Berlin: Capital of the Cold War | Animated History

From the Berlin Blockade and Berlin Airlift to the rise and fall of the #BerlinWall, the city of Berlin was the capital of the #ColdWar.
To check out the rest of #ProjectMAD, a Cold War themed-playlist from your favorite history creators, click here: • Project MAD
Special thanks to the following for voice work. Go check out their channels:
Causual Historian: / grantghurst
History and Headlines: / @historyandheadlines
You can help support Drawn of History (and my other channel) on Patreon: / drawnofhistory
Full Music Credits: docs.google.com/document/d/1u...
Chapters
Intro - 0:00
Partitioning Germany - 1:09
Berlin Airlift - 3:10
Begin the Cold War Has - 4:57
The Berlin Wall Goes Up - 6:14
Cracks in the Iron Curtain - 9:31
Reunited and It Feels So Good - 12:12
Outro - 13:24

[@DrawnofHistory]

What was your favorite joke, obvious or hidden? Also, don't forget to check out the rest of #ProjectMAD!

[@idontno6d105]

during the postwar conference when all the global superpowers were talking about what else to do after the "temporary" occupation of Germany

[@CookiedoughProductions]

Definitely the one about east Berlin being the best

[@DrawnofHistory]

I pretty much decided to write him as if he was played by Jason Mantzoukas

[@iammrbeat]

Ronald Reagan just wanting some more jelly beans, man

[@bobo12410]

Imagine sleeping with Eisenhower's butt lol

[@phoenixshadow6633]

"I'm not hard to draw" Oversimplified: "Dude, uncool"

[@DrawnofHistory]

Perfect response. I hope you realize it's all in good fun.

[@rhyshain7629]

Love the reference, 6:01 timestamp btw

[@jeffreyhutton1963]

This enraged Oversimplified, who punished him severely

[@cgt3704]

"I did not see this coming"

[@arthurmorgan7347]

Next time someone’s a dick to me I’ll give them the Eisenhower treatment

[@iammrbeat]

This video complements City Beautiful's video quite well.

[@DrawnofHistory]

Yeah, it's fun to see how so many approached the topic.

[@heikokrause3264]

❤😅😮😊🎉Kippschalter in Berlin in den nächsten Jahren ein Video mit der Bitte an den anderen Kollegen aus Berlin zurück schicken könnten

[@professormicron6470]

8:49 Not so- fun fact: those very same West Berlin U-bahn trains that East Berliners would try to escape with in the 1960s still exist and are currently in service with Pyongyang Metro. How ironic

[@DrawnofHistory]

North Korea, now that would be an interesting video to make.

[@wesleyrieth5983]

I was hooked on my 1st viewing, which was the King John video. Superbly written and animated even for youtube standards. Keep bringing history to life in our present day.

[@SamPendentTheThief]

Same

[@sweatysocks8214]

6:09 ok I love that joke. Its probably the voice that makes it better.

[@DrawnofHistory]

Ike don't play

[@HistoryandHeadlines]

It's neat seeing history animated!

[@DrawnofHistory]

Thanks again for the voice work!

[@HistoryandHeadlines]

@@DrawnofHistory You're welcome!

[@KhAnubis]

9:40 Wow okay... (Also can confirm, everyone in Berlin loves Ampelmann. He‘s even on signals in former West Berlin now)

[@DrawnofHistory]

I got both green and red refrigerator magnets when I went there ten years ago. I. Love. Ampelmann.

[@KhAnubis]

@@DrawnofHistory I will say I also really loved the stop/go gag at the end

[@akramgimmini8165]

They're Wunderbar

[@Sir_Uncle_Ned]

That mail plane joke caught me way off guard! Great work as always!

[@DrawnofHistory]

Bonus points if you can name the movie I stole it from

[@Potatopatch]

3 Amigos since no one has said it yet 😂

[@jonnywatts2970]

I love the magical birthmark that switches position with the turn of a head. 🤯

[@kylenoyes6390]

Omg that "America go brrrrrr" line had me laughing so hard! Amazing job on this video, this is my new favorite style for animated history 😁

[@DrawnofHistory]

I was just hoping I could get this finished before the meme was officially dead.

[@thewildcardperson]

@@DrawnofHistory that Meme will bever die like America and oil

[@prettypic444]

My APUSH teacher actually had a piece of the Berlin wall he brought out for us to touch (there's also a huge chunk by LACMA that you can touch)... something about being able to touch history makes it more real

[@DrawnofHistory]

If you ever get the chance, go to the city itself. Great experience.

[@arnold-yang]

Hope my APUSH teacher has one too

[@KonigHoff]

The Ronald Reagan Library has a whole section of it

[@robinchesterfield42]

Aww! I don't have that, but I do have a globe I got as a kid, which still has both Germanies, the U.S.S.R., Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia on it. I always used to love watching the Olympics Opening Ceremonies on TV, and I remember the first time I saw Germany--just ONE, Germany--march into the colliseum. I did a sort of...mental doubletake. At first, I just kept watching like normal and then a moment LATER, I was like (gasps) "Oh!" as it actually hit me.

[@questerperipatetic4861]

Here's a true story, youngsters. Berlin 1986. A young US Army Lt. gets stationed there as a Train Commander. The Train ran from W. Berlin to W. Germany and back again every night. The Lt.'s main job was to process travel documents face to face with Soviet Officers, so he traveled more and saw less than anyone, anywhere. Boring! Hundreds of documents to get a Soviet stamp and only about 10 minutes to do it every single night! Their studying the details just wasn't practical and since it was their demand it be done, the hero of our story would often slip through unauthorized train passengers. More than once Fred Flintstone and Mickey Mouse made the trip and their USSR stamped flag travel orders got used as a Poker antes, birthday gifts, and just fantastic souvenirs to anyone who had ever had to go through the hassle of getting a legitimate flag order in their name. And one time in Korea at the DMZ.... God, I miss being young, in the army, and the cold war.

[@perturbedbatman2009]

The wall was built so quickly there wasn't even any time for four shadows!

[@-TheCrisisNight-]

I like how u casually roasted oversimplified by saying Eisenhower wasn't hard to draw XD

[@DrawnofHistory]

I wouldn't say roasted but seriously, Ike's not that hard.

[@Mikebumpful]

I don't often shake my head at YT videos, but the «Male Plane» gag had me… 😣

[@countgsox1179]

How can you forget the important role of David Hasselhoff in the fall of the berlin wall.... 😢

[@DrNEMO]

Such high quality content. The animation, the acting, the knowledge, the humor. Everything on point. You deserve way more subs!

[@DrawnofHistory]

Thanks and fingers crossed

[@BLGStudios]

6:00 “Not hard to draw.” Is that an oversimplified reference I see?

[@egcarbone2410]

I believe so

[@espadindelnorte2728]

Talking about the 50s, my grandfather applied for a job in West Germany in the late 50s and at the interview they asked him: "You've got a job, you've got a home, you've got a family. Why do you want to leave? Why do you want to give up your safety? It'll be almost impossible for you to find a home here." So he (and his family - my family) stayed in East Germany. So why did my grandfather apply fpr the job in the first place? Becaue he wanted to go back to his hometown. His mother and his sister still lived there. But he decided to go back to the East, leaving his mother and sister behind, because he could provide for his own little family in the East and he did not want to risk this in the West. After the fall of the Wall, he found out, that one of his colleagues was a spy (Stasi) and that he got reported for applying for a job in the West.

[@cam5816]

Damn!!! Do you know how he found out? What would have happened if he had decided to leave??

[@espadindelnorte2728]

@cam5816 Well, he was interrogated by Stasi when he came back. And after Reunification you could (and still can) have a look at the files the Stasi had made about you. So he could see that it was one of his colleagues. What would have happened? Difficult question. At this time it was possible to travel (and move) to West Germany. But the family of his wife could have got in trouble. His mother-in-law and brother-in-law lived in the East too. The regime often punished the whole family. From making your life more difficult to putting pressure on you to work for them for example.

[@jacktapman5293]

This channel is so underrated! I hope you grow!

[@lsdesignweb]

History, humor and amazing animation WHAT A PERFECT COMBO!!! Subscribing now

[@nateosborne7361]

Wow this is literally the best channel I think I’ve ever found. This is really really really really really really really excellent stuff.

[@DrawnofHistory]

Thanks for the kind words.

[@StateoftheWorld]

Charming and well made! It’s criminal how you have less than 10k, I’d be delighted to work with you someday :)

[@DrawnofHistory]

Just subbed over on your channel. Maybe we can do some voice work together. I'll keep you in mind.

[@jello530]

These videos are very good better than most animated videos and the clean transitions and comedy is very entertaining 😊

[@carolineg1061]

We always watched your videos in my class and they would all get stuck in my head!! You’re AMAZINGGG!!

[@DrawnofHistory]

Glad you migrated over here.

[@carolineg1061]

@@DrawnofHistory It would be crazy for me not to come over 🤣

[@micahistory]

This collaboration is great. I'll be sure to watch the full thing

[@DrawnofHistory]

A lot of great content on this Playlist

[@micahistory]

@@DrawnofHistory I know

[@soumyadeepchatterjee1262]

Finally a new video: A blessing from the Lord.

[@DrawnofHistory]

God be praised. Speaking of the Holy Grail, did you catch the sound clip?

[@Kat-ez4ni]

2 minutes in and i love it... can't wait for you to blow up like Oversimplified (noted the Eisenhower joke)... or History Matters!!! safe to say i subscribed

[@DrawnofHistory]

Just a playful little joke. If I could 1% of his views, I'd be doing pretty well for myself.

Oh great video, I'm thankful to project MAD I found this channel

[@dinoplays1019]

Mr terry history set me here, what a amazing KZbin channel!

[@KobeanHistory]

This was great! Good mix of history and jokes

[@DrawnofHistory]

Thanks. I really liked yours around London.

[@joshuapatrick682]

3:50 kind of says it all right there…. The “lesser” of two evils indeed.

[@captainsidog5531]

I loved that Bismarck was at the Brandenburg Gate Border Crossing. Great Video!

[@DrawnofHistory]

Dude loves unifying Germany.

[@captainsidog5531]

@@DrawnofHistory Apart from the point that he loved Unifying Germany, technically he could also be at the Brandenburg Gate because the gate was built by the Kingdom of Brandenburg, which would eventually morph into Prussia, which is where Bismarck would live, and which would go on to unify Germany. Basically meaning, that he could just be there for some nostalgia or it could be his ghost.

[@Etom.]

Keep at it boys! KZbin recommend your channel to me and I loved it instantly. Can’t wait to watch it grow with you.

[@redfishtex738]

Another historical hysterical video Gem, Thanks!

[@DrawnofHistory]

Thanks. This one had me animating about 8 hours a day for the last month.

[@HerrZhukov]

6:00 damn shots fired

[@mr.spaceaids5379]

This channel's style, humour etc. reeks of a really familiar scent And i love it even more

[@DrawnofHistory]

Reeks? Honestly, I think I get more from Monty Python, South Park, and other non-KZbin sources but if you're implying Oversimplified, I acknowledge it too. Love that channel.

[@mr.spaceaids5379]

@@DrawnofHistory eheh my english vocab isnt great so im having a hard time explaining how much i love this channel hehehe

[@LifeOfTheShooter]

The "Local 58" drop is amazing

[@DrawnofHistory]

Love the analog horror

[@xxirishxxblipxx3234]

Animated history is the best ngl I love history as it is but animated its like oml😂😂 I'm waiting for this man to hit 100k then 1 mil this man is gonna get big I swear🙏🙏

[@DrawnofHistory]

Thanks. Working my butt off to get the next one done. Gotta stop writing such long scripts.

[@Hearshotkid_2113]

Of all the animated history channels, this one has the best voice acting.

[@TrayusStudios]

I really like that France is represented by a croissant instead of its actual president as the occupational zones were established. That little joke made my day. So thank you for that.

[@RachaelMarieNewport]

Yay been looking forward to this 💖

[@DrawnofHistory]

Me too. Hope you like it.

[@RachaelMarieNewport]

@@DrawnofHistory I did and mentioned your video on Mr Terry's live stream last night. So hopefully you get some more subs out of it.

[@TheRealSaintSaber]

Subbed. This is just amazing

[@201950201950]

Those are crazy days all I remember is David Hasselhoff singing and then all of a sudden walking down.

[@Nil_Ardui_Est]

Another awesome video from one of my favourite history KZbinrs. I don’t know if you take requests but could you possibly make a video about the Paraguayan War (A.K.A. War of the Triple Alliance) please? It’s usually hard to find videos on Latin American history in English. Thank you. (P.S., is that Mr. Beat driving a car in the background at 0:04?)

[@IamMeNuRu4evr]

I think the Paraguayan War would be an interesting topic for a video.

[@DrawnofHistory]

I could put it on the possibility list. I don't know much about it but could look into it.

[@claudelorrain-bouchard6941]

9:42 made me chuckle too.

[@WaffleLover-my1hi]

great video!

[@DrawnofHistory]

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed.

[@sarahellie4113]

Thank you this is amazing Mr Betts Will you ever make any more parodies?

[@DrawnofHistory]

Not really planning on it. These videos take up so much time and I do prefer making them.

[@sarahellie4113]

@@DrawnofHistory I do love these videos but I will miss the songs

[@Jpiccinino]

Dude this is awesome. It kept me engaged and my step kids. Ill admit i am a history nut but my kids couldn’t care less. They watched this and was laughing at the joke

[@DrawnofHistory]

Ha. Sorry for Ike's. um, posterior

[@truegodgeneral4730]

Dude my face went numb from how much of a happy ending

[@DrawnofHistory]

Haha. It wasn't without it's problems but the fact that we all made it through the Cold War without killing every living thing on Earth is a pretty happy ending.

[@AntonWongVideo]

I looked at my subscription and it was just flooded with cold war vids! what an interesting friday

[@DrawnofHistory]

#ProjectMAD baby!

[@lunarstain7545]

WTF!? Why doesnt this guy have more subs???? THESE VIDEOS ARE GREAT

[@AndrewDederer]

You left out an old joke involving Berlin and Bananas. Q: How do you use a banana as a compass? A: Put it on the Berlin wall, the side with the bite is East.

[@plantmom8912]

My teacher would play your videos everyday in class and you’re the only reason I passed American history II thank you :))

[@DrawnofHistory]

No problem. Hopefully this format is a little less cringe.

[@willdeamer7176]

What was the old Chanel called?

[@JW-zx5dr]

I just found your other channel today, and got worried when I seen you last uploaded 1 year ago

[@ProgressOnly]

Well, you are a unique find in this playlist

[@DrawnofHistory]

Thanks. Hope you liked it

[@mustafaaalmosawi]

@ 10:52 one of the most underrated lines😂. True story When Ronald Reagan ran for Governor of California in 1966, he began eating "Goelitz Mini Jelly Beans" as part of his successful attempt to give up pipe smoking.

[@CookiedoughProductions]

Yay another video!

[@DrawnofHistory]

What? A video every 3 months is a good schedule, right? I'll try to get the next one in quicker.

[@apothneisko]

I love the shot at history oversimplified with the “my face is not hard to draw” haha

[@DrawnofHistory]

More like a playful jab

[@apothneisko]

@@DrawnofHistory Fair enough haha

[@justinstrong9595]

YOOOO NEW VID HELL YEAH

[@PierreaSweedieCat]

Well done. Humorous!

[@DrawnofHistory]

Wow, PM Laberge. You've been around since the early Mr. Betts days. OG.

[@PierreaSweedieCat]

@@DrawnofHistory Yep, just another history buff. Hip. 1o1, Beat, Best, The History Teachers, and now you. Blame Dr Tom "Cool" McCoolback in 1975! A history teacher's history teacher!

[@justinmaitland7335]

Hadn't heard the shenanigans regarding currency triggering the blockade before.

[@thai6989]

6:01 "I'm Not Hard to Draw" ah yes oversimplified

[@mathieuleader8601]

nice detailed artstyle quite Rubenesque

[@DrawnofHistory]

Ha. Even my characters have put on quarantine weight.

[@Ifues-tb7is]

know I’m late but another great episode like banana

[@DrawnofHistory]

Better late than never.

[@bobo12410]

Les go another vid yessir

[@DrawnofHistory]

See. Ive been working.

[@bobo12410]

@@DrawnofHistory Lol ur right ur right. I'm just surprised u remembered that lol

[@agustinc.368]

Yay new video

[@DrawnofHistory]

Yay, you came back.

[@micahistory]

I love this channel its so funny

[@DrawnofHistory]

Thanks, hopefully you learn a thing or two as well.

[@micahistory]

@@DrawnofHistory yes

[@Mat-xy7gb]

6:02 THE KNOCK SCARED ME TO DEATH

[@lenin6880]

The KZbin algorithm should definitely recommend this to more people

[@DrawnofHistory]

Commenting helps push it. Thanks.

[@JenniferinIllinois]

Oh this is going to be good!!!!

[@DrawnofHistory]

It's out! How'd you like it?

[@JenniferinIllinois]

@@DrawnofHistory Eh, it was... AMAZING!!!! 😉 Somehow I'm imagining the conversations between all the leaders going exactly like you've shown. 🤣

[@ryanrzjr]

So far the best video from project MAD. So far it’s been quite disappointing

[@DrawnofHistory]

Thank you? I hope you liked this one.

[@ryanrzjr]

@@DrawnofHistory it was amazing :) keep up the great work!

[@kaydenchapman3094]

Nice

[@pelinalwhitestrake8195]

A video about the Yugoslavian Wars would be nice

[@DrawnofHistory]

Hmmm. I definitely don't know enough about it but I can put it on the research list.

[@CartoonHistory]

Churchill's accent! Genius

[@RTL2024]

"Aand Wee must Get Some ELECTIONS in thhere!"

[@mrsneedy1034]

Yo I love the local 58 reference

[@Mrolland420]

The monty python sounds at the start did it for me!

[@cyx7579]

Incredible video, little funfact the planes u mentioned are called in german ´´Rosinenbomber´´. They never actually landed on german soil. The allies flew over them to drop boxes with supplies, food and for the children ,raisins. That´s where they got their name from. Plus there is a monument when u exit the U-Bahnstation ´´Platz der Luftbrücke´´.

[@cyx7579]

If u ask where I got my source from, I from Berlin.

[@domm138]

6:00 is that "I'm not hard to draw" sign a reference to Oversimplified?

[@DrawnofHistory]

A playful ribbing, yes. Got nothing but love for that channel.

[@domm138]

@@DrawnofHistory there's gonna be a tax for that

[@glithtap2383]

France Baguette🇫🇷😂✅ Great Video 1:37

[@DrawnofHistory]

Needed a way to represent French interested even though they weren't really at the conference. Also, making fun of France is fun.

[@Thunderworks]

@@DrawnofHistory Making fun of a country you don't like is very childish. No wonder a channel like Oversimplified is much more successful than yours. Learn respect, rather than using your videos to get revenge on a country that annoys you, and maybe your channel will finally be successful.

[@Daemon420]

Sub due to Mr. Beat... well done.

[@cgt3704]

7:58 Did anyone else have Papers,Please flashbacks

[@EZ_Boi4]

Mr bet, my teacher used to put ur videos in class

[@michaelarsaadyatma]

1:56 oh no they turn charles de gaule into a croissant!

[@mikeor-]

My grandparents lived under Stalin. They experienced his steel grip firsthand, despite not being members of the Party or involved in the government when he was alive. My paternal grandfather was eighteen years old when Stalin died. 32 years later, he experienced the rise of Gorbachev, and it was only then that he realized that life HAS become better thanks to Perestroika, Glasnost, and Demokratiya. Khrushchev's De-Stalinization was able to shake the idea of Stalin being a god, but it was only in 1987 that my grandparents realized that Stalin was no god.

[@bobs_toys]

My wife is Chinese. We were watching the Queen's funeral with her niece, who'd come over from China a few months earlier. She was genuinely shocked when discussion went to politics and she found what Stalin was like. Then the conversation went to Mao, with my (former party member) wife nodding along. Fun night.

[@mikeor-]

@@bobs_toys Did she live under Mao?

[@bobs_toys]

@@mikeor- no. She was born shortly after he kicked her bucket. Her parents were teenagers during the great leap forward. Her father was still was a Maoist last I heard. So was my wife when I first met her. It was interesting cracking that. When it cracked, there was a huge emotional outpouring. These still happened to a lesser extent up until quite recently (I pointed out that the govt that forced people to abort children could harvest organs. The one child policy is one of many emotional triggers the CCP taught the Chinese to have)

[@Brrroossskyyzzz]

Clicked faster than my Xbox 360 can even load up

[@DrawnofHistory]

Haha. Thanks for being a first responder.

[@Mikebumpful]

Sorry, but are only the second sexiest KZbinr in that collaboration. Mr. Beat's guns are undeniable…

[@jameswhipple7009]

Nice a new video hope y’all like it I I think it’s great

[@DrawnofHistory]

Me too.

[@nlpnt]

FWIU the problem with bananas wasn't that the Eastern Bloc couldn't get them, they're grown in Nicaragua and Cuba, but that their supply chains couldn't get them into consumers' hands in time before they spoiled.

[@Thegrbeast]

I learned more here than in school

[@DrawnofHistory]

Geez, I hope that's not true but thanks.

[@meluckycharms111]

Pretty sure Mr Beat & The Cynical Historian are the same guy, just different glasses

[@Quinton151]

I'm a simple man. I hear a Three Amigo's joke, I hit like.

[@DrawnofHistory]

I see you are a man of culture.

[@deeznutz7064]

4:58 The Russian Civil War: Am I a joke to you?

[@johnny196775]

I started laughing so hard at "I guess I will go check on French Indochina?" that I had to stop the video...

[@DrawnofHistory]

I love that everyone's favorite joke is something different

[@johnny196775]

@@DrawnofHistory You are clearly a funny man...

[@lcmars]

Auf wiedersehen! Schnitzel! 😆

[@GreasusGoldtooth]

"I'll starve my own people, I used to be on _Hitler's_ side! What don't you get about me?" My reaction when people talk about how great the Soviet Union was.

[@DrawnofHistory]

Sometimes I channel a specific actor when I'm doing a voice for these. 100% I was channel Jason Mantzoukas for Stalin.

[@ExcretumTaurum]

"A game you play forever and still have no-one win" Cricket has entered the chat

[@DrawnofHistory]

But do they tie at the end?

[@ExcretumTaurum]

@@DrawnofHistory often they get a “no result” after 5 days. No Result isn’t even a tie.

[@DrawnofHistory]

Ugh.

[@ShubhamMishrabro]

@@DrawnofHistory yes in test cricket you can have no result lol

[@davestyron1873]

You should make a video about Tito

[@joshuapatrick682]

4:55 kind of makes you question what humanity could do if they stopped for a moment and questioned anything about the events of the 20th century. Inarguably the worst century in history.