The Cold War - Summary on a Map

[@solelak]

Might I say that this is your best video yet! I love the new animations, especially the pictures of the leaders of each country, and the much higher detail on each event! Splendid video!

[@GeoHistory]

Thanks you !

[@warrenkensington6091]

do you support russian war and genocide towards people of Ukraine?

[@Justlibing010]

Yes I agree

[@matpk]

@@GeoHistory you forgot the BJ massacre that lead to the fall of Berlin Wall

[@ShiroganeABA]

The what massacre?

[@loganknowsitall_atnight]

Geo politics with history narrative are so fun to watch

[@noodboy4633]

if they bring back the indian narrator it would be 10x better

[@sarahazvd]

​@@noodboy4633 this narrator is way better

[@usagaming7407]

Yes

[@noodboy4633]

@@sarahazvd Im very used to the previous person

[@michaelderose3551]

​@@noodboy4633isn't his coice used by many youtubers thanks to ai?

Fun fact: In the korean war, Syng-Man Rhee actually recorded a tape to be played on radio. He told the people to stand and fight, all while he ran and fled.

[@alessandro.junior.ofc__06]

Kim il-Sung does the same lol

[@nicholasmwangangi6257]

Was this before or after he butchered hundreds of thousands of left wing South Koreans?

[@Mhpmhpmhpmhp]

Cowerd

[@Peter..Griffin]

Gay L

[@TotalWarGamer-hb4kd]

well to be fair unlike Kim il Sung he's an old man. what is he going to do besides giving speeches. Going to the Battlefield with a gun ?

[@adrianokury]

This is a splendid synthetic appraisal, conveying tons of relevant info in a super clean and economic manner. Without lame jokes, or being clogged by convoluted useless graphics or too loud soundtrack. It has visual impact, being simple. For me this is a lesson on how to make a video. I loved even the font you used. Congrats for the excellent job!

[@GeoHistory]

Thank you :)

[@matpk]

@@GeoHistoryyou forgot the BJ massacre that lead to the fall of Berlin Wall

[@Existential_Bengali]

​@@GeoHistorySino Soviet split not properly explained.

[@patrickbrown8557]

@@matpk The Cold War was really complicated, there is way to much info to include in one video. That said, they did a good job on an overall summary here.

[@patrickbrown8557]

@@Existential_Bengali That topic could have a whole video in the future.

[@Corgintime]

I love how the Cold War is so different from every other war as the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. both competed in every way possible except direct military conflict. It makes it such an interesting war to learn about. Great work on this video!

[@vincentfichtler7758]

Well they both knew one of them used the atomic bomb it would be devastating.

[@Twilight_aesthetic]

​@@vincentfichtler7758WW3

[@Padoinky]

These episodes are just the right amount of time in duration, detail of content and are paced so that the listener/viewer can take a few minutes to digest the salient points and identify any integrated elements from the specific scenes either prior or subsequent - excellent! Many thanks

[@PatriotMapper]

Take a drink every time GeoHistory says “the CIA is tasked with secretly organizing his downfall”

[@turytaicho]

Yes, it is too recurring that it is quite disgusting. Salvador Allende was leading Chile to misery. Once again, socialism doing its thing, but obviously, the bad guys are the CIA and Pinochet. Long live Pinochet! And their free helicopter rides 🤣🤣

[@savannahvarns2126]

no thanks I value my life

[@lowellfinn]

Honey, wake up! Geo History is posting the much awaited long-version of Cold War!

[@Omarmualim-p7u]

Oh boy YOOO

[@mac11bussin39]

I love when geo-history posts great videos😊😊

[@priyodatta6587]

The Bangladeshi liberation war had played a part in the Cold War. The USA supporting Pakistan and the Ussr supporting India and Bangladesh. This led to Russia having India as an ally

[@admiralburger]

No. Bangladesh liberation war and Indo-Pak & Indo-China war does not come under cold war.

[@priyodatta6587]

@@admiralburger eh, I would say it was a event in the Cold War, as the USSR and the US were opposing each other in a war during that time

[@humptydumpty1481]

It's not exactly under Cold War

[@zohrakharkhour2916]

COLD WAR LONGER VERSION THIS BY FAR WILL BE ONE OF THE BEST THINGS YOU MAKE

[@stardust8464]

He already made the longer versions of ww1 and ww2.

[@zohrakharkhour2916]

@@stardust8464 oh yeah I forgot about that

[@chaosinvolved]

WHY ARE YOU SHOUTING?

[@zohrakharkhour2916]

@@chaosinvolved what it's just excitement

[@velcranoxofficials9970]

I'm sure there will be some American propaganda in the vid since he uses western sources but it's cool still like his videos

[@bokunogentoo4420]

this was a very nice overview of the Cold War, I'm glad to see someone finally make a video of the summary of the Cold War that includes stuff about South America and Africa for once

[@nverdice9333]

19:14 Indonesia was not ruled by a Communist government before Suharto, they were neutral and simply let the country’s communist party to exist as long as they didn’t try to overthrow the government

[@outerspace7391]

Yeah, it was leftwing nationalist

[@BrandonAriass]

Awesome video! Although it misses to mention anything regarding the wars in Central America during the 70s and 80s which were very much under the context of the Cold War.

[@ColdPalmer-200]

I remember watching you 4-5 years ago and now im seeing how much you've changed! Updating old videos now! Keep up the good work Geo History, your on the road to 1 million subscribers!

[@Mike-gl2pf]

I like that you started showing the pictures of the historical figures. It makes things easier to follow.

[@thomaslove6494]

This was an amazing summary... Its crazy nothing ever popped off between the two sides over the course of 50 years... Many people view the cold war as reckless and unnecessary but hey.... Many diplomatic solutions were put forth to keep the peace and i believe it should be looked at as a win for humanity....

[@konsimaurer7922]

Great job! This channel stands out for its objective reporting on historical matters, avoiding the bias of ideology that most others seem to embrace these days. Keep it up guys!

[@karkeyg]

Exactly

[@warrenkensington6091]

do you support russian war and genocide towards people of Ukraine?

[@noodboy4633]

bias towards democracy is just as bad as bias towards communism

[@tylerelissa6377]

@@noodboy4633democracy is objectively better than communism. There is no bias towards democracy in this video it’s only fact

[@noodboy4633]

@@tylerelissa6377 1. reread the comment. I did not say that there was bias towards democracy in this video 2. I live in the PRC, of course I know how bad a communist system can become. Khmer Rouge was way worse than even North Korea and Stalin era USSR in the future keep in mind to read carefully before sharing an opinion

[@hamzasherasmat6593]

I love this channel, and I am going to do Cold War in class, I also have an interest in Cold War, your quality is growing speedily each month but your explanation and maps remain the same. Great Job!

[@nickburns2550]

Another job well done. Please post more often!

[@Max_Svensson]

Finally after some decades, you finally uploaded!

[@DougVarble]

That was incredible including most major events in the world, thanks 🎉

[@Jeff-sy6ys]

Another gem from Geo History! Thanks for making this.

[@vladpet9029]

This is one of the best videos I've watched on KZbin. Well done.

[@rcyadav9746]

Communism as civilizàtion

[@nobunagaoda9277]

​@@rcyadav9746 Haha Communist is a country like China, Russia, and North Korea, not civilization.

[@thenoobyblock1208]

08:26 To my knowledge, the Tito-Stalin Split was largely a RESULT of Yugoslavia's intervention in the Greek Civil War (which they did in defiance of Stalin's orders to the contrary).

[@ckr9527]

Simple, no unnecessary details, perfect animation and an enchanting voice. Good work!

[@outerspace7391]

I'd appreciate if a few factors, such as Argentina, India and the Middle East were explored more, but okay I guess it was fair

[@HandyMan657]

The cold war's not over, it's just a little cooler. Maybe. Excellent video, well done.

[@bokunogentoo4420]

sadly yes, but from what I've read some people initially considered the Cold War to be over during the détente period until détente ended, at which point the new phase of the Cold War was referred to as Cold War II. I wonder if historians 20 years from now will think of the 1992-2013 period as "détente II", and whether our current time period will just be seen as superpowers going back and forth between cold war and détente cycles

[@Infiltrator_]

The first Cold War ended

[@bone3594]

The Cold War may not be over yet but more Communist and Socialist countries are moving towards Democracy and Capitalism way of life.

[@angellindbergvazquez9002]

Amazing in depth video by the way, thank you for taking the time to make such a useful resource!

[@Jason-fm4my]

There's a few misleading parts here. For one, the Soviet Union took control of all of the Korean peninsula before the US took over occupation of the southern half. The video makes it look like the US invaded and met the Soviets at the 38th parallel. A bizarre mistake to make.

[@lowellfinn]

When the video shows the US moon landing, I legit freaked out because I thought the video ends😂

[@alessandro.junior.ofc__06]

Me too😂😂😂

[@bredsheeran2897]

Been waiting for this for a while

[@storm2000808]

I always look forward to these videos because History is so important. Learning from the past to create a better future 👌

[@crook7493]

This is actually so good

[@brainstormingsharing1309]

🔴 Absolutely well done and definitely keep it up! 👍👏👍👏👍

[@ThisisMAIDENHEAVEN]

Can’t wait to watch this

[@SeriousPlastiek]

Overall this video was very informative and educational and I would recommend it to other people. Although historically accurate, there is a very clear and obvious western bias that cannot be overlooked, although craftily subtle. For example, the Angola communist takeover is mentioned briefly, but the unofficial NATO membership of apartheid South Africa and its role in protecting US/NATO interests in Southern Africa against anti-colonial communist insurrection is completely omitted, even though it was a massively relevant aspect of the latter half of the cold war.

[@bennyjenkins5954]

Don’t act like he didn’t omit a ton of stuff the CCCP did…

[@chinggiskhan6678]

His bias was not pro-Western at all. Infact, he fails to mention a hell of a lot of atrocities committed by Eastern Bloc members, such as the Bosnian genocide, the years of oppression and disease under Mao Zedong, the draining of the Aral Sea by the Soviet Union, and many, many more. Yet he is very quick to point out atrocities committed by the West, which indicates a heavy Eastern bloc bias

[@shryggur]

A source gets extra trust points if it turns out to be magically biased towards both sides at the same time

[@loganbro5945]

I love how you keep Kazakhstan the last red country you got your facts right

[@Justlibing010]

Man I’ve learned more from these videos then history class 😂 I’m serious these videos go into such detail and make it fun to learn history I actually learned some events I’ve never heard of like the Greek civil war

[@TornadoShaunUK]

Superb video. The entire geopilitical history post world war 2 to the breaking up of the Soviet Union handily crammed into less than 30 minutes.

[@outerspace7391]

Better make sure to deep diver on the proxy conflicts instead of the space race

[@velcranoxofficials9970]

Stalin should have lived longer since he would have sent Cuba more nukes

[@Ivan24524]

​@@velcranoxofficials9970🤡🤡🤡

[@lorisperfetto6021]

Yo do not Diss the spacerace

[@clearvortex]

@@lorisperfetto6021 agreed

[@jayo3074]

The space race is part of the cold war you 🤡

[@barduk9963]

Excellent video. Thanks!

[@mariandumitru4390]

By far the best video yet. Good job guys!

[@GeoHistory]

Thanks !

[@matpk]

@@GeoHistory you forgot the BJ massacre that lead to the fall of Berlin Wall

[@caryg7562]

This is a wonderful overview of the Cold War.

[@doodsomething07]

Good super summarized video. 👍🏽

[@ivanhicks887]

This Very Excellent Presentation Should Be Taught in All the Worlds Schools - Thankyou for This Amazing Production -

[@DannyintheSpirit]

This is a very brief but essential overview to the Cold War, one which all the young people around the world who seem to be clueless about geopolitics would greatly benefit from watching (several times). I actually think that the Cold War never really ended, that the Cold Part 2 began in 1991, and that we are now on the brink of its conclusion, which will end in World War 3.

[@Scammer434]

I disagree at being at the end. Assuming your hypothesis is correct (it certainly gives everyone something to think about) it looks like the authoritarian order countries are all creating proxy battles to avoid direct confrontation with the states and NATO forces. Russia views ukraine as a western proxy and Iran views Israel as a western proxy. That’s how I view it

[@VR36030]

1989/1991-2014/2017 was the interwar period except in between the two Cold Wars. The end of the first Cold War was either 1989 (fall of Berlin Wall & Soviet satellites gaining independence) or 1991 (end of the Soviet Union entirely). I believe the second Cold War either started in 2014 with Russia's actions in Ukraine and China's actions in the South China Sea or 2017 which was the beginning of the trade war between the US & China as well as de facto end of the Donbass War which resulted in the two unrecognized Russian separatist "republics" in Eastern Ukraine. Feb 2022 full-scale invasion in Ukraine was a major escalation of Cold War 2.0 similar to how the Korean War was a major escalation of the first Cold War.

[@DannyintheSpirit]

You make many good points, but I think it is more accurate to say that the Cold War never really ended, that it went into a new phase after 1989, and that we are now at the end of it. I wrote the above comment 4 months ago, and look at where we are right now with Israel, the USA, Iran and Russia in the Middle East, not to mention China. No one knows exactly what will happen, we just know it will not be Cold, but very Hot.

[@Roonho7]

USA supporting the mujahadeen in the Cold War and giving birth to the rise of Bin Laden will be one of the funniest things from this

[@agag5083]

whole USA politic in that time. Always try to do as bad as possible. Incriase and incriase danger to start a nucluar war step by step

[@Mr.Byrnes]

@@agag5083hope you don’t wake up in a Ukrainian pit 😢

[@nobunagaoda9277]

Yeah U.S.A supporting Mujahadeen in Afghanistan was one of the worst events which led to rise up the terrorists.

[@nobunagaoda9277]

​@agag5083 Well, I mean, if China vs. U,S,A war happened today. There will be a nuclear war in WW3 if either side triggered the war since they both are the major powers, which nobody wants to be happening because it's where the Victor's enjoys the lost side disappears forever let's say like if The U.S and the Alied powers loses against the combined powers of the Communist forces then U.S disappears and China enjoys a victory, which I really don't happen in the future.

[@Fummy007]

Woah. that's a lot of info, I hope this blows up and more people learn about this complicated time period

[@labnab6764]

Cold War really looks like a chess match between US and USSR

[@lynxfresh5214]

The problem is when a piece is lost (potentially millions of) lives are ruined and "checkmate" means the end of the world.

[@thenabbitgamer]

I really like how, unlike most other history videos covering the cold war, you didn't just ignore or gloss over the bad things the Western Powers did just because they're "the good guys".

[@nobunagaoda9277]

Yeah, definitely, although not every events was included like Mao Zedong's burial where millions of PRC were forced to visit Mao's funeral, Also yes Western winning against The Communist in 1991 was a huge success which made America only the superpower left in the global, but I gotta say not everyone in America is good, y'know why? The pandemic during 2019 in China, PRC in the Wuhan city tricksters in America are way too many, and making good people crazy is absolutely messed up, I mean, it's worse than The Great Recession or even 9/11 attacks, the Pandemic were twice times stronger in America. I mean, it might not be fixed immediately, but I feel like it's going to take a lot of years to recover from the pandemic, like similar to the President Franklin D Roosevelt apppers until more good presidents in America comes to The White House the pandemic might not be recovered from the China/PRC. Also, yes, most of The Cold War videos are absolutely 90% fake they don't know what their talking about, only making people views so that way the channels can get famous.

[@pgm1833]

Great Video. Congrats to all Geo History Staff 👏👏

[@lgsworld1514]

I love your videos very informative and it's easy to understand what's going on. however, one thing I really want back is the original speaker's voice :)

[@f1uf]

It's the same person

[@lgsworld1514]

Before there was a different voiceover

[@addickland5656]

It is always weird and funny to me that the soviet union, for all its flaws and oppression (not saying the west is/was a utopia btw) died just as it was born: with shockingly little bloodshed. Yes I know the 1917-1921 civil war was brutal, but the lack of initial resistance to Lenin's seizure of power is just astounding to me. Similarly, for all the talk of being a nuclear armed unassailable superpower, the collapse and disintigration of the USSR happended with shockingly little bloodshed and violence (not saying there wasn't massive economic and political chaos, but there was basically no large-scale war). Both events have to be among the more unique ones in human history I'd bet.

[@agag5083]

after the collapse of the Soviet Union, more people died from hunger, poverty and banditry than during the Second World War. And in the Second World War, about 27 million people died in the USSR. It is not "little bloodshed and violense" i wish you feel the same in your country

[@maksim05makarov]

Вашей стране бы пережить такое «малое» кровопролитие.

[@waveskrub1326]

WE’REE BAACCKK BABY btw any chance of doing history of Mexico?

[@GeoHistory]

Yes I'm already working on it, but it won't be ready before 2024 unfortunately

[@waveskrub1326]

@@GeoHistory take your time👍

[@TheUglyGnome]

18:34 "The hot line" was not a telephone line but a teletype line. Later it was converted into fax line and finally into an e-mail line. So no phones there.

[@monZun]

what an excellent video!

[@cactusking4045]

Slight correction, the American flag in 1943 had the 48 star pattern, not the 50.

[@Im-just-Stardust]

Great channel !

[@GeoHistory]

Thank you!

[@moneymaker2024]

Good video perfect timing as I wanted to see it

[@JackBlackNinja]

Excellent audio! Very well done

[@ThatChristianRepublican]

Geo history is a good history channel

[@Xth3Z]

The was some indirect, direct combat between the USA and USSR, as the USSR had some pilots flying in the Korean war.

[@Jesse_Dawg]

Absolutely wonderful video and summary! Please more videos and have a nice day

[@janlindtner305]

Brilliant lecture👍👍👍

[@CrisisMoon7]

I really love 20th century history. Thank you for your videos they are great. 9:22pm July 27 2023, Thursday

[@Afifyisameanie]

Lets go the sequel 5 years in the making

[@Gorboduc]

One of those cases where I've heard of everything individually, but never knew how they tied together. I'm gonna watch this eight or ten more times lol.

[@cosmic_sj]

20:28 this animation is so cool and creative what the heck

[@TheSuperBoyProject]

Great video. Really drags the point home that this is just theatre. The USA, UK and USSR had been colluding from the very beginning. So many lives lost and still being lost for no reason other than power for the few pulling the strings behind the curtain (which are understandably not mentioned in the video).

[@zacheryhernandez7298]

this is such a great video 😢 im sad it wasnt longer but I don't know how it could be considering how comprehensive it is ❤

[@rickm9244]

The Cuban crisis is funny to look back on as the Russian was made to be the bad guys. When American did it to the Russians first in Turkey. In my opinion the Russians werent doing anything bad.

[@agag5083]

Welcome to reality

[@ColdPalmer-200]

9:54 Both were lead by extremely good looking men, but don't let that deceive you, they were both ruthless dictators, who both wanted to reunite Korea, under their own accords.

[@majormohawk2613]

oversimplified moment

[@nobunagaoda9277]

Not really. Rhee Syngman is a good leader, and Kim-il-Sung was the bad dictator, so half right and half wrong. That is unless you copied from another video that had the fake information.

[@daveski280]

This is such an Amazing Historic Video in the whole entire history! We do have a social conflict between The USA 🇺🇸 and the USSR 🇷🇺🚩 from 1947 to 1991

[@daveski280]

Here are some things in the Cold War I support Alliance: NATO Chinese Civil War: Republic of China 🇹🇼 (Too bad China became a communist nation) Side of Germany: West Germany, A.K.A. Federal Republic of Germany (Congratulations Federal Republic of Germany for being reunified in 1990) Korean War: South Korea 🇰🇷 Vietnam War: Republic of Vietnam (Too bad it was defeated into communist) Space Race: United States 🇺🇸 (Congratulations Armstrong and Aldrin for becoming the first men to walk on the moon) Yom Kippur War: Israel 🇮🇱

[@nobunagaoda9277]

​@@daveski280I agree 100% with you this video was really good! Although there were still some unknown events that it never got to the video. Great comment!

[@daveski280]

@@nobunagaoda9277 Thx

[@nobunagaoda9277]

​@@daveski280Yup No problem :)

[@BuikemUgo]

Man I love your videos and they keep on getting better

[@FactsRiddles-ly6cf]

Great info! Subscribing!

[@KaminerIlya]

thank you! its very helpful

[@tammyandthetrex]

I'd love to see a video pick up where this ends and go to present day; the same stuff has pretty much continued happening.

[@legohistorytube.3148]

Yes! After 3 years of me waiting and wondering if you forgot to do this, it's finally here! The History of the Cold War on a Map! By the way, could you pls do a video on the History of Australia at some point pls?

[@This-handle-isnt-available123]

One day during covid I said "I wish geopolitics on a map was more popular, its niche but fascjnating" and then I discover this channel

[@joeshar.]

1:58 Actually USSR kept the territories they have occupied together with Nazi Germany before WW2 in 1939. (The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact)

[@half55-qo1tq]

They didn't keep lublin and bielastok. And from soviet perspective it was liberation of western Belarus and Ukraine. The border more resembles pre 1919 war with Poland or border of duchy of Poland

[@HittriX1]

Well done

[@sriig]

The integrity of territorial holdings at each snapshot in time (e.g. Israel holding all of the Sinai in the Yom Kippur War entry) is the standout quality of this video...in a long list of other stalwart qualities. Absolutely stellar work.

[@griffinjones7430]

I picked up on that as well. Algeria being part of Metropolitan France when NATO was formed was another great detail.

[@JakeSapphi]

What’s cool is my dad went to the college Churchill gave his speech at, Westminster, and was there when Reagan and Gorbachev spoke, technically marking the end of the Iron Curtain.

[@drewchristianjr]

Thank you for this.

[@RokoSimicevic]

Great mapping more videos like this

[@gilbertocruz4005]

Amazing video you gained a new subscriber :D

[@8b22mohammedfirzan7]

I love hearing about the history of world Thanks for all your videos

[@TLC_MINECRAFT_HIGHCASTLE]

❤Great, great! There's a new episode coming out

[@diegohera88]

We missed your narrative videos 📹

[@Ketopraks]

Thanks for mentioning Indonesia as one of the victim of Cold War, was expecting that the world would forget Indonesia even if that has caused one of the craziest mass killing. But to be completely honest and also what you guys failed to mention, we were under heavy military dictatorship of General Suharto at the time, similar to Chile's fate. The economy of the country at that time were better due to US involvement, but not even a decade after Cold War ended, in 1998 Indonesia's economy plummeted due to no superpower's influence to back us up.

[@coolbro8922]

Interesting fact: It has been 70 years since the beginning of the pause of the Korean War, when the fighting stopped. Yet the war remains to continue to this day.

[@allynsmith5026]

That's absolutely right! I'm glad to see someone brought this up. No treaty was signed by either side. They agreed to an armistice, but in war terms this is just like hitting the proverbial "pause" button like you said. So technically I guess the US and North Korea are still officially at war?

[@isaiahdaddys9379]

Great video, learned a lot thank you

[@igor.efremenko]

I highly recommend playing Twilight Struggle after watching this great video.

[@lukegoatley8501]

This video is so good!!

[@maksimzhdanov1981]

Please make a video about the Crimean War with several events in the world after US independence so that these 2 videos are connected as the Seven Years War and US independence are connected

[@neilolson3220]

This is genius Missing a lot But it’s genius

[@jettmckay2985]

YES FINALLY A GOOD VIDEO

[@b3n583]

3:36 Most people don’t know that Japan was originally supposed to be partitioned like Germany. The plan was only enacted for an invasion of Japan, which never happened. And the fact that the USA did a majority of the work.

[@nobunagaoda9277]

Yeah, Since during WW2 Japan got a warning from The U.S and it's allies that if Japan enter another World War then every country is going to eliminate Japan forever, which Japan could not existed just like Germamy did during The battle of Stallngrad, which the Germany's leadership was a completely failure against The Soviet Union in 1945 when WW2 ended.

[@MisVEVO]

That moment when Kazakhstan realizes that everyone, even the host, already left the party and it's time for them to leave as well.

[@sarth2567]

At the best extent my topic is covered and ready for the exam