Cuban Missile Crisis from the Cuban Perspective | Animated History

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"**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."
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Start enjoying the incredible new Carriers update for World of Warships: Legends right now using this link: wo.ws/3hLRYdO Happy sailing! **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. Sign up for Armchair History TV today! armchairhistory.tv/ Promo code: ARMCHAIRHISTORY for 50% OFF Merchandise available at store.armchairhistory.tv/ Check out the new Armchair History TV Mobile App too! apps.apple.com/us/app/armchair-history-tv/id1514643375 play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tv.uscreen.armchairhistorytv Discord: discord.gg/zY5jzKp Twitter: twitter.com/ArmchairHist

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[@jano867]

At least it’s not raid

[@Butter_Warrior99]

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?

[@blackbullet7452]

Lol

[@rafaelcristiano4312]

"Sounds like someone breaking in!" "It's just a storm Dick, calm down"

[@axelpatrickb.pingol3228]

"Don't pray for easier lives, gentlemen. Pray to be (cocks China Lake) stronger men" - JFK

[@Butter_Warrior99]

@@axelpatrickb.pingol3228 Viva la revolution- Cuban Milk addict.

[@GrosvnerMcaffrey]

Hands off the Mac jack

[@painfulorwhat8872]

"40,000 Soviet boots on the ground" So only 20,000 soldiers then?

[@asmeet2005]

690 IQ

[@Nietabs]

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[@Zen-rw2fz]

@Nikoladin that's just a terribly outdated stereotype

[@oscarredfearn3492]

@Nikoladin terrible joke

[@mysteriev7071]

@Nikoladin nah, Soviets don't need no shoes. It's actually 4,000,000 soldiers, while only 20,000 of them wear boots

[@NightDocs]

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

[@sacta]

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?

[@jonathanjonnylightning718]

That Castro outrage had me laughjng

[@vitolopoii7981]

It's baffling

[@zanderzephyrlistens]

@@sacta Sans that, this felt actually quite balanced.

[@zanderzephyrlistens]

@@sacta Guy gave it an attempt to explain a lot of f'd things that the U.S. did

[@erinashley5331]

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

[@danielmessi1092]

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

[@jorgegonzalezlarosa8013]

This is the best comment so far

[@jekabsojarsulskis9740]

USA- blockades Cuba, the blockade being in international water Anyone of sound mind- Wait, that's illegal!

[@lmcguiness5476]

@@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

[@s1mplem4gic58]

@@lmcguiness5476 Lmao someone is mad

[@mysterymachineone]

Typical fascist, I mean capitalists mentality 🤦‍♂️

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[@cx_2e313]

12:54 "You're right! That's the cutest dog I've ever seen!"

[@S-Fan2006]

“Uh, sir. I was actually talking about the Soviet missiles.”

[@waffle6376]

Wait this is from oversimplified There a tax for that

[@attackfive8659]

I’ve never seen Cuban Missile Crisis from Cuban perspective, let alone in animation. This is really well done.

[@Gab-jo6jg]

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

[@skyisreallyhigh3333]

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.

[@Gab-jo6jg]

@@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

[@azkymohamed123]

USA: puts nukes in Turkey incase of an attack Soviet: puts nukes in Cuba USA: surprised pikachu face...

[@codenamegamma7989]

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

[@iraholden3606]

@@codenamegamma7989 Cuba didn't want to nuke America, they just wanted to be independent

[@atakinpowa]

@@codenamegamma7989 USSR didn't hand cuba the nukes, ussr controlled them as explained in the video

[@4079907]

@@codenamegamma7989 stop drinking the koolaid

[@codenamegamma7989]

@@atakinpowa yes but the influence from Cuba is still there they wanted to nuke America and they had nukes on there land

[@grandrum4889]

Lol imagine being in charge of over 600 assassination attempts and all of them failed.

[@lucabralia5125]

At least they are funny, the best one is the seashell bomb

[@kenabbott8585]

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.

[@Valerio1982th]

@@kenabbott8585 hahhahaha capitalist propaganda sucks

[@Valerio1982th]

Flawless victory

[@kenabbott8585]

@@Valerio1982th "hahhahaha capitalist propaganda sucks" Those are called facts. And they don't suck--they just never, ever support socialism.

[@vadimyakovlev1910]

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.

[@shalyfemusic]

Nice I heard that women loved Castro, maybe your mum did too.

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[@beanlord4347]

I love these videos. Great animations, writing, and always on point with so much information and facts. Can't wait for more!

[@dragisa2015]

USA: How are you still alive? Castro: i dont know.

[@Dommy521]

well I fucked the last assassin y'all brought to me so... y'all ain't even trying :(

[@tubuianh8022]

Castro died in 2015 because of old age

[@dragisa2015]

@@tubuianh8022 yeah i know but i mean cia ask castro why is he still alive after assinations.

[@Highasamf]

@@tubuianh8022 actually he died in 2016 at the age of 90

[@gerardrbain1972]

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.

[@ungodlykaveh]

I LOVE different perspectives on history. So underrated.

[@michaelaburns734]

More interesting to study from other sides.

[@Antonio-uc7vn]

@@michaelaburns734 also the theory of mutants

[@michaelaburns734]

@@Antonio-uc7vn Not really interesting in scifi history. Stories need to be heard from both sides.

[@rusty3073]

True

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Yeah, he really does come up with some of the best video topics.

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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!!!

[@jack9573]

“Notify the people that we have a bruh moment in Cuba” -JFK

[@nade5557]

Lmao

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lmao

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Lmao

[@sandrohernandez4401]

Lmao

[@agulol6492]

Lmao

[@mathewm7136]

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.

[@theotmt7906]

I can feel your dissapointment

[@darkqwartzsytal834]

feelsbadman

[@JojoTheRed]

You were going to have the ONLY clubhouse in the neighborhood.

[@user-pf3kv4bv5s]

It's sad they believed in the greatest carnival in history

[@itsblitz4437]

You should glad you didn't have a need for a fallout shelter.

[@snailevangelist]

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

[@berrylarry20]

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...

[@callsigndirt]

It’s what schools do in America all the time. They never show the other sides opinions.

[@niezesrajsierobaczku7414]

​@@callsigndirta po co mieli by to robi? Amerykanie muszą być świadomi istnienia swojego wroga i wiedzieć jak sobie z nim radzić

[@mavrickmike16]

US: flys plane into another country without permission Cuba:shoots down plane US: how dare you

[@josephnigel8811]

Often the "desired response" is doing the same thing to them. Or acknowledging it has an effect at all. It's basically just bullying.

[@BifronsCandle]

@sneksnekitsasnek The US? Sure.

[@BifronsCandle]

@sneksnekitsasnek No need for anyone else to do it. We’re already doing a good job of destroying ourselves.

[@4079907]

@@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

[@josephnigel8811]

@@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.

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KZbin whenever a historian posts a video: “hold up lemme grab my demonetization gun.”

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KZbin is run by commies

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[@zectation]

I love the quality, great narration, and you did a great job in showing actual perspective.

[@kaliningradtoczechrepublic8162]

he didnt show the „actual“ perspectice but the cuban perspective…

[@Foxtrop13]

"The soviet play us like a damn fiddle!" Fiddlel Castro

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Those of us in the know appreciate this comment.

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Miller?

[@kahel5820]

Later: U2 incident USA: suprised pikachu face

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Let’s hope KZbin doesn’t demonetize another historical documentary by Armchair Historian.

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They will. Especially when you mention the C1A

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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.

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Those who work forces do not want the plebian class to be truly educated.

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Beep

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All it will take is someone with an axe to grind about communism to start a snitch campaign.

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Yes

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This dude is just super creative

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His historical experience and animations are amazing.

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Reminds me of Hearts of Iron.

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Sussus amongus

[@joesomebody3365]

Great animations, love the world map visuals.

[@MrKockabilly]

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

[@jamesrowlands8971]

How was this a Cuban perspective? He repeated American lies about the Cuban revolution.

[@sobaye9329]

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.

[@skyisreallyhigh3333]

This is propaganda and isn't from the perspective of Cubans

[@jondoe5937]

@@jamesrowlands8971 What's the truth then?

[@jamesrowlands8971]

@@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.

[@grimeto7323]

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.

[@seandeshields6759]

Exactly. No one knows the names of these two men! Who truly SAVED the world.

[@agentepolaris4914]

True Heroes

[@orkhepaj]

all thx to some commies

[@khepasomaster7953]

@@orkhepaj but they are still people at the end...

[@jhonfamo8412]

@@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

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Τhose thumbnails are so f*cking gold 🤣🤣🤣

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Couldn't have said it better.

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ye

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@समीर कुमार Sameer Kumar No crusaderism

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[@p_4225]

@समीर कुमार Sameer Kumar long live socialism

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This is exceptional. The quality is unmatched. Subscribed.

[@josephmatthews7698]

This sounds more like it's from the US and ussr perspective than the Cuban perspective.

[@lspdfrrealcallouts7278]

The Cuban Missile Crisis is without a doubt the most insane story in world history that no fictional story can even compete.

[@csm5040]

Stanislav Petrov: Lemme tell you a little story kid...

[@guywithabatpic]

Not even close. Many real life stories top the Cuban Missile Crisis. Just look into Joseph Beyrle

[@csm5040]

@@guywithabatpic The guys from the sub?

[@khepasomaster7953]

@@csm5040 also, Vasily Archipov

[@guywithabatpic]

@@csm5040 no, you're talking about someone else. I'm talking about this mad lady. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Beyrle

[@enriquealvarado9938]

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.

[@comrade4309]

That is interesting as hell. Got any papers about this? I would like to read about it.

[@justanotherguy7984]

Thank god if we were to be involved who knows what would've happened

[@capncake8837]

@@justanotherguy7984 Mexican-American War 2.0, this time even worse due to better tech.

[@munchenonyou3774]

Atleast they actually went. College students nowadays would never

[@ThZuao]

Shpuld have let them go. Less communist trash to worry about.

[@rene.duranona]

Thank you for making a video about such a polarising subject.

[@gfragkoudakis]

really enjoy your videos. Do you list somewhere your sources?

[@L96A1killerif]

One thing to add: the USA *STILL* has embargos on cuba

[@ScudForEver]

is not an embargo, it's a blockage and it's considered ilegal by international law in times of peace.

[@souvikrc4499]

We still have an embargo because of domestic politics, which is frankly idiotic and counterproductive.

[@ScudForEver]

@@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.

[@ColdHighway7]

Recently a US Senator introduced a bill to end the embargo but who knows if it will get anywhere

[@1homelander179]

@@ColdHighway7 considering that even Obama sad that guantanamo bay will be closed and it didn't happened, i doubt that.

[@dogeboi1804]

In Soviet Russia it was probably called the "Turkish Missile Crisis"

[@khanofkhans2901]

It wasn't.

[@schusterlehrling]

Carribean crisis. The covered - up military set-up was reknown as Operation Anadyr.

[@Peter_Kropotkin]

Based

[@RealD8]

Is it called Russian roulette in Russia? Lol

[@chickenpuddingstudio4730]

@@khanofkhans2901 it's a joke

[@justsomeguy6240]

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.

[@xtron1234]

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 :)

[@Imnotsmg4bob]

Fidel Castro: If surviving assassination attempts were an Olympic event, I would win the gold medal! Josip Broz Tito: **yawning**

[@u.m.rcentral868]

Tito nearly didit even survive as many as did castro tho

[@europauniversalis1860]

Castro actually survived 638 assasinations attempts which is much more than Tito's 22

[@Imnotsmg4bob]

@@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.

[@garmenlin5990]

@Mifthahul Fikri You sure Lee Harvey Oswald wasn't sent by Castro? 😉

[@dillonblair6491]

Castros number is also inflated because it includes assassination plans that were never actually carried carried out

[@CJ_1406]

JFK: Phew! Let's hope that's the biggest crisis of my presidency.

[@ScudForEver]

you comment makes me feel someting like an headcache somehow.

[@ozhozz]

@@ScudForEver its not

[@The_-_-]

Eyy oversimplified gang

[@p_4225]

@@ScudForEver I don’t get why you can’t just understand a joke. It really *blows my mind*.....

[@gravity4433]

Dude, uncool

[@ianpollard4501]

Thanks for that. I always knew about the Cuban missile crisis but never heard the story.👌

[@procrastinator6902]

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!! 😂

[@elitely6748]

Ah that cuban cigar in the thumbnail makes this video even better.

[@Aiden_Muslim]

Cubans: Shoot down a American plane spying on them clearly from the sky USA and many other countries: *SHOCKED PILACHU FACE*

[@trueppp]

It was more: How TF did you shoot it down than Why did you do that

[@wile123456]

Imperialist countries when smaller countries refused to be bullied

[@BifronsCandle]

@@wile123456 Um, that’s terrorism, sweaty. Let the bigger countries bring “democracy” to you.

[@atakinpowa]

Pilachu

[@Leo-ip3yx]

@@BifronsCandle How do you know if he is sweaty bro

[@cashwat210]

21:13 People in the US that wear t-shirts of Che Guevarra need to hear this

[@calebashby4508]

Wow. I really respect you covering conflicts from a perspective other than the western one. I wish more people would do this.

[@s1mtl2mm98]

US: flies spy plane over Cuba Cuba: shoots it down US: *suprised pikachu face*

[@jessewood3196]

My spy plane was just on its way to church! How dare you shoot it down.

[@wide2210]

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

[@s1mtl2mm98]

@@wide2210 A nuaghty high-altitude weather enthusiast but maybe I've.. _oversimplified_ it

[@kratosshit4100]

Huh .weird. I thought I saw these exact comment like four times already. What a coincidence

[@seanbrummfield448]

Cuba Realizes the US still has a blokade on them and people are starving: Surprised Pikachu face.

[@tkgsg]

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.

[@miguelrodriguezcimino1674]

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.

[@mydlear4238]

@@miguelrodriguezcimino1674 I mean if they’re isolated it’s definitely not because they want to

[@mafiousbj]

@@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!

[@dentonkyle5155]

@@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.

[@handhand212]

@@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)

[@sonnyquinn7213]

Am born and rise Cuban, wow you went right at all, love your channel and way you make it… congratulations!!!!

[@adamhbrennan]

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…

[@nehankaranch2149]

armchair makes good videos but he puts to much opinions in them

[@Numba003]

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. :)

[@glassbottlemenacesyou8323]

Sussus amongus

[@G59forlife.]

@@glassbottlemenacesyou8323 Für Deutschland

[@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa1261]

@@glassbottlemenacesyou8323 hahahaha so funny!!! You’re so funny!!!

[@sadsnoop620]

Castro: “if surviving assassination attempts were an olympics, I would win the golden medal” Tito: are you sure about that?

[@nope6908]

Who?

[@matts3425]

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*

[@kgw72]

Well, Castro outlived Tito, so... he won by default?

[@Sefsavah]

@@kgw72 Cia had 500 attempts on Castro

[@slavic_viking9638]

Castro would still win over Tito

[@davidlofton9820]

I really like how he shows the opposing viewpoint that we aren't always taught. The winner of war dictates how history is written

[@NotReallyRussel]

Hey, I love your vids and also is your upcoming game “Fire and Maneuver” already out, I haven’t following up oh and is it available on mobile?

[@pedrocastillo9980]

The only way a mans mind can grow is if it opens up and hears all sides of a story

[@Antonio-uc7vn]

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 !

[@StormFox_1]

@@Antonio-uc7vn Eyyy x-men.

[@mafiousbj]

Tell that to Che Guevara...he would rather see the world burn than to give up his "revolution" ^^

[@RonaldReaganRocks1]

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.

[@Antonio-uc7vn]

@@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

[@alekm5201]

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

[@TheArmchairHistorian]

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]

You could also say that before that, the soviets were threatening Europe with their rockets, so...

[@alekm5201]

@@lucabralia5125 Having Missiles positioned 5000 miles away from your country at another country is a little different than having missiles inside your own country

[@lucabralia5125]

@@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...

[@lucabralia5125]

@@alekm5201 The soviets had nuclear rockets really close to the iron curtain

[@doingtime20]

19:22 oh my god my sides 😂 that animation is hilarious.

[@DFWTB9506]

I love the seriousness of the content, it’s funny but informative 😂😊

[@NautilusSSN571]

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.

[@Nietabs]

Nurse in retirement: that's nice Mr. Eren

[@NautilusSSN571]

@@Nietabs Good to see a fellow hobo Eren enjoyer

[@khepasomaster7953]

@@Pituqat ok?

[@IslandSauce]

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.

[@Preaplanes]

Do they mention it was technically American territory for 4 years?

[@LuringSpivids]

19:21 damn, castro became so angry that his animation burned to a crisp

[@jonathanmckarlison1203]

Castro when he can't get dog size cow

[@gnas1897]

@@jonathanmckarlison1203 Castro when his too much dairy producing cow dies

[@garlandxx3400]

Your content is excellent!!!! 👍🏾. It would be nice there was a channel dedicated to Historical military content like your content. You know. . . Like a “History Channel.” But I’m just throwing darts 🎯 at a board right now.

[@ar5984]

Ah never seen this done before which is very telling!! But I’ve always felt that this is SO important for the sake of humanity history should always be taught addressing multiple perspectives otherwise is simply just deceptive 🙌🏽incredible video tysm for sharing 💖

[@noodled6145]

You know Castro was mad when he said: "I'll politely refuse to translate." :D

[@ShinigamiInuyasha777]

The man is the living proof that plot armor is real

[@strikeforce1500]

I want that script. I want to translate for public service, lmao

[@stephancox9105]

"Well, if it isn't the consequences of my own actions." --The USA

[@GuinessOriginal]

The Vietcong, sassan,, al queda, isis...all funded trained and armed by the U.S.

[@jackthorton10]

Go to your bed a sleep in if fellow citizen.

[@strikeforce1500]

@@GuinessOriginal 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!

[@pyencdocde5716]

@@strikeforce1500 If there's one thing the USA is undoubtedly the best is, further destabilizing a region more than what was thought possible

[@rosiebook5207]

Not just the usa, The whole world is legit doing this right now on climate change.

[@IAMTHEANTICHRISTISWEARMAN]

My guy!!! you’re a legend

[@thomashooks5571]

Wow! the attention to detail. Notice the nervous hand of Castro at 18:31.

[@westhuizenarchives2614]

JFK every couple months of his time in office: *heavy world ending sweating*

[@tasa3854]

and then his world ended in a car

[@fiendish9474]

phew! let's hope that's the biggest crisis of my presidency!

[@SOULAANI_]

Man ik it had to be stressful literally at any minute they could potentially end all of humanity with the push of a button.

[@phantom66games45]

@@fiendish9474 a man of culture I see

[@internetperson8638]

19:21 When you become so angry you drop to 3 framers per second.

[@thewastedwanderer5787]

The opening scene gave me chills. Hats of on this one to the whole crew.

[@JeffinBville]

That was great. Thank you.

[@spinksinator1997]

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

[@ichbinschanppi]

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

[@brutal4341]

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.

[@brutal4341]

Think about it, when you see numerous people celebrating the death of a political leader.. and those people are CUBANS.. i dont know. Nevermind

[@slightlyistorical1776]

Didn’t he murder a ton of homosexuals and other minorities?

[@ichbinschanppi]

@@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

[@axelpatrickb.pingol3228]

@@slightlyistorical1776 And how different is he compared to the rest of the world, especially America on that front?

[@GoatPengu]

A salute to you, Great video

[@Torpeddo]

Outstanding presentation

[@tyler1107]

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]

I do love the word Banana Republic though

[@bradlozano2571]

@@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...

[@BuiltSimilarG]

@@bradlozano2571 it's a funny word

[@MisterNineEleven]

@@huutruong167 No it's not, not even close.

[@ungusbungus2486]

@@BuiltSimilarG same

[@reuben8140]

You know you’re intense when Cold War era USA & USSR are the voices of calm and poise lol

[@MrOzzification]

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.

[@Volnas97]

Yeah, worse was only Suez crisis, where USA and USSR had the same opinion and both pressured Britain and France to stop fighting.

[@quark_E]

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.

[@quark_E]

@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.

[@kitkat47chrysalis95]

@@MrOzzification it is a shame that it has become reverse now

[@panaroid9636]

Very interesting, can you also do a video on Cuba in Angola?

[@fatetwister]

This is a neat video but kind of odd to not see US placement of missiles in Turkey. I love this content doing history from a different POV, please keep it up!

[@CaribbeanHistory]

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

[@cumunist2120]

When major powers compete its the small nations that suffer

[@bigsoap186]

except in this case the world powers did the best thing for the people of cuba. avoiding a war that would have wiped all of them from the face of the earth

[@nelsonzambrano5788]

@@bigsoap186 small correction (and I agree) "would've wiped all of US from the face of the Earth" (yup all of humanity)

[@agedmagister4562]

if you've got only one major power, and he doesn't like you, it will more than just a suffer. Be sure.

[@cumunist2120]

@@nelsonzambrano5788 the us Russia and most likely Europe and maybe China and wherever the radioactive wind blows

[@allan.n.7227]

What a scary time....gives me the goosebumps..

[@oliversherman2414]

I'm from the UK and I studied the Cuban Missile Crisis when I was in secondary school (British high school). Of course, we only studied the perspectives of the two superpowers (America and the Soviet Union) with very little attention directed to the Cuban's side of the story. I'm glad this channel doesn't simplify history and always tells both sides of certain conflicts

[@isanrodrigueztrimino6701]

As a Cuban I loved this episode, thanks for explaining it so well.

[@Antonio-uc7vn]

He didn’t explain about the major role of Mutants

[@am1017]

Cuban immigrant or you live in Cuba?

[@camarogovroom1368]

@@am1017 is that a question?

[@camarogovroom1368]

@@am1017 there’s no way ur being serious

[@am1017]

@@camarogovroom1368 bc of how he has internet. Cuba has internet?

[@TubeDisabuser]

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.

[@kostakatsoulis2922]

That's because this video was from Cuba's perspective

[@sariasong8111]

nothing like a dumbass trying so hard to find fault where there isn't any

[@Barri2410]

That should be from Soviet perspective-

[@dimitrypetrenko3470]

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

[@mkjust6960]

You should do a video on the winter war or the continuation war

[@franciscogonzalezramirez5033]

Your videos are really good. I appreciate the fact that you do mention the reasons for Latin Americas rise of socialism, and that you make really fair and critical comments of the USA actions throughout the world and 20th century.

[@Die_Hard_Historian]

The fact this comes while i’m learning about the Cold War

[@peepeepoopooman1953]

Have you had a grilled cheese sandwich?

[@ihavetowait90daystochangem67]

Lucky you, I just got done leaning about Cuba and my test had already happened as well

[@liamkramer2836]

ha! Ive already taken the test!

[@Nietabs]

@keepitreal like china No. Lactose tolerant

[@handhand212]

pls learn about the other side dont let them just teach you about the american prespective east germany was more german then west germany.

[@IA-jo4ve]

Last time i was this early, the soviet union asked to join NATO..

[@alexandersmorczewski5860]

And failed because NATO was really a "Russia is scary" club.

[@jordandino417]

@@alexandersmorczewski5860 And the Warsaw Pact was a “America is scary” club.

[@karaluv_ravenovich]

@@jordandino417 it was an answer to Nato... The same as rockets in Cuba were answer to rickets in turkey

[@mpja]

That was a really good video.

[@BusterBuizel]

Coming to watch this after playing Far Cry 6. They really did a good job capturing the events and summarizing them in gameplay honestly

[@kautkas01]

History Buffs and Armchair Historian uploads in the same day. Today must be Christmas.

[@wozzer6583]

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!

[@missmansmommy1]

I love the animations and the music