The Cold War - Summary on a Map

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  • Опубликовано: 20 дек 2024

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  • @Kunnoc
    @Kunnoc 4 года назад +1725

    WW1: Season 1
    WW2: Season 2
    Cold war:DLC

    • @ctwu58
      @ctwu58 4 года назад +74

      plus
      911 DLC
      COVID DLC

    • @mcj2219
      @mcj2219 4 года назад +31

      You think its fun to live in these periods?

    • @obliv529
      @obliv529 4 года назад +100

      @@mcj2219 twas only a joke man

    • @Acalmujannahmalaysia
      @Acalmujannahmalaysia 4 года назад +19

      @@obliv529 let's WIII for a new joke ha mate.

    • @sleer6306
      @sleer6306 4 года назад +32

      Ww3: futuristic jet pack dlc game.

  • @danielpetrov1369
    @danielpetrov1369 6 лет назад +961

    Several things :
    -The Tito-Stalin breakup of Yugoslavia and the USSR was in 1948 and not 1949.
    -During the Cuban missile crisis missiles were mostly removed from Turkey, and they were outdated anyway.
    -France never left NATO, they left the military block.
    -The arms race started well before the 1980s.

    • @mikatu
      @mikatu 6 лет назад +24

      well, he represented the entire USRR ending at the same time, when we know that Russia and the Baltics left first, and that lead the Union to collapse. In fact was the coupe in Russia that led to the fall of the Union.

    • @micah7296
      @micah7296 6 лет назад +51

      It’s hard to describe the Cold War in just under 8 minutes. It was bound to happen.

    • @maczetamaczeta189
      @maczetamaczeta189 6 лет назад +39

      "France never left NATO, they left the military block."
      Isn't a NATO strictly miliatry block?

    • @alpha-omega2362
      @alpha-omega2362 5 лет назад +16

      That was a secret deal, (removal of missiles from Turkey) which did not come to light until at least 20 years later. They were removed from Turkey, but to cover up the secret deal, it was stated that the missiles were "outdated" .

    • @rj-the-red6767
      @rj-the-red6767 5 лет назад

      @Yuki You yeah I was going try to correct you, but I look in to it, and your right. Yeah good job

  • @big_guy_of_leiden5688
    @big_guy_of_leiden5688 5 лет назад +3587

    Ham

  • @franksmith3128
    @franksmith3128 4 года назад +3573

    When you realise Ireland, Switzerland, Sweden, and Finland were so nuetral they didn’t even join the neutral alliance

    • @royalpotato1908
      @royalpotato1908 4 года назад +191

      Lmao, the country with the best education, Finland.

    • @morrisstudio8372
      @morrisstudio8372 4 года назад +19

      Lmao

    • @Mirsab
      @Mirsab 4 года назад +11

      @James Roy wut

    • @theunfunny421
      @theunfunny421 4 года назад +67

      Sweden : im neutral but im support vietcong

    • @A.D.540
      @A.D.540 4 года назад +69

      @@sankarsah Iceland 🇮🇸 I'm so natural you will forget i excist.

  • @Pieti_
    @Pieti_ 6 лет назад +2856

    Finland:
    *grabs popcorn*

    • @str0fix
      @str0fix 6 лет назад +82

      PYTE Switzerland

    • @wdsansyboy1134
      @wdsansyboy1134 6 лет назад +216

      PYTE
      Switzerland: Hey finland
      Finland: Yeah swiss?
      Switzerland: Wanna eat some popcorn and watch a this new movie called "cold war"?
      Finland: LET'S EE WHO WILL WIN

    • @elprimooo3235
      @elprimooo3235 6 лет назад +15

      @@wdsansyboy1134 so true 😂😂😂

    • @notaidan4451
      @notaidan4451 6 лет назад +80

      Finland and Switzerland: Hey Sweden, want to join in?
      Sweden: This movie is too scary, I don’t want to get involved.

    • @kauanthierry3737
      @kauanthierry3737 6 лет назад +4

      Wdsansterous 137 Lol! It's exactly that! 😂

  • @bibleboy1147
    @bibleboy1147 4 года назад +1809

    USSR: "Let's invade Afghanistan!"
    *fails*
    USA: "Lets invade Afghanistan!"
    *fails*

    • @seraph4107
      @seraph4107 4 года назад +57

      It's result of isi

    • @mylaseto9319
      @mylaseto9319 4 года назад +10

      @Inigo Bantok Your Right

    • @sameerrehman5421
      @sameerrehman5421 4 года назад +8

      @Inigo Bantok that’s what you think LOL

    • @JDP2104
      @JDP2104 4 года назад +115

      USA's invasion of Afghanistan didn't fail, it was the occupation that didn't go so well

    • @MrCooper83
      @MrCooper83 4 года назад +75

      I think the NATO kicked the taliban`s ass. Bin Laden was killed.
      I dont think there will be ever peace in Afghanistan. They have been fighting in the last 40-50 years...

  • @Vznti
    @Vznti 2 года назад +58

    0:00 Introduction
    0:15 Context
    1:03 The Iron Curtain
    1:43 Divisions
    2:27 Influence Wars
    3:05 Wars in Asia
    3:57 The Suez Canal
    4:36 Elsewhere in the world
    5:04 Cuban Missile Crisis
    5:42 Vietnam War
    6:13 Soviet ascent
    6:59 The fall of the USSR

    • @tdm_nicky5603
      @tdm_nicky5603 2 года назад +3

      No need but thanks I gess

    • @jexler2802
      @jexler2802 2 года назад +1

      this is unhelpful

    • @Iugeer
      @Iugeer 2 года назад +1

      this is disgraceful

    • @Harry0211
      @Harry0211 2 месяца назад

      Thanks it helpfully

    • @Vznti
      @Vznti 2 месяца назад +1

      @@tdm_nicky5603i dont rememberl making this at all, or even watching this

  • @mackermate8475
    @mackermate8475 5 лет назад +516

    Don't forget Tito, the leader of communist Yugoslavia, hated Stalin

    • @paudelfamily4812
      @paudelfamily4812 5 лет назад +40

      Tito did not actually care
      He just kept peace for Yugoslavia

    • @redornament3248
      @redornament3248 5 лет назад +112

      When Stalin kept sending assassins to kill him, Tito then wrote a letter to him personally to cut it out, or else he'd send an assassin of his own, and that he wouldn't have to send another. I think that's true, right?

    • @hastytkd5768
      @hastytkd5768 5 лет назад +8

      Chess-Playing Skeleton I’ve heard that.

    • @Tower_Swagman
      @Tower_Swagman 3 года назад +6

      tito after he died caused the fall of yugoslavia

    • @emapogorevc1795
      @emapogorevc1795 3 года назад +2

      @@paudelfamily4812 um- have you ever even seen Yugoslavia

  • @r3nz52
    @r3nz52 4 года назад +1267

    This is what would social distancing war look like

  • @georgeamesfort3408
    @georgeamesfort3408 3 года назад +408

    "Im blocking your supply lines to Berlin. What are you gonna do about it?"
    "I suppose we'll just...fly the supplies in"
    "Alright Truman, you win this round"

  • @miguelf.6827
    @miguelf.6827 6 лет назад +3534

    USSR: *uses 14% of its GDP on armament*
    USSR: wHy IsN't My EcOnOmY wOrKiNg
    USSR: *dies*

    • @rurunosep
      @rurunosep 6 лет назад +379

      The US spends 4% and people think *that's* a lot. 14 is crazy. Though the US probably spent a lot more at the time, and they can also get away with a lower percent since they had a better economy in general.

    • @miguelf.6827
      @miguelf.6827 6 лет назад +18

      Kevin Hernandez-Rives yep

    • @winterwolf1660
      @winterwolf1660 6 лет назад +121

      Kevin Hernandez-Rives if the US did that today it would be spending $2,520,000,000,000, or to put it into words, two trillion five hundred twenty billion dollars, that's a crazy amount of economy to put towards any one area

    • @TheSystemizer25
      @TheSystemizer25 6 лет назад +84

      Miguel Fernández I wonder how north Korea hasn't collapsed yet they spend I think around 17 to 20 percent of their GDP on military

    • @str0fix
      @str0fix 6 лет назад +89

      USSR was a different economy and the only problem USSR faced is corruption and bureaucracy. And this problems was newer defeated even in modern days post-soviet countries

  • @in42u
    @in42u 5 лет назад +1114

    But don't forget, that USA put it's rockets in Turkey and after that USSR put it's in Cuba

    • @dariomoreno9267
      @dariomoreno9267 5 лет назад +51

      No. USSR puts before. After USA puts Italy and Turkey

    • @lapuntadifeza
      @lapuntadifeza 5 лет назад +339

      @@dariomoreno9267 go to school

    • @mobilecyclop7329
      @mobilecyclop7329 5 лет назад

      Firdevs Yöreoğlu nopppppppopofwrlijewfjipefw

    • @simeonnovkov7921
      @simeonnovkov7921 5 лет назад +66

      @@lapuntadifeza Thats what they are taught in school

    • @bahamas9699
      @bahamas9699 5 лет назад +10

      Italy and turkey u mean

  • @WhomThouDoesNotKnow
    @WhomThouDoesNotKnow 6 лет назад +146

    The part about France is inaccurate. France left the “united command,” but was still part of NATO.

    • @artilire
      @artilire 2 года назад +6

      Yea true
      They also promised to rejoin if the eastern bloc ever invaded
      And just outright rejoined in 2009

  • @davidhuang215
    @davidhuang215 6 лет назад +450

    6:04
    ✖️Stopping communism
    ✔️ Losing to some farmers in Vietnam
    Edit: Shut up it's a fucking joke god I hate RUclips comments

    • @thanhatle8709
      @thanhatle8709 5 лет назад +6

      Long-term Vietnamese communist

    • @thanhatle8709
      @thanhatle8709 5 лет назад +5

      cộng sản việt nam muôn năm

    • @MeuzeAnthem
      @MeuzeAnthem 4 года назад +20

      @@thanhatle8709 i cant see you where bush you hide?

    • @hullo8246
      @hullo8246 4 года назад +1

      FlankZ hahahahaha, punji spikes covered in poo

    • @LinhNguyen.
      @LinhNguyen. 4 года назад +1

      Dzyntsan Vietcong is John cena dad

  • @savagery9637
    @savagery9637 5 лет назад +1016

    America vs USSR
    Next Up:
    America vs Russia

    • @YoureASquidYoureAKid
      @YoureASquidYoureAKid 5 лет назад +150

      China*

    • @Distress.
      @Distress. 5 лет назад +75

      America Vs America

    • @DiamondSane
      @DiamondSane 5 лет назад +35

      @In brightest day, in blackest night Brasil can rise too, and Europe is still in action, and Japan and many more.

    • @majedkanafani6017
      @majedkanafani6017 5 лет назад +8

      In brightest day, in blackest night vs North Korea

    • @federalstateofaustria7611
      @federalstateofaustria7611 5 лет назад +69

      Russia simply cannot keep up with its tech. Yes they have a lot of tanks and nuclear missiles. Their actually standing army though is not all that impressive and their economy is relatively small. China is the only power that can really stand up to the United States.

  • @sjJASpark
    @sjJASpark 6 лет назад +346

    Korea is the only country divided by the cold war but still is even after cold war ended.. Hope they can reunite

    • @Fred_the_1996
      @Fred_the_1996 3 года назад +20

      I think Palestine also counts

    • @kamakiller1145
      @kamakiller1145 3 года назад +49

      China won't let north korea fall because they're a buffer state between them and the us troops

    • @DOGSIRrrjf
      @DOGSIRrrjf 3 года назад +59

      As a South Korean I thank you but I don't think it's realistically possible

    • @angadgrewal9324
      @angadgrewal9324 3 года назад +3

      @@kamakiller1145 then why not let it unite under the the North Korean leader?

    • @micahcarr3892
      @micahcarr3892 3 года назад +33

      @@angadgrewal9324 because the US and South Korea (and a lot of other countries) will definitely not be to “ok” with that.

  • @ЁжМусульман
    @ЁжМусульман 6 лет назад +191

    Don`t pay attention to the comments below, there is a struggle between patriots of different countries, but what a patriot you are, if you don`t respect the opinions of other people...

    • @venezuelaanimations3732
      @venezuelaanimations3732 4 года назад

      ?

    • @kacpermurach5843
      @kacpermurach5843 4 года назад +5

      @@venezuelaanimations3732 is it this difficult to understand the comment?

    • @venezuelaanimations3732
      @venezuelaanimations3732 4 года назад +2

      @@kacpermurach5843 I hadn't checked when I said that :/

    • @rohaanasad4950
      @rohaanasad4950 3 года назад +5

      I honestly agree with you lmao i just read a 20-30 comment thread abt how ussr invade afgahnistan and win and then the other half said that the us kicked them out and then the discussion somehow came to islam bad like wtf

    • @dakota6050
      @dakota6050 3 года назад

      @@venezuelaanimations3732 Then what did you mean by “?”

  • @hexnos7922
    @hexnos7922 4 года назад +448

    Everybody: Switzerland is so neutral
    Ireland: Hello anyone remember me

    • @victorbuilds5383
      @victorbuilds5383 4 года назад +2

      Ireland was on the Allies side during WW1 and WW2

    • @Siuubeink
      @Siuubeink 4 года назад +27

      Victor Navoa it wasnt, in ww2 it was neutral and in ww1 it was part of Britain

    • @victorbuilds5383
      @victorbuilds5383 4 года назад +1

      But they did however provide aid to the British didn't they?

    • @thomasgrisdale7080
      @thomasgrisdale7080 4 года назад +10

      @@victorbuilds5383 Ireland declared war on England during the first world war...

    • @victorbuilds5383
      @victorbuilds5383 4 года назад +1

      @@thomasgrisdale7080 the irish contributed soldiers to the british army. However, there was a schism in the parliament about granting home rule for the Irish, in which some rebelled

  • @Justlatvian1994
    @Justlatvian1994 6 лет назад +602

    Greece was part of NATO too

    • @Justlatvian1994
      @Justlatvian1994 6 лет назад +43

      Geo History Stalin and Churchill agreed that Greece remains in Western spheere of Influence, not Soviet spheere. So Stalin left the Greek Communists to fend for themselves. Yugoslavs supported Greek Communists to estsblish the Balkan bloc (Yugoslavia, Albania, Bulgaria and Greece), but Tito-Soviet split and Greek integration in to NATO put onsticles and Idea of Balkan bloc failed.

    • @Justlatvian1994
      @Justlatvian1994 6 лет назад +23

      stellvia hoenheim Go away, troll!

    • @Justlatvian1994
      @Justlatvian1994 6 лет назад +12

      Сёма Маликов In my opinion, it is a provocation.

    • @RTOF
      @RTOF 6 лет назад +2

      Just Latvian why is this a top comment anyway

    • @patricksputnick5094
      @patricksputnick5094 6 лет назад

      +stellvia hoenheim
      How about you keep playin your games somewhere else. This is for adults.

  • @Shadowmask8
    @Shadowmask8 5 лет назад +81

    France never withdrew from NATO, they're still in it to this day, they simply withdrew from NATO's integrated military command.

  • @snails4brains854
    @snails4brains854 5 лет назад +158

    Everybody: FIGHT
    Switzerland: nah we good fam we’ll just chill here

  • @MarkSidneyDuplessis
    @MarkSidneyDuplessis 2 года назад +59

    This was great. Thank you for making these. Found it while trying to further understand the Russia Ukraine conflict and how we got here

    • @kedduff1814
      @kedduff1814 2 года назад

      Same here

    • @anonymousbloke1
      @anonymousbloke1 Год назад

      The Ukrainian Russian conflict actually goes way back to the 17th century tbh

  • @ania6577
    @ania6577 4 года назад +8

    G. K. Chesterton 1922 about POLAND:
    "I judged the Poles by their enemies. And I found it was an almost unfailing- truth that their enemies were the enemies of magnanimity and manhood. If a man loved slavery, if he loved usury, if he loved terrorism and all the trampled mire of materialistic politics, I have always found that he added to these affections the passion of a hatred of Poland. She could be judged in the light of that hatred; and the judgment has proved to be right."

  • @ankanmaiti9864
    @ankanmaiti9864 4 года назад +278

    1962 China: I want new world power.
    2020 China: Okay I got this.

    • @raees6330
      @raees6330 4 года назад +13

      You look like a far-right Hindu nationalist. Ur not funny btw

    • @LazyAndFabulous
      @LazyAndFabulous 4 года назад +3

      The Chinese already started to be a world power and caused multiple African countries to support China, especially Australians. I can't be wooshed if I got the joke btw.

    • @leslielee9164
      @leslielee9164 4 года назад +15

      @@LazyAndFabulous Let me add a few words. The Chinese believe that they love peace, and because China was humiliated by China’s weakness in the 19th century, and after many wars against colonialism, the Chinese chose the Communist Party of China, which helped China to rejuvenate (The Chinese think that we are just back where we were originally, so we don’t call it the rise). In the 1960s, China and the Soviet Union, the two socialist powers, finally parted ways because of a deviation in their understanding of communism, and the Soviet Union betrayedTo achieve its own ideals, to practice great power chauvinism and hegemonism, and to behave like the United States, which made it difficult for the Chinese to accept, so China actively participated in the exchanges with the third world countries, and this allowed China to restore the five permanent posts of the United Nations.One seat of the council

    • @YukiPyro
      @YukiPyro 4 года назад +27

      China will lose, Picking a fight with the Americans is one thing, But they are causing tensions with nearly every Nation in Asia since this pandemic in the world started. US and China both with shady pasts should be careful the world doesn't just turn on both of them.

    • @dionelshani1083
      @dionelshani1083 4 года назад

      @@YukiPyro Trump is starting sanctions against china even though they didnt do anything bad.
      I dont understand that.

  • @shadhinov
    @shadhinov 6 лет назад +170

    Biggest casualty of cold war: Afghanistan

    • @MrAnonymous3333
      @MrAnonymous3333 4 года назад +21

      @@juanramos297 they were present even before
      USA & UK supported them by giving arms, they also invited radicals from different groups. Simply all the terrorists problems of modern day were fueled by decisions made by Super Powers. Islam radicalization is just 1/2 part of this conflict

    • @richardroberson2564
      @richardroberson2564 4 года назад +7

      @@MrAnonymous3333 Yeah well if they didnt kill each other over stupid shit none of this would be a problem.

    • @ankanmaiti9864
      @ankanmaiti9864 4 года назад +18

      @@juanramos297 Terrorist organization emerged when oil was discovered in Middle East. They dreamed of imaginary Islamic world. Powerful armies used them for their benefit and later dumped them.

    • @sukantadebnath3072
      @sukantadebnath3072 4 года назад

      Causality??

    • @shadhinov
      @shadhinov 4 года назад

      @@sukantadebnath3072 dude.

  • @eduardofuenzalida2872
    @eduardofuenzalida2872 6 лет назад +45

    Excellent video. However, you forgot to mention the CIA intervention in South America, aligning and supporting the right-wing dictatorships, per example, supporting the military intervention in the 1973 Coup d'état in Chile.

    • @tt-ln4mc
      @tt-ln4mc 2 года назад +8

      they also didnt mention the many USSR interventions to establish communist dictatorships, it would be too technical to discuss every one

    • @televizetma3762
      @televizetma3762 2 года назад +1

      And they didnt marka the democratic republic of kampuchea as red (1975-1979)

    • @mikmik1858
      @mikmik1858 2 года назад

      @@televizetma3762 right

    • @reharm_reality
      @reharm_reality Год назад

      I feel like all the military interventions would need a separate video, and I'd really like to see that one. I'm from the states and no one here even knows about them.

  • @finspectregaming5487
    @finspectregaming5487 3 года назад +15

    7:19 Note: Finland is counted to have had an alliance with Soviet Union. We were not a part of the Eastern bloc, but we had an alliance with them

  • @knifetheknife
    @knifetheknife 6 лет назад +103

    7:34 Poland became a democratic nation in 4 June 1989 not in 1991

    • @danielppp1631
      @danielppp1631 6 лет назад +5

      And first one to break The block

    • @jerzys2770
      @jerzys2770 6 лет назад +8

      Yeah, also wanted to coment that. First Poland broke out, later the Berlin Wall fell down

    • @25danielboss30
      @25danielboss30 6 лет назад +7

      Let's not forget about Romania when they becam democratic on 25 decembre 1989

    • @justynagaecka9275
      @justynagaecka9275 6 лет назад +8

      Yeah in fact most of block broke before berlin wall fell

    • @krazownik3139
      @krazownik3139 6 лет назад

      Only partially. In fact, elections wasn't fully free because communist guaranteed to themselves 65% of the seats in parliament as a condition. Formally regaining independence of Poland was a process called "transformation" which started in late 80' when communist realizes that Soviet Union will collapse.

  • @LapisMinecraft
    @LapisMinecraft 6 лет назад +38

    0:48 What happened to Kazakhstan.
    My god.

  • @dimjoon3804
    @dimjoon3804 5 лет назад +12

    honestly, thank you again, i am so glad that people like these exist, who make these videos. really helping out students out there, thanks to your effort!

    • @Bigbustarhymes
      @Bigbustarhymes 4 года назад

      Stfu it’s easy

    • @dimjoon3804
      @dimjoon3804 4 года назад +1

      @@Bigbustarhymes just expressing my gratitude 👍🏻

    • @Bigbustarhymes
      @Bigbustarhymes 4 года назад

      @@dimjoon3804 ik sorry

    • @Sumirevins
      @Sumirevins 2 года назад

      I'm a Science student. I don't even know why am watching this, Knowledge always pays of I guess

  • @lukez9444
    @lukez9444 6 лет назад +40

    Spectacular video, really fascinating. It would be really awesome if someday we could have a long-form video that lists out all the microsatellite war/conflict that happened between the major ones listed in this one (such as the US/USSR's influence over Ethiopia and Somalia in the Ogaden war, or the various attempted communist regimes in central/south America)

  • @PremierCCGuyMMXVI
    @PremierCCGuyMMXVI 6 лет назад +133

    Great Vid, but you forgot somethings, one of them being the Space Race!

    • @andreikovacs3476
      @andreikovacs3476 5 лет назад +10

      The space race had no major importance.

    • @rafaelssj
      @rafaelssj 5 лет назад +10

      @@andreikovacs3476 Just the future of the human race not that important

    • @andreikovacs3476
      @andreikovacs3476 5 лет назад +14

      @@rafaelssj
      You ever watched a mapping video for someone to say "The Nazis invented the Tiger tank in this year"?
      No. The space Race is relevant to humanity but not to this war.

  • @Jess-76507
    @Jess-76507 5 лет назад +9

    Originally, I made a comment about Chernobyl and how it was a root cause of the collapse of the soviet collapse. However, it seems like I can't find a good source to either confirm or decline these statements. So just disreguard the original comment (Below)
    The original comment:
    Might've been a good idea to also talk about Chernobyl. Chernobyl, for anyone who is unaware, was the largest civilian nuclear disaster in history. Radioactive fallout from the explosion in Pripyat was able to travel all the way to New Jersey, and hundreds of thousands died from Radiation Poisoning. The key thing about this, however, was that, because of how much the USSR tried to cover it up, it ultimately became a factor in the breakup of the USSR.

    • @thedolphin5428
      @thedolphin5428 2 года назад

      Get ya facts straight, troll. "Hundreds of thousands" did not die from Chernobyl, even if you count cancer deaths suspectedly caused from it in the last 25 years. International studies say about 4,000 have directly died and the UN estimates 40,00 adversely affected with radiation. Yes, more were relocated and suffered lifestyle losses.
      And Chernobyl was NOT a factor in the USSR dissolution. That is a piece of Western propaganda. It arose from (depending on who you believe) a series of political decisions made by Gorbachev and the Supreme Council of the time, and then Yeltsin's arrival. They admit to that themselves.
      Do some research and stop exaggerating for propaganda bullshit.

    • @Jess-76507
      @Jess-76507 2 года назад

      ​@@thedolphin5428 Dude, you don't have to go so hard on it. So what I made a few mistakes? It was 2 years ago. My understanding of history has changed a lot since then. I mean, heck, when I wrote it, COVID hadn't even left the PRC yet.

    • @thedolphin5428
      @thedolphin5428 2 года назад

      @@Jess-76507
      It's idiots like you who spread their ignorance all over the web. You type from the hip, all kinds of non-factual shit. "Oh, so I made a few mistakes". Don't you realise others will read that shit and then proliferate it more because they're too fucking lazy to google real information. Well, delete your bullshit then. Like many, you just drop mental litter, stupid thought bubbles of prejudice, then let it blow down the street and polute the environment. No wonder the world is getting more and more stupid by the year. Ignorance breeds ignorance -- idiots believe idiots. Why don't you spend 1 minute fact checking before you upload your fantasies? And, are you making similar mistakes today? Until you learn the lesson you probably are. Watch your mind, your mouth, your social comment, young son.

    • @Jess-76507
      @Jess-76507 2 года назад

      @@thedolphin5428 You're being over-agressive at the fact that I made a mistake because the American education system screwed me over. At the time, I was still in a physical, brick and mortar school, with a real history textbook, which I read, and gave the information from the textbook to make a comment on a video.
      Additionally, you blame me for not wanting to learn anything, and yet, look at the video you're commenting under.

    • @thedolphin5428
      @thedolphin5428 2 года назад

      @@Jess-76507
      No Jesse, not overly "aggressive". Don't be a sook.And I'm NOT "holding you at gunpoint", and I'm NOT playing "cancel culture". You are free to speak and type ANYTHING YOU LIKE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. But if someone recognises it as an untrruth, then be prepared to get a lesson in truth WITHOUT crying "cancel culture". I just call out bullshit wherever I see it. Suck if up if you're the bullshit provider. But good on you for correcting yourself. You could have just deleted it (because it was wrong) or edited if to be right... all without excusing yourself or blaming your education. Mate, we all got brainwashed at school by our cultural propaganda. But as we grow up we learn to check our facts, think for ourselves, take responsibility for our ignorance, and thank those who correct our misapprehensions. Nuff said.

  • @zomzcheezy8958
    @zomzcheezy8958 6 лет назад +431

    France leaves NATO?!?!?!?!?

    • @ethaneblaghie7583
      @ethaneblaghie7583 6 лет назад +122

      They felt as though the UK and the USA were hogging all the power and that they couldn't get leverage within NATO or on the world stage. Nonetheless, they kept close ties and remained part of the Western Bloc.

    • @edwardkurniawan8167
      @edwardkurniawan8167 6 лет назад +57

      Rad 303 yea its totally different thing tho

    • @dahasolomon7314
      @dahasolomon7314 6 лет назад +26

      Rad 303 Not yet. They're still in the process.

    • @dernierergenekon5234
      @dernierergenekon5234 6 лет назад +6

      Yes centre of NATO was Paris, during De Gaulle if I remember true France left NATO, he was not trusting US and Nato

    • @pan-slavicbear9405
      @pan-slavicbear9405 6 лет назад +13

      DeGaulle was a dick

  • @mansoorhaikal2324
    @mansoorhaikal2324 6 лет назад +121

    I love GEOGRAPHY !!!

  • @millionsofmarks
    @millionsofmarks 2 года назад +3

    I came across his video on ww1 by accident and end up watching ww2 and the cold war too. My only criticism about these videos is I should have popcorn beforehand 😩 It was really exciting to watch

  • @kurzackd
    @kurzackd 6 лет назад +19

    The video was very historically and technically accurate, so props for that. But maybe an extra minute or so explaining the final years of the USSR would have been even better. It was much more complex and non-trivial than what was explained here.

    • @op7519
      @op7519 3 года назад

      actually this video sucks

    • @artilire
      @artilire 2 года назад

      @@op7519 DUDE

    • @mariafe7050
      @mariafe7050 2 года назад

      @@op7519 UNCOOL

    • @MarkSidneyDuplessis
      @MarkSidneyDuplessis 2 года назад

      I feel like he needs to do a video explaining the current Russia Ukraine situation. It could likely start off with those final years.

  • @Alberts_Stuff
    @Alberts_Stuff 6 лет назад +42

    I had noooooo fricking idea I was this interested in historic world conflict. You got a sub 👍🏻 👍🏻 👍🏻

  • @dimjoon3804
    @dimjoon3804 5 лет назад +6

    this was so helpful for my paper, thank you for making videos like these!

  • @pisos95
    @pisos95 6 лет назад +28

    I think you missed Ceausescu's Romania's separation from the USSR area of influence by 1968. They were communists but not USSR allies anymore. The Hungarian Revolution in 1958 and the soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1968 are something worth to mention as well.

  • @akhil2024
    @akhil2024 6 лет назад +65

    wow Glad there was no ww3 and we all are still alive.

    • @skitzozpandaz5993
      @skitzozpandaz5993 6 лет назад +8

      Akhil V Nair WW3 will be here soon.

    • @elprimooo3235
      @elprimooo3235 6 лет назад

      @@skitzozpandaz5993 you think so ?

    • @shieldde6209
      @shieldde6209 6 лет назад +1

      Akhil V Nair in my opinion,chance of ww3 is
      23% yes
      77% no

    • @alterego9791
      @alterego9791 6 лет назад

      @@shieldde6209 make that 0.1% chance of WW3. The world is now shifted to economics and trade relations so the chances of any Great War is low. Also, the idea of colonizing areas is also now a thing of the past and internet, media and technology are currently influencing humanity.

    • @wokehumanist958
      @wokehumanist958 6 лет назад +2

      Foh real tho. Thank god JFK and Kruschev were willing to be reasonable and compromise in 1962. Can you imagine if our leaders today were faced with the same challenge? Personally, I don't think it would end well....

  • @sammyf1567
    @sammyf1567 5 лет назад +13

    3:16 the Korean division is a strait line
    You showed what it was after the war.

    • @imcloud305
      @imcloud305 3 года назад +1

      Yes The Korean border was gay
      Im funny i know

  • @SamuelLiebermann
    @SamuelLiebermann 5 лет назад +18

    French Guyana is part of France and should have the same colour.

  • @lylasmith5381
    @lylasmith5381 5 месяцев назад +5

    1991 usssr : i’m alive what un : your dead usssr:💀

  • @tiffanystarbeck2279
    @tiffanystarbeck2279 Год назад +1

    As in America, I am not going to say that I know too much about the Cold War, but I went with my parents and about 45 other Americans in 1989 the USSR. My Mother was intending to go on a peace missions . She spent most of my teenage years going to schools trying to educate children and parents how it was her mission in life to establish world peace, especially with the Russians , even if what she was doing was just her small part . She had thousands of members , and she went to Russia many times , and she did have me go with her on one trip . I did go like I said during the Cold War . I have to say I was a little bit afraid , and I got to stay with a host famiy. They were very gracious and kind . I just remember being taught in school that they were the enemy, and we were taught to be fearful.
    Anyway, my best friend and I went . I remember that it was very cold. I had never experienced that kind of cold temperature in my whole life.. our summers were about 90 degrees , we were lucky to see Snow, which we loved , and about the coldest we would ever get was about 20 to 30° . I wore warm clothing, but nothing could prepare me for what what I was about to experience . I remember passing a group of small children, and they were laughing at us. It's like they knew we were stupid Americans for not dressing for the cold weather. I remember seeing statues of Lenin and Stalin, and I I remember being in Red Square, which was so fascinating , and remember taking pictures with my Polaroid camera, and also just was so excited, also being there at a time where Mikhail Gorbachev was President. I was in the eighth grade at the time and because we were there for two weeks., my homework was too write my activies each day, put them into a journal type booklet , and then speak about them to my class. We got to spend a few days in the Republic of Georgia. That was fascinating as well and all the beautiful history. we decided to stop there because we were from Atlanta Georgia so we wanted to go from Georgia to Georgia. we still have lifelong friends and I will never forget my wonderful experiences. , especially as an American citizen, but to say that I was, there is just amazing. I Just awesome history! I hope that I don't offend anyone if I did I'm truly sorry!

  • @butter_free__8
    @butter_free__8 4 года назад +6

    Everyone: actually talking about history and the contents
    Me: good stuff to prepare for my online school 😌😌

  • @18idlesuggest
    @18idlesuggest 6 лет назад +31

    No space race? I mean, I know this is all tense non fighting competition but would've been great to mention it

  • @loademup750
    @loademup750 Год назад +2

    This video does an amazing job of showing just how complex and far-reaching the Cold War was. It's a stark reminder of how dangerous the arms race was and how close we came to global nuclear conflict. The lessons of the Cold War are still relevant today, as we continue to navigate global tensions and seek peaceful solutions to conflicts. Let's use the lessons of the past to build a better future. #LessonsOfTheColdWar #PeaceOverConflict #GlobalSolutions

  • @Ron.S.
    @Ron.S. 6 лет назад +6

    First time you've on my RUclips recommendations. Loved it! Subscribed. Only 9K subs?? It won't stay like this for long

  • @Gustavo-tp1oy
    @Gustavo-tp1oy 6 лет назад +32

    2:05 did he just say clout ? As in today’s modern version of the word “clout”? 😂

    • @Trome1200
      @Trome1200 4 года назад +20

      Clout means political power or political influence.

  • @dinoxman8584
    @dinoxman8584 3 года назад +5

    I still can’t get over how Kazakhstan looks in GH’s videos.

  • @bdr420i
    @bdr420i 6 лет назад +14

    that's what happens when two powers are afraid to face each other, this is what happening now between "Saudi Arabia and Iran"
    please make video about it, thank you

    • @TIPAN
      @TIPAN 4 года назад +1

      هو كده كده ايران بتخبط مع اى حد . الامرات تلاقى و سعودية و امريكا و بلاوى زرقة

    • @hz3068
      @hz3068 3 года назад

      Cold war middle east edition

  • @ilikesalto
    @ilikesalto 6 лет назад +139

    Перешел с канала The Curious
    , дабы поставить лайк оригиналу :)

  • @sunnyjones1064
    @sunnyjones1064 5 лет назад +1

    this is a best channel in youtube.....great information I was able to get!!

  • @florin.simonescu
    @florin.simonescu 6 лет назад +64

    Make a video about the Transnistria, Ossetia and Abkhazia please

    • @stanmarian5735
      @stanmarian5735 6 лет назад +6

      failed states

    • @kyrgyzjeff4550
      @kyrgyzjeff4550 6 лет назад +1

      I literally jumped back when I looked over to the left of your comment, and saw that profile picture! Hilarious

    • @TheLocalLt
      @TheLocalLt 6 лет назад +2

      And LNR/DNR since they are essentially the same thing. Yes the conflict is active but there hasn’t been a change in territory in years

    • @sowhat249
      @sowhat249 6 лет назад +1

      Also Artsakh, DNR, and LPR.

    • @NotOneToFly
      @NotOneToFly 6 лет назад

      Mr Marian Failed states only get that way because someone fucked them up.

  • @wiidiwii
    @wiidiwii 6 лет назад +6

    0:20 you do you realize that the ussr lost a massive amount of people during the war ?

  • @dennislans9084
    @dennislans9084 4 года назад +6

    Its actually quite insane how not long ago this all happened.

    • @ERizzo5
      @ERizzo5 2 года назад

      It’s scary that it’s happening right now. Leaders in the US are psychopaths

  • @arshyaloomba7638
    @arshyaloomba7638 3 года назад +4

    A well explained & crisp video. But, pertaining to this context (as insignificant as it may seem), I do take offence that India's map is incorrectly depicted. I request the makers to take note of this and make amends accordingly. Absolute accuracy is essential when talking about Geo Politics :)

    • @Aquamm
      @Aquamm 2 года назад

      it is not essential. the point of this video is to educate about history of world, not the geography of world. don't try to find problems in everything fgs

  • @MM-bx4iv
    @MM-bx4iv 6 лет назад +16

    Bro, you know when you find a cool video and then you're like "I'm going to check this channel out". But then you realize they only have a few videos so you have to wait for a new one. That just happened to me :(
    Great work though :)

  • @abrarhameem8424
    @abrarhameem8424 2 года назад +3

    I am in 11 grade and completely new to geopolitics and history and trying to study it, your channel has been very beneficial for me as a start to the subject.Anyone trying to study geopolitics,I recommend you watch all the videos of this channel and get an overall view of some of the main and key aspects of geopolitics and historical facts,it will be very beneficial as you read other books later on,it really helps.Very much thanks to the content creator.👏

  • @michaelaleksovski6015
    @michaelaleksovski6015 6 лет назад +25

    Ah yes the good old days of the cold war, when everyday was lived with fear of total nuclear annihilation!

  • @ItssEthan00
    @ItssEthan00 6 лет назад +4

    Great video! Been a fan for a little while now. I enjoy your videos very much, best of luck for the future of your channel. I have no doubt it will grow bigger and greater! 😊

    • @anitasmith815
      @anitasmith815 5 лет назад

      Did u notice this guy forgot the indo pak war liberation of Bangladesh Russia played a big part so did the USA it almost started a nuclear winter

  • @marcelohidalgo7713
    @marcelohidalgo7713 3 года назад +2

    USA: Has Coca-Cola, Pepsi, 7UP, Fanta and Other Drinks.
    Argentina: Che, Nadie quiere Manaos?

  • @pev8902
    @pev8902 6 лет назад +11

    Really good video, although misses a number of key events it succeeds in giving a good precis narrative of the arc of the conflict as a whole.

  • @hyltoniali257
    @hyltoniali257 6 лет назад +14

    4:39 Best decision made by Khitai!

    • @apisd8455
      @apisd8455 6 лет назад

      this is because the USSR did not start a war against the US

    • @nehcooahnait7827
      @nehcooahnait7827 4 года назад

      @@apisd8455 ???
      USSR and PRC had border conflicts.
      In 1971 Nixon sent Kissinger to PRC; they were on the same page about USSR threat.
      In 1979 PRC and USA established office diplomatic relationship after a few years in UN.
      PRC & USSR tensión only started to ease in middle 1980s.

  • @diaco90
    @diaco90 5 лет назад +1

    One of the best history channels.good job

    • @lapuntadifeza
      @lapuntadifeza 5 лет назад

      too many mistakes and so politicized

  • @sskuk1095
    @sskuk1095 4 года назад +7

    3:30 Sachalin was at this point fully part of the USSR

  • @b_seovin
    @b_seovin 6 лет назад +8

    Impressive work, putting 45 years of geopolitical events in an under 10 minute video, but there is one big problem with this format: it oversimpliefies the whole cold war. The Korean Conflict, the Vietnam war, the African decolonisation and the Afghan war are mentioned in such a way that it doesn't cover their real cause or the whole outcome. Also important treaties like SALT1 and Nixons visit to China are totally ignored. Still amazing work, just the format isnt the best for such a long period of complicated geopolitical events.

  • @iranshari8519
    @iranshari8519 3 года назад +2

    You forgot about Iran crisis in 1946 , which sparked the Cold War

  • @tusk3260
    @tusk3260 6 лет назад +4

    Very nice vid mostly because the narator is taking a neutral stance need more people like you

  • @ksingh1742
    @ksingh1742 6 лет назад +5

    Ah you champion! Keep making the quality content. I think we are all waiting for this channel to explode with subscribers!

  • @roeva2
    @roeva2 2 года назад

    Your videos are some of the best I’ve ever seen

  • @vilemnovohradsky8170
    @vilemnovohradsky8170 6 лет назад +9

    This is really well made! I love it! It also explains the cold war pretty well, although you could talk about some other events as well, like the Prague Spring and the following occupation of Czechoslovakia. But anyway, it's a great video!

  • @LapisMinecraft
    @LapisMinecraft 6 лет назад +10

    The British empire was a superpower for a little bit during the Cold War!

    • @ssssaa2
      @ssssaa2 6 лет назад +9

      meh it was probably recognized at first as one becuase of it's past and britain's lingering diplomatic prestige, but it was obvious to everybody the USA and USSR were the 2 giants of the post-ww2 world and that britain was just too small to compete.

    • @JohnSmith-1066
      @JohnSmith-1066 6 лет назад +2

      Britain gave up its empire so Poland could be ruled by Stalin.

    • @legrandliseurtri7495
      @legrandliseurtri7495 5 лет назад

      @@ssssaa2 Not anymore. Russia's economy is weaker than Canada's one lol.

  • @mahamimtiaz2717
    @mahamimtiaz2717 4 года назад +1

    Waow. Best !
    So precise yet complete explanation. Please upload more videos like this.

  • @anindabanerjea6913
    @anindabanerjea6913 4 года назад +15

    Thanks this helped me so much for my school project!
    ( I got an A)

    • @shahanshahpolonium
      @shahanshahpolonium 4 года назад

      wait.. what?

    • @ashpok3842
      @ashpok3842 4 года назад

      Yeah there are a few schools which give school projects on world war and cold war

    • @shahanshahpolonium
      @shahanshahpolonium 4 года назад +1

      @@ashpok3842 now im jealous of those schools lol

    • @ashpok3842
      @ashpok3842 4 года назад

      @@shahanshahpolonium yeah even me 😅😅

    • @shahanshahpolonium
      @shahanshahpolonium 4 года назад

      @@ashpok3842 bruh

  • @adityagarg3931
    @adityagarg3931 4 года назад +45

    Who came here after call of duty Cold war reveal to study about it. Lol

    • @oscarleyden2819
      @oscarleyden2819 4 года назад

      Yep

    • @天-f7w
      @天-f7w 4 года назад +5

      Cringe

    • @leuxvitrus
      @leuxvitrus 4 года назад +2

      #knowyourhistory

    • @WUNDER_BUILDER
      @WUNDER_BUILDER 4 года назад +1

      Bad game, very bad

    • @ZaYn.91
      @ZaYn.91 3 года назад +1

      cold war was not historical accurate since it put so many alternate choice and you should not learn from it, play Cod World at War if you want a game that you can learn from it

  • @alveeeee
    @alveeeee 9 месяцев назад +1

    - The Cold War was a 45-year face-off between the US and the USSR.
    - The two superpowers emerged after WWII, with the US being a liberal democracy and the USSR a federal communist state.
    - Both powers tried to peddle their influence in Europe, resulting in the division of the continent into two blocks separated by the Iron Curtain.
    - Indirect confrontations between the two powers and their allies took place in Greece, China, Korea, Vietnam, and Latin America.
    - The US established NATO, while the USSR set up the Warsaw Pact.
    - China broke its alliance with the USSR and aimed to become a new world power.
    - Many countries chose to remain neutral by creating the Non-Aligned Movement.
    - The USSR took advantage of the US's failure to influence Cuba diplomatically and sent soldiers, military ships, and missiles to the island.
    The Cold War was a 45-year-long geopolitical conflict between two superpowers, the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), which lasted from the end of World War II in 1945 until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. After World War II, Europe was left divided into two blocks separated by the Iron Curtain. The US offered loans to revive the economy and establish trade links, while the USSR wanted to protect its borders and set up pro-Soviet governments in liberated countries. The two powers battled for influence in science, industry, space, sports, and military. The Soviet Union invested heavily in industry and arms, testing its first atomic bomb in 1949. The US set up NATO, a military alliance between countries of the Western bloc, the same year. Throughout the Cold War, there were many indirect confrontations between the two powers and their allies, including in Greece, China, Korea, Vietnam, Europe, and Latin America. The USSR organized its own military alliance through the Warsaw Pact and installed hundreds of long-range missiles pointed at Western Europe. In response, the US pointed its missiles towards Soviet territories. The Cold War ended with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
    Bullet Summary:
    - Cold War: geopolitical conflict between USA and USSR from 1945 to 1991
    - Europe divided into two blocks separated by Iron Curtain
    - USA offered loans to revive economy, USSR wanted to set up pro-Soviet governments
    - Both powers battled for influence in science, industry, space, sports, and military
    - Indirect confrontations in Greece, China, Korea, Vietnam, Europe, and Latin America
    - USSR installed missiles pointed at Western Europe, USA pointed missiles towards Soviet territories
    - Cold War ended with collapse of Soviet Union in 1991

  • @seanhenderson598
    @seanhenderson598 4 года назад +3

    Bro u saved my god damn history test thank you man!

  • @cliftonjames785
    @cliftonjames785 6 лет назад +20

    You deserve way more subscribers...I reckon you're gonna hit atleast 500,000 subs within the next year or two, keep up the good work!

  • @dustyk103
    @dustyk103 2 года назад +5

    An excellent synopsis, but I was disappointed you didn't mention the uprising in Poland 1949, Hungary 1956, and Czechoslovakia 1968 which were all very important events rejecting communist totalitarianism. A-

  • @ranilabeyasinghe
    @ranilabeyasinghe 5 лет назад +15

    A truly unbiased representation of facts. Thank you.

  • @napoleongaming1902
    @napoleongaming1902 5 лет назад +10

    ... Another mistake
    In the 1980‘s, Yugoslavia was still Communist (SFR Yugoslavia) and wasnt in the Eastern Block from 1948 (TSS)
    That alliance slowly broke apart and the Soviets did have a secret invasion plan of SFRY, Albania and Greece (Tito-Stalin Split in 1948)
    The leaders of SFRY were against the Soviets and they saw it as an opportunity to set up a powerfull COM state in the south.

  • @caleb97484
    @caleb97484 2 года назад

    “Sir, you need to take a look at this photograph”
    “You’re right. That’s the cutest dog I’ve ever seen”
    “Sir, I was referring to the long ranged missiles”

  • @sibiyelwedlamini1692
    @sibiyelwedlamini1692 4 года назад +4

    Last minute gasp for my final exams,wish me luck!

    • @driftking8855
      @driftking8855 3 года назад

      so, how did your exam go??

    • @sibiyelwedlamini1692
      @sibiyelwedlamini1692 3 года назад

      It went pretty well thanks to RUclips and some last minutes notes I managed to get a B+ for history.

    • @driftking8855
      @driftking8855 3 года назад

      @@sibiyelwedlamini1692 nice

  • @seei200
    @seei200 6 лет назад +8

    Amazing video, glad I found this channel honestly.

  • @Seikjin
    @Seikjin 5 лет назад +2

    Not to forget that the US put missiles first in Turkey which was an act of agression towards The USSR and they act towards it by putting missiles in Cuba

  • @joaov_ds
    @joaov_ds 4 года назад +5

    3:36 In Vietnam it wasn't a rebellion, it was a war for independence. The independence movement was armed by the communists because France (the colonizer) was part of the western bloc. There were militia in the south fighting for the north, yes, but North Vietnam had an organized, hierarchy-based army.

    • @juliancoenen4917
      @juliancoenen4917 4 года назад +1

      Im pretty sure a independance war is still a rebellion

    • @ordinaryperson-my7qr
      @ordinaryperson-my7qr 3 года назад

      @@juliancoenen4917 it is, THAT'S WHY IT IS A REBELLION 😂

  • @ZAR556
    @ZAR556 6 лет назад +23

    that's why you shouldn't control with Fear and Fist
    look Western, they Rule with Money and Media

    • @timewalker6654
      @timewalker6654 5 лет назад

      Haha

    • @ssa3101
      @ssa3101 5 лет назад

      West will crumble too. Money and brainwashing(media) aren't enough. You gotta have an ideology to sustain a civilization. What is the ideology o the west? Liberalism in itself is a lack of any solid ideology. Basically believe whatever you want. That ain't sustainable.

    • @pride7416
      @pride7416 5 лет назад +1

      west rules by corrupting and saving the corrupted. china is the future

    • @duck1ente
      @duck1ente 5 лет назад +2

      @@pride7416 read your comment again, this time slowly.

    • @pride7416
      @pride7416 5 лет назад +1

      @@duck1ente West. Rules. By. Corrupting. Nations. From. The. Inside. Out. Then. "Saving." Them. You stupid troglodyte fuck

  • @Saugata100
    @Saugata100 3 года назад +1

    And in 1:39 could anyone explain me. That was Russian zone, after the Iron Curtain was drawn. So how come British, French and American forcer were there. They sould be at the blue zone. Please can anyone explain this to me

  • @alimoradi8454
    @alimoradi8454 5 лет назад +30

    USSR won in military
    USA won in economy
    The difference that USA had have and will always have better *Allies*

    • @imax22_85
      @imax22_85 5 лет назад +2

      In what way did ZSRR won military??

    • @Lavyel_Regnum
      @Lavyel_Regnum 5 лет назад +8

      The only way the USSR won militarily is in the standing army. Overall, USA crushed the USSR militarily.

    • @bilboswaggins4983
      @bilboswaggins4983 5 лет назад +2

      Ussr was weaker militarily. By the time Brezhnev died the Soviets were behind on every significant competitive front, whether it be the space race, economy, science, militarily or socially.

    • @abishek1910
      @abishek1910 5 лет назад +2

      @@Lavyel_Regnum USA didn't crush USSR military.... After Gorbachev became leader ,the Soviets broke...
      If USSR didn't existed then USA would have destroyed whole world

    • @Lavyel_Regnum
      @Lavyel_Regnum 5 лет назад +4

      for gamers Those are some incredibly bold statements, pal.

  • @sammccullough1255
    @sammccullough1255 6 лет назад +550

    *Insert edgy Communist joke here*

    • @kostisbatouroglu3418
      @kostisbatouroglu3418 6 лет назад +20

      Sam McCullough not your sam. OUR SAM!

    • @deadlocktv1380
      @deadlocktv1380 6 лет назад +133

      Communist jokes are good on paper but don't work in reality

    • @OST1350
      @OST1350 6 лет назад +38

      Communism failed.

    • @juanalfonso7701
      @juanalfonso7701 6 лет назад +16

      Communism its a joke itself

    • @KEIO-qd1zx
      @KEIO-qd1zx 6 лет назад +12

      Sam McCullough In soviet Russia jokes inserts you!

  • @adrienpartier7207
    @adrienpartier7207 2 года назад +1

    I understand that an issue as complex as the Cold War can't be discussed in much detail in an 8min video, but the map contains a number of inaccuracies that suggest a geopolitical situation that seems much less in favor of the US (and much more in favor of the USSR) than it actually was. At the start of the Cold War, much of the Middle East was in western hands, with countries like Saudi Arabia becoming close to the US ever since the end of WW2 and all the oil fields in the region under Anglo-American control. Iraq and Jordan for instance, were also on the US side, until Iraq became neutral after the 1958 revolution. The Iraqi government was then deposed in 1963, the Baath party in power crushed the communists and Iraq aligned itself with Washington again for some time. Despite Arab-Israeli hostility, both Israel and Arab countries fell into Western influence (with the exception of Syria, but even Egypt, Israel's fiercest enemy, joined the West in 1978). The Apartheid regime that held the most developed country in Africa was closely allied with the US for the entirety of the Cold War. By 1965 also, Indonesia firmly and definitively versed into the western camp, having wiped out a million communist sympathizers and their families in a 6-month period. That same year, Africa's second biggest country, Zaïre, was taken over by a US-backed thug called Mobutu, establishing itself as a loyal puppet of the West. Not until the 1970s was the African continent fully liberated of European colonial control (although countries like France retained an enormous influence on their former colonies' political systems and economic infrastructure). After 1979, China also developed close relations with the US, leaving the Soviet Union essentially alone in the "anti-West" camp (except perhaps for Iran after its 1979 revolution, though it did not fully join the Soviet camp). And Latin America is pretty much left out of that picture (barely visible on this video after 1962), although the entire continent, apart from a very few exception, has been dominated by the US throughout the Cold War. Finally, Pakistan was supported by the US at the height of the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. On the other hand, Cuba clearly was on the Soviet side from 1962 onwards...
    Quick note on Vietnam though, the South wasn't nationalist. In fact Ho Chi Minh and most of the National Liberation Front that fought US and South Korean invaders and the South Vietnamese government were nationalists. South Vietnam was a western-made geographic entity that had no historical nor political legitimacy and that was dominated by a Vietnam-born transnational elite that essentially served US economic interests and geopolitical goals.

  • @thatfamiiiarnight3665
    @thatfamiiiarnight3665 4 года назад +5

    “Nothing is more permanent than a temporary solution”

  • @user__100
    @user__100 6 лет назад +44

    Indian accents are so easy to understand..

  • @MyName1992
    @MyName1992 2 года назад

    Just watched your world war 1 & 2 videos! This will be the 3rd! Love the channel! You’ve gained a subscriber :)

  • @khabbad
    @khabbad 6 лет назад +4

    Interesting take on history. I didn't know North Vietnam "beat" the United States considering there were no real combat US forces left in Vietnam.....North Vietnamese broke the Peace Accords and attacked the South this was after the United States pulled out, which Nixon resigning Ford didn't have the clout to send troops back in.......and so went South Vietnam

    • @angkhoanguyen6114
      @angkhoanguyen6114 Год назад

      Said from a citizen of a nation that destroyed the fair election for reunifcation in 1958. Vietnam is and will always be one nation. US should have never made an enemy out of Vietnam.

    • @khabbad
      @khabbad Год назад

      @@angkhoanguyen6114 I didn’t know Lebanon did that

  • @Yen2real
    @Yen2real 4 года назад +228

    Who else is here cause of online school?

  • @charlesgray107
    @charlesgray107 5 лет назад +1

    Love these vids. Keep it up!!

  • @oscarmike5707
    @oscarmike5707 6 лет назад +47

    90% of the comments: People calling USSR's socialism as "communism"

    • @gordoncosta
      @gordoncosta 5 лет назад +27

      Who cares what they're called. They're both failures.

    • @lapuntadifeza
      @lapuntadifeza 5 лет назад +3

      @Jack Martin no. ask scandinavians

    • @angrypepe7615
      @angrypepe7615 5 лет назад +1

      @Jack Martin socialism is a broad range of ideologies in the same way was theirs multiple ideologies that fall under capitalism. That's like saying that an ancap who believes in a completely free market with no government intervention is the as Scandinavia. Yeah they both have the same belief at its core but they are two very different things.

    • @legrandliseurtri7495
      @legrandliseurtri7495 5 лет назад +1

      @@gordoncosta Most capitalism country follow some socialist ideas. Public education and healthcare system, for example.

    • @Firemarioflower
      @Firemarioflower 5 лет назад +5

      They are the same, they just use different means to get to their goals. Which they won't ever reach. Both are marxist ideas and they're the worst for any country.