Former KGB and CIA Spies Recall the Battle for Berlin | Cold War

For 50 years, Berlin became synonymous with the Cold War. The city at the heart of the intelligence war between the US and the Soviet bloc. Thousands of KGB or CIA, agents observed each other, cogs in the biggest information war in history.
But the war between the secret services was one dimension of a much larger conflict. A confrontation that almost boiled over just under the surface of the cold war. Economic pressures, secret diplomacy and espionage were the hallmarks of this hidden war that never turn into armed conflict. An underground war between two institutions, without the knowledge of official diplomacy.
In this spy documentary, we hear from former CIA and KGB agents and discover the hidden face of the cold war.
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[@edwardloomis887]

People today don't understand what crossing a line that could not be crossed means as described at 49:17. I was an American Soldier stationed in West Berlin, and the Wall prevented us from crossing into the east. Returning after the Wall fell, my highest priority was walking through Brandenburg Gate. After I did it, I found a Cafe and savored a glass of Sekt

[@happynowfarms]

I was stationed in Berlin after the wall dropped til the deactivation in 94, going into the East was like going back in time. Was also stationed in West Germany when the wall dropped in Nov 89. Was interesting to being on both sides, the people of Berlin had a total 180 attitude of those in the West like Nuremberg my first duty station.

[@HandyMan657]

Excellent video, thank you. I do think you're wrong about the threats from abroad, however. Cheers

[@peterbradshaw8018]

Larry Laker deserves a mention.

[@katherinecollins4685]

Very interesting 😊

[@fionad9913]

Many of the spies (Markus Wolf, Gunter Guillaume) bear more than a passing resemblance to George Smiley (and not to James Bond).

[@feliscorax]

Yep. Total grey men. So completely unremarkable to look at they simply blend into the background. In another life, they’d be serial killers.

[@sc1338]

Blake isn’t laughing now 😂. Your side lost

[@williamwest9204]

And our side borrowed ideas and continues on doing terrible things

[@joshf3861]

@@williamwest9204like committing war crimes and genocide in Ukraine

[@williamwest9204]

@@joshf3861 funding it yes, also dont forget obama allowed a coup to overthrow the previous democratic elected president in ukraine.

[@RebeccaOre]

Any small nation in its dealings with the empires is like a mouse having to choose between cats as friends.

[@mikepxg6406]

Excellent documentary. so interesting. Thank you.

[@offcenterconcepthaus]

Production/editing is *on point*.

[@yakuza3d]

Да были времена! USSR ❤

[@violagentsch]

That dude's laughter is a crime by itself.

[@rotnem0017]

If your opponent is complimenting you at how good you are it means that your not a threat to them but rather feeding into your stupidity

[@richardsimms251]

I would prefer to live under the American ideology than the Soviet ideology ANYDAY. RS. Canada

[@sc1338]

Same. America isn’t perfect, but they usually have the right mindset.

[@SlurpeeBoy9999]

These days, what's the difference?

[@RebeccaOre]

There are places with a wider range of political options than the US.

[@desydukuk291]

And today?

[@seanmchenry551]

my little green grasshopper.

[@garyorourke4524]

So that woman who admitted to passing information about Nuclear weapons to the Russians wasn't put in jail or up against a wall? I thought doing something like that would result in execution.

[@brandonlewis2599]

You must have missed the part about there not really being any morality to the whole game. She was lucky. I dunno, read some John Le Carre novels, or even Alan Furst. The agents are just pawns, and they usually do just end up shot. But not always -- if they have valuable information, and they're in the right place at the right time, they get whisked away for debriefing and given a new identity. That old woman probably had to live under an assumed name in a foreign country, and lamenting the whole time how she was played by that dashing young Romeo. I think that's punishment enough.

[@garyorourke4524]

@brandonlewis2599 You think a new name and life, is punishment enough for trading nuclear weapon secrets? You also admitted to they're being a lack of morality and spys being simply shot, wonder why "She" wasn't shot.

[@mebsrea]

@@brandonlewis2599 More to the point, the death penalty was banned in West Germany after 1949. East Germany continued to execute alleged spies (and others) until 1981. Of course, it continued until 1989 to murder without trial those attempting to escape Communist dictatorship.

[@jonnyd9351]

Maybe that fact tells you more than you think.

[@rokuthedog]

read the secret team by fletcher prouty

[@user-fh7xk3xm1g]

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[@zhsult]

translations have differences from the original message of the speakers

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

It was informative, truthful, and thrilled watching 👀 documentary....thank you ( Hit history) channel

[@FarrYaweh]

Excellent documentary as always. Love the channel and HHTV. Appreciate you showing both sides. Even if one is objectively wrong.

[@user-yl3zp8sh7h]

What is music's name at 12.00 minutes en documentary? There is someone knowing that music name? Really it is well-fitted with documentary.

[@zillsburyy1]

KG USE TO B

[@JameaJimea1175]

😂 can’t believe thats the first time I’ve seen that

[@HauntedXXXPancake]

Meh, Rather one-sided. The Russians certainly weren't "always one step ahead of the Americans". Further more, this pretty much only covers Russian successes, while in reality, the Americans had spices in the highest places, like Soviet Military Intelligence. And it wasn't dumb, little secretaries, but the men in charge.

[@williamrobinson7435]

In re the origin > purpose of this film, to what in truth does the acronym DOC refer?

[@dmeinhertzhagen8764]

Still releasing reruns of reruns!

[@johnbecker5213]

now we know how weak they are and were ussr nothing but paper tiger

[@williamwest9204]

Lol your wrong on so many levels

[@johnbecker5213]

showing weakness@@williamwest9204

[@conceptalfa]

👍👍👍

[@chrislambourne4275]

Your editing is dodgy. The quote at 6:27 "America has never been in the intelligence business" sounds extremely truncated. And we know that the USA has had intelligence systems in operation from the 18th century in its war of independence.

[@deesus1085]

Another weeping and crying communist. “What about the usa 😭😭.”

[@ExtraEcclesiamNullaSalus]

Exactly. There's whole books on the American intelligence business. The American intelligence "business" controlled hollywood during WW2.

[@thomasbell7033]

@@deesus1085 No sane person would read "communists" into that comment. Yours, however, reveals you to be a squawking parrot.

[@twonumber22]

How do you know the editing is dodgy? Did you see a longer version?

[@woahhbro2906]

It's true that the US has had intel agencies going back to the revolutionary times, like the Culper Ring, but the US tended to create intel agencies when needed during times of war, which is what they did with the COI and OSS in WW2. But the Soviets had a continuing intel/secret police agency for decades, even in "peace" time. So the Soviets did have an advantage at that time. The early days of the CIA had a lot of "cowboys" in it, who probably resembled daredevil special ops types, rather than sophisticated intel-gathering agents.

[@elcomandante6855]

First is here....others are clones🤣

[@ericgibson2079]

In God We Trust is not a logo...

[@williamrobinson7435]

The denomination of the original production company of this intrigues me. Babel DOC. But WHO, amid the incessance of voices, has the controllata? I said "WHO'S GOT THE ****ING REMOTE CONTROL? 🤣Nice one team. ❤️👍🌟

[@lewielutz4661]

British Intel service didn't exist then...

[@sc1338]

Wrong

[@williamgill5286]

if they didnt exist then what do you call the british intel service of pre and post ww2??!!!?!?!?!??!???!

[@BigHenFor]

Ignorance is a grave error. The Sun never set on the British Empire. Do you honestly think that such a large empire that had parts in every continent on the planet could survive as long as it did without an intelligence service? Or defeated it's enemies without one? How else does one keep an eye on them? Once the Telegraph and the Telephone were invented, the modern game of spying came to it's own, but even before that in the Napoleonic Wars, the British had spies and agents, sending back intelligence to Britain and it's allies. So, try reading up on a subject before opining on it.

[@lewielutz4661]

I was being sarcastic….

[@sunrae3971]

Typical Soviets taking credit when actually the east german Stasi took the Job.

[@user-bb6uh2kj8e]

tell me how can a people who is occupied take charge? its like saying the iraqi intelligence service was in charge under the usa occupation

[@sunrae3971]

@@user-bb6uh2kj8e Well Germany is not Iraq. The Stasi was not simply a KGB Sub-Division, of course they had to align to the "great brother" on major issues, yet they had their own interests. The KGB would never had the chance to place a Asset near a West-German Chancellor etc. Also ruZZian are ruZZian and Germans are not. Complete different mindset occupied or not.

[@user-bb6uh2kj8e]

just say you hate russian@@sunrae3971 KGB owned your sweed litle stasi

[@sunrae3971]

@@user-bb6uh2kj8e Now i have to list my Russian friends?🤣I give a F on the Stasi and KGB both are evil empires. You Keyboard warrior unlike my family never witness any of them.

[@conceptalfa]

Teufels berg today is dedicated to art??? My God, is the guy completely blind, what art??? This horrendous scarecrow should have taken down a long time ago!!!

[@ExtraEcclesiamNullaSalus]

How is this reliable?

[@brenryan1]

How isn't it? Also you made your comment 12mins after it was posted.

[@robertsears8323]

Every aby if the evil Russians say is a massive and outright lie as none of these monsters know h8w to tell the truth

[@robertsears8323]

Go away Russian troll

[@ExtraEcclesiamNullaSalus]

@@brenryan1 because the mindset of the American intelligence community is that the American public is as good as the enemy. Because the American public doesn't think long term enough to know what is in their long term interests, they know Americans would object to how the intelligence community operates if they were told the truth. And if the American public knows, then its as good as the enemy knowing, so they only tell you what they are fine with the enemy knowing... which can be lies to deceive the enemy. So by that logic in their mind, the American public must also be deceived to win battles.

[@ExtraEcclesiamNullaSalus]

You mention Stalin unleashed an ideological battle, but you ignore that America unleashed an ideological battle...

[@conceptalfa]

Yepp, against the communists within the US, nothing wrong with it as I hate communists too, but than they can't call themselves a free democratic country!!! Like Deutsche Demokratische Republik???🧐🤔😃

[@kyleshertz2277]

America adopted Nazis after the war, Stalin executed them. I think the superior ideology is evident.

[@deesus1085]

You communists are so emotional and soft. “But what about the usa 😭😭”.

[@kyleshertz2277]

@@deesus1085 You mean the USA, which literally took in Nazis after the war? Has waged war around the globe in the name of profits? I found the soft spot, and it's between your ears 🙄

[@1Rab]

Were they comparable in scale and severity?

[@sc1338]

America is so awesome. In the end they always do what’s best.

[@williamwest9204]

Lol if money is to be made sure

[@RebeccaOre]

Last of the three empires standing. No so nice if you look at Latin America and SE Asia (the SE Asians don’t like the Chine either.

[@Grove-street677]

Nah 😂😂😂

[@PaladinDansesGirlfriend]

Frist

[@isabellesullivan-appleton7521]

sounds like a german general

[@MusketeerTed]

First

[@pergotfredsen4681]

A lot of sheep

[@janehollander1934]

Oh, please don't narrate in English over foreign speakers in your documentaries. (Just use subtitles). Because you lose so much of intonation and atmosphere. And it's something the Germans & French do...becauce they think their audience is too dumb (or refuse) to be multilingual. Those (many) of us who watch HH are quite able to speak/understand several languages. Be better HH✌🏻.

[@richie4830]

What about people with Dyslexia or eyesight issues, who may not be able to read subtitles ?

[@janehollander1934]

Sorry dear@@richie4830, I truly hadn't thought of that✌🏻😐.

[@Nat3ski]

Ignorant and wrong

[@gladlawson61]

I'm happy with the voice over because I cant see that well or leave the room. Dont change because some douche thinks they're better than you

[@sc1338]

@@janehollander1934I I understand what you’re saying, but English spoken is easier for the majority of people. i think they should make two versions though

[@deesus1085]

All this communist spying and they still lose 😂😂

[@rachellebelcastro911]

Odd, didn't see Ukraine as a country back then 🤔 Probably because they weren't!

[@marcussoininen2084]

Your ignorance isn't something you should show off as a source of pride.

[@RomanGolubev_A]

Ukraine was there, it was one of 15 soviet republics, hear: Ukrainian Republic!

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