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And after this event, JFK, Castro, Nixon, McNamara, and a security detail of the Secret Service would be in a meeting at the Pentagon, until it was then breached by...uh, zombies. Wait, what timeline is this?
@@jekabsojarsulskis9740 we did it as a show of force against the Soviets. Kennedy had a job to do and got it done. And btw Soviet union collapsed so cope harder
I was also baffled, but not exactly for the same reasons as you... "Cuban Missile Crisis from the Cuban Perspective" The heroic USA tried to assassinate the political leader of Cuba, and in a noble effort, flew spy planes over a sovereign country. But then, evil, villanous Castro DARED to... uh, not accept that and just sit down? What a loose cannon! How is this from the Cuban perspective at all?
But here's the problem when a country hands Cuba which wanted to nuke America nukes then it's not as much as just self defense as passive aggressive actions
Many people in the Caribbean believe Castro had a protection spell placed on him by a Santeria priest and that's why he survived all those assassination attempts.
During the crisis my mother was a teenager in USSR, she lived in the city of Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg). When Fidel Castro has visited the city, she was choosen to greet him with a bunch of flowers on the airfield.
My parents were so convinced that war was coming that they put down a deposit for a fallout shelter then lost it when the crisis ended. I was pissed as I had already bragged to all my grade school friends that I was going to have the coolest "clubhouse" in the neighborhood.
The CIA was sympathetic to Castro since long before and for some time after he took over the country. Castro knew about each of these attempts long before they were tried.
@@josephnigel8811 Anything that flys in restricted air space is liable to get blown out the sky..... let a plane from another country fly over ny, and I guarantee they would do the same
@@4079907 international political discourse and etiquette says otherwise. Its frowned upon but no nation would logically shoot down another nation's plane unless they were initiating an attack. Same goes for ships.
In fact this is not the Cuban perspective, but is good. There is a few incongruence from the side of the Cuban history if you want to know the Cuban reed the Operación Anadir book
This isnt from the Cuban perspective, atleast not the majority of cubans. This is from the perspective of Cubans who left cuba because they were mad they couldn't own plantations anymore and enslave cubans.
@@skyisreallyhigh3333 un fact the Reforma agraria give the lands to the people, the only who left the country because they can't have the lands were those people who enslave the peasant
@@attackfive8659 That is not the Cuban perspective bruv. This was and is the American liberal perspective. Its disgusting to wstvh honestly, despite the puffery and animation, the guy is lying through his teeth
About to mate. It's just that there will be no warning. They have been doing this for a long time cuz they afraid that underage kids will learn history. In reality, we, the audience are simply interested of learning history, and their fear just got us in the way of learning.
I spent a semester studying abroad at the University of Havana. While there, I got to see the old presidential palace (now the museum of the revolution), where debris from downed US supplied aircraft were put on display after the bay of pigs. Interestingly, there are still bullet holes in the walls of the museum from the failed student led assassination attempt on Batista
I feel it's worth mentioning the name of Russian Navy captain - Valentin Savitsky. He played a crucial part during the Missile Crisis. Let me just quote: "Vasili Arkhipov, second captain of the B-59 and commodore of the entire Cuban submarine flotilla. Witness accounts report that Arkhipov single-handedly stonewalled the nuclear torpedo launch, convincing Savitsky to surface and await further orders from Moscow." We were so terribly close to a nuclear holocaust ... so close that it's hard to imagine the world we have today is thanks to such rarely named heroes.
@@khepasomaster7953 yeah they are. Communism only arose because of imperialism. When the pendulum swings two in favor of one it eventually swings in favor of its opposite. It's not like they did it because it was a bad thing they did it because it was their only hope for the working class. Now time will tell whether that will work or not. But here in the states we are convinced that it's a one-man band winner-take-all money is God.. all while many believe in Christianity and just keep believing everybody else's bad guys
@@europauniversalis1860 But Tito survived the one man nobody could escape from once they were marked for death. Stalin killed any opposition he had in the past and I'm pretty sure nobody survived his assassinations except for Tito.
it seeks like a huge omission to not at least mention the missiles the us had in turkey, which largely informed the soviet strategy of moving nuclear missiles to cuba
Here in Mexico my college professor told us a story about the Cuban Missile Crisis, back in the sixties a group of hard-line communists gathered at my university where they were preparing to go on an expedition to assist Cuba in the event of a U.S. Invasion. Their plan was to sail from Yucatan but they never made it because they were stopped by the Mexican Navy.
Dude, that animation with the flag at 14:41 was terrifying but also artistically astounding. Congratulations to whoever designed that one. Stay well out there everybody, and God bless you friends. :)
My family is from Cuba, and they were terrified, not knowing what was going on. When I learned about it in US history they portrayed Cuba as the aggressor and enemy...
If you are from Cuba, you know very well the damage that this man and the system has done in the missile crisis. Fidel really wanted to launch the missiles and start another war. He didn't care if he erased Cuba in the process. Don't be guided by the communist media that put Cuba as the victim there were many facts that in the history of Cuba they omitted or modified, an example of this was the invasion of Giron beach that they said had been Americans when in reality they were Cubans
He didn’t tell you about the interference of “mutants” in Cuban crisis .. Theory ... It got leaked in 1967 via a whistleblower from the navy . After so many days ...the media which reported the leak .. Clarified it has “hoax” The whistleblower says that the mutants are the only reason behind the Cuban missile crisis !
This is kind of KGB propaganda. Socialism doesn't work, and Castro's revolution has led Cuba into grinding poverty. By 2021, the average income in Cuba is less than $10,000, while the average income in America is over $50,0000. Poor people have done WAY better under America's capitalism than they have done under Castro's socialism. Cubans would have done FAR better aligning with America than the USSR. All of this led us to the brink of Cuba threatening to lead us into a Third World War that would have been nuclear. So, yeah, the CIA was right and the KGB was wrong.
@@StormFox_1 as a 30 year old American mutant genetic expert in 1960s I remember everything ... Me and my colleagues were all pro mutant .. We believed in equal rights and freedom for the Mutants We were against against government plans to develop a anti mutant serum ... In 2000s We protested for several months
The voices and perspectives like those of the Cuba in '62 are often ignored by Western historiagraphy. Kudos to this channel for giving a platform to the subaltern.
I agree that's important to hear all voices and all sides of the history. Sadly, I'm not sure how much of the cuban side this video represents; you got the opinion of a few cuban expats living in the US, but that's it. I realize that because Cuba is still pretty much isolated, and there is still suppression of anything that may or may not be dissent, having an honest and unbiased opinion from Cuba is almost imposible. I feel there is also some level of dissent supression on the capitalist world, except is more subltle. But at the very least videos like this are an attempt to promote analisys of different world views.
@@miguelrodriguezcimino1674 I think he made this video sincerely and in good faith with as many sources as he could get...but even if it's not North Korea, getting any neutral or non biased opinion out of Cuba itself is very hard even today!
@@miguelrodriguezcimino1674 Agreed, anyone that wants a deep dive absent of Western influence should check out season 2 of the Podcast, Blowback. They go over the history of Cuba from Neo-Colonialism to today.
@@jerankorak7997 watch bold and bakrupts cuba video and you will see how they are doing (still supportive of the communist "regime" which is really suprising, just lets see how things could go if the sanctions are lifted)
hmmm...Hazriel Matty said the same thing. Fidel Castro: If surviving assassination attempts were an Olympic event, I would win the gold medal! Josip Broz Tito: *yawning*
I thought I already have sufficient knowledge about the Cuban Missile crisis. Never have I though that I have been looking through the lenses of the superpowers all along. Finally a Cuban perspective of the crisis named after them who - had everything turned to worse - have the most to lose. Thanks
Thats good to hear! Even then, this vid is still heavily biased, its hard to understate how brutal amerian imperialism truly was and still is. I recommend you look into more leftist and communist leaning sources (even though you may not agree with these ideologies). The truth lies somewhere in the middle and by getting biased sources from both sides, you can start to get a better idea of what actually happened throughout history.
@@jondoe5937 a not so bad documentary on the Cuban Missile Crisis is the Blowback podcast, if you're legitimately interested in educating yourself. They specifically chose to ask Cubans about the subject.
Why was it so outrageous when the USSR placed Nuclear Missiles on America's border, but not ridiculous when the U.S did the same thing on the Turkish border of Russia and in Italy 3 years earlier? Not mentioning this fact is a pretty glaring omition considering that part of the Soviets agreement to take the missiles out of Cuba was for the U.S to take missiles out of Turkey
Hey Alek, we definitely hear your criticism about omitting this information. I left a comment in the description of the video and in the pinned comment that reads as follows: "**We do want to make clear that one of the primary reasons for missiles being placed in Cuba was retaliation for the United States planting missiles in Turkey to threaten the Soviet Union... This information was omitted from the video mainly because we wanted to focus solely on the Cuban people and Cuban politics and we felt that if we ventured too far into the overall geopolitical situation of the Cold War as a whole we would lose focus with the "Cuban Perspective." Still, it's worth noting that it was not the Soviets who escalated first, but the Americans in the context of missile installations."
@@lucabralia5125 Having Missiles positioned 5000 miles away from your country at another country is a little different than having missiles inside your own country
@@alekm5201 Sorry, but I don't think Turkey and Italy are "Inside the soviet union" and what the hell do you mean "5000" miles that's the distance from Spain to Siberia...
@@StoutProper USA: This damm terrorist. Hey, you! Other extremist group, let's make a deal that will totally not backfire in a few years. And kill more civilians, more!
As someone who was born and studied until 9th grade in Cuba before migrating, we really weren't taught any of these topics in much detail, most of the history we were thaught was centered in the independence war against Spain basically from 1810 to 1898 and important characters of that era for Cuban history like Jose Martí, Maximo Gómez, everything before and after that was taught in a pretty rushed way, with only some extra focus on the revolutionary war.
Here in Puerto Rico, the amount of aircraft launched during exercises from the Bases of Ramey, Isla Grande and Roosevelt Roads increased significantly during the crisis and was noted especially by those who lived near these bases
Considering that Castro lived into the 21rst century and survived numerous plots on his life, while Kennedy was shot not long after the crisis and Khrushchev got a a Heart Attack in 1971, I'm genuinely believing that Castro has the luck of the devil. (Edit: Jeez guys stop arguing in the comments it's just supposed to be a funny remark)
It puts into perspective how fiery & deeply committed people were to fighting off imperialism. Remember during those times, it was a widely held attitude to view anyone brown-skinned or non-white as non-human. And that was a belief that went unchallenged for several centuries.
To call this vid "from the Cuban perspective" w/ it's cherry picked quotes presented w/o context and when most cubans actually supported the revolution is such a joke.
@Joseph Tarkington He didn't have to outright say it. He painted the cuban ppl as fearful masses at the mercy of their irrational leader obsessed with nuclear annihilation.
I love Cuba, the country that helped us a lot in the wars. and now the battle with Covid. The more I learn about Cuba, the more I appreciate this relationship. Their beloved president, Fidel Castro once said, “For Vietnam, we are ready to sacrifice even our blood.” I look forward to one day visiting Cuba, a country half a world away from us. Love from Vietnam 🇻🇳🇨🇺
It's actually refreshing to see a non-biased view on this. Just finished reading Castro's autobiography. Regardless of you political leanings he was very much one of the most important characters of modern history, reshaping regimes in Africa, helping end racial segregation in South Africa and sending Doctors around the world. A fascinating man and hugely intelligent
But you cant really admire a man for just ignoring the bad and praising his good actions. Im just saying, that man, the revolutionary fidel castro, did unjustified 'things', and those very reasons are what cause the disaproval for many cubans and left wing people, which is reasonable.
@@slightlyistorical1776 that's ture of many nations. Its not something I agree with, but it was also a difficult position for Castro with many of the killings and jail times. Homosexuality was still illegal across much of the world, and was dealt with in the same way. Thankfully we have learned and evolved and in large parts of the world it doesn't happen anymore. In terms of the jail time, it was difficult for Castro when he couldn't trust anyone. America and the CIA were doing what they did in almost all Latin American nations during the period bthey were trying to start coups, basically meaning Castro didn't know who was and wasn't working for them. Not justifying what he did, but we do need to explore why he did it. That and he was always on edge. Organisations like omega 13, a terrorist group who were funded, trained and given camps in florida by America, on the understanding these people would go and bomb Havana, shows why Castro was maybe a little extreme at times. To this day, I think Cuba has suffered more civilian deaths from terrorist bombs than any other nation. That may have changed now though
I’ve gotta say, I’ve always hated the part of US history where the government decided that it would be a wonderful idea to enforce monopolies by force of arms in banana republics. I’m moderately surprised we learn about it in school, but also happy that we do, since maybe, just maybe, one day we can learn that overthrowing governments and installing dictators isn’t how you solve issues you created :)
@@BuiltSimilarG My wife is from Honduras and i told her about how the US in past used the term Banana Rep refering to Latin America....Lets say Latin people dont take that as a compliment...
Wrong #5 (by omission): you suggest the Soviets wanted missiles in Cuba simply for aggressive potential. You don't mention that the U.S. had put missiles in Turkey to threaten the Soviet Union, and putting missiles in Cuba was at least partly an attempt to restore balance.
I suggest ypu look up"The Bug" a spy gadget that was gifted by a Soviet school to an American Diplomat,never did he knew that it has been spying and recording his talks for years and years,and USA used this when the Soviets kept blabbering about the Turkey Missile Crisis
The implication that the increased Soviet presence was noticed after a notable uptick in what they perhaps deemed to be 'strange dancing' is absolutely hilarious 🤣😂🤣 12:21
The starting scene really hit home. My cousin is currently in basic training in the Cuban military, and his uniform looks exactly the same as the young last survivor. My grandfather also is an ex-Cuban Army General. He told my Mother to never let me join the army if I was ever going to, I wonder what he saw during service.
That's really interesting, do you know whether he was involved in Angola, Ethiopia or anywhere else where lots of Cubans served? If so I definitely understand why he wouldn't want you joining!
@@garfd that's amazing you should find out more, I learned a lot from my own family's wartime stories from my parents as my grandparents never spoke about it either.
it would be a massive argument. ho chi minh fought for Vietnam independent, he only wanted peace, he even send a letter to Truman saying vietnam and the USA should befriend. Fidel wanted to destroy the US and fought for world revolution.
@@giaopx Well Vietnam had a history before being dominated by the french. While most of latin america has been the prey of the US for most of our histoty. Dont blame us on feel resented...
@@l_W7 not for a good cause they didnt send supplies to help vietnam get their independence they did it so they could win against japan, they later on gave indochina back to france and then they fought for their right only to get split in half by the americans who by this time betrayed them 2 times
@@giaopx yup because even the Armchair Historian explained in the video he did on Vietnam from their POV that the Vietnamese saw the American War as not a struggle to live under communism but another war of liberation to be free from another foreign power. They beat the Japanese, then the French, then the Americans, and then the Chinese.
All Kruschev had to do was draw out the crisis and play up the very illegal blockade in the UN. The europeans knew American missiles were in their countries with the shadow of soviet missiles on their borders but america is going to rock the boat as soon as it gets close to them? Nato would rip apart.
Thanks for updating the description to give more adequate background, that it was actually a counter-balancing act well within their rights, and that the US was both the nuclear escalator and the aggressor in this confrontation (the blockade being an act of war). That fundamental background tends to be totally omitted or overlooked in American education/indoctrination on the topic…
11:27 Fun Fact: The poisoned milkshakes thing comes from the Fact that Castro absolutely loved Dairy for some reason, and thus, it was natural for the CIA to attempt killing him with those
I feel like this misrepresents Cuba's actions during the conflict. Instead of a crazy man throwing a wrench in the civilized game of chess Kennedy and Khrushchev were playing, it was a country fighting back against being used as a pawn. If Castro had just sat back the tidal forces of the powers would have starved and torn his country to pieces. If fighting broke out on Cuba, the USSR wasn't going to launch any nuclear options to save Castro's regime. The risk would be too extreme for a small country on the other side of the world. Cuba, however, would have been destroyed in conventional proxy fighting. By seizing missile sites himself and threatening to use them, Castro used the only leverage he had to force these foreign powers from playing war in his country. Threaten to drag the two super powers into war with each other if they invade him and suddenly the US leaves them, relatively, alone.
Yes and no... There was a part of the Cuban regime that wanted to take a more "extreme" approach, fueled mainly by Che Guevara... that granted him the trip to Bolivia and his death, most likely facilitated by Fidel that wanted to keep the control of the movement for personal benefit, according to many sources. Fidel on the other hand needed to secure his position as a valuable ally to the communist soviet power, so that the money kept coming in, since he was already aware that an isolated communist island would never see progress, as well as the China was not interested in providing that support at the time, busy in their own regional issues.
@@Franco-qc6dk Castro wasn't a Communist... He was economic Nationalist... He became a "communist" after his trip to USSR before that you find nothing communist about him.
Except at the end of the conflict Castro actually pressure Krushev to actually launch the missiles and was rightfully dismissed as mad man by the Soviets.
Fidal Castro is like a host to a party but only his friend's friend shows up and the host is demoted to a servant in his own house and had to clean up the mess.
5 minute mark: US is an exploitative power 6 minute mark: actually the CIA wants to liberate Cuba 7 minute mark: and Cuba is a pawn of the USSR! yuuuuuup totally not biased
They do better then the US in a few areas now and are considered one of the fastest developing latin american countries. They’ve done really well for themselves all things considered.
Cuba can pretty much trade with every single country in Earth aside from the US, if you ever go to Europe you will find multiple Cuban products in stores, shrimps, pepper, coffee and a few others, also the embargo doesn't act upon medicine and food imports, even then both are lacking in Cuba. Cuba it's a failed state in whatever way you want to see it, it's a country that produces nothing, the tourism industry is a complete waste of potential, where workers are insensitivized to steal from their workplaces, where invasive species introduced by the government have destroyed the local flora and fauna, where people are punished for trying to be successul, the only thing Cuba does well is putting up a(look at me I'm opressed) façade to gain pity points with the rest of the world.
@@iraholden3606 Not really, They’re his signature style of conveying info that viewers should know. I’ve seen enough of your criticism in the comment section to know you’re not arguing in good faith. His take was fairly balanced and well sourced
I rarely lol at things in videos, but seeing the guys in military fatigues doing the Hopak in the middle of the Cuban jungle with a spy recording the activity on his notepad got an audible laugh out of me!! 😂
@@albertbresca8904 The *only* reason WW1 and WW2 were won? The USA played an important part, in the latter more than the former, but that statement is so filled with arrogance.
@@FeCyrineu strange then that the wars were being lost (it seemed ) til the americans joined the battles... (oh and I am not nor never been american but intrigued by anti american sentiments that appears as spirited as the american arrogance)
@@albertbresca8904 you know, the argument you make here is logically sound, but hinges entirely on your unevidenced presupposition that the "wars were being lost" which is simply not the case. I'll take the benefit of the doubt that you simply don't quite know because you do use the word "seemingly", but then can you back either of your claims? What is the evidence that ww1 and ww2 were being lost before US entry? For ww2, as I pointed out the Soviet forces were already steadily pushing the German East Front back especially after the recapture of Stalingrad. The Germans were _already_ losing (one might argue that they had already lost when they failed to demand the British surrender, but that's irrelevant right now). What evidence is there that the Germans could have restarted the offensive against the Soviets had there been no US involvement, when they were _most clearly_ incapable of doing so through 1943 (BEFORE US involvement in Europe)? For ww1, even with the end of the eastern front, the 1918 Spring Offensive showed that even with a full _very_ desperate push, the German forces simply could not achieve their "quick victory" they wanted. What reason is there to believe that the entrenched stalemate would have ended without US intervention? Seriously what reason? And if the stalemate had continued what reason is there not to believe that the Allies would have very easily outlasted the Germans (considering their isolation from global maritime trade)? Again, your argument is presupposed on the notion that the Germans were somehow healthily winning WW1 and WW2 before US involvement, but that is simply _not the case_ and I have no idea where you got this notion. Again where is the evidence??
@@aotoda486 our education system here in the US is pure dogshit propaganda. If I had not had honest history teachers that taught us beyond the books the school issued, I would likely think the same as that guy. Luckily I had the aforementioned teachers, and now with my Master's in History, I know much better
Could we possibly get a "What Life Was Like in The USSR"? In this video you talked a little bit about how Cubans weren't really aware of the outside world's events, and I wonder how the USSR differed.
My mother lived in USSR and she has said that most people there were pretty clueless about news and international affairs. However people did trust the media.
it heavily depends on what timespan you're looking at. under stalin & lenin? not so great - millions died under stalin for the gain of the soviet economy as a whole (rapid industrialization). in the late 60s, 70s, and 80s, it wasn't actually too bad from my knowledge. especially the 70s and 80s
Yep I asked a lot of my relatives who lived between 1960 to 2000 that life in the soviet Union was safe and peaceful and almost carefree and after 1991 when the soviet Union was dissolved it when downhill especially in Russia cuz you know america still needed an mortal enemy so they punished Russia for the cold War they lost
@@russkifussel didnt they send troops to the middle east in that era you mentioned? Peaceful? Friends grandma left the USSR and ran to a humble life in New York says nothing good about it.
I always love these videos from you guys. I don’t mean it negatively, but as much as I appreciate the research and effort you put into these, a lot of your videos are things I’m already aware of. So to get these videos that change the context to the side less talked about gives me a fresh and interesting perspective of familiar history. Thank you very much for these :)
@@Warsie they were Stalin would have never allow that to happen it was a sign of weakness and we all know that the us wouldn't do anything if the misiles stayed
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At least it’s not raid
And after this event, JFK, Castro, Nixon, McNamara, and a security detail of the Secret Service would be in a meeting at the Pentagon, until it was then breached by...uh, zombies. Wait, what timeline is this?
Lol
"Sounds like someone breaking in!"
"It's just a storm Dick, calm down"
"Don't pray for easier lives, gentlemen. Pray to be (cocks China Lake) stronger men" - JFK
@@axelpatrickb.pingol3228 Viva la revolution- Cuban Milk addict.
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US- puts nukes in Turkey that could easily hit the USSR
USSR- Does the same in Cuba
USA- wait ur not supposed to do that
This is the best comment so far
USA- blockades Cuba, the blockade being in international water
Anyone of sound mind- Wait, that's illegal!
@@jekabsojarsulskis9740 we did it as a show of force against the Soviets. Kennedy had a job to do and got it done. And btw Soviet union collapsed so cope harder
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Lmao someone is mad
Typical fascist, I mean capitalists mentality 🤦♂️
It’s genuinely baffling how good your stuff is it’s so cool watching the evolution in quality on here. This is so engaging and entertaining
I was also baffled, but not exactly for the same reasons as you...
"Cuban Missile Crisis from the Cuban Perspective"
The heroic USA tried to assassinate the political leader of Cuba, and in a noble effort, flew spy planes over a sovereign country. But then, evil, villanous Castro DARED to... uh, not accept that and just sit down? What a loose cannon!
How is this from the Cuban perspective at all?
That Castro outrage had me laughjng
It's baffling
@@sacta Sans that, this felt actually quite balanced.
@@sacta Guy gave it an attempt to explain a lot of f'd things that the U.S. did
"40,000 Soviet boots on the ground"
So only 20,000 soldiers then?
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@Nikoladin that's just a terribly outdated stereotype
@Nikoladin terrible joke
@Nikoladin nah, Soviets don't need no shoes. It's actually 4,000,000 soldiers, while only 20,000 of them wear boots
USA: puts nukes in Turkey incase of an attack
Soviet: puts nukes in Cuba
USA: surprised pikachu face...
But here's the problem when a country hands Cuba which wanted to nuke America nukes then it's not as much as just self defense as passive aggressive actions
@@codenamegamma7989 Cuba didn't want to nuke America, they just wanted to be independent
@@codenamegamma7989 USSR didn't hand cuba the nukes, ussr controlled them as explained in the video
@@codenamegamma7989 stop drinking the koolaid
@@atakinpowa yes but the influence from Cuba is still there they wanted to nuke America and they had nukes on there land
USA: How are you still alive?
Castro: i dont know.
well I fucked the last assassin y'all brought to me so... y'all ain't even trying :(
Castro died in 2015 because of old age
@@tubuianh8022 yeah i know but i mean cia ask castro why is he still alive after assinations.
@@tubuianh8022 actually he died in 2016 at the age of 90
Many people in the Caribbean believe Castro had a protection spell placed on him by a Santeria priest and that's why he survived all those assassination attempts.
During the crisis my mother was a teenager in USSR, she lived in the city of Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg). When Fidel Castro has visited the city, she was choosen to greet him with a bunch of flowers on the airfield.
Nice I heard that women loved Castro, maybe your mum did too.
@@shalyfemusic groupies
@@shalyfemusic Trudeau’s mom 😂😂
My parents were so convinced that war was coming that they put down a deposit for a fallout shelter then lost it when the crisis ended. I was pissed as I had already bragged to all my grade school friends that I was going to have the coolest "clubhouse" in the neighborhood.
I can feel your dissapointment
feelsbadman
You were going to have the ONLY clubhouse in the neighborhood.
It's sad they believed in the greatest carnival in history
You should glad you didn't have a need for a fallout shelter.
Lol imagine being in charge of over 600 assassination attempts and all of them failed.
At least they are funny, the best one is the seashell bomb
The CIA was sympathetic to Castro since long before and for some time after he took over the country. Castro knew about each of these attempts long before they were tried.
@@kenabbott8585 hahhahaha capitalist propaganda sucks
Flawless victory
@@Valerio1982th
"hahhahaha capitalist propaganda sucks"
Those are called facts.
And they don't suck--they just never, ever support socialism.
US: flys plane into another country without permission
Cuba:shoots down plane
US: how dare you
Often the "desired response" is doing the same thing to them.
Or acknowledging it has an effect at all.
It's basically just bullying.
@sneksnekitsasnek The US? Sure.
@sneksnekitsasnek No need for anyone else to do it. We’re already doing a good job of destroying ourselves.
@@josephnigel8811 Anything that flys in restricted air space is liable to get blown out the sky..... let a plane from another country fly over ny, and I guarantee they would do the same
@@4079907 international political discourse and etiquette says otherwise. Its frowned upon but no nation would logically shoot down another nation's plane unless they were initiating an attack.
Same goes for ships.
I’ve never seen Cuban Missile Crisis from Cuban perspective, let alone in animation. This is really well done.
In fact this is not the Cuban perspective, but is good. There is a few incongruence from the side of the Cuban history if you want to know the Cuban reed the Operación Anadir book
This isnt from the Cuban perspective, atleast not the majority of cubans. This is from the perspective of Cubans who left cuba because they were mad they couldn't own plantations anymore and enslave cubans.
@@skyisreallyhigh3333 un fact the Reforma agraria give the lands to the people, the only who left the country because they can't have the lands were those people who enslave the peasant
@@attackfive8659 That is not the Cuban perspective bruv. This was and is the American liberal perspective. Its disgusting to wstvh honestly, despite the puffery and animation, the guy is lying through his teeth
I LOVE different perspectives on history. So underrated.
More interesting to study from other sides.
@@michaelaburns734 also the theory of mutants
@@Antonio-uc7vn Not really interesting in scifi history. Stories need to be heard from both sides.
True
Yeah, he really does come up with some of the best video topics.
“Notify the people that we have a bruh moment in Cuba” -JFK
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Let’s hope RUclips doesn’t demonetize another historical documentary by Armchair Historian.
They will. Especially when you mention the C1A
About to mate. It's just that there will be no warning. They have been doing this for a long time cuz they afraid that underage kids will learn history.
In reality, we, the audience are simply interested of learning history, and their fear just got us in the way of learning.
Those who work forces do not want the plebian class to be truly educated.
Beep
All it will take is someone with an axe to grind about communism to start a snitch campaign.
I spent a semester studying abroad at the University of Havana. While there, I got to see the old presidential palace (now the museum of the revolution), where debris from downed US supplied aircraft were put on display after the bay of pigs. Interestingly, there are still bullet holes in the walls of the museum from the failed student led assassination attempt on Batista
RUclips whenever a historian posts a video:
“hold up lemme grab my demonetization gun.”
It’s only war related topics
@@michaeltnk1135 most important history is war
RUclips is run by commies
@@Wolf_3125 ah yes, commies demonetizasing a video that is showing the pro communist side of a battle.
@@Wolf_3125 ah yes, commies with private property, makes total sense
Can't express how much I love the Armchair Historian map style
Yes
This dude is just super creative
His historical experience and animations are amazing.
Reminds me of Hearts of Iron.
Sussus amongus
I feel it's worth mentioning the name of Russian Navy captain - Valentin Savitsky. He played a crucial part during the Missile Crisis. Let me just quote: "Vasili Arkhipov, second captain of the B-59 and commodore of the entire Cuban submarine flotilla. Witness accounts report that Arkhipov single-handedly stonewalled the nuclear torpedo launch, convincing Savitsky to surface and await further orders from Moscow."
We were so terribly close to a nuclear holocaust ... so close that it's hard to imagine the world we have today is thanks to such rarely named heroes.
Exactly. No one knows the names of these two men! Who truly SAVED the world.
True Heroes
all thx to some commies
@@orkhepaj but they are still people at the end...
@@khepasomaster7953 yeah they are. Communism only arose because of imperialism. When the pendulum swings two in favor of one it eventually swings in favor of its opposite. It's not like they did it because it was a bad thing they did it because it was their only hope for the working class. Now time will tell whether that will work or not. But here in the states we are convinced that it's a one-man band winner-take-all money is God.. all while many believe in Christianity and just keep believing everybody else's bad guys
12:54
"You're right! That's the cutest dog I've ever seen!"
“Uh, sir. I was actually talking about the Soviet missiles.”
Wait this is from oversimplified
There a tax for that
Deep cut
"The soviet play us like a damn fiddle!" Fiddlel Castro
Those of us in the know appreciate this comment.
Miller?
Later:
U2 incident
USA:
suprised pikachu face
Fidel Castro: If surviving assassination attempts were an Olympic event, I would win the gold medal!
Josip Broz Tito: **yawning**
Tito nearly didit even survive as many as did castro tho
Castro actually survived 638 assasinations attempts which is much more than Tito's 22
@@europauniversalis1860 But Tito survived the one man nobody could escape from once they were marked for death. Stalin killed any opposition he had in the past and I'm pretty sure nobody survived his assassinations except for Tito.
@Mifthahul Fikri You sure Lee Harvey Oswald wasn't sent by Castro? 😉
Castros number is also inflated because it includes assassination plans that were never actually carried carried out
The Cuban Missile Crisis is without a doubt the most insane story in world history that no fictional story can even compete.
Stanislav Petrov: Lemme tell you a little story kid...
Not even close. Many real life stories top the Cuban Missile Crisis. Just look into Joseph Beyrle
@@guywithabatpic The guys from the sub?
@@csm5040 also, Vasily Archipov
@@csm5040 no, you're talking about someone else. I'm talking about this mad lady.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Beyrle
it seeks like a huge omission to not at least mention the missiles the us had in turkey, which largely informed the soviet strategy of moving nuclear missiles to cuba
Because it’s from the Cubans perspective and they wouldn’t care about that
Here in Mexico my college professor told us a story about the Cuban Missile Crisis, back in the sixties a group of hard-line communists gathered at my university where they were preparing to go on an expedition to assist Cuba in the event of a U.S. Invasion. Their plan was to sail from Yucatan but they never made it because they were stopped by the Mexican Navy.
That is interesting as hell. Got any papers about this? I would like to read about it.
Thank god if we were to be involved who knows what would've happened
@@justanotherguy7984 Mexican-American War 2.0, this time even worse due to better tech.
Atleast they actually went. College students nowadays would never
Shpuld have let them go. Less communist trash to worry about.
One thing to add: the USA *STILL* has embargos on cuba
is not an embargo, it's a blockage and it's considered ilegal by international law in times of peace.
We still have an embargo because of domestic politics, which is frankly idiotic and counterproductive.
@@souvikrc4499 I understand your point. But that doesn't justify EE.UU. being an asshole to every other nation that don't want to suck their balls.
Recently a US Senator introduced a bill to end the embargo but who knows if it will get anywhere
@@ColdHighway7 considering that even Obama sad that guantanamo bay will be closed and it didn't happened, i doubt that.
In Soviet Russia it was probably called the "Turkish Missile Crisis"
It wasn't.
Carribean crisis.
The covered - up military set-up was reknown as Operation Anadyr.
Based
Is it called Russian roulette in Russia? Lol
@@khanofkhans2901 it's a joke
Halfway around the world we always support our Cuban brothers. Fight hard, brother country Cuba ❤️🇻🇳
Dude, that animation with the flag at 14:41 was terrifying but also artistically astounding. Congratulations to whoever designed that one.
Stay well out there everybody, and God bless you friends. :)
Sussus amongus
@@glassbottlemenacesyou8323
Für Deutschland
@@glassbottlemenacesyou8323 hahahaha so funny!!! You’re so funny!!!
Cubans: Shoot down a American plane spying on them clearly from the sky
USA and many other countries: *SHOCKED PILACHU FACE*
It was more: How TF did you shoot it down than Why did you do that
Imperialist countries when smaller countries refused to be bullied
@@wile123456 Um, that’s terrorism, sweaty. Let the bigger countries bring “democracy” to you.
Pilachu
@@BifronsCandle How do you know if he is sweaty bro
US: flies spy plane over Cuba
Cuba: shoots it down
US: *suprised pikachu face*
My spy plane was just on its way to church! How dare you shoot it down.
Its just a naughty meteorologist! Who has a gun and a camera ? And is in a high tech plane with radio to military bases and guns hehe
@@wide2210 A nuaghty high-altitude weather enthusiast
but maybe I've.. _oversimplified_ it
Huh .weird. I thought I saw these exact comment like four times already. What a coincidence
Cuba Realizes the US still has a blokade on them and people are starving: Surprised Pikachu face.
My family is from Cuba, and they were terrified, not knowing what was going on. When I learned about it in US history they portrayed Cuba as the aggressor and enemy...
It’s what schools do in America all the time. They never show the other sides opinions.
@@callsigndirta po co mieli by to robi? Amerykanie muszą być świadomi istnienia swojego wroga i wiedzieć jak sobie z nim radzić
visiting the "american war" museum in HCMC, Vietnam, was eye opening as well.
If you are from Cuba, you know very well the damage that this man and the system has done in the missile crisis. Fidel really wanted to launch the missiles and start another war. He didn't care if he erased Cuba in the process. Don't be guided by the communist media that put Cuba as the victim there were many facts that in the history of Cuba they omitted or modified, an example of this was the invasion of Giron beach that they said had been Americans when in reality they were Cubans
Remember cod:Bo1?
The only way a mans mind can grow is if it opens up and hears all sides of a story
He didn’t tell you about the interference of “mutants” in Cuban crisis ..
Theory ...
It got leaked in 1967 via a whistleblower from the navy .
After so many days ...the media which reported the leak ..
Clarified it has “hoax”
The whistleblower says that the mutants are the only reason behind the Cuban missile crisis !
@@Antonio-uc7vn Eyyy x-men.
Tell that to Che Guevara...he would rather see the world burn than to give up his "revolution" ^^
This is kind of KGB propaganda. Socialism doesn't work, and Castro's revolution has led Cuba into grinding poverty. By 2021, the average income in Cuba is less than $10,000, while the average income in America is over $50,0000. Poor people have done WAY better under America's capitalism than they have done under Castro's socialism. Cubans would have done FAR better aligning with America than the USSR. All of this led us to the brink of Cuba threatening to lead us into a Third World War that would have been nuclear. So, yeah, the CIA was right and the KGB was wrong.
@@StormFox_1 as a 30 year old American mutant genetic expert in 1960s I remember everything ...
Me and my colleagues were all pro mutant ..
We believed in equal rights and freedom for the Mutants
We were against against government plans to develop a anti mutant serum ...
In 2000s
We protested for several months
The voices and perspectives like those of the Cuba in '62 are often ignored by Western historiagraphy. Kudos to this channel for giving a platform to the subaltern.
I agree that's important to hear all voices and all sides of the history. Sadly, I'm not sure how much of the cuban side this video represents; you got the opinion of a few cuban expats living in the US, but that's it. I realize that because Cuba is still pretty much isolated, and there is still suppression of anything that may or may not be dissent, having an honest and unbiased opinion from Cuba is almost imposible. I feel there is also some level of dissent supression on the capitalist world, except is more subltle. But at the very least videos like this are an attempt to promote analisys of different world views.
@@miguelrodriguezcimino1674 I mean if they’re isolated it’s definitely not because they want to
@@miguelrodriguezcimino1674 I think he made this video sincerely and in good faith with as many sources as he could get...but even if it's not North Korea, getting any neutral or non biased opinion out of Cuba itself is very hard even today!
@@miguelrodriguezcimino1674 Agreed, anyone that wants a deep dive absent of Western influence should check out season 2 of the Podcast, Blowback. They go over the history of Cuba from Neo-Colonialism to today.
@@jerankorak7997 watch bold and bakrupts cuba video and you will see how they are doing (still supportive of the communist "regime" which is really suprising, just lets see how things could go if the sanctions are lifted)
JFK: Phew! Let's hope that's the biggest crisis of my presidency.
you comment makes me feel someting like an headcache somehow.
@@ScudForEver its not
Eyy oversimplified gang
@@ScudForEver I don’t get why you can’t just understand a joke. It really *blows my mind*.....
Dude, uncool
Incredible content man, honestly I think it's the best on RUclips. Bringing it to a whole new level.
7:10 ''Nickky Khrushbae
New phone who dis?
UwU
Castro: “if surviving assassination attempts were an olympics, I would win the golden medal”
Tito: are you sure about that?
Who?
hmmm...Hazriel Matty said the same thing.
Fidel Castro: If surviving assassination attempts were an Olympic event, I would win the gold medal!
Josip Broz Tito: *yawning*
Well, Castro outlived Tito, so... he won by default?
@@kgw72 Cia had 500 attempts on Castro
Castro would still win over Tito
JFK every couple months of his time in office: *heavy world ending sweating*
and then his world ended in a car
phew! let's hope that's the biggest crisis of my presidency!
Man ik it had to be stressful literally at any minute they could potentially end all of humanity with the push of a button.
@@fiendish9474 a man of culture I see
I thought I already have sufficient knowledge about the Cuban Missile crisis. Never have I though that I have been looking through the lenses of the superpowers all along. Finally a Cuban perspective of the crisis named after them who - had everything turned to worse - have the most to lose. Thanks
How was this a Cuban perspective? He repeated American lies about the Cuban revolution.
Thats good to hear! Even then, this vid is still heavily biased, its hard to understate how brutal amerian imperialism truly was and still is.
I recommend you look into more leftist and communist leaning sources (even though you may not agree with these ideologies). The truth lies somewhere in the middle and by getting biased sources from both sides, you can start to get a better idea of what actually happened throughout history.
This is propaganda and isn't from the perspective of Cubans
@@jamesrowlands8971 What's the truth then?
@@jondoe5937 a not so bad documentary on the Cuban Missile Crisis is the Blowback podcast, if you're legitimately interested in educating yourself. They specifically chose to ask Cubans about the subject.
Why was it so outrageous when the USSR placed Nuclear Missiles on America's border, but not ridiculous when the U.S did the same thing on the Turkish border of Russia and in Italy 3 years earlier? Not mentioning this fact is a pretty glaring omition considering that part of the Soviets agreement to take the missiles out of Cuba was for the U.S to take missiles out of Turkey
Hey Alek, we definitely hear your criticism about omitting this information. I left a comment in the description of the video and in the pinned comment that reads as follows:
"**We do want to make clear that one of the primary reasons for missiles being placed in Cuba was retaliation for the United States planting missiles in Turkey to threaten the Soviet Union... This information was omitted from the video mainly because we wanted to focus solely on the Cuban people and Cuban politics and we felt that if we ventured too far into the overall geopolitical situation of the Cold War as a whole we would lose focus with the "Cuban Perspective." Still, it's worth noting that it was not the Soviets who escalated first, but the Americans in the context of missile installations."
You could also say that before that, the soviets were threatening Europe with their rockets, so...
@@lucabralia5125 Having Missiles positioned 5000 miles away from your country at another country is a little different than having missiles inside your own country
@@alekm5201 Sorry, but I don't think Turkey and Italy are "Inside the soviet union" and what the hell do you mean "5000" miles that's the distance from Spain to Siberia...
@@alekm5201 The soviets had nuclear rockets really close to the iron curtain
Ah that cuban cigar in the thumbnail makes this video even better.
Τhose thumbnails are so f*cking gold 🤣🤣🤣
Couldn't have said it better.
ye
@समीर कुमार Sameer Kumar No crusaderism
you can actually vote on them on their discord server
@समीर कुमार Sameer Kumar long live socialism
My history teacher always said that he was born nine months after the Cuban missile crisis which made the class laugh every time he mentioned it.
Last time i was this early, the soviet union asked to join NATO..
And failed because NATO was really a "Russia is scary" club.
@@alexandersmorczewski5860 And the Warsaw Pact was a “America is scary” club.
@@jordandino417 it was an answer to Nato...
The same as rockets in Cuba were answer to rickets in turkey
"Well, if it isn't the consequences of my own actions." --The USA
The Vietcong, sassan,, al queda, isis...all funded trained and armed by the U.S.
Go to your bed a sleep in if fellow citizen.
@@StoutProper USA: This damm terrorist. Hey, you! Other extremist group, let's make a deal that will totally not backfire in a few years. And kill more civilians, more!
@@strikeforce1500 If there's one thing the USA is undoubtedly the best is, further destabilizing a region more than what was thought possible
Not just the usa, The whole world is legit doing this right now on climate change.
As someone who was born and studied until 9th grade in Cuba before migrating, we really weren't taught any of these topics in much detail, most of the history we were thaught was centered in the independence war against Spain basically from 1810 to 1898 and important characters of that era for Cuban history like Jose Martí, Maximo Gómez, everything before and after that was taught in a pretty rushed way, with only some extra focus on the revolutionary war.
Nurse in retirement: that's nice Mr. Eren
@@Nietabs Good to see a fellow hobo Eren enjoyer
@@Pituqat ok?
You know, I actually love reading up on Jose Marti, another cool figure is Antonio Maceo. I think its an especially interesting time in Cuban history.
Do they mention it was technically American territory for 4 years?
I love these videos. Great animations, writing, and always on point with so much information and facts. Can't wait for more!
You know Castro was mad when he said: "I'll politely refuse to translate." :D
The man is the living proof that plot armor is real
I want that script. I want to translate for public service, lmao
Communists: “I hate capitalism”
Capitalists: “I hate communism”
me: “I hate youtubes censorship”
The youtubers' revolution will sieze the means of monetization one day, comrade
Hold on, RUclips is capitalist
@@tubuianh8022 you know what? im something of a communist revolutionary myself
Which is capitalist
Let me know when we see 200,000,000 people dead by capitalist purges of dissidents lol
Here in Puerto Rico, the amount of aircraft launched during exercises from the Bases of Ramey, Isla Grande and Roosevelt Roads increased significantly during the crisis and was noted especially by those who lived near these bases
21:13 People in the US that wear t-shirts of Che Guevarra need to hear this
Considering that Castro lived into the 21rst century and survived numerous plots on his life, while Kennedy was shot not long after the crisis and Khrushchev got a a Heart Attack in 1971, I'm genuinely believing that Castro has the luck of the devil.
(Edit: Jeez guys stop arguing in the comments it's just supposed to be a funny remark)
Why the devil? Is there something more evil about him than jfk, the guy signing off on the assassinations of Castro?
@@fromulus luck of the devil is just a saying.
@@rgm-96xjesta31 Is a caribbean saying, isn't it? I think I've heard it before, "ese hombre tiene la suerte del diablo".
@@fromulus so you don't care that JFK was assassinated?
@@fromulus no one is excusing JFK’s actions
You know you’re intense when Cold War era USA & USSR are the voices of calm and poise lol
It puts into perspective how fiery & deeply committed people were to fighting off imperialism.
Remember during those times, it was a widely held attitude to view anyone brown-skinned or non-white as non-human. And that was a belief that went unchallenged for several centuries.
Yeah, worse was only Suez crisis, where USA and USSR had the same opinion and both pressured Britain and France to stop fighting.
To call this vid "from the Cuban perspective" w/ it's cherry picked quotes presented w/o context and when most cubans actually supported the revolution is such a joke.
@Joseph Tarkington He didn't have to outright say it. He painted the cuban ppl as fearful masses at the mercy of their irrational leader obsessed with nuclear annihilation.
@@MrOzzification it is a shame that it has become reverse now
19:21 damn, castro became so angry that his animation burned to a crisp
Castro when he can't get dog size cow
@@jonathanmckarlison1203 Castro when his too much dairy producing cow dies
I love Cuba, the country that helped us a lot in the wars. and now the battle with Covid. The more I learn about Cuba, the more I appreciate this relationship. Their beloved president, Fidel Castro once said, “For Vietnam, we are ready to sacrifice even our blood.” I look forward to one day visiting Cuba, a country half a world away from us.
Love from Vietnam 🇻🇳🇨🇺
Cuba actually is helping the Chinese v1rus to spread and kill.
Cubans despite Castro and socialism
@@CrayonEater255 *Miami Cubans
@@CrayonEater255 for sure, also they LOVE the criminal embargo made by some ''angel'' called U.S.A
@@mixtapemania6769 We all do
It's actually refreshing to see a non-biased view on this. Just finished reading Castro's autobiography. Regardless of you political leanings he was very much one of the most important characters of modern history, reshaping regimes in Africa, helping end racial segregation in South Africa and sending Doctors around the world. A fascinating man and hugely intelligent
But you cant really admire a man for just ignoring the bad and praising his good actions. Im just saying, that man, the revolutionary fidel castro, did unjustified 'things', and those very reasons are what cause the disaproval for many cubans and left wing people, which is reasonable.
Think about it, when you see numerous people celebrating the death of a political leader.. and those people are CUBANS.. i dont know. Nevermind
Didn’t he murder a ton of homosexuals and other minorities?
@@slightlyistorical1776 that's ture of many nations. Its not something I agree with, but it was also a difficult position for Castro with many of the killings and jail times. Homosexuality was still illegal across much of the world, and was dealt with in the same way. Thankfully we have learned and evolved and in large parts of the world it doesn't happen anymore. In terms of the jail time, it was difficult for Castro when he couldn't trust anyone. America and the CIA were doing what they did in almost all Latin American nations during the period bthey were trying to start coups, basically meaning Castro didn't know who was and wasn't working for them. Not justifying what he did, but we do need to explore why he did it. That and he was always on edge. Organisations like omega 13, a terrorist group who were funded, trained and given camps in florida by America, on the understanding these people would go and bomb Havana, shows why Castro was maybe a little extreme at times. To this day, I think Cuba has suffered more civilian deaths from terrorist bombs than any other nation. That may have changed now though
@@slightlyistorical1776 And how different is he compared to the rest of the world, especially America on that front?
As a Cuban I loved this episode, thanks for explaining it so well.
He didn’t explain about the major role of Mutants
Cuban immigrant or you live in Cuba?
@@am1017 is that a question?
@@am1017 there’s no way ur being serious
@@camarogovroom1368 bc of how he has internet. Cuba has internet?
Yes ! Commentary , historical accuracy , art work, and production are all superb !
I’ve gotta say, I’ve always hated the part of US history where the government decided that it would be a wonderful idea to enforce monopolies by force of arms in banana republics. I’m moderately surprised we learn about it in school, but also happy that we do, since maybe, just maybe, one day we can learn that overthrowing governments and installing dictators isn’t how you solve issues you created :)
I do love the word Banana Republic though
@@BuiltSimilarG My wife is from Honduras and i told her about how the US in past used the term Banana Rep refering to Latin America....Lets say Latin people dont take that as a compliment...
@@bradlozano2571 it's a funny word
@@huutruong167
No it's not, not even close.
@@BuiltSimilarG same
Wrong #5 (by omission): you suggest the Soviets wanted missiles in Cuba simply for aggressive potential.
You don't mention that the U.S. had put missiles in Turkey to threaten the Soviet Union,
and putting missiles in Cuba was at least partly an attempt to restore balance.
That's because this video was from Cuba's perspective
nothing like a dumbass trying so hard to find fault where there isn't any
That should be from Soviet perspective-
I suggest ypu look up"The Bug" a spy gadget that was gifted by a Soviet school to an American Diplomat,never did he knew that it has been spying and recording his talks for years and years,and USA used this when the Soviets kept blabbering about the Turkey Missile Crisis
History Buffs and Armchair Historian uploads in the same day. Today must be Christmas.
This sounds more like it's from the US and ussr perspective than the Cuban perspective.
The fact this comes while i’m learning about the Cold War
Have you had a grilled cheese sandwich?
Lucky you, I just got done leaning about Cuba and my test had already happened as well
ha! Ive already taken the test!
@keepitreal like china No. Lactose tolerant
pls learn about the other side dont let them just teach you about the american prespective
east germany was more german then west germany.
19:21
When you become so angry you drop to 3 framers per second.
The implication that the increased Soviet presence was noticed after a notable uptick in what they perhaps deemed to be 'strange dancing' is absolutely hilarious 🤣😂🤣 12:21
Wow. I really respect you covering conflicts from a perspective other than the western one. I wish more people would do this.
The depiction of Castro rage was fucking hilarious.
Downfall Hitler: "Am I a joke to you?"
@@MetalMusicMatt1 Das war ein Befehl! Der Angriff Steiner war ein Befehl!
And probably fictional
@@johnkronz7562 No it ain’t mate these were legit real
The starting scene really hit home. My cousin is currently in basic training in the Cuban military, and his uniform looks exactly the same as the young last survivor. My grandfather also is an ex-Cuban Army General. He told my Mother to never let me join the army if I was ever going to, I wonder what he saw during service.
That's really interesting, do you know whether he was involved in Angola, Ethiopia or anywhere else where lots of Cubans served? If so I definitely understand why he wouldn't want you joining!
@@mcgeethetree3858 I asked my Mother, and I got something wrong. He wasn't a General, he was a Colonel. But I just learned that he served in Angola.
@@garfd that's amazing you should find out more, I learned a lot from my own family's wartime stories from my parents as my grandparents never spoke about it either.
@@garfd very sad that Fidel Castro sent so many cubans to fight and die in foregin wars that had nothing to do with Cuba.
@@Y-Cubalibre Fidel Castro's entire reign could be summed up as very sad.
If only Fidel had met Ho Chi Minh, they would’ve had a blast.
it would be a massive argument. ho chi minh fought for Vietnam independent, he only wanted peace, he even send a letter to Truman saying vietnam and the USA should befriend. Fidel wanted to destroy the US and fought for world revolution.
Not at all communists agree on certain things, like the guy above me for pointing it out
@@giaopx Well Vietnam had a history before being dominated by the french. While most of latin america has been the prey of the US for most of our histoty. Dont blame us on feel resented...
@@l_W7 not for a good cause they didnt send supplies to help vietnam get their independence they did it so they could win against japan, they later on gave indochina back to france and then they fought for their right only to get split in half by the americans who by this time betrayed them 2 times
@@giaopx yup because even the Armchair Historian explained in the video he did on Vietnam from their POV that the Vietnamese saw the American War as not a struggle to live under communism but another war of liberation to be free from another foreign power. They beat the Japanese, then the French, then the Americans, and then the Chinese.
“The Cuban Missile Crisis from the Cuban Perspective but Cuba is Spelled USA”
Castro: Disappointed at the outcome of the missile crisis
The whole world: I see this as an absolute win
@समीर कुमार Sameer KumarVirgin - Protect the world
Chad - Nuke everything and smoke a cigar (Castro, McArthur)
@Larar But Chad in cheating assassination's (638)
Gigathad:Tito
All Kruschev had to do was draw out the crisis and play up the very illegal blockade in the UN. The europeans knew American missiles were in their countries with the shadow of soviet missiles on their borders but america is going to rock the boat as soon as it gets close to them? Nato would rip apart.
@Larar he gets the pass
As always, the VZ-52 rifle was a very nice touch. You never cease to impress Griffin.
I noticed Castro had a Makarov holster on his hip, you gotta' love it!
I am Cuban and I am glad to see my country in one of your videos. Thank you.
Do you live in Cuba?
Yet you don’t know about Mutants
No, not anymore but I still visit and have a great time.
@@comandantedecuba365 can you please tell us, how truthful this video did you yourself find?
@@СиняяЗвезда-ж8б It was very accurate. Everything said in this video happened.
Thanks for updating the description to give more adequate background, that it was actually a counter-balancing act well within their rights, and that the US was both the nuclear escalator and the aggressor in this confrontation (the blockade being an act of war). That fundamental background tends to be totally omitted or overlooked in American education/indoctrination on the topic…
armchair makes good videos but he puts to much opinions in them
The irony of the dude with assassination attempts to rival hitler living to be 90 is something else
11:27 Fun Fact: The poisoned milkshakes thing comes from the Fact that Castro absolutely loved Dairy for some reason, and thus, it was natural for the CIA to attempt killing him with those
I wonder if Cubanas bring all the boys to the yard
Never stop making these perspective videos!!
Thanks!
I feel like this misrepresents Cuba's actions during the conflict. Instead of a crazy man throwing a wrench in the civilized game of chess Kennedy and Khrushchev were playing, it was a country fighting back against being used as a pawn. If Castro had just sat back the tidal forces of the powers would have starved and torn his country to pieces. If fighting broke out on Cuba, the USSR wasn't going to launch any nuclear options to save Castro's regime. The risk would be too extreme for a small country on the other side of the world. Cuba, however, would have been destroyed in conventional proxy fighting. By seizing missile sites himself and threatening to use them, Castro used the only leverage he had to force these foreign powers from playing war in his country.
Threaten to drag the two super powers into war with each other if they invade him and suddenly the US leaves them, relatively, alone.
Yes and no... There was a part of the Cuban regime that wanted to take a more "extreme" approach, fueled mainly by Che Guevara... that granted him the trip to Bolivia and his death, most likely facilitated by Fidel that wanted to keep the control of the movement for personal benefit, according to many sources. Fidel on the other hand needed to secure his position as a valuable ally to the communist soviet power, so that the money kept coming in, since he was already aware that an isolated communist island would never see progress, as well as the China was not interested in providing that support at the time, busy in their own regional issues.
@@Franco-qc6dk Fidel wasn't such a rat. he was even more friendly than late soviet "leaders"
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Castro wasn't a Communist... He was economic Nationalist... He became a "communist" after his trip to USSR before that you find nothing communist about him.
Except at the end of the conflict Castro actually pressure Krushev to actually launch the missiles and was rightfully dismissed as mad man by the Soviets.
Respect for the man that saved the world from ww3.
Fidal Castro is like a host to a party but only his friend's friend shows up and the host is demoted to a servant in his own house and had to clean up the mess.
I really like how he shows the opposing viewpoint that we aren't always taught. The winner of war dictates how history is written
History is written in pencil by zebras for the zebras.
uh, yeah, and this travesty of a documentary was definitely written by the winner.
America: violates cuban airspace
Cuba: shoots down american spy plane
America: **surprised pikachu face**
Love the animations on these videos
Plus it’s interesting to see the less discussed side’s perspective
You're very rarely biased which is why your videos are always so good.
He is super biased and this isnt from a cuban persective at all
5 minute mark: US is an exploitative power
6 minute mark: actually the CIA wants to liberate Cuba
7 minute mark: and Cuba is a pawn of the USSR!
yuuuuuup totally not biased
Wow! the attention to detail. Notice the nervous hand of Castro at 18:31.
The thing that bugs me about the Cuba situation was that we made sure they couldn’t trade with anyone in the world yet swear they’re a failed state.
Its funny how We did that but they some how still manage which I'm glad. Cuba should've been able to decide its own fate no matter how bad.
They do better then the US in a few areas now and are considered one of the fastest developing latin american countries. They’ve done really well for themselves all things considered.
@@redenginner they got some of the best cancer treatments in the world
That's what the USA does, has done since the end of wwii. Then they pretend it's just a flawed system that can't possibly work.
Cuba can pretty much trade with every single country in Earth aside from the US, if you ever go to Europe you will find multiple Cuban products in stores, shrimps, pepper, coffee and a few others, also the embargo doesn't act upon medicine and food imports, even then both are lacking in Cuba. Cuba it's a failed state in whatever way you want to see it, it's a country that produces nothing, the tourism industry is a complete waste of potential, where workers are insensitivized to steal from their workplaces, where invasive species introduced by the government have destroyed the local flora and fauna, where people are punished for trying to be successul, the only thing Cuba does well is putting up a(look at me I'm opressed) façade to gain pity points with the rest of the world.
Why not mention the fact that the USSR brought the missiles to Cuba only after the USA had brought their missiles to the USSR's doorstep in Turkey?
Because this video is pure pro American propoganda
He probably doesn't even know that
He did, I suggest you read his pop ups.
@@BasicLib his pop ups were a pathetic cope
@@iraholden3606 Not really,
They’re his signature style of conveying info that viewers should know.
I’ve seen enough of your criticism in the comment section to know you’re not arguing in good faith.
His take was fairly balanced and well sourced
Im pretty sure the Cubans fighting off the attempted right-wing coup from Cuban exiles still thought those exiles were imperialist invaders.
@Gabriel E. Romeu the ones who didn’t rise up and join the silly fools in the bay of pigs? I think we saw their opinion that day.
I rarely lol at things in videos, but seeing the guys in military fatigues doing the Hopak in the middle of the Cuban jungle with a spy recording the activity on his notepad got an audible laugh out of me!! 😂
It's always amusing when America tries to take the moral high ground, and I say this as an American who is aware of their past "noble liberations".
ok... so... being the really only reason ww1 and ww2 were won is not a thing?
@@albertbresca8904 The *only* reason WW1 and WW2 were won? The USA played an important part, in the latter more than the former, but that statement is so filled with arrogance.
@@FeCyrineu strange then that the wars were being lost (it seemed ) til the americans joined the battles... (oh and I am not nor never been american but intrigued by anti american sentiments that appears as spirited as the american arrogance)
@@albertbresca8904 you know, the argument you make here is logically sound, but hinges entirely on your unevidenced presupposition that the "wars were being lost" which is simply not the case. I'll take the benefit of the doubt that you simply don't quite know because you do use the word "seemingly", but then can you back either of your claims? What is the evidence that ww1 and ww2 were being lost before US entry?
For ww2, as I pointed out the Soviet forces were already steadily pushing the German East Front back especially after the recapture of Stalingrad. The Germans were _already_ losing (one might argue that they had already lost when they failed to demand the British surrender, but that's irrelevant right now). What evidence is there that the Germans could have restarted the offensive against the Soviets had there been no US involvement, when they were _most clearly_ incapable of doing so through 1943 (BEFORE US involvement in Europe)?
For ww1, even with the end of the eastern front, the 1918 Spring Offensive showed that even with a full _very_ desperate push, the German forces simply could not achieve their "quick victory" they wanted. What reason is there to believe that the entrenched stalemate would have ended without US intervention? Seriously what reason? And if the stalemate had continued what reason is there not to believe that the Allies would have very easily outlasted the Germans (considering their isolation from global maritime trade)?
Again, your argument is presupposed on the notion that the Germans were somehow healthily winning WW1 and WW2 before US involvement, but that is simply _not the case_ and I have no idea where you got this notion. Again where is the evidence??
@@aotoda486 our education system here in the US is pure dogshit propaganda.
If I had not had honest history teachers that taught us beyond the books the school issued, I would likely think the same as that guy.
Luckily I had the aforementioned teachers, and now with my Master's in History, I know much better
Could we possibly get a "What Life Was Like in The USSR"? In this video you talked a little bit about how Cubans weren't really aware of the outside world's events, and I wonder how the USSR differed.
My mother lived in USSR and she has said that most people there were pretty clueless about news and international affairs. However people did trust the media.
it heavily depends on what timespan you're looking at. under stalin & lenin? not so great - millions died under stalin for the gain of the soviet economy as a whole (rapid industrialization).
in the late 60s, 70s, and 80s, it wasn't actually too bad from my knowledge. especially the 70s and 80s
Yep I asked a lot of my relatives who lived between 1960 to 2000 that life in the soviet Union was safe and peaceful and almost carefree and after 1991 when the soviet Union was dissolved it when downhill especially in Russia cuz you know america still needed an mortal enemy so they punished Russia for the cold War they lost
@@russkifussel didnt they send troops to the middle east in that era you mentioned? Peaceful?
Friends grandma left the USSR and ran to a humble life in New York says nothing good about it.
@@crawlingchaos2811 but dont you think they may have been a reason?
3:24 It’s the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen in my life, it’s bananana, next monanana!
I always love these videos from you guys. I don’t mean it negatively, but as much as I appreciate the research and effort you put into these, a lot of your videos are things I’m already aware of. So to get these videos that change the context to the side less talked about gives me a fresh and interesting perspective of familiar history. Thank you very much for these :)
I've been waiting for this video for such a long time, finally it came out and it was as expected, best of the best! Love you armchair historian!
I really want to know what Castro said about Kruschev during his rage 💀
Either him or Che called the Soviets faggots when ranting about the deal
@@Warsie they were Stalin would have never allow that to happen it was a sign of weakness and we all know that the us wouldn't do anything if the misiles stayed
@@kriptonita8030 Given Stalin didn't go all in during the Korean War and his entire foreign policy was pretty conservative I doubt it.
This “from the perspective of...” was especially good
I agree
who are the cubans who contributed to this? lol
@@BeautifulEarthJa the children of the ousted fascist puppet clearly lol, this video would never be popular amongst non-Americans
@@iraholden3606 I don't disagree with you
I'm just non american
@@jonathanmckarlison1203 then you'll be one of the idiots outside of America that unironically believes videos like this
Have loved your older videos. I love the newer( at least new to me) video style. I am a fan of history & a bigger fan of your channel. Keep up the good work!!!