Atomic Bomb: The Rise Of The Nuclear Superpowers | M.A.D. World | Timeline

The Cold War: When nuclear weapons kept the entire world on the edge of M.A.D. - Mutually Assured Destruction. As Russia, China and the USA flex their military muscles on the global stage today, ‘M.A.D. World’ takes a close look at the last time we were threatened by the might of world superpowers: The Cold War.
In this episode:
- As World War 2 draws to a close, 50 Nations sign up to a new organisation in the hope of
bringing peace to the world. Some were enemies only weeks before but the United Nations
is born.
- A single bomb with the power of 20 000 tons of TNT flattens Hiroshima and creates a horrific burst of nuclear radiation. This terrible new weapon stuns the world and the
nuclear age begins.
- As part of an agreement signed by the victorious allies after World War 2, the Soviet
Union occupies Eastern Europe. The West watches in helpless horror as soviet-controlled
communist dictatorships are imposed in every country.
- The USA tests its first atomic bomb since Nagasaki at Bikini Atoll. More tests follow.
There is no doubt the USA is ready to use the atomic bomb again if necessary.
- As an impenetrable border of barbed wire, land mines and watch towers divides Europe,
people from Eastern Europe use desperate means to escape the Iron Curtain. They reveal
stories of secret police, torture and execution in the soviet occupied territories.
- Greece is the battleground for the first proxy war of the Cold War as communist rebels
supported by Eastern Bloc neighbours rise up and the USA delivers money and arms to the
Greek government.
- Chinese communist rebels flood across the country and defeat the US-supported Imperial
government to create a second major communist power.
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[@knoxfj2763]

“Peace on Earth”, Happy New Year my fellow humans all the way from the beautiful island of Fiji.

[@2B_JZA7]

I want some water

[@wokejcickisapinko5162]

FIJI where that 20 dollar a bottle of water comes from? lol Happy New year!

[@RoxanneM-]

Unfortunately there can’t be peace unless EVERY country wants it more than anything else. There are still countries living in the past.

[@tjsells9288]

Happy new years from Indiana!

[@vagramvardanyan9407]

Happy New years too you and all the people of Fiji from Armenia 🇫🇯 🇦🇲

[@CaptJackAubreyOfTheRoyalNavy]

Timeline, PLEASE label episodes of a series with a number to make it easier to watch in order!

[@Star_Kay]

Yes please!

[@sandife4nandes365]

The woman from Greece shared some amazing insight regarding civil wars.

[@gregpenner2876]

When I was little we were all taught where the fallout shelters were and the whole duck and cover drills were a thing. It was a thing because our area was a known target up until about 10-15 years ago. We were raised with that hanging over our heads. Potential instant death. It made me really pay attention to whom was ALLOWED to be in charge. It’s getting to be that way again sadly. It wouldn’t surprise me at all to see a nuclear war take place soon. The fear and respect is gone and replaced by arrogance and ignorance.

[@kenosabi]

The US hasn't had an honest election in decades. We're ruled.

[@RafaelSantos-pi8py]

Historians keep saying that the soviet invasion carried more weight than the bombs in Japan's decision to surrender, but even if that's true they forget that the soviet invasion came after the use of the bombs, as the soviets realized they were running out of time to get their cut from Asia. Without the atomic bombing allied war plans would be carried out with a land invasion of japanese mainland with many thousands of casualities, all while the Soviet Union is just waiting for their oportunity to pounce at the last moment after americans and japanese wear themselves out. in that scenario the war would be prolongued for many months and the number of causalties be higher than those who perished in hiroshima and Nagasaki.

[@andrewsmith3257]

Yeah exactly we had to drop those nukes. I'm getting tired of people saying that we didn't..

[@FraserFir-sb4lk]

Technically it was between them. The Soviets crossed the border into Manchuria at 1 minute after midnight on August 9th (1:01am Tokyo time). Bockscar dropped the bomb on Nagasaki almost exactly 10 hours later that same day. Both reports came in to the council very close to each other. The Soviets didn't change their mind to surrender, but they did change their minds on how they surrendered. Because it left the Japanese leadership with only 1 option. The Japanese leadership believed if they could bog down an allied invasion they could use the Soviet Union as a mediator between the Western Allies (they had a non-aggression pact until August 9th). To negotiate from a stronger position and prevent annexations and war crime trials, ect. When the Soviets invaded Manchuria that pretty lil' idea flew out the window. The bombing of Nagasaki showed the Japanese leadership the Americans potentially had a large stockpile of these things. That America would obliterate every single Japanese town and city until the entire island chain was smoldering irradiated glass bead. They had no other choice but an unconditional surrender to the allies.

[@JJ-zd5uj]

Could of surrounded them ..nothing in nothing out...they would of ran out of everything

[@RafaelSantos-pi8py]

@@JJ-zd5uj Sure, a full blockade, maybe they'd give up after a while. I mean Cuba has been blockaded for 80 years now, they're bound to give up, right?

[@liamo8932]

Nice, just hopped into bed and this appears to provide a nightcap and some sweet dreams 👌

[@walterfechter8080]

Growing up in 1950s America, we had civil defense drills on a regular basis. Yeah, we did the "duck and cover" bit under our desks at school. We also were given maps to locations of civil defense shelters in case of nuclear attack. I recall telling my first-grade teacher, "Those atomic bombs send out stuff that can go through bricks, steel and wood, so why do we have to get under our desks?" She was flabbergasted to know that a six-year-old kid new about atomic radiation. She simply replied, "It's to keep you children safe from flying glass." I also remember the Cuban Missile Crisis very well. This video is a very concise history of what transpired shortly after the end of The Second World War. Thank you.

[@Error_404-F.cks_Not_Found]

I guess at least you wouldn’t have glass in your eyes that no longer work ??? Lol

[@Error_404-F.cks_Not_Found]

I was born in the 80s, grew up in the 90s. It took until just a few years ago to TRULY appreciate the decade in which I grew up. Don’t get me wrong, the politicians have screwed my generation lol, BUT we had a damn good childhood growing up . Overall ya know ? No Cold War BS, no major wars, no Facebook / Social Media drama. I knew to come home when the street lights came on. At the risk of sounding like a “boomer” lol, it was a simpler time back then.

[@incorectulpolitic]

Death Object: Exploding The Nuclear Weapons Hoax (Paperback) by Akio Nakatani

[@JY-vs8yp]

@@Error_404-F.cks_Not_Found 😊A

[@steffenritter7497]

I remember doing the "duck & cover" drills in school. It was mostly fun, given our age. Of course, since our school was located a little over a mile from Chicago's O'Hare Airport (and the airport had missiles located in its territory, back then), the "duck & cover" drills only amounted to a psychological life to us children. We would have been vaporized in the event of an actual attack.

[@Indrid__Cold]

I was born in 1958, and I will never forget the day when I was a sophomore in high school, and while browsing our little school library, I came across a paper-bound report by the National Science Foundation entitled "The Long-term Worldwide Effects of Multiple Nuclear Weapons Detonations." I wonder who ordered this for our little school library. What I found to be almost unbelievable, was the summary which stated that the long-term effects would essentially be no big deal. Consider that back then, there were about six times as many nuclear weapons in active service, with most yields in the megaton range. We were so naive back then.

[@MrBassbump]

I personally think we are as ignorant as we were back in your era. The idea that we would nuke another country is insane due to MAD. Putin, threatening a nuclear strike, was a scary thought. I live in CA, so I’d be one of the first to be struck by a nuclear device.

[@marc2638]

@@MrBassbump ypu live where? California?? Now why would Cali be atomic bombed first lmao??? Hollywood? I guess I really don't understand why you would think that. What's California offer for military targets? People aren't always the main target with a nuclear strike. You do realize if one bomb flys here to explode the world is over right??? All buttons will get hit and all bombs will fly to their programmed destinations

[@marc2638]

@@MrBassbump but yes we are just as ignorant today as ever you are right about that

[@CadolfWasHere]

lol no. the people are naive. the ( ( ( elite ) ) ) nose exactly what the game is.

[@Error_404-F.cks_Not_Found]

Fun fact , Kodak discovered the fact we were doing testing long before the bomb was dropped and had to be partially let in to the fact that something nuclear was being built Even more fun fact, the vast majority of nuclear fallout from our testing fell overtop Americans “breadbasket” Yep, so naive! Lol

[@ddburdette]

Speaking of the nuclear bombs dropped on Japan, the narrator at 6:38 in the video says “The weapons used to end the cold war with Japan…” The war with Japan was a hot war, not a cold one.

[@andrewdeen1]

oh please tell me we're going to be uploading this whole series.

[@kylegoodreau2170]

It’s a great series too not sure if you’ve seen it ... Cold War Armageddon

[@andrewdeen1]

@@kylegoodreau2170 yeah but cold war armageddon's episodes are only 44 minutes each This is the international, full length version of cold war Armageddon so it's even better. I think this (MAD World) and the 26 episode CNN series are probably the two best series on the cold war ever made.

[@kylegoodreau2170]

@@andrewdeen1 yeah the CNN Cold War original is absolutely one of the best documentary series ever put together on the subject I’d have to agree

[@roberthamilton7021]

@@andrewdeen1 much appreciated pal, read this comment, and now I'm spoiled with episodes, thanks bud 😎

[@Grimpy970]

@Even in his youth I just screenshotted your comment. Your suggestions are gonna keep me busy for a long time 😁

[@briankistner4331]

Born in 1965. I grew up with the possibility of nuclear war. For awhile though, there was a pause when it didn't seem as likely. But now, I'm back to my original thoughts I formed as a teen. In my lifetime there will be a nuclear war.

[@jreese46]

Pretty terrifying thought, isn't it?

[@Camibug]

I am in my mid 20s and I genuinely hope not. 😢

[@joepenguinptakk9224]

It will start in Ukraine. We all know it will. Considering how it ends, it doesn't really matter who starts it. Everybody involved will be equally hated by whomever is left for not avoid it at all costs.

[@veronicalogotheti5416]

Not really Nuclear can be stop

[@ritemolawbks8012]

I think it's a real threat but highly unlikely because there are no tactical or strategic advantage of using them in war. There's a bigger threat from nuclear accidents.

[@ritvikprasad848]

Simply great and most desired piece of documents with best illustration..

[@jamescrane1987]

Being a veteran airborne tactical nuclear warhead assembly specialist I worry that the mission of the difference between the atomic & nuclear is so little known...but there is big difference that is so largely unknown that that ignorance is, as usual, very dangerous...there is a critical mission difference between the conventional and the nuclear militaries...that basic difference was announced when the nuclear military absorbed all the atomic bombs into the nuclear arsenal. Removing the bombs from conventional military control. The mission of the nuclear military is to assure the nuclear bombs( swr) are never used in anger,never used in war...

[@randallrigney420]

I didn't know that, thanks. ✌️

[@michaelpease2103]

We can only pray that current world conflicts don't escalate to nuclear. We are closer than ever and it's terrifying.

[@RMosher11]

I'm not worried.

[@deletdis6173]

We were closer than ever in 1962, before I'm sure 80% of people here were even alive.

[@williamstade8901]

The teachers began telling us of the hydrogen bomb in first grade, six years old, 1975. Mutually assured destruction, M.A.D., was part of our thoughts and vocabulary at an age playing with building blocks and jax. There must be so many of them now. That or everyone showed interest though never made more than the ones that most people know have already exploded with no talk of having been rebuilt.

[@wadenutt5722]

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History has a 5 hour special going over this very topic. It's amazingly well done. Highly recommend.

[@javierbarrera9805]

Is there a link on that

[@CadolfWasHere]

got a link?

[@stevemendez3535]

I preferred timeline before Amazon purchased it

[@Error_404-F.cks_Not_Found]

It appears to be a podcast so whichever podcasting app you prefer .

[@incorectulpolitic]

Death Object: Exploding The Nuclear Weapons Hoax (Paperback) by Akio Nakatani

[@J-SH06]

There’s only one thing worse than nuclear war and that’s how many ads this guy puts in his videos!

[@1HeatWalk]

It's a weapon that is built, but should never be used.

[@RoxanneM-]

The new problem is that they are not a deterrent of war anymore. See the case in Ukraine. In fact, we can’t really defend Ukraine as we should just because this could lead to global destruction. The original idea is no more.

[@ozymandiasultor9480]

The USA used it, two times.

[@bradbufton1517]

@@ozymandiasultor9480 Well when a country is stupid like Japan and won't surrender when their beat. We burnt Tokyo to the ground. Still no Surrender. They were warned. We weren't sacrificing our young men anymore. So we ended it. And after seeing 1 they still didn't surrender. Even after the 2nd bomb there was still a coup to keep the war going. And the coup almost worked.

[@ozymandiasultor9480]

@@bradbufton1517 Aha... that is your logic... Maybe Russia should use that incredibly smart logic on Ukraine, genius. Japan was ready to surrender, but not under conditions that the USA wanted, they were ready to surrender to the USSR, but the USA wanted to use those bombs, for the whole world to see what will happen to the enemies of the USA, so many civilians will die... You are a hypocrite.

[@XXXEspio]

the majority of yanks are still OK with dropping nukes on Japan because it saved US troops, let's see if the Russians are OK with it used in Ukraine.

[@asmith8947]

The occasional wail of the air raid siren on the corner of my street when I was a kid in Canada. EERIE.

[@SebasL10]

This is a great video of what exactly happened…. It’s crazy

[@nicklubrino2606]

What? Did I understand him correctly? At 5:45, he says that it’s unanimous among Japanese scholars that the Japanese didn’t surrender because of bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki but because of Russia’s entry into the war. Then, the Japanese are still in denial. Germany surrendered on May 5, 1945, and the atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Negasaki on August 6, 1946. Am I missing something here? I’m sure Russia entered the war years before Germany surrendered on May 5, 1945.

[@stevenwasson7302]

It was Russias invasion of Manchuria around the same time the bombs were dropped that many say led the Japanese to surrender. After Germany surrendered, the USSR wanted a peice of post war Japan.

[@nicklubrino2606]

@@stevenwasson7302 These “Japanese scholars” are in denial.

[@nicklubrino2606]

@@cjdj4937 Thank, I didn’t know that.

[@donaldharrill6265]

I think the year was 1945, August 6, 1945

[@joeygarcia6783]

Love what you find ❤🎉 how cool bruh

[@michaelsummerell8618]

6:00 I really don't agree with this comment. Given the ferocity of every engagement with the Japanese during the conflict, an invasion of Japan itself would no doubt have let to a far greater number of deaths and prolonged the war significantly. And if this man knows anything about Japanese scholars and academia, he should know that they have a very interesting view on the realities of the second world war, portraying themselves more as the victims of America than the aggressors of Asia - the continued airbrushing of history is still a constant source of agitation between Japan and China, as Japan continues to deny it's past to save face.

[@Miodrag.Vukomanovic]

Wait, so it's terrorism if people board planes and crash them into buildings, but a guy boarding a plane strapped with nuclear bombs to drop on 200,000 innocent civilians, to bring them into submission through fear and terror, is NOT terrorism?

[@michaelcoburn2975]

There is a reason why America was in charge of the occupation under the allied command and maintained bases and a military presence on the island. Russians invading wouldn't have caused them to suddenly surrender. And indeed an invasion of the mainland would have prolonged the war and killed many soldiers on both sides. Bizarre take that I don't agree with at all. Sounds like propaganda of history being rewritten to fit a narrative

[@billhicks808]

Yup, that's revisionist history for ya.

[@waynetemplar2183]

I was thinking the exact same thing

[@jayleighbear]

that’s the thing about the atomic bombs. their use creates a very strong moral argument that can swing either way. we have no idea what might have happened if we didn’t drop the bombs. we will never know. their use helped to end the war but at what cost? it’s a very tricky subject to navigate because everyone will have a different opinion based on their morals.

[@livingood1049]

It's incredibly difficult to pin down when it started but our reality for a very long time has been that "we" (meaning every near peer government) need an enemy, we need a threat to justify increased military spending. And here we are...

[@djquinn11]

War on Drugs, War on Terror as well. Who benefits? The Military Industrial Complex and the Banksters.

[@cschuh4695]

Imagine how prosperous every country would be if the politicians didn't spend a Trillion dollars on defense budgets, to defend against NO actual attackers??

[@-TalonMedia-]

@@cschuh4695 imagine being stupid enough to think that there were or are no actual attackers...

[@barnabybones2393]

Better than the average cold war highlights reel. Most don't even mention Hellenistic civil war.

[@Kardashev1]

Great doc!

[@thedecafe1]

Amen 🙏🏾

[@welchnome4132]

When you're so british that your atomic bomb thumbnail has a crown

[@JP48988]

Fun fact: every so often in Oak Ridge, TN they test the sirens for a nuclear meltdown. The sirens play throughout the whole city and when I was 18 I thought I was gunna die lmao.

[@oddieott]

I'm so insanely fascinated with atomic bombs and the wars.

[@ozymandiasultor9480]

Death and destruction are fascinating for you?

[@murdvre]

@@ozymandiasultor9480 Maybe fascinating isn't the right word. I'd say interesting.

[@ozymandiasultor9480]

@@murdvre That person, "David Ott" wrote fascinating. Maybe for you, it is interesting, for him it is fascinating.

[@AmbientMike]

@@ozymandiasultor9480 how is it nit fascinating? Morbid yes? But that's what's so fascinating that two ideologies and powers never fully settled down after WWII to the point of almost wiping out humanity. It's horrifying and surreal from a modern perspective.

[@jalvorson]

I think the word you are looking for to describe the atom bomb is macabre. Something so ultimately horrifying, yet utterly facinating at the same time in a way that completely captures your attention and your imagination.

[@alexvargas8015]

Amazing 😻

[@VMAN00ful]

This has been on my mind quite a bit lately. Thanks. Hello from Winnipeg.

[@js70371]

Hello from Flin Flon, MB!! Go Jets!! 💙🏒✈️🥅🤍👌😂🍻

[@KangaKucha]

G'day mate. I want to live in Winnipeg Canada in my final years of life. I'm Australian by birth but Canadian by heart :)

[@KangaKucha]

@@js70371 Go Big Blue!

[@clinthall5906]

Hello from Grand Forks!

[@cyndyrutherford3816]

Peace from Dauphin Manitoba 😊

[@SuperiorAmericanGuy]

Now do a video of what happens if nukes never exist.

[@shinji200489]

You do know these are 10 year old ect docos right?

[@ChessMasterNate]

Exactly. The Russians joining the battle in the Pacific, would not be a good thing. They would take countries, and keep them. We might have had a US and a Russian part of Japan. That almost certainly would have led to a longer occupation, and terrible conditions for those under Russian occupation, and a future conflict. There would certainly have been another World War, one much more deadly because of all that was learned in WW2, and the factories that made the weapons in the US and Russia would likely remain intact and many more factories built. The more equipment and ammunition there is, the more lives would be taken by them. And, just because there was no A-bomb does not mean there would not be nuclear-powered vehicles or dirty bombs. And it would not just be ships. There would be many nuclear-powered bombers and long range missiles. And while WW2 was mostly free of chemical and biological weapons, there is no guarantee that would be true in WW3 or WW4 or WW5. Stalin was not concerned about lives. If he ran out of men, he would send out women and children. So, WW3 would probably last until Stalin died. Unclear if that would be sufficient to draw that to a close. The US would probably offer reasonable terms to Russia. They likely would take the offer. Probably Russian boarders before WW2. Perhaps a small reduction. Yes, I am assuming the US would win. I don't think that is unreasonable. The Russians did get the big German heavy press for large aircraft parts at the conclusion of WW2. And they were cranking out tanks at a crazy speed, but there are just too many other things in the favor of the US. Our bombers were much better. Better navy. Better trained soldiers. And we did not squander our soldier's lives. One thing is for sure. We never should have given the Russians equipment in WW2. And we gave them a lot.

[@vernoworkman9879]

Peace of mother earth. She is angry with all people. Every man and woman we need to fix this situation

[@johneckerd1750]

Great documentary thanks 😊

[@katherinecollins4685]

Interesting documentary

[@ritemolawbks8012]

The Soviet Union was the new global superpower after WWII, not America. The US had already been the foremost superpower before the war even begun. They just added a new weapon to its arsenals and mobilized the population and industrial capacity that already existed.

[@startrekmaniac1701]

The us is the number 1 superpower. We won two world wars and created electricity, cars, phones, and computers/internet.

[@startrekmaniac1701]

Russia can’t wage a war in Ukraine let alone be a superpower

[@NickyLovesPasta]

Love me some good ole' cold war and nuke content 😊

[@Semicon07]

I am an Aussie...while I understand our Ambassadors sentiment and believe it reflects on his character...I disagree with his premise. There is not really any evidence to conclude that the Japanese surrendered because the soviets declared war. Perhaps both events at once were a factor? But no, after the destruction of 2 whole cities and the threat of more, The Japanese knew they were beaten. It even took the Emperor to convince the general staff and make the announcement to the people himself. The Atomic bombs, as horrifying as they are, prevented many more causalities. Sure, the death of a child is a horrible thing.....Expecting a man to kill a child, is another. The Japanese had a policy at the time to "fight to the last man, woman, and child" This means that any invading soldier would have HAD to kill children and women (as they were attacking them). Perhaps it was just the most humane way to go to just send a clear message - Surrender or this is the first of many.

[@randallrigney420]

Well said. ✌️

[@devro02]

we dont need war, we need peace

[@startrekmaniac1701]

Peace means having the bigger stick

[@aperson2730]

Very interesting

[@Jhayzer021]

The weapon who unleashed Godzilla. Nippon Banzai!!!!! 🇯🇵

[@arbaz79]

Great Documentary 👍.

[@metal2020]

tsar bomb is most shockin to me after castle bravo , 40 miles wide and 60 miles up in the atmosphere ,detonated 2miles above ground or higher is it ,thats power unleashed which they aimed for 100 megaton instead but didnt due to calculations i think

[@totoitekelcha7628]

Even though it is the most powerful nuclear bomb, it is useless because soviet don't have the capabilities to carry Tsar bomba across teh atlantic ocean to bomb the US.

[@schr75]

It was detonated in a "clean" version with an inert lead tamper around the tertiary fusion stage instead of a reactive uranium tamper. This was done out of fear of contamination and was common practice at that time. A lot of US weapons was also detonated in lower yield "clean" configurations as tests where as war weapons they would have been detonated at full yield.

[@zyzzaestheticsz7122]

@@schr75not sure what your definition of “clean” is but I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt an assume it was for arguments sake.

[@schr75]

@@zyzzaestheticsz7122 No. It was in fact incredibly clean as 50+ megaton weapons go. When you talk about clean or dirty nuclear weapons, you´re not talking about a dirty bomb. You´re talking about how much of the total yield is from fission as that creates a lot more fall out than fusion. The Tsar bomba was something like 96% fusion so it was actually one of the cleanest nukes ever. The fact that it was still 2MT worth of fission fall out makes it an incredible dirty weapon, but had the the tertiary stage been clad with an uranium tamper instead of lead, the weapon would have been the dirtiest weapon ever.

[@JhonnySerna]

The documentary was overly fine, but I would cut off some scenes talking about the cold world's satellites countries and focused instead on the development, the secret programs, the engineering, etc, of the nuclear bombs both in the US and in USRR, information that wasn't provided. Given the title of the documentary, it would have made more sense.

[@smokeytheanimal3662]

The consequences of above ground tests in areas such as those near the Norden areas have had such emence consequences upon the ozone layer that today it's non existent and we no longer test above ground, something like closing the barn door after the horse got out.

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

Interesting.

[@solentlifeuk]

I would like to see the whole story from start to todays situation. It would be interesting to see how any documentary portrays the USA decision to not honour its agreement with UK after UK handed over its Nuclear secrets etc. The UK rarely gets the credit due regarding the sheer amount of information passed. Originally - all info was passed as UK was vulnerable and plan was to continue development in USA well away from 'risk' - with full collaboration throughout. USA once completed then shut the door and UK had to then develop own 'bomb'.

[@sarahwynn6486]

That’s all America have ever done . They take credit for every thing . Anyone would think they won ww2 on their own we were fighting long before they swooped in . They stick their noses in every issue around the world to their own gains none of it is to create peace

[@rias.gremoryyy]

Typical of the US, they don't want allies that can be close to equal or even better than them

[@bushelfoot]

Stalin a genius ? That's a very big stretch.

[@albatross5466]

I think he was being ironic. He was repeating the training that they give the Russian people

[@VBeef907]

I’d argue that he was very intelligent but not a genius. His Rapid Industrialization policies made it possible for the Soviet Union to have robust production power throughout WW2 in which they smashed the Nazis. The Soviets were heroes.

[@wokejcickisapinko5162]

This is my favourite Stalin quote: "Sarcasm is like BREAD nobody gets it"

[@chuckdavinci9044]

@@VBeef907 he was dead in the water until he got a shitload of "free" money from the US lend/lease program. In other words he was an idiot and so is anyone who thinks otherwise 🖕🤣

[@amandaelizabeth7943]

Bring it on!

[@psikeyhackr6914]

I had to do that "Duck and Cover" nonsense in grade school. I thought it was funny. I don't recall ever getting a good explanation of what it was about. I didn't understand it until I started reading science fiction. The Long Tomorrow by Liegh Brackett Star Man's Son by Andre Norton

[@jcriley7695]

26:00 Dude needs a new moustache... FFS bro!

[@fungi1256]

I will not ever forgive Ernest Titterton for what he did in Australia

[@J-SH06]

Hippy.

[@SPAZZYok]

The navy ordered 1 million body bags for the invasion of Japan so yeah the bomb took but also saved lives.

[@patdoncouse6616]

Peace to the person that lives in Fiji and everyone else no more stupid war!!!

[@HansDunkelberg1]

I do not buy the Japanese argument quoted by Evans from 5:53, that rather than the atomic bombs of Hiroshima and Nagasaki it was Russia's entry into the war which led Japan to sue for peace. The Hiroshima bomb dropped on August 6, Russia got into the war against Japan on August 8, and on August 9, the Nagasaki bomb dropped. Japan sued for peace on the 10th of August. So if Russia was the factor then there even would seem to have sufficed _one_ atomic bomb, for you can assume that Stalin joined America's war against Japan _because of_ the annihilation of Hiroshima.

[@agentar47]

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[@odarrien]

I wonder where we would be if we invested all of this time, money, research, etc into more constructive pursuits rather than the destructive pursuits of such weapons.

[@startrekmaniac1701]

We probably wouldn’t be here. Germany, Japan and the society’s were all working on their own. We had to do it first

[@startrekmaniac1701]

And by constructive do you mean handouts?

[@odarrien]

@@startrekmaniac1701 By 'we' I meant mankind not any specific nation.

[@odarrien]

@@startrekmaniac1701 not handouts, instead ways to improve and enrich lives as opposed to destroying life. Mankind has a way of always looking for more innovative ways to destroy each other.

[@startrekmaniac1701]

@@odarrien no handouts don’t make anyone better. Your life is what you make it and your not entitled to anything

[@DougieFresh765]

Shoutout to Harry Truman who turned his back on Stalin and the deal FDR made at the Yalta conference

[@briandstephmoore4910]

💪 with a jump like when you bowl a strike

[@onlyweknow2]

Patton was right

[@Questchaun]

One of the most horrific actions of any nation in world history.

[@matt291]

Why? The death tolls of those attacks were smaller than many other attacks in Europe and Asia. With 75 million war dead it always puzzled me why people draw the line at these two small body counts. There were far worse events during the previous years.

[@juliusraben3526]

@@matt291 the docu says that japan surrendered when USSR started war against japan. So... i dont see why you would want to add the deaths of the bombs to the list ?

[@SlashHarkenUltra]

They started it.

[@mattkim96]

@@matt291 1. Because at minimum, the second was probably not necessary. We’re fortunate it was not as destructive as hiroshima. 2. Because the casualties were almost entirely civilians in the heart of the country. The elderly, mothers, little children. Think of 9/11 except casualties were equally spread amongst women and children too instead of primarily working men. The men who bravely risked their lives on both sides understood the risks, they did it to *protect* those women and children. To kill hundreds of thousands of them, almost at a whim in the case of the second bomb, is horrific. My only excuse for this country is that we didn’t fully understand the ramifications of the bomb, there’s a reason they’re the only military uses of nuclear technology in history. And valuing the lives of its own countrymen over those of the enemy’s, that I understand. Even so, a second bomb so quickly after the first? Japan was already on the verge of collapse, and we barely gave a chance to surrender. Again, these were *civilian* lives, we hadn’t even killed that many soldiers with them. It’s like forcing an army to surrender by killing their entire families instead of them, I’m sure that was the case of many fathers in the army.

[@matt291]

@@mattkim96 everything you just said is cope. The Japanese had to be completely crushed as a war is not over until the loosing party accepts their fate. Even after the bombings there was a large segment in Japan that didn't want to surrender. They tried to overthrow the emperor when he called for surender. Without the bombs a conventional invasion would have been required after a full blockade. Millions of lives were saved because of the bomb.

[@haroldmclean3755]

Make No Mistake,, Winning is Everything

[@jonathanstrong4812]

MR MCLEAN YOU MUST BE KIDDING YOURSELF I HOPE YOU WILL SEE THE CARNAGE OF YOUR CITY RADIATION SICKNESS DEATH AND DESTRUCTION WHICH YOUR 'WINNING IS EVERYTHING' WILL BRING THE END OF A-L-L O-F U-S!

[@lyncressler2608]

That blast is the end of life. Horrible beyond words.

[@justinbell700]

Hiroshima and Nagasaki mien these bombing of cities still make me feel sad 😭😭😭 in 2023 because of All the human lives that were lost. Hoping for peace and prosperity in 2023.

[@factologyprofessor2869]

17:45 this is exactly what’s happening now. It’s the perfect example of history repeating itself.

[@johnmoore4516]

Nuclear war hits to close to home it comes through the television screen and will be right in ur living rooms jamonji

[@pontifixmax]

What's not mentioned about the Marshall Plan is that it came with conditions that a country must be a liberal democracy with a free market economy in order to qualify, which of course the Soviet Union could never agree to.

[@alexanderlaparr9429]

Sharing from YT TV

[@supersardonic1179]

To think sometime in the future we'll look back and laugh at how archaic and outdated nuclear technology is, and how everyone was so convinced it was the most horrifying thing in existence. Hopefully.

[@wokejcickisapinko5162]

fukushima: Hold my beer!

[@donaldharrill6265]

Hopefully

[@rentonkenya]

Sad

[@deathwrenchcustom]

I'm going to see if I can find a documentary that explains why early reporters used that ridiculous voice! 🤣

[@Maximus5775]

If you find one let me know lol

[@rubi588]

Love paying for KZbin family premium and getting hit by ads in the middle anyway, thanks. 5:12

[@MB5rider81]

Ads, ADS, *MORE ADS !!!* three ads in the first three minutes. Your own ads mixed with KZbin ads ! Then one at 8:00 ! Damn

[@muddyguns]

You broke bish. Get Premium

[@2Thumb]

Peace be there ❤️

[@sabinationemc5806]

Nuclear proliferation. Let's GO FIND 'EM

[@kylegoodreau2170]

Series : COLD WAR ARMAGEDDON Episode : RISE OF THE SUPERPOWERS

how many minutes is the atomic clock at til midnite?

[@NicWalker627]

the way the names and titles come up when people are speaking, with smoke, made me think someone was smoking behind the camera when Truman was speaking lol

[@eddhernandez3084]

Same hahaha

[@78moneymike43]

Nwo

[@francishubertovasquez2139]

What if there will be a giant air bubble and the nuclear fission explosion be reversed by nuclear particles fusion making the explosion so tiny like that of small firecracker.

[@percanatord3461]

Who also remembers that one match in conquers bad fur day when the people had to run in the dark and not try to get killed while trying to get into the bunkers lol

[@1shotlegend]

Such a good game haha

[@marclaporte3710]

25:44 who sports that mustache post WWII ?

[@THEgenART]

Cold War with Japan? What? 6:45

[@ezekielbeckett5396]

"Now i am death.. destroyer of worlds"

[@jeremybennett2168]

cool

[@user-uw7kw4jx1o]

As an American the worst thing that American did was to try to be the police of the world . Imagen if instead of focusing on other countries we after ww2 we could had just focus on our country. Like developing things such renewable electricity, creating better cities, and create a stronger economy. Than we would be such a strong country by now ! Like they said you create peace by being strong not weak .

[@anthonymorales842]

did anybody else think the USA olympic uniforms looked more 1970's then early 50's

[@christiansasse1579]

It could be “uninvited” if you used them first

[@figarofigarini]

King Slime has awoken

[@ImmortalDuke]

Who keeps at this time?

[@hybridangel3403]

How would you dispose of nuclear weapons?

[@charlesbryson7443]

We’ve come full circle

[@pekertimulia125]

Col.hirohito..?! Yes..,me too! Your city has gone..? Hiroshima..

[@adude1547]

Watching this right after the openheimer movie

[@carey_metv]

13:45 impressive mustache.

[@ClaudiaMitchell-jn7fw]

😂

[@9latinumStudioz]

What a mess 🤦 through chaos comes "order" 🙄

[@bhanuthirteen]

you really think they dropped that bomb in Hiroshima and Nagasaki just to save their soldiers in japan😡😡😡😡

[@perspellman]

Winston Churchill has been given the honour for many things, and also for famously having coined the term 'iron curtain', but that's however far from reality. Its first appearance in print, was in Apocalypse of Our Time, published in 1918 by Russian philosopher Vasily Rozanov. Romanov wrote of ‘an iron curtain descending on Russian history’. Several years later, in 1920, in Through Bolshevik Russia, author Ethel Snowden’s described Russia as being behind an ‘Iron Curtain’. Yet another contemporary use was on 25 February 1945 when German Reich Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda Joseph Goebbels used the phrase in his propaganda publication Das Reich. Winston Churchill then used the term and made it world famous in his speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri in 1946. Also, trying to find out who the narrator is.

[@devigowri]

😢😢g I ft 😢😢6😢g g 😢g😢VT g g ft g😅

[@JanuszSyty-pj1uo]

Przepraszam.Z ilu atomow-wodoru?Marek

[@adarshkcl4700]

War what is good for. Absolutely nothing ❤️

[@SHOOTERSHOOTERSHOOTER999]

This episode was THE BOMB!