the perfect expert?). Any expert knows how to do this: you, the perfect expert, can therefore do it in no time. Otherwise, it's hard for anyone with just basic education (i.e. PhD-level, which is indeed basic compared to your perfect expertise) to take your comment seriously.
@@MetteC5 I didn’t say I was an expert or say it was flawed. I said it was good and that I appreciated not being propagandized in this documentary (as compared to others I’ve viewed). So as an expert on criticizing comments, point out the flaws in what I really said versus your critique of what you think I said. It’s there for easy comparison.
The only thing I meant by not perfect is the very few times the creator had to, or chose to editorialize for brevity or because you can’t lay out every side to every event with every interpretation without making a story unmanageable.
@@historybuffguy Ok, fair enough. It's deeply concerning (though hardly surprising) that the lack of propaganda in a documentary is such a rare thing in the US that it needs to be mentioned. A documentary is, BY DEFINITION, not propaganda. In other words, if propaganda is included in a given video, it CANNOT qualify as a documentary.
Excellent documentary. The outro was unexpectedly stirring and emotional regarding times I wasn't even alive for. Such a dramatic and intriguing part of world history, the Cold War. The same could be said of the Roman Empire's history, but the Cold War condensed the political drama of a thousand ancient years into a few harrowing decades.
I get the same feeling as I wasn't born during most of this, (1978) it's mad to think the world you were born into was almost destroyed before we got here.
Thank you for such an informative documentary. As a 70's baby, I can honestly say that this was the first time that the cold war era made any sense to me. Well done.
love how it was extremely concise, managing to cover each issue in 2-3 minutes while highlighting the most important things and managing to convey the meaning and significance of the discussed topics. you managed to explain in 3 minutes what others cannot in 20. a great video, thank you.
That Russian commander in the sub during the Cuban missile crisis that incident should be made into a movie that would be absolutely fantastic can you imagine the commander refusing the order to launch the missiles what the atmosphere was like in that sub the yelling and screaming..Someone should make this into a movie.
I hope that a nuclear ☢️ holocaust also never happens in my son’s lifetime!Because my mum and dad grew up with the threat of a nuclear war like the Cuban 🇨🇺 missile crisis when they were kids in 1962!
Wow! Impressive! I have lived through the entire cold war, but still learned a lot here. Many of my unanswered questions were addressed. I often find my mind wandering during political documentaries, but this one held my complete attention.
Tears, smiles, amazement as I travelled on this well documented time machine. Straightforward, minimal dramatics, and factual. I remember the Berlin Wall, my college got a piece of it for historical reference as an art centerpiece. I remember all of it.
Superb documentary. As another viewer said, very concise, objective, and the topics covered were so broad that it would be so easy to get lost in the weeds or go down the rabbit hole of a particular subject, but that didn't happen at all, and you somehow covered just about everything in an hour and a half. If this is the quality of this channels productions, then my new subscription will definitely be worth it👍
I thoroughly enjoyed this video! I love to study history, especially 20th century history. I learned so much that I feel like I've taken a course in the Cold War. Very well done! Thank you for posting this.
Today June 6th, we South Korea commemorate as a memorial day for all the Koreans and UN servicemember casualties(40,896 of 21 countries). During Korean war(1950 ~ 1953), 48 democratic countries supported S.Korea against Communists(Red China and Soviets) and as a result of this war, Japan and West Germany could grow their economy and military power. We appreciate and respect to all the servicemembers who sacrificed for democracy and their countries.
Extraordinary timeline of events… and my life! Born when Kim Philby defected, there was always a sense of distrust at home but the space race was my ‘adventure time’ as a nipper. I matured as Franco died. Visited East Berlin before the wall came down and suddenly Europe opened up. Now my world is closed again, I wish I’d seen more of it when I still could. Hope my children, all our children will regain such freedoms again one day.
This by far one of the best historical documentaries ever. I'm well versed on 20th century history but i learned a few things i didn't know previously. I thoroughly enjoyed this.
What an incredible, informative and educative documentary. It is so well explained. I came here wanting to understand more about what the USSR all about but I didn't realize that it would give me such an insight into the world's (current) state of affairs. Wonderfully done! Loved it
Watching these makes me tear up. The 20th century almost ended human civilization but also saw the biggest political, technological, prosperity, and social revolutions in human history. Right now, we face challenges here and there but we live in the most prosperous, most peaceful, and most advanced period in human history thanks for what our predecessors did in the 20th century
Watch the speech, you can see the exact moment he realises his entire country has turned against him. i anticipate governments of today who have become tyrannical in similar situations. People don't just lie down when they are suffering.
Best Cold War documentary ever. Totally frightening. Every day is a miracle we awake to a new day. How much time is left, no one knows, but it surely is a matter of time as long as we exist alongside nuclear artillery. Excellent choice in music by the way. Thank you.
11 months later and here we are awaiting the announcement of ww3. Or waking up in the morning to find it started overnight. Scary situation forsure! Don’t know you but i hope all is well in your life!
Don't be a dick about nuclear artillery, don't be a dick about nuclear artillery... We don't have nuclear artillery. We did, but they realised it was ridiculous
A fantastically well narrated account of the cold war and very in depth. I grew up through these times so, very relevant to me. Many thank's, have subscribed to channel.
The constant pressure hanging over everyone's head must have had an incalculable effect on the quality of science, culture, art, and certainly affected those of us in the military at the time, myself remembering able archer, tiananmen square, and the Berlin wall falling, being in profound shock at each of these world-view shattering events.
I warched this and i thought that,, north and south korea is an experiment of the 2 ideologies next to each other and hiw they work over our current time period and japan is an isolated experiment that seems to have turned into a very interesting peaceful and succesful country what do you think of this? Bring back the emperor? 🤣I am on none side by the way these are just observations
A very well produced documentary with a ton of information presented in a digestible manner. Thank you for what must have been a huge undertaking and is clearly well-done!
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Intro: 0:00
Marx 1:50
The Rise of Communism 2:50
The Second World War 5:55
A New World 7:39
The Atomic Bomb 10:04
The Truman Doctrine 11:20
McCarthyism 12:23
The CIA 14:03
The Marshall Plan 15:01
The Berlin Blockade 16:16
The Cold War Comes to Asia 18:13
The Korean War 21:10
The Nuclear Arms Race 24:07
Khrushchev 27:22
The Third World 33:00
The Suez Crisis 36:50
The Berlin Wall 39:10
The Cuban Missile Crisis 41:23
The Vietnam War 47:34
Mao’s China 52:10
Détente 55:31
The Space Race 59:40
Nixon 1:02:46
The End of Détente 1:06:54
Reagan 1:12:24
Gorbachev 1:17:53
Failed Reforms 1:21:30
The Fall of the USSR 1:23:05
Epilogue 1:26:10
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Can you make one of Putin, the Rise of Putin...
The 90s was bad for the Russians, sadly the west didn’t do enough to support the Russians and it left the Russians with a bitter taste of capitalism.
when will WW 2 part 2 be released. eagerly waiting for it..
Thank you so much for this amazing content! It’s crazy to me that it’s so under appreciated. Like only a couple thousand views in one day? Almost criminal!
What kind of government is in Russia now?
I spent 6 years in the 1970's patrolling the border between West Germany and East Germany/Czechoslovakia in Cavalry and Armor Units of the United States Army. When the Berlin Wall came down I am not afraid to say I cried like a baby. I had lived through the cold war as a child in to adulthood and I never thought I would live to see the Wall come down and Germany reunited. This video brought back so many of my life memories. Thank you for posting.
Good post. Thanks for sharing and serving. Did you have a positive reaction to North and South Korean leaders shaking hands at the DMZ?
My neighbour served with the British Army in Berlin during the Cuban Missile Crisis and told me as it got dark when he was on sentry duty he really expected he wouldn’t see the dawn.
I grew up in Britain in the 70s and 80s and nuclear war was always in your mind. If it had happened my area was targeted for 5 nukes as it was heavy industry and the motorway network north to south ran through the area.
I always felt it was my responsibility to defend the people of Europe from the Soviet Union and it's allies as Communism was such a horrible way of life. I still feel that way and after all when I was in Germany it was my home also.@@nigeh5326
@@richardsmith9609 I get what you mean I think a lot of NATO troops felt similar. Communism was a lousy way to live as was Fascism before it.
I’m a Social Democrat politically but Ive plenty of friends who are conservative and a few who are green but one thing we all have in common is a love of democracy and appreciation of the sacrifices made to give us the lives we have now.
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This is by far the best documentary I've seen, the narration, how its all divided into segments but somehow all connected to each other and telling just enough information to make us understand while not diving too much into it, its just perfection.
I can't believe I just watched a 90 minute documentary about the Cold War on youtube. Loved every minute of it.
wait til you get older...
Yeah, it's pretty much one of the couple good things that are actually released upon RUclips that isn't complete garbage.
@@findstabilisedohshit4669 there are thousands of good documentaries and lectures on RUclips. It's like saying "this is the only good page in the encyclopedia". You have no excuse to not get smarter every day because of the tools in your pocket.
Believe it baby
You did it
And i never skipped forward once!
When you learn more in an hour than you have 20+ years, that's the knowledge in studying history to understand the world. 👏 Major props to the creator.
I might be late to the video but something very important about the accuracy of the video is how it doesn’t spend time trying to paint x side as the good or bad. It simply lists the provable facts and leaves the consumer to make the decision themselves.
I must be very late than lol.
I am a history teacher and this video is beyond excellent. My grade 10 students thoroughly enjoyed this video as it is presented in an approachable and interesting manner. Thank you so much for this video!
Thank’s Camille!
With all due respect this documentary only gets the dates right, and of course some of the material points however leaves out all the less than honorable behavior of us officials
@Samantha Black I believe the two bombs didn't have to be dropped on Japan because Japan had no Navy by that point, and as an island nation they needed a merchant Marine which was also sunk. The United States corporate system wanted them test it out on people, so they did, and it was also to frighten russia. And Chile was not the only country completely ruined by Milton Friedman's Chicago School socioeconomics, I think you misconstrued what I wrote I was actually saying that this documentary does not touch on any of the serious moral flaws of the United States government
@Samantha Black besides Truman was too much of a wimp to question Wall Street on any aspects of American foreign policy because that's who controls American foreign policy. Truman was not even asked by the army for his permission because they didn't need it, the bombs belonged to the corporations who built them
@@tinafoster8665 The United States (and other European Powers for that matter) had already been testing Nuclear Bombs on people well before the dropping of Fat Man and Little Boy. Look up the Bikini Atoll Nuclear Tests. The dropping of atomic bombs on Japan and nothing to do with "testing" the bombs. They knew full well what was going to happen, at least to some extent.
Truly excellent. I was born in 1953. I lived through it all and was a cold war warrior - an electronics engineer who worked in defence. This has filled in a lot of gaps. It deserves several viewings. Thanks for this.
Hello sir
Now ur gunna live thru it again maybe .
@@minaxxr3124 Well it may be cold, but possibly hot. "From a distance you look like my friend, even though we are at war. I just cant comprehend what all this war is for"
God bless ur services
Liar
Can we please get this man a tv show, Netflix documentary, anything. Thank you for your work!
Netflix would never take it. The man speaks the truth and Netflix only has an agenda.
Every person in the world has an agenda of some kind and to some degree.
Nobody is actually objective.
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why not just have it be free for everyone on youtube? why do you wanna put this behind a paywall ???
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Excellent documentary. Like a real high quality history lesson. Thank you. Puts so much into context. If you were raised in Africa you missed much of the historical context of the 1st world because it was not taught in schools. The internet bridged a huge knowledge gap.
My own awareness of the wider world started in mid 90's by which time, my job was taking me regularly into the post Berlin wall eastern Europe. It was truly an amazing time to witness the changes including McDonald's in Moscow. Sometimes, one can too young and naive to realize how close we are to history of civilizations.
Thanks again for putting this documentary together.
Oh my goodness. I've taken courses in college that didn't explain things this well or tie events together as well either. Thank you. I've learned so much in just over an hour. Little yet significant things, such as what 1st, 2nd, and 3rd world actually means. I love your channel. You've never put bad content out, ever! This was the last video you posted, I think. Wish you'd have more content to publish.
No you haven't
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Holy crap! This is the first time I've seen/heard any mention of Vasily Arkhipov in any English language account of the Cuban missile crisis.
This single Soviet officer almost certainly saved the world and hardly any Americans have ever even heard his name.
Bravo. Very well done.
Don’t forget Stanislav Petrov.
A documentary came out years ago called, The Man Who Saved The World. It was about the brave soviets that didnt push the button.
Yeah I tell everyone I know about him :)
It's an awesome lesson in humanity ❤️
He deserves honorable medals. I was nowhere nearly born in those times but man it looked intense!
Agreed. More should be done to enlighten the American people of the heroic deeds of men like Vasily Arkhipov and, as James Taylor already said, Stanislov Petrov. There should be a national holiday here in the US commemorating these hero's of the Soviet Union. We should name streets after them. Without their actions, the world could be much different today. And NOT different for the better.
The man here deserves a lot more views and recognition, his works are outstanding
Hello, I am a Rwandan medical Doctor, 37years old, married with two beautiful children. I felt in love with history and mainly international relations mostly the events that took place in the 19th and 20th century, i am so passionate about the Geopolitics of the 1st and 2nd world wars and also the reshape of spheres of influence and balance of powers that always took place in the aftermath of each war. This is my first time to watch such an amazing documentary about the cold war 😍😍. I subscribed before starting to watch the video 😂🤗🤗🤗
Watching many documentaries and reading books and articles on war and conflicts has shown me that those in power see people as mere regrowing numbers, their suffering and murder is insignificant to them; achieving their plans through coups, war, inciting internal conflicts at the expense of slaughtering hundreds of thousands of people is unmatchably more important
Exactly; from both sides: capitalists and communists alike. The people are the ones who suffer the most by being tools for the oppressors to
It goes on to this very day, The United States versus Russia. Ravaging Ukraine's land, wiping out a generation of it's men, they can't even use economic ideals as an excuse. Only economic control.
When Churchill gave his speech about the iron curtain, he was actually just fearmongering and triggered the beginning of the red scare.
A Historian said this, can't remember his name. That the Iron Curtain is really exaggerated and wasn't as big as a deal as many thought it was.
Sir, this is by far, the most objective, factual, extensive (but still concise) and well research documentaries I have seen. Seriously, I figured documentaries like this were a thing of the early 2000s but you made this in the 2020s?! BRAVO! It is not ideologically biased like most "documentaries" are today and it is, again, so well researched! 👏👏👏
👏🏼👏🏼 well said! And i agree to that statement 100%
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It’s neoliberal porn, barely not bare propaganda. Sounds like he wants to swallow Reagan’s kids. Not worth the air to present, especially since the info is common knowledge but without the attempt of garbage fallacies to push the rationale of the unrational. It’s worst than ignorant bigotry, since that’s educational and socially engeenered not blatant dog whistles
Hardly objective.
Not biased?? Lol
I sent your channel to my Social studies teacher and she ended up showing it to my class and now my class enjoys social studies so I’m no longer that weird kid who enjoys the subject. Thanks for that.
This man dropped a serious gem, and on April 1st, what a Chad!
He's a mad lad!
Dude is pretty rad.
I am indeed a chad
I’m a retired U.S. Military veteran having served with a Reconnaissance Squadron in the European & Middle East Theatre’s. I also worked for the NRO for a period of time.
I found this video to be very informative.
My only input would have been to add the Geneva Convention Treaties of 1949 in your timeline. Since this documentary had a lot to do with war I would have thought these treaties to be of significance.
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No you're not
@@tylercaswell3366 By that logic, you aren't human because I said so.
I am 42y/o, a nurse and a history fanatic. This is by far the best story on Cold War. Thank u very much.
You can imagine how confused and excited all of us poly sci majors were that graduated between 88 and 92. Textbooks could not keep up, let alone the professors the foreign affairs publications. What a time, what a time.
Kind of amazing that we managed to get through this era without a nuclear war. It is definitely interesting to learn about.
Reading this comment now is like hmmmm yeah
This comment didn't age well 😂
Well then...😂
We never got out of it smh men have caused all this destruction something really wrong we need more female leaders
@@michaeljoubert7541 even before the Ukrainian Russian was we never got out of this sickening situation
I already know this will be the best cold war documentary ever. Thx for sharing it.
This is not just a great insight into the Cold War, but a great overview of the world's politics after WW2.
It is not hard to imagine what the world would be like if the superpowers had spent all that money, manpower, energy, and resources toward humanitarian pursuits and constructive sciences rather than on the pursuits of war.
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well true, but thats not human nature
Wouldve been wasted either way. The world would likely be in a worst state if that the case. Pampering people makes them weak and dependant, brutal environments makes people strong and reasourceful.
Unfortunately, that's not the world we live in... Every one thinks of Hitler when you think about evil but Joseph Stalin was even worse and had more power. God only knows what the world would be like had Russia or Germany created the Atomic bomb first
@@kindcanadian5825psychology says you're wrong
This shows why RUclips is amazing
Thank you. To discribe the basic essense and events of the Cold War this fully in less than on and a half hour, and without any tendentious lack of false objectivity, but simply by explaining its psychology and distribute all blame fairly, is a showpiece. This should be used in general education.
Born in 1954 I grew up and served in the military during the cold war. Now I don't know which one is worse, the cold war or the banker surf system.
Dude my world history teacher has not taught me anything this whole year- iv had to rely on documentary’s on YT. Your channel has helped me so much for studying for my finals ❤️
This has to be the most informative documentary I have ever watched in my life, has filled me alot of info I could have never found interesting to read, very organized and smooth presentations, an entire 5 decades of history summarized in an hour and a half, makes you glued to the screen throughout.
I've learnt more from this channel, than all of school.
But you have to agree, it has no references, so it's merely an overview.
Sadly, schools only provide a distraction, beyond language & mathematics, their only usefulness, is socialising with other kids of a similar age & interest's. Real life skills learning, doesn't start until we leave school.
Watch 'the fog of war' film for even more context
He doesn't understand capitalism or communism, lesso so that either can be "at war"with the other.
You learned nothing. Just the phrase "the soviet union would fare better" is laughable. They skipped over a couple million deaths from collectivism.
That’s how bad American education is
even thought we had very detailed history classes and i got okay grades, this is the first time I'm learning about it in english and understanding cold war full length and complexity better.
well the cold world isn't something that you can simply define. its basically the political atmosphere of the 20th century. America became victorious after WW2, and because of this, they dominated the world economically. Soviets had dominated their part of the world. The two countries naturally have different goals. But due to lack of information, lack of internet, lack of knowledge, etc people were very unaware of basic information. Now, in 2021, the cold war will never be possible because the citizens of the world are too educated about world affairs. What people never talk about is all the times the USA and Soviet Union actually worked together. It's more interesting to hear about the problems, issues, and disagreements...but there were also times when the USA and Soviet Union worked together. Keep in mind, the USA and Russia always had a trade relationship/citizens visiting each other's countries, despite the proxy wars and propaganda. Soviet Union took out leaders that didn't fit their agenda..as well as USA. People were too fearful of another World War. Thank God human beings are interconnected and no longer so nationalistic! The Internet has made the world so much smaller; for the most part, we all view ourselves as brothers and sisters, despite borders.
I know most of this stuff in this documentary. I lived through much of it.
This is the first time I've see a documentary about the "whole" cold war in one place and so well articulated too.
Formal education, elementary through post graduate, is no longer as thorough, truthful and unbiased as it was when I studied (1962-1981). Videos like this one, with the presenter available for questions, are more illuminating than most of the courses I slogged through just for the grade. Thank you.
I write this comment to sincerely relay my thanks for this best cold war documentary. Indeed, making the bestest cold war documentary must have been a task with a high volume of required necessary research to complete and structure out in a comprehensive way. Managing all that to a very respectable degree like you've done truly proves your ability to create documentaries and just how much best they are. It is therefore not an exaggeration to say that this best cold war documentary's quality has a significant rift between the second most bestest best cold war documentary. Sincere thanks and hope to you from me.
this is incredible! I'm a huge history buff. Especially war history. The cold war is something I admittedly didn't know so much about. After watching this a few times I feel like a damn expert lol. Very well done!
No you're not
It's very bizarre that the French lost there country to the Nazis, but immediately after WW2 the French start demanding there overseas territories (Vietnam, Algeria). While England, The Dutch and the United States granted independence to overseas countries, the French insisted on keeping there's. How arrogant can you get?
Might be unpopular, but had Germany been run by anyone but an ideological regime bent on getting rid of others and their way of life in the name of racial superiority and extreme nationalism, I'd say the French government (not people) got what they deserved by being occupied. France was the one that insisted on making the Versailles Treaty harsh as possible, pretty much guaranteeing war in 15-20 years. Even the Brits were trying to compromise post WW1, despite Germany breaking many rules. They were harsh, pompous, imperialists and we can't forget that. Just look at how their "former" colonies are doing today vs other nations' former territories.
Im 3 years late but at the point of WW2 and 1, what overseas territories did the USA have and give up/lose? I didn't even know they had any to lose especially at this time.
@@Real-Ruby-Redthere's this thing called google
A non biased documentary away from state media properganda. Excellent content 👌
Right! Spot on, and spoke nothing but accurate facts, and never compared the East, to the west or the north in his own opinion
The best documentary on not just the Cold War, but most of the 20th century history. Brilliant.
Having lived through all of this, being one of those kids diving under desks at school, I can say this is the very best wrap-up of the events that have so shaped our world I have ever seen...Very well done, liked & subbed...
This is my favorite war time era because it shapes the world as we know it today. It still affects us today, in the form of Cuba and the embargo that is still standing.
Absolutely... History 70 years ago still has influenced in today's politics.
This is by far the most interesting thing I’ve ever seen on RUclips.must watch for everyone out there who struggles to understand the world order we live in.
Published on April 1st, but this material is no joke. The title does not deceive.
I loved history in high school, and I forgotten so much from it. This helped remember why I got a kick out of learning the past.
My parents used to talk about how they felt and dealt with living during the Cuban Missle Crisis. They described how frightened they were and had prepared for the end of the world. This is such a great video outlining such pivotal moments in world history.
Well done on sticking as best you could to facts and staying away from editorializing. Not perfect, but probably the most “journalistic” effort I’ve seen in 10+ years. I appreciate not being propagandized for over an hour on real history in the last 100 years. Thank you 🙏👌🤘🙌🏻
Well said
Reid, since you apparently have the expertise to qualify this documentary as "not perfect" - as in compared to your perfect expertise, right? - I invite you to list every single flaw, specifying the timestamp of the flaw, explaining the flaw, and including links to the relevant primary sources demonstrating that what you claim is correct (primary sources are the only kind of sources an expert uses - but who am I to tell you, the perfect expert?).
Any expert knows how to do this: you, the perfect expert, can therefore do it in no time.
Otherwise, it's hard for anyone with just basic education (i.e. PhD-level, which is indeed basic compared to your perfect expertise) to take your comment seriously.
@@MetteC5 I didn’t say I was an expert or say it was flawed. I said it was good and that I appreciated not being propagandized in this documentary (as compared to others I’ve viewed).
So as an expert on criticizing comments, point out the flaws in what I really said versus your critique of what you think I said. It’s there for easy comparison.
The only thing I meant by not perfect is the very few times the creator had to, or chose to editorialize for brevity or because you can’t lay out every side to every event with every interpretation without making a story unmanageable.
@@historybuffguy Ok, fair enough. It's deeply concerning (though hardly surprising) that the lack of propaganda in a documentary is such a rare thing in the US that it needs to be mentioned. A documentary is, BY DEFINITION, not propaganda. In other words, if propaganda is included in a given video, it CANNOT qualify as a documentary.
Excellent documentary. The outro was unexpectedly stirring and emotional regarding times I wasn't even alive for. Such a dramatic and intriguing part of world history, the Cold War. The same could be said of the Roman Empire's history, but the Cold War condensed the political drama of a thousand ancient years into a few harrowing decades.
I get the same feeling as I wasn't born during most of this, (1978) it's mad to think the world you were born into was almost destroyed before we got here.
The single most thorough and well-produced account of the Cold War.
Thank you for such an informative documentary. As a 70's baby, I can honestly say that this was the first time that the cold war era made any sense to me. Well done.
Hello, fellow 70's 👶 🍼 👋
love how it was extremely concise, managing to cover each issue in 2-3 minutes while highlighting the most important things and managing to convey the meaning and significance of the discussed topics. you managed to explain in 3 minutes what others cannot in 20. a great video, thank you.
One of the best written and presented docs on probably one of the toughest subjects to cram into an hour and a half program. Subscribed.
That Russian commander in the sub during the Cuban missile crisis that incident should be made into a movie that would be absolutely fantastic can you imagine the commander refusing the order to launch the missiles what the atmosphere was like in that sub the yelling and screaming..Someone should make this into a movie.
YES I AGREE!! He should have his own day!!!
@@Tanknuggets217 He would be given the Nobel peace prize, if anyone deserves it.. it’s him.
Check the movie Crimson Tide. It was inspired by this and features some of the best acting you'll ever see.
I hope that a nuclear ☢️ holocaust also never happens in my son’s lifetime!Because my mum and dad grew up with the threat of a nuclear war like the Cuban 🇨🇺 missile crisis when they were kids in 1962!
I've never watched a long documentary but kept me awake the entire time.
This is the best channel on youtube.
All we need now is an American Civil War documentary and it would be nearly complete.
I've lost count of how many times I've watched this documentary. I enjoy the photos, the history, and most of all the music. Very well crafted.
Bravo this is easily one of the best documentaries I’ve watched in a very long time. Well done.
Wow I really enjoyed this. The balance of the narrative (very well summarized) and background music. Well done!!! Please do more!!!
Fair play for getting such a detailed account of such a huge part of history in an hour and a half! Great documentary
This is by far the best Cold War documentary I’ve ever watched anywhere 👏
Beautifully explained !
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Wow! Impressive! I have lived through the entire cold war, but still learned a lot here. Many of my unanswered questions were addressed. I often find my mind wandering during political documentaries, but this one held my complete attention.
Tears, smiles, amazement as I travelled on this well documented time machine. Straightforward, minimal dramatics, and factual. I remember the Berlin Wall, my college got a piece of it for historical reference as an art centerpiece. I remember all of it.
Superb documentary. As another viewer said, very concise, objective, and the topics covered were so broad that it would be so easy to get lost in the weeds or go down the rabbit hole of a particular subject, but that didn't happen at all, and you somehow covered just about everything in an hour and a half. If this is the quality of this channels productions, then my new subscription will definitely be worth it👍
what a beautiful documentary!! IN the last three minutes, those images with the music really touch my soul!! THANK YOU FOR THIS!
I'm from Brazil, this documentary is excellent, because it says things that some don't tell
I thoroughly enjoyed this video! I love to study history, especially 20th century history. I learned so much that I feel like I've taken a course in the Cold War. Very well done! Thank you for posting this.
This should be mandatory watching in school
This is incredible!! I can tell you did more research than any other channel on RUclips! Well done!! 👍
Today June 6th, we South Korea commemorate as a memorial day for all the Koreans and UN servicemember casualties(40,896 of 21 countries).
During Korean war(1950 ~ 1953), 48 democratic countries supported S.Korea against Communists(Red China and Soviets) and as a result of this war, Japan and West Germany could grow their economy and military power.
We appreciate and respect to all the servicemembers who sacrificed for democracy and their countries.
We especially appreciate United States government and people.
Our war was performed by US citizens money.
Capitalism: There's no free lunch. Communism: There is no lunch.
Very well done; nearly brought a tear to my eye once the epilogue came.
People of the world unite. We can see that wars and conflict are caused by a few men. It’s time we grow up together.
Extraordinary timeline of events… and my life! Born when Kim Philby defected, there was always a sense of distrust at home but the space race was my ‘adventure time’ as a nipper. I matured as Franco died. Visited East Berlin before the wall came down and suddenly Europe opened up. Now my world is closed again, I wish I’d seen more of it when I still could. Hope my children, all our children will regain such freedoms again one day.
Watching the Berlin Wall fall, always brings me to tears.
This by far one of the best historical documentaries ever. I'm well versed on 20th century history but i learned a few things i didn't know previously. I thoroughly enjoyed this.
This deserves more views
What an incredible, informative and educative documentary. It is so well explained. I came here wanting to understand more about what the USSR all about but I didn't realize that it would give me such an insight into the world's (current) state of affairs. Wonderfully done! Loved it
Why is it incredible so many people die, u sick mate
*an amazing doco. 1 hour and 30 minutes felt like 10 minutes. well done. I'm subscribing*
Watching these makes me tear up. The 20th century almost ended human civilization but also saw the biggest political, technological, prosperity, and social revolutions in human history. Right now, we face challenges here and there but we live in the most prosperous, most peaceful, and most advanced period in human history thanks for what our predecessors did in the 20th century
exactly
Very well put together. Worthy of mainstream TV
Excellent documentary. Events of a very complex period of time explained very easily. Great narrating
Not just the best documentary on the cold war ever produced, but perhaps one of the best political/historical documentaries ever made.
I am a complete idiot of 31 years and this one of the best docs I’ve ever witnessed on this subject
We intentionally only got bits and pieces at a time, depending on whose narrative was saying it.
christ almighty, this is the best documentary I've seen on the subject. Bloody hell, it's the best history documentary I've ever seen
Very glad you included Romania. A lesson many should learn.
Watch the speech, you can see the exact moment he realises his entire country has turned against him. i anticipate governments of today who have become tyrannical in similar situations. People don't just lie down when they are suffering.
this is brilliantly presented, so calmly detailed and very informative and can be easily followed.
Best Cold War documentary ever. Totally frightening. Every day is a miracle we awake to a new day. How much time is left, no one knows, but it surely is a matter of time as long as we exist alongside nuclear artillery. Excellent choice in music by the way. Thank you.
11 months later and here we are awaiting the announcement of ww3. Or waking up in the morning to find it started overnight. Scary situation forsure! Don’t know you but i hope all is well in your life!
Don't be a dick about nuclear artillery, don't be a dick about nuclear artillery...
We don't have nuclear artillery. We did, but they realised it was ridiculous
@bigwater52 now look 2024 Oct and WW3 is closer than ever before.
Quality documentary, taught me so much about stuff I didn't know.
The videos on this channel are superb. Magnificent job
Im a retired submarine sailor, this is accurate, current generation isnt aware how pivotal the Cold War was
Wow, finally. Cold war explained in straightforward, easy to understand facts. Thank you for this.
A fantastically well narrated account of the cold war and very in depth. I grew up through these times so, very relevant to me. Many thank's, have subscribed to channel.
The constant pressure hanging over everyone's head must have had an incalculable effect on the quality of science, culture, art, and certainly affected those of us in the military at the time, myself remembering able archer, tiananmen square, and the Berlin wall falling, being in profound shock at each of these world-view shattering events.
Your documentaries are probably the best iv'e seen. Objective, factual and very well put together. I will recommend. Well done!
Not many channels can keep me gripped for an hour n half these days but you and content certainly have today!
Superb video! Just superb!
Incredible video. Stunning accuracy. But the thing that I loved the most about it as a Japanese man, is that you pronounced Hiroshima correctly.
I always attempt to pronounce Japanese correctly but between my accent and southern drawl they can come out funny.
I warched this and i thought that,, north and south korea is an experiment of the 2 ideologies next to each other and hiw they work over our current time period and japan is an isolated experiment that seems to have turned into a very interesting peaceful and succesful country what do you think of this? Bring back the emperor? 🤣I am on none side by the way these are just observations
A very well produced documentary with a ton of information presented in a digestible manner. Thank you for what must have been a huge undertaking and is clearly well-done!
By far the best documentary on the cold war I've seen on this platform. Not to say others are bad or anything, but this one is very very good. Thanks
Very balanced, reminiscent of old time journalism. I will be watching this again!
What a shame that RUclips continues to mistreat creators like this channel. Thank you for continuing to provide us this wonderful content