Estimating Deaths in a Nuclear War

Sequel to The Fallen of World War II, The Shadow Peace is a web series that combines data-visualization and cinematic storytelling to explore the driving factors of war and peace.
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The first episode looks at the numbers behind nuclear war and peacekeeping efforts. Composed largely of data-driven animation, the 15-minute film allows the viewer to pause at certain moments to interact with the content.
The hour glass animation was based on a visualization by Oliver Uberti:
oliveruberti.wordpress.com/20...

[@NightCat28]

Everyone gangsta until you see your city as a target

[@asmeet2005]

Until you also realize the target city is already destroyed by others.

[@asharullah353]

Tbh its better to be in a target city than in a city near it. If a nuclear bomb was dropped you'd die painlessly instead of living and suffering for the rest of your life

[@user-om9cf2tl8k]

Laughs in Ohio

[@NightCat28]

@@user-om9cf2tl8k but Ohio was hit?

[@user-om9cf2tl8k]

@@NightCat28 nah Ohio isn’t that important

[@WarFrog935]

"The survivors of a nuclear war will envy the dead" - Nikita Khrushchev

[@waltuh2.3bviews3secondsago3]

Funny soviet boi

[@johnacetable7201]

That's a lie. He never said that.

[@sushimachine567]

Boo hoo hoo 😢

[@CanadioIsCool]

@@johnacetable7201 he did

[@vancelefinal]

@@CanadioIsCool I think he did under the bunker with JFK and Fidel Castro when the zombie started invading

[@yunhokim7846]

the visualization is stunning even after 5 years. Well done!

[@EstezoEstates]

very good video, i really like how you visually portray the data in a way the audience can really conceptualize it accurately, also really liked the portrayal and break down of causalities in ww2 video you did

[@phillydcinematics2543]

Game: "would you press the nuke button on the submarine?" Guy one: "yes" Guy two: "yes" Vasily Arkhipov: "no"

[@jonasgangbar8773]

And that’s how he saved the world

[@operation_bravo9741]

Yup

[@Attaxalotl]

That guy literally saved the world.

[@mt8956]

Also Cuba had 100 nukes and not 1. So invading Cuba would have been bad, sadly the USA never knew about the other 99 nukes

[@cortster12]

@@mt8956 Most of those nukes were short range. A shame short range in that context included Florida and much of the east coast, ha!

[@dirtydinner6463]

When you realize that a fucking pandemic was the good old days…

[@aurorafox1283]

You got it recommended too? Damn...

[@gfgffdd]

We are so fucked

[@MansonLamps]

Why the fuck I get this in my feed today

[@aurorafox1283]

@@MansonLamps incoming doom i think. Hope its not that right?

[@MansonLamps]

@@aurorafox1283 He's maybe mad Bro but he can't be stupid too. He 100% knows if he sends nukes our way they are getting sent right back. Game over everyone.

[@oakquercus]

Extremely fascinating to me how not only can we see a spike in deaths during WWI & WWII, but the Vietnam and Korean war also have a spike, albeit smaller.

[@derekfolger8345]

This video was made 5 years ago, and today nuclear war is closer than it has ever been since the Cuban missile crisis .

[@smit17xp]

It's not

[@jordanoliveto5863]

@@smit17xp don't lie to yourself

[@axtept66666]

Really? It has been 1 year since the Ukraine war broke out, and nuclear war is still on the horizon? No one even cares abou tUkraine anymore.

[@zarjesve2]

American can not allow to lose world leading position of a bully so Nukes are final option.

[@lum26akua28]

​@@jordanoliveto5863 It's really not.

[@possibleawkwardness5480]

“Well at least I live in a not so important part of Michigan” *Gets a nuke dropped on my head*

[@killer-yv1zp]

LOL I thought the same too

[@hankhill4101]

Bitch YOU THOUGHT

[@twizzz2013]

Grand Rapids for me did t even know we would be a target like... it’s depressing. Being in the military I can say if my hometown and friends and family we’re killed, idk if I’d even want revenge.

[@kingMT514]

I thought poor Mississippi was safe. Nah

[@kevinharte3636]

We're not so different you and I........

[@rthelionheart]

In an all-out nuclear war, someone is quoted of saying: "the living will envy the dead". Absolutely nobody wins at all.

[@miguelbombas4000]

Where's that from? Something like that is said in the 'Mad Max' game intro.

[@rthelionheart]

@@miguelbombas4000 I am paraphrasing here, don't remember exactly the actual source; those words are not mine.

[@IyOusLYT]

similar quote from Dumbledore

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

Yeah. All sides know that. That's why no nuclear war has occurred yet.

[@soopy6667]

Another quote I heard: “We unlocked a 23rd century in the 20th century, We should treat them as such”

[@speckwii]

I know the subject matter is really sad and intense but your intro made me tear up. It was so serene and beautiful. Reminded me how incredible this species CAN be.

[@GeoffBurt08]

I don't know if "Bravo" is quite the word I should use here, so I'll just say this is one of the most powerful videos I've ever seen. Thank you for your astounding work Neil.

[@generaljameslongstreet4546]

"Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading." --Unknown

[@jamesyates4836]

General James Longstreet I have a feeling it’s a video game character

[@jshicke]

Si vis pacem, para bellum

[@ton_sniper8281]

Very true

[@-avalon-9440]

It’s Thomas Jefferson, he said the quote...

[@archlich4489]

Stealing this! Thank you

[@Hebdomad7]

"A strange game. The only winning move is not to play. How about a nice game of chess?"

[@Orandu]

Now I ask you: what can be expected of man since he is a being endowed with strange qualities? Shower upon him every earthly blessing, drown him in a sea of happiness, so that nothing but bubbles of bliss can be seen on the surface; give him economic prosperity, such that he should have nothing else to do but sleep, eat cakes and busy himself with the continuation of his species, and even then out of sheer ingratitude, sheer spite, man would play you some nasty trick. He would even risk his cakes and would deliberately desire the most fatal rubbish, the most uneconomical absurdity, simply to introduce into all this positive good sense his fatal fantastic element. It is just his fantastic dreams, his vulgar folly that he will desire to retain, simply in order to prove to himself--as though that were so necessary-- that men still are men and not the keys of a piano, which the laws of nature threaten to control so completely that soon one will be able to desire nothing but by the calendar. And that is not all: even if man really were nothing but a piano-key, even if this were proved to him by natural science and mathematics, even then he would not become reasonable, but would purposely do something perverse out of simple ingratitude, simply to gain his point. And if he does not find means he will contrive destruction and chaos, will contrive sufferings of all sorts, only to gain his point! Fydor Dostoyevsky

[@noahyang9362]

Eeeey, wargames reference

[@omrr2096]

@@Orandu bro how does this only have 3 likes…..

[@Orandu]

@@omrr2096 because not many people read Dostoyevsky anymore…

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

@@Orandu "Fools have asked: Why did the Dark Age of Technology end in the fall of humanity? Other fools answer: Folly, pride or the worship of progress, as if these things alone had any meaning. The wise know that the answer itself is simple: Finally humanity had the arts at their disposal to make their dreams reality, and the dreams of humanity have ever been the darkest things in all of creation".

[@TravelForThoughts]

Love these videos. So much knowledge to be gained yet captivating. Bravo! 👏

[@joetheperformer]

Gorgeous video! I love your efforts and I know many others do too. You deserve so much more exposure!

[@fabriceizzo2922]

If classes were taught this way students would have achieved a lot more.

[@therhodesianlegion6141]

Fabrice Izzo yes a great video no political bias

[@jensjensen9035]

Fabrice Izzo no

[@AlexanderTheBloodraven]

That’s why i love neutrality. It’s the best way to document cruelties around the world, since there is minimal political bias present in it.

[@donkeyslayer4661]

How would syudents looking yet another propaganda piece "achieve" more? Do you even know what the word "achieve" means? Apparently not, you should look it up. What it doesn't mean, is blindly believing anything that shows on a screen, large or small.

[@kefo3241]

Donkey Slayer dude in the video is literally speaking facts tho, you really don’t have to stress this hard in some KZbin comments bruh

[@oceanwithaneithink.6291]

“We are gaining 2.5 people per second.” *baby comes out with half of its body*

[@orhanmadiassani]

baby comes out with 2 heads

[@rynzlermusic816]

Underrated

[@whereswaldo5740]

It’s happening. Hemihyperplasia. And thalidomide.

[@sweetmimosa1596]

@@whereswaldo5740 Whats that

[@robotinthebrain]

It should be 3 babies every 1.2 seconds but to round off the time scale they averaged the number. 3 babies every 1.2sec that’s alarmingly huge ! We are overpopulated

[@vzwson4995]

One of the best visually made videos I’ve ever seen. Like wow.

[@user-tv8qc5ui1n]

needed some dread while rolling up in the studio and i gotta say, the sound design on this video is so well done.

[@hodarov1564]

"Uhhh france what do you got there?" "A smoothie"

[@billysanderson4921]

Lmao

[@jesusofbullets]

"Un Baguette..."

[@abdouaboud7490]

@@jesusofbullets une*

[@dumasrodolphe7412]

most number of battles and most number of battles win in the world and you ? :)

[@hodarov1564]

@@dumasrodolphe7412 I am 40% french :)

[@randomgamer3964]

4:49 holy moly the soviets really hate denver

[@zachjackson8260]

who dosent

[@deathsoap]

National Military Command Center is located in Colorado.

[@stephenhill273]

Yeah but it’s also home to the NORAD hq Cheyenne Mountain Complex

[@andyb2028]

Denver and the rest of the front range would have been good targets. There are several air force bases (Buckley, the academy, Cheyenne mountain, peterson, and Schriever AFBs), one army base (fort carson), norad, us northern command (the hq for any military operations in north america), alternate command center, colorado national guard, and an army training center

[@andyb2028]

"Target-rich environment" is an accurate description, I believe

[@epic9203]

"Albert, when I came to you with those calculations, we thought we might start a chain reaction that would destroy the entire world." "I remember it well. What of it?" "I believe we did."

[@BigCheese193]

This video is incredibly well done

[@shimmy7169]

The thing I learned about Hiroshima, is that originally the Japanese officials refused to believe that 1 plane and 1 bomb managed to cause all the destruction. They refused this up until after the second bomb went off.

[@MASTEROFEVIL]

The war was already over by the time the bomb dropped

[@FREDDYHUNTER34isnotliquid69420]

@@MASTEROFEVIL ww2 was not the Pacific war I think

[@8is]

@@FREDDYHUNTER34isnotliquid69420 WW2 includes the pacific campains.

[@FREDDYHUNTER34isnotliquid69420]

@@8is yes but I dont think the Pacific war ended during the bombs, I think it was just D day, idk I'll search it up

[@8is]

@@FREDDYHUNTER34isnotliquid69420 Japan was the last of the Axis powers to surrender and did so after the bombs. in my opinion, WW2 might as well start with the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1937 or you could split the European and Pacific theater into two different conflicts as they kinda were.

[@chewbacca21uk]

The Japanese kid carrying his burnt little brother hit me hard.

[@mwnciboo]

Sins of the fathers paid for by the sons...

[@braininavatnow9197]

What about the millions murdered by the Japanese?

[@jesussson5893]

@@braininavatnow9197 so what? That boy didn't killed them, we must not blame innocents for the deeds of evil.

[@gabrieleseilo]

@@braininavatnow9197 how have you even arrived at this thought

[@yourcasualservantofsauron9781]

@Braininavatnow You think that child knew the consequences? Do you think that, in supporting his country, he and his family would be harmed in such a horrific way? Maybe that child could be replaced by you, as you supported your country.

[@dabajabaza111]

These are insanely high quality. You are a great artist.

[@internet_userr]

Why'd you use chatgpt and bard and dalle e to make a you tube comment lol 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😅😅😅😅

[@dabajabaza111]

@@internet_userr Lol, only children use emojis like you.

[@mrmeu3480]

What an incredible video!

[@BuTTinGs01]

I just realized that the red dot clicking sounds are actually representing the radiation measured by a Geiger-counter. Impressive and haunting.

[@bmak76]

That’s not what a counter sounds like.

[@benwebb7988]

caitlyn better

[@BuTTinGs01]

@@benwebb7988 I agree bro rn she is

[@MikaelFresco]

bro think this is modern warfare 🤡

[@rickevans3959]

Ever listened to a general counter? What is a normal background count? Ever been in a missle silo they are real. And the people that turn the. Keys are real.

[@paranormallettuce7227]

The editing and visuals for this were breathetaking. Unbelievable how moving the part with the red dots was.

[@Rungr]

KZbin give us warning in nuke war in Ukraine in the future so KZbin algorithms is very good for this video

[@KartoffelCrafter]

Does anyone now, how These Animations were made?

[@shushman77]

@@KartoffelCrafter English not your fist language I’m assuming

[@frankcroker7443]

SHIT......I THOUGHT THAT WAS WHERE THEY WERE GONNA BUILD THE NEXT LOTTA McDONALDS N K F C AND ALDIS...SO WHAT ARE YA SAYING...R WE IN THE SHXT .......

[@billnyethenazispy8663]

@@shushman77 ok so?

[@jbnews]

Your visualisations are crazy impressive

[@jjhalley8524]

It chilling to see your city have ten nukes on top of it

[@ellawhite5167]

I actually find it relieving because if nuclear war happens you would want to be killed instantly

[@Horible4]

@@ellawhite5167 Sure, if those maps were actually accurate. In reality these lists were only declassified because it made zero sense to target civilian centers with your nuclear arsenal. Almost no nuclear power has large population centers as targets for nuclear warheads these days.

[@alalalala57]

@@Horible4 There is zero purpose for a nuclear weapon _other_ than targeting large population centers.

[@Horible4]

@@alalalala57 that's plain wrong. The purpose of nuclear weapons is to attack strategic positions of military importance. Nuking population centers does not do anything.

[@marshallcarhart579]

@@Horible4 Still in the US military assets are sometimes very close to population centers. My city for example, was on the map and would of been nuked 3 times. 2 nukes at population centers, and 1 at the Nearby military base. But if 1 nuke were to land on that base, which would of happened in nuclear war i would be turned into dust. whether if they were meant to or not, nuclear weapons will still kill millions.

[@bigobloks1656]

"5 years ago I lost 50,000 men in the blink of an eye, and the world just fucking watched"

[@i_am_bored7719]

sheperd right?

[@jmango3267]

"Tomorrow there will be no shortage of volunteers, no shortage of patriots."

[@jmanwastaken110]

@@i_am_bored7719 yeah

[@micahallred5008]

Lmao yes but your pfp doesn't fit but I love it because it also feels like he would say something like that

[@takakocaesar579]

@@jmango3267 “ I hope you understand”

[@mattcantstop]

Just completely mesmerizingly beautiful graphics and presentation.

[@artmilesandmuramid6677]

I am so impressed with your work...recently discovered. As an advocate in a very small way to support the Culture of Peace, your work should be front page everywhere as a means to deter violence in any form! I will follow your postings and only wish I had been more informed years ago!

[@saelaird]

I'm 2 minutes in and massively impressed by the production quality.

[@benjaminclarke7984]

Animated graphs, slow talking and shitty music is enough for you to think the production quality is good?

[@saelaird]

@@benjaminclarke7984 Yea, lovely graphics.

[@BubbaOverload]

@@benjaminclarke7984 lmaoo shut the fuck up nd watch the fucking video, if you dont like it go find a different one u fucktard

[@TheDoctor1225]

@@benjaminclarke7984 Even if it wasn't, being able to once again say "Yep" when the standard dullard and blowhard like you shows up to act superior is worth the comment alone. Amazing that you take the time to comment on a video you so obviously disliked instead of, oh I don't know, just moving on.

[@JayJay-wf2oe]

@@benjaminclarke7984 So which contents do you think are "good"? Non-shitty music with fast talking and real person acting? Go listen to a rap song instead. That's more suited for someone like you.

[@jebes909090]

targets that russia picked, me "wow thats pretty crazy" United states targets on russia "HOLY CRAP!!?"

[@480darkshadow]

Russia is much bugger so of course the targets would be more spread out.

[@bernhardlangers778]

The really interesting part is that targets within East Germany were on the Soviets' list apparently (Chemnitz).

[@recordkeepingandinformatio8206]

Keep in mind this was their 1956 targets, hence so little Chinese ones... Imagine now

[@KikogamerJ2]

@@recordkeepingandinformatio8206 I'm just thinking about every single piece of land being a target ,"the best way to save uygurs from the Chinese is by nuking them the Chinese can't kill them of they are already dead"-some American general probably

[@recordkeepingandinformatio8206]

@@KikogamerJ2 US general Macarthur wanted to nuke the NK-China border so that Chinese couldn't help north Koreans during the Korean war

[@andresfranco5109]

Thanks Neil for this amazing work.

[@sreeramk.n7836]

Let's give this video some credit for the stunning visuals it features.

[@brianmessemer2973]

When I was in high school in the 90's, I frequented my local library. One day while just browsing I found a voluminous non-fiction book about nuclear winter. If I recall correctly, I never checked it out at all. It might have been in the reference section (remember that?). Instead, I sat there all day reading it in the library, gripped with roughly equal parts terror and fascination. I went back day after day until I had read the whole book there in the library. It's one of those experiences that changes your perspective forever.

[@iaaf_nw2367]

Wish i had those experiences, all im doing to change my perspective a bit is just thinking hard

[@harrisonb9911]

What was the book called?

[@brianmessemer2973]

@@harrisonb9911 I’m afraid I can’t recall

[@bobbywise2313]

@@harrisonb9911 I believe it was Carl Sagan and a couple of other scientist that first proposed the nuclear winter theory. It has become a debated theory now.

[@harrisonb9911]

@@bobbywise2313 whats the books name?

[@proofgeorge]

I have the upmost respect for you, and what you are trying to achieve. Keep at it, looking forward to the next episode!

[@lennertd.1372]

For those who may not know, the United States bombed Japan. I'm just commenting this cause it never gets mentioned but as soon as he starts talking about nuclear prevention the US gets mentioned 3 times as a key member, while other countries as france and the UK play a role in that conversation that's equally as crucial. Always be critical when watching these kind of videos. Americans tend to be overly patriotic, take everything with a grain of salt and do your own research.

[@JesusJuenger]

@@lennertd.1372 What the fuck are you talking about? He literally spent a sizeable chunk of the video just looking at the death count of the American bombing of Japan.

[@jadetrentrichards255]

@@JesusJuenger This guy is looking at the situation from a different perspective, albiet one of ridicules skepticism. I agree that persons of power should be monitored.

[@TheGremlinsParadise]

This channel will become big one day! The animations are very well done and very detailed. I love the way you present the story. Great work !

[@proofgeorge]

Damn, 3 years later. I didn’t realize I had all these likes, as well as a creator like. Thanks y’all!

[@HenryFrederick]

Excellent narration!

[@iakovspirin2896]

What a visualisation. Really impressive, how much time did it take to make all of this. Bravo

[@nanoqht285]

Humans are smart enough to survive a nuclear bomb, provided they don’t die immediately from the explosion and the radiation. The question is not “Could you survive?”, the question becomes “Would you want to?”

[@Vysair]

The real problem is the destroyed infrastructure. There's so many fragile system that required most of its cog to function in order for it to work

[@lk8300]

Fallout games

[@Ms13unknown13]

@@Vysair like those would be as important as securing food and water. They would become the relics of the past only sought after securing your survival.

[@nanoqht285]

@@Vysair Even if infrastructure did not break down, society could not function. Radioactive dust and the nuclear winter would make it impossible to do natural agriculture, going outside for too long could result in radiation poisoning, and all water, except maybe that which falls out of the sky, would be irradiated. Rising sea levels, cities being left in ruin, power pretty much just disappearing etc. is just the icing on the cake.

[@toby7161]

The question is not “could humans survive?” Because that’s obviously a yes, the question is “could *you* survive?” And that is much less likely

[@draftedboi4965]

This video doesn’t seem too unreal today. Let’s hope it stay’s a “what if”

[@carterh1812]

Russia invaded Ukraine so USA gunna get involved this is the closest to ww3 yet

[@Nope-ik8wv]

@@carterh1812 nah we won’t get involved or do shit with the idiot we have in office he’s letting everyone die before he ruins his image

[@okultism]

@@carterh1812 what will they do? We xan Hope this will end with ukraine thats all

[@xeriencegoldentoast8658]

@@Nope-ik8wv I'm not too into politics but from what I've seen hes trying to stop Russias main ways of making money and trading etc. And this would work great, if they didnt trade with China however theres already plans for that. So o dont see it having a huge impact

[@retna1x363]

@@Nope-ik8wv the fuck do you do research? Do you think it's a good idea for USA to help fight against Russia, a country not part of NATO??? If they did, the whole word is fucking nuke clearly you don't know the power and the ruthlessness of Putin's bumass

[@acerniss]

This was incredibly moving, depressing, and terrifying all at once.

[@thedoorsman12345]

What a beautiful video. Thank you. Subscribed.

[@sirethanthegreat4069]

I would rather a conventional war over nuclear, chemical, or biological.

[@ungusbungus2486]

Ikr

[@Synthwavu]

Well lucky you if the world will ever have another war they’ll refrain from using wmds

[@ADobbin1]

I'd do chemical before the other two. Most chemical weapons are designed to break down when in contact with either water or sunllight after a few days or weeks. Biological can mutate and hang around for centuries while fallout from nukes is just nothing you want to play with.

[@sirethanthegreat4069]

@@ADobbin1 I’m not doing specific order I’m just listing the ones I don’t want to happen. But you got a good point.

[@ADobbin1]

​@@sirethanthegreat4069 I didn't mean you should put them in order. I just meant that if I had to do it I'd engage in chemical warfare long before the others and do everything possible to avoid them because of how long the affects can hang around.

[@RussianFederation.gov.]

One guy literally saved the world from destruction, the saint of his era

[@furinick]

Be best part is that there are several "one men", one who was in a missile detection center, another was in a submarine, another may have been a border guard, a dictator, a president, a general who was having a good day and could think clearly, a guy who spotted a malfunction in the detection systems, a lot of people could be considered a sigle man or woman who saved all of humanity, all of those definitely are the saints of our society, wether we know it or not

[@saocxdc210]

@@furinick I've been thinking the same too. Whenever I lose hope in humanity, I just remind myself that there are saints out there still saving the world without me knowing

[@ITILII]

Yes Arkhipov definitely helped, but It took more than 1 guy to avoid war....JFK, RFK, Stevenson, Scali, and even Khruschev, Mikoyan, Fomin also were factors. It was how the people above Arkhipov reacted that avoided, or would have caused war

[@AgentSmith911]

I wonder if there was ever an American who refused to turn the key

[@connorring597]

@@AgentSmith911 i dont think so they train their entire life just to do that a failure would be unthinkable, they just were never ordered to do so

[@poulette2937]

thank you youtube for recommending this, makes me very optimistic

[@hunterweeks6091]

The production value of this video was damn impressive

[@mchsprod]

This decade is cursed, a pandemic used to be the worst thing, not this. My advice: enjoy it while it lasts!

[@omnisciency]

My reasoning 6 days ago: "God we probably won't see anything as bad as Covid for another few decades" Putin: "hold my vodka"

[@aei1773]

enjoy what? ;-;

[@robopenguin5501]

@@aei1773 do what you have always wanted to before it’s too late

[@DesertStateNevada]

@@robopenguin5501 Absolutely horrible advice. Telling people to live for today and don't plan for tomorrow is pretty much the most immoral thing you could say to anybody. If they live for today and don't plan long term, they wont care about living long term. You're literally wrecking your own life because you got lazy and gave up. If you are like that, please don't drag other people down with you.

[@robopenguin5501]

@@DesertStateNevada that is not what I’m saying at all, I’m just saying if you have things you want to do in life don’t wait for them to come to you, go do them while you still can. I’m not saying give up on your responsibilities or long term goals

[@auroratheicewingrainwinghy1665]

"A war with no battles, no monuments... only casualties." -Marko Ramius, Commanding officer, Russian ballistic missile submarine Red October.

[@olufemidavies2135]

I also have this written somewhere

[@usamakahoot5717]

Everything you did is amazing the explanation, the animation and the horrible outcomes of a nuclear war. I absolutely love your work.

[@kvas6255]

“In an hour, those of you left alive, will envy the dead”-John silver It’s incredibly scary how close we might have come to total destruction. Yal heard about the dude on a Soviet submarine who refused to launch nukes when a false alarm was raised? We need men like that.

[@robertl3592]

"World War IV would be fought with sticks and stones." - A. Einstein

[@kingswayoflife3948]

Maybe he was talking about civilians not having guns rebelling against the government

[@phosphorius7537]

@@kingswayoflife3948 dude you good bro? That was definitly not what he meant..

[@hotcop8315]

@@phosphorius7537 there would be underground bunkers with weapons. So no world War 4 won't be fought with stick and stones

[@sw9439]

@@kingswayoflife3948 He was extremly pacifistic. He was surely talking about the degeneration of mankind after the use of WMD

[@5qsgreatchannel]

IV=4, he probably meant that WW3 would destroy so much that we’d only have sticks and stones left

[@strakhovandrri]

You can find me in 5:30, yay! I'm in Nizhniy Novgorod. I'm not a red dot on a map. I'm not a target, neither are you. We are both humans. Remember this. Don't let the people with money and power turn us into such targets, and think why do people struggle here in the world. Also, nuclear winter seems to be wrong.

[@aninditapaul9291]

Privet, tovarisch

[@jonathanescamilla3659]

Ain’t that the city that Ivan Massacerdd

[@strakhovandrri]

@@jonathanescamilla3659 nah, he massacred the Great Novgorod. Funny thing that Novgorod literally means "New city" and Nizhniy is just "Lower", so I'm kinda living in "New Folder (1)".

[@ElRoloBoy]

@@strakhovandrri lmao

[@yeetues]

You can find me here 4:45

[@jjohn3133]

Neil, outstanding. This is professional, and it’s on an excellent think tank level. How can I support your work? John

[@bradmonaghan2525]

Great video and excellent content. But what struck me most was how nice it is to have almost no background music in a video. I hope other creators take note.

[@bradpitts289]

I personally hate background music it's just un wanted noise..

[@BLUESKYS4EVE]

My wife's father was 20 when he was at Hiroshima. He worked in the defense industry and was reassigned to Nagasaki. One of the few to survive both bombings. He died recently at age 86.

[@brianduffy1995]

That math doesn’t add up, unless recently was a decade ago?

[@leikeize4781]

@@brianduffy1995 Idk maybe they meant 96

[@tekashiii]

Me lying on the internet for fun:

[@edwardguillen4381]

@@tekashiii na I’m sure he meant to put 96 lol

[@runek100]

Man, he propably made fun of all of you lol

[@danielwhyatt3278]

I’m betting I’m not the only person now who is going to be recommended this video in the coming days. I’m officially watching this video now for the first time (at least I think so unless it was a while ago) on the 25th of February 2022. We all know why this video was released, and it really makes sense. A stern reminder of reality. Whether the worst case scenario will ever come to pass though, even with the barely concealed threat of it from Putin it’s still up for debate. One way or another, we may just have to call his bluff.

[@dystopia4379]

This video on my recommendation too

[@cyberpunk-2O77]

He will press the button from the safety of a bunker in eastern Siberia where there will be no targets. His people, and the people of the world, will pay the price.

[@raijin1378]

In my recommendation as well, but we've yet to see an article 5, yeah article 4 just passed but that's pretty a fancy way of saying all of NATO can get together and discuss topics.

[@djosephine]

God bless us all 🙏

[@fireemblemaddict128]

Putin told his nuclear department to stay on high alert today.

[@GamingGelehrter]

Godly Video Dude !

[@smcgilli34]

Wow! Excellent video. Great job.

[@pengwn1921]

5:02 As a UK resident living in the countryside, I am still screwed in case of Nuclear War.

[@thecoffinator3737]

it's terrifying seeing your city, and 5 others surrounding it being named as targets. pretty much anyone living here in the UK is absolutely fucked.

[@Weromano]

I am also fucked, here in Hamburg Germany 😂

[@RB-H]

As i’m in London, I know I’m 100% fucked

[@Weromano]

basically everyone is fucked lol

[@wessexheathen5708]

Im in South Wiltshire.... boom!! 🙄

[@mantis3437]

The Manhattan project was literally the opening of Pandora's box and once it's been opened it can not be closed.

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

A divided humanity will not survive the era of nuclear weapons. Either we live together, or we die together.

[@poker1701]

And don’t forget the last thing that comes out of Pandora’s box is hope.

[@ankledrew8150]

@Amadeus Gaming but it might ironically cause people to be more cautious leading to further steps in ensuring war does not occur

[@Po1lux]

@@DonVigaDeFierro humanity becoming unified is one of the most unlikely things ever.

[@fcasias7]

@@Po1lux yeah I have to agree. The pandemic has made it exceedingly obvious that people would rather die than be inconvenienced for the greater good.

[@rxw5520]

An interesting way of looking at the target map is, nukes are seen by many governments as desirable to possess, a means of defending yourself and a sign of a powerful country, but the side effect is that possessing nukes also instantly turns all your cities into targets.

[@AleisterCrowleyMagus]

Sorry as the medievalist who loves your work I still would love to see you cover one of the worst events for humans ever - the Black Death (1348). The best numbers show that nearly half of England and europe died alone - and the impact on culture was massive (rise of Protestantism and emphasis on education and the printing press, long collapse of feudalism, massive shifts in economic culture, rise of ideas of workers’ rights - see Peasants Revolt of 1381). The accounts from eye witnesses are utterly horrifying and incredibly sad; they discuss how terrified parents abandoned sick children, how bodies were piled everywhere….in villages and cities alike… There were massive casualties through the spice trade routes. Writers like Boccaccio in Italy could see the plague heading for them in the most terrifying way…

[@ededdandeddytv5164]

My favorite part is that it’s the 1% who determines what happens to the rest of us

[@alejandroruiz87]

Yes, even less than the 1%! Its just a bunch of men sitting in an office.

[@Euphoftoday]

People like the owner of bank of new York mellon

[@goratron1]

Or that the tool of peace are the MIC and "peacekeepers".

[@BeardAxeMcAxeBeard]

Yea, and it's not the people we voted for that much is obvious.

[@photlam9769]

​@@alejandroruiz87get a woman on that board at that time of the month and the world is over

[@jbcheema9883]

The idea that you should think deeply about the consequences before doing something is a fascinating and perhaps the most important thing. Rest in peace Vasily Arkhipov.

[@zakazany1945]

We should have a memorial on every country dedicated to him.

[@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368]

Each generation has to have that epiphany on its own. You can try to teach it, but every young generation thinks they know better than the wisdom of their forebearers. Only when they grow up do they realize that those who have lived it already were right.

[@nicechoicee]

@@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368 amazing way of saying it, people are born arrogant and are to grow to become a decent neighbor.

[@nunkatsu]

I'm an atheist but sometimes I wish God existed just so he could reward Arkhipov in his afterlife with an eternal paradise for saving humanity.

[@aguy9014]

Wait he is dead?

[@friesenburger3808]

For anyone who may happen to see this in the future... I existed, I was here, and that means nothing to you, but it was everything to me ❤ excelsior!

[@sanityshorror]

Watching in June 2023 and this hits DIFFERENT 💀

[@JesuisParte]

I am a simple man. I see a war, I want peace.

[@emo_nemo]

Some times its better to accept death while standing on your feet, then to accept peace on your knees. Peace at any cost, no thank you.

[@simonk.4338]

Emo Nemo peace at any cost? Yes, beacause there's literally nothing worse than a nuclear war.

[@VT-mw2zb]

Emo Nemo: Historically, total victory of one side completely dominated over another in a war is incredibly rare. Most likely two sides went to war, then very little territorial change was made, but countless lives had lost, property destroyed, and wealth wasted. Then they decided that peace was a better idea and stopped the war. Trade, lives soon returned but by perverse means, resentments kept on living, and they probably would fight another war in a generation or so.The resentment of defeated France in the Franco-Prussian War led to the eagerness to France to go into WWI against Germany. Germany defeat led to resentment against France and Great Britain, and the "stab in the back" Jews myth, and then WWII. Germany was totally defeated, a rarity in history, but currently, they are the de facto leader of Western Europe. Even the people defeated and lose their identities, and lands; most of the time, the dispersed and find new lives, in new lands, with new societies, cultures, and destinies. Stubbornly clinging to your identity or past grudges sometimes lead to greater humiliations. The Jews were rare for being able to maintain their identity for that long, even resurrecting a dead language, Hebrew. However, clinging to their identity did cause them to suffer immensely historically.

[@lizzyregis]

I am a confused man. I see peace, I want war.

[@holyender515]

peace is for pussies. cant make gains without conflict

[@robertblaine5012]

At first I cursed the algorithm for preying on my fears during the Russia-Ukraine conflict, but I’m pleased to discover that this video is actually comforting me with well-researched optimism

[@lucielchoi707]

hello. im just too afraid to watch the video. can you please summarize it? thank u

[@lucielchoi707]

@@jackfrost7296 what the fuck is wrong with you? i didn't even talk to you. mind your own business. jeez.

[@lucielchoi707]

@@jackfrost7296 you're* learn how to type first.

[@lucielchoi707]

@@jackfrost7296 i don't even understand you

[@lucielchoi707]

@@jackfrost7296 were* i'm not even a native. i just know the rules. this conversation can serve no purpose anymore. good night.

[@Cxntrxl]

You didn't have to hit us with the subtle piano paired with the sudden, limited, deep notes that shit hits the FEELS in the best way possible, and just makes this video that much more moving

[@pissmyasslynch5325]

Only 5 top tier quality videos on this channel, how precious 😍

[@NightBeastCars]

Great video 🔥🔥🔥

[@orzorzelski1142]

"Peacekeepers are essential to lasting peace" Me: *D* *E* *C* *I* *S* *I* *V* *E* *V* *I* *C* *T* *O* *R* *Y*

[@KikogamerJ2]

Peacekeepers :oh have you really won? (Proceeds to arm radical rebels)

[@orzorzelski1142]

@@KikogamerJ2 Can't arm rebels if there's no one left to rebel!

[@KikogamerJ2]

@@orzorzelski1142 outstanding move

[@vernedictb.valentine2057]

Ugh fine...I don't believe in the UN yea sure they have a good message but they still weak and incompetent at everything else

[@freddy4603]

@@vernedictb.valentine2057 what do you think is UN's job? For me, it's to act as a diplomatic hub to promote diplomatic solution between states. But reading your comment makes me think you expect it to be something more powerful, and are upset because your expectations are not met. So, what do you think the UN should be and what are your expectations?

[@BenState]

Australia, still the place to be in a Nuclear Winter

[@aninditapaul9291]

If Australia ever gets nuked, one good thing will be that there will be significantly less spiders in the world.

[@ls200076]

Australia is part of NATO and allied with the US. RIP

[@BenState]

@@ls200076 Australia is not part of NATO.

[@ramseybland4192]

@@ls200076 North Atlantic Treaty Organization..... North Atlantic...

[@jackthelad9933]

Hell no. The politics would kill you.

[@izzyalice4157]

Wow this is amazing thank you

[@mariadelcarmencontrerassal2907]

Excelente recomendación del Dr. De la Rosa 🌹. Gracias, gracias, gracias

[@okroon256]

I just wanted to say it was pleasure to be here with ya all

[@mrvn000]

Who the hell created this graphics?? The artist had an amazing imagination¡¡

[@jessfrog4834]

the guy narrating it

[@shnitzilhazel9957]

"The only winning move is not to play."

[@g-manfreezer1998]

Thanks, Neil, this video made me have an existential meltdown.

[@arattactician5697]

Wow... Can't believe I've never seen this until now. The quality of this video is phenomenal, applauds to you sir!

[@dislikebutton3605]

This creator is amazing. You should check out their "The fallen of WW2" video

[@srj2417]

funny how the youtube algorithm works

[@spaceballs44]

I just found this today 3/3/2022.

[@arattactician5697]

I shall take your recommendation and do that, thanks!

[@brandstyle3639]

Every think he said it was all a long on the web side Look under who own the world And nuclear weapons

[@Americanpride555]

"It is better to be a warrior in a garden than a gardener in a war"

[@andrewblythe3896]

No shit sherlock

[@andrewblythe3896]

@BTK M&G nah but what's a gardener gonna do, plant a fucking hedge at them?

[@demonrat9667]

Its better to be a garden gnome in a garden

[@saltybox1019]

@@andrewblythe3896 man you just LOVE ruining everything don’t you

[@saltybox1019]

@@andrewblythe3896 if I could describe you in one emoji I’d be this one 🤡

[@fedfed96]

Incredible motion design 🫡

[@laurabedford5095]

Its slot worse since this was made , but it was done superbly, let's pray it never happens...❤

[@issackwon4204]

This is an instrument of peace.

[@Phoenix_The_HeroHater]

👍

[@dalea1691]

To secure peace, is to prepare for war

[@michaelc.5809]

Me before watching this video: I can watch this then play some Defcon Me during the video: ...maybe I'll just play world of of warships Me after: ya know what I'm just gonna play minecraft

[@finmueller7827]

Wanna play defcon later lmao

[@samuel10125]

@@finmueller7827 Fallout?

[@QueenDaenerysTargaryen]

Perhaps

[@terloriaslolx3869]

@@finmueller7827 defcon is big sad

[@josephcontreras8930]

Or just play a nice game of Pac man or tetris.

[@tracey9927]

When the day comes that this happens, or even the possibility arises this video 100% will be watched by all

[@biggeorge9164]

Great Video Bud. Thanks =)

[@thebusiness8212]

Politicians who started the war in their Nuke bunkers: Sounds like a “them” problem.

[@issataysissemali3203]

Funny thing is that Soviet union had thousands nuclear shelters for general public but most of them are resting in ruins now so... I guess I'll just die while government is hiding in their hideouts. (I have a real life example where a huge shelter was turned into a shopping mall. But it was only a part where civilians were supposed to hide. While the part where politicians supposed to hide remained intact. That's very nice of government ain't it?)

[@peenus69]

Perfect timing for this recommendation.

[@benaamdynamicfoe557]

Ikr

[@infantryshooter]

Germany was also a nuclear capable country; they fielded the Pershing1(a) nuclear missile with two German Air Force Wings. The US Army helped blur the lines of Germany being a nuclear nation with the continuous deployment of the Pershing Missile system via the 56thFA. These deployments continued until the INF Treaty. (For reference, I was at Wiley Kaserne, Neu Ulm, in Ammo Platoon, HHB, 1/81FA (redesigned as the 1/9FA just as I left Germany in early 1986.) I did security work for the warheads in "Ammo Platoon". Great place to be in the '80s!

[@jasonshingoose272]

Excellent video.

[@michaelbiedassek7136]

“Peacekeepers help prevent war from occurring” Myanmar: What are peacekeepers???

[@deeperthantheabyss624]

Yeah the UN just sits there braindead doing nothing And when the Civil War ends the UN will proclaim themselves as saviours

[@truongtranthaiduy8959]

@@deeperthantheabyss624 well I mean the UN is kinda cannot do anything unless the 5 permanent member agree to send peacekeepers

[@genghiskhan.2265]

@@deeperthantheabyss624 i mean UN did take a country back

[@avroarchitect1793]

@@biodidu25 peacekeeping instills a stalemate condition in most circumstances, what is needed is a victory condition

[@TACTIK00L]

never 4get the bosnian war un "peace"keepers did nothing useful

[@cadmium7435]

I don't know how many will die, but the luckiest is those who die first.!

[@MagikarpMan]

That’s true and depressing

[@JackRabbitSlim]

'I know not what weapons will be used in WW3, but WW4 will be fought with sticks and stones!'

[@HarrisChoudhry]

@Man Lamancha much worse than covid

[@HarrisChoudhry]

@Man Lamancha but you don't know what's written

[@AizakkuZ]

@Man Lamancha ?

[@cuckoonut1208]

Wonderful presentation.

[@itashious]

I from one of those red dots on the map in coastal Mississippi, I often like tot honk that we wouldn’t be targeted but I often forget that in both world wars we had German uboats of our coast because it’s just a valuable strategic location, a friend of mine lives in mobile which was also one of the red dots. Sometimes I think that if my family got up and left and went north we would be ok but another red dot is in Hattiesburg which is about an hour away. Makes you wonder if you could survive getting out and then after that what do you do to avoid radiation sickness