How the Soviets Took Over the Baltics - Cold War DOCUMENTARY

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[@radunMARSHAL]

I'm a big fan of this channel and really like your content but I've noticed that your videos are kinda random, even though you claimed in one of your videos to have covered some time period and are basically making videos in some order. I really do not see any order here. You've been jumping around randomly all across the Cold War era. A video like this should have been made at the very beginning even before the episodes on the postwar Sovietization.

[@Nhosto]

A Lithuanian here. Can't say I "enjoyed the episode", not because it was inaccurate, it wasn't, but because of how painful this history is. I hope these events illuminate to outsiders current Lithuanian attitudes towards Russia and especially was in Ukraine: resistance, no compromise, not an inch given.

[@rnklv8281]

Sadly once something unjust or horrific is done, it can't be undone. You make a good point on how history can be "unkind" at times for those who lived thru/witnessed such events.

[@cat_city2009]

The Baltic States benefitted from being part of the USSR.

[@Rom3_29]

@@cat_city2009 - How? Is that a sarcastic joke? That’s just an empty statement of no proof. Soviets “helped” by sending thousands people to Siberian gulags? Stealing private properties and businesses?

[@Alex-if1nf]

@@cat_city2009 Many we’re deported never to be seen again. It was genocide. No one benefited from the USSR except for those at the very top.

[@larrywave]

@@cat_city2009 🤮🤮

[@TOBAPNW_]

As the descendant of a Latvian who was displaced during the Soviet occupation, it really pleases me to see this history being talked about by one of my fave channels!

[@greenkoopa]

Many suffered there, truly gruesome stuff. The citizen-led pogroms were also bad 🤔

[@TOBAPNW_]

@@greenkoopa without a doubt. My pleasure is not in the events that occured, as all (presumably all) suffered to some degree in the area at the time; but rather, that an under-discussed facet of history which I have always been fascinated by, due to my personal connection, is receiving 'mainstream' coverage on the internet.

[@cat_city2009]

Lol sucks that your grandparents lost their castle. What a tragedy.

[@TOBAPNW_]

@@cat_city2009 🙄read a book.

[@tamolamo4698]

@@cat_city2009 Congradulations this is literaly stupiedest and most ignorant coment in whole of youtube. Also if 10% of population owned castles I would say it was best country in Europe :D

[@MrKaido93]

Interesting history lesson. As the son of an Estonian Soldier who was present in 1940 during the illegal Soviet criminal occupation and annexation and having been a modern Estonian Soldier myself, who helped develop the modern Estonian Defense Forces, I say Never Again. We will never dismantle and surrender our country, Estonia 🇪🇪 ever again. I believe that the Latvians and Lithuanians are with us on this deep principle.

[@tktilk3878]

Thanks from Ukraine. Small by size Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia greatly helped and helping us before start of this 2022 Big moskowian invasion. This says that you have braines and big hearts. That's all because you know WHAT soviet empire was and what this russia is

[@BichaelStevens]

Unfortunately Latvian govt. loves Russia and China.

[@ShubhamMishrabro]

I'm sure lot of Russian alinged would be triggered by this comment. I can't figure why people think lot of ex ussr countries don't like ussr. They act like a brainwashed person who can't accept ex ussr countries wanted independence

[@johnlindsey3328]

As a descendent of war-displaced Estonians I have to say, great work my friend. Never Forget and Never Again!

[@MikusVilsons]

The same here in Latvia! Together we will prevail! EE+LV+LT

[@viliusmartinkus1623]

I'm just going to point out the blatant way how this playbook hasn't changed in Russia for nearly a hundred years now - look at Ukraine and the DNR/LNR and other occupied areas with their annexation 'referenda' - Russia never changes.

[@BeingFireRetardant]

And yet my Russian friends, with passionate conviction, talk with absolute certainty that Russia has never once been expansionist or invaded the sovereignty of their neighbors... They get angry for me even suggesting the possibility. Yet, here we are. Surrounded by mountains of evidence and treaties, occupations, and executions. But hey, who wants to hear the truth when the guilt is on your own people? The great thing about history is that, if told honestly, it has the power to reveal truth, however uncomfortable. And eyes, once opened, tend to stay open...

[@nickfifteen]

The dead giveaway for me was the "we won, with 92-99% approval!" ... At least TRY to make it look authentic; like, if all it takes is 50.1%, then just do something like 59.2% or something. It was blatant back in Soviet years, but today it's a flippin' joke.

[@aranos6269]

@@nickfifteen it's a fake whatever the published numbers. Same as crimea

[@discrep]

@@nickfifteen They don't care that their sham elections are obviously fixed. The 98% is them openly mocking the idea of democracy and thumbing their noses at the west. They love the fact that they cannot be denied a place in democratic spheres because it's impossible to "prove" their elections are falsified. The only way to defeat this bullshit is unity from the actual democratic nations in rejecting their reality, like what's happening right now in Ukraine. Their annexations are bullshit, their referenda are bullshit, their threats of nuclear attack are bullshit, the strength of their army is bullshit. What's the use of negotiating any trade or diplomatic deal with an entity that will heed the terms when beneficial and break the trust when convenient?

[@kraanz]

You''re forgetting Georgia, mate ;]

[@tktilk3878]

Stalin : "I won't brake my word...", 2 weeks: "Ooh, word's broken" Putin : "We won't invade Ukraine" 2 weeks: "Ukraine made us attack"

[@badluck5647]

Stalin just had a "special military operation"

[@tktilk3878]

@@badluck5647 Precisely, like in Finland, Korea, etc.

[@tylerbozinovski427]

"We were forced to invade. We had no other choice in the matter. All the atrocities we commit are in the name of self-defence." - Every Russian Leader, probably.

[@amanb8698]

And the irony Stalins homeland was later invaded for an attempted political change/coup and had a border war with the main successor to the state he served and ruled as recent as the late 2000s early 2010s only the beginning of the last decade and a prelude to Ukraine. Georgia.

[@tktilk3878]

@@amanb8698 The mad Irony was that he imposed on his little Homeland a Famine, which was also evident in Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Georgia etc - millions people died. Crazy thing is that cities and towns where many people were russians or workers weren't harmed.

[@badluck5647]

It amazes me how the Russians don't understand why Baltic citizens still fear Russian imperialism.

[@TOBAPNW_]

I as well. But I wonder to what degree their state media and education system has an effect on this.

[@BichaelStevens]

@@TOBAPNW_ okupants. Muti ciet. Davai atnāc uz Latviju gudriniek

[@brandonlyon730]

Yep, it's no wonder they all quickly joined NATO when they had the chance.

[@stuartemmanuel3735]

​@@brandonlyon730 NATO won't save you neither will their weapons, equipment or armies nor would it matter. NATO is already defeated in the battlefield of Ukraine so your government would be wise to rethink their position in NATO.

[@fireforger9192]

@Stuart Emmanuel you sound like a Putin Bot!

[@cortster12]

God, imagine being saved by a brutal regime only to end up occupied by a brutal regime. Eastern Europe really had it rough.

[@crabLT]

You have no idea how rough.

[@esotericulmanist8331]

there was no saving

[@antonindanek9294]

Don't worry, they had a bright future ahead of them by being looked down upon by those whose ancestors did the conquering or did not give a s*h*i*t when it started to hit the fan.

[@ErnestasKardzys]

Another Lithuanian here. It was a sad episode, because it's true. After Soviet invasion we had to live for a half a century in the Soviet prison. As for the Vilnius going back to Lithuania moment, there was an expression at that time (it rhymes very well in the Lithuanian language) - "Vilnius is ours, but we belong to the Russians".

[@Nikolaievich9837]

Lithuania today wouldn’t be where it is today without the Soviet Union

[@ErnestasKardzys]

@@Nikolaievich9837 Stop joking :D Lithuanian without the Soviet occupation would live VERY good. Sad, we had to live in the Soviet concentration camp.

[@krebssfish9370]

@@Nikolaievich9837 Yes, because it would be decades ahead in development compared to now.

[@ugaboj]

@@Nikolaievich9837 True. Without the Soviet Union, alll three Baltics would be in a much better place. Most likely at a similar level to the Nordics, since they already were before Soviet occupation.

[@Nikolaievich9837]

@@krebssfish9370 the Baltic states were one of the most developed Republics under the USSR, the population even grew

[@BichaelStevens]

"The deal has been altered. Pray I don't alter it further"

[@BichaelStevens]

This video goes to all the Americans saying "Just surrender, Ukraine, Russia will take good care of you! Promise!"

[@ShubhamMishrabro]

I'm sure those American would like dictatorship in usa so they could purge the liberals

[@juzztdw]

What happened on the baltic states looks oddly like what is happening in Ukraine.

[@Oushenss]

Terrorists usually don't change their methods

[@brandonlyon730]

At least Ukraine has the chance to fight back hard.

[@sofiaormbustad7467]

They also tried to same with Finland. Finland managed to defeat the soviets, after being attacked twice though. But still had to give up 13% of their territory, which ironic enough is pretty similar what Russia occupies of Ukraine now in october. I hop however that Ukraine is the last nation that Russia rapes and that they will change their civilization and culture all around after that. Also, Russia annexed parts of Estonia and Latvia during the soviet times. Which independent Baltic governments have never recognized. So I kinda wish the areas Stalin stole in WW2 could be handed back and the citizens who got expelled from those areas (finns, japanese, ainu, norwegians, swedes, estonians, latvians, karelians, sami, ingrians, mongolians) could return to their homelands. But Stalin's actions have scared them so much and most are dead now and their descendants don't feel a connection to those places; aswell as new people now populate those areas. Alot of that injustice was also done in central Europe, first by the axis and then by the communists. Putin's men have been deporting ukraineans to Russia for months now, to change the ethnic make up of the occupied areas. I hope Ukraine will crush Putin's troops asap

[@chenyaolu4213]

@@brandonlyon730 I don't know much about East Europe. In my opinion, Ukraine and Finland are relatively larger, but Baltic states are too small. I wonder if merging the three countries into one country possible (so Baltic people could better protect themselves from potential special military operations of Russia).

[@DiazeDan]

Western bot !!!1!!

[@brokenbridge6316]

I will always approve of little known bits of history being talked about. And the Baltic Republics during the 30's would certainly qualify as little talked about. And also I've seen the video's on the Great War's coverage of these countries. Enjoyed them a lot.

[@firstcynic92]

Pointing guns at people is a wonderful way to get over 90% to agree with you, as just seen in Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson.

[@user-nm6op6uq9u]

Yey, nice propaganda, bro

[@LocalBloodAngelEnjoyer]

@@user-nm6op6uq9u Cope and seethe. It’s the truth, vatnik.

[@user-nm6op6uq9u]

Those 90%, is it from your head? As for Luhansk and Donetsk especially, people there hate so much Ukrainian regime for 8 years of shelling civils and so-called anti-terrorist operation in general. So, your cheap pathetic lies is beyond good and evil

[@user-nm6op6uq9u]

@@LocalBloodAngelEnjoyer Ah, yes, an ape has learnt a new word

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

Thanks for sharing it was informative episode thanks

[@samwill7259]

Always the forgotten victims of the Moltov-Ribbentrop Pact. But also the bravest of the rebels who stood up when they saw the light in front of them again. Wrong time period, right sentiment: Do you hear the people sing?

[@ggtt2547]

Oh yes, i would love some more Baltic cold war history!

[@sandoiatse232]

Please do Latin America cold War history Please 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏(besides an episode on Cuba's involvement...no offense to Cubans, but we can all agree that Latin America's involvement in the cold war goes far beyond than Cuba)

[@greenkoopa]

*Nicaragua has entered the chat*

[@Hillbilly001]

I thought they had, but after looking at the playlist there were only Cuban stuff(2). Good idea, but as an American I know that those videos would be a lot of US bashing. The US kinda stuck it's nose into other peoples business for.....? But it's history, bring it on! Cheers.

[@greenkoopa]

@@Hillbilly001 lol tell me about it! I got into an argument with my older brother about Columbus being a piece of garbage and not deserving a day named after him 😂😂😂 Being an American I love being free enough to criticize the past without fear of persecution. History happened, yo

[@al_caponeh6185]

I agree, There's for instance Peru, Bolivia, Colombia and so on. Their stories must be covered.

[@Hillbilly001]

@@al_caponeh6185 Agreed!

[@Game_Hero]

I'd love an episode about Central Asia and Mongolia in the post-war years.

[@gergemall]

Thank you

[@Rakiratvian1999]

USSR really gave us the reason to never, ever, ever, ever allow something like this to happen. Even if if means taking my great-grandfathers Kar98 out of the attic. Sadly, there are many russophiles in Baltics that actively play down atrocities carried out by USSR.

[@shakeygould8839]

I wonder why he had a k98????

[@Rakiratvian1999]

@@shakeygould8839 the same reason I would use it for. Or rather ON.

[@latviesulegionars8806]

I'll build you the rounds with my own bare hands

[@simplyaugis9864]

@@shakeygould8839 back in the interwar period and during the War, Lithuanians used a lot of German weaponry. Hell, our interwar uniforms looked like German ones.

[@krumuvecis]

@@shakeygould8839 germans make good weapons, i guess

[@jtsnowman66]

I love when my favourite channels mention eachother. The Great War is an incredible channel. Followed the war daily exactly 100 years later. The detail is mind-blowing. After they finished the host Indy Neidell left TGW to start a WW2 channel in the same format. TGW has a newer host (Jesse) and continues covering that era in splendid detail. Thank you for your great work, David!

[@imantsvolkovs2447]

I see baltics in title I press like :D About soldier counts in base agreements - none allowed to count them, it could have been way more than official numbers, so actually when base agreements were signed, then fate was sealed

[@imantsvolkovs2447]

@@egertroos1691 Yes

[@lucasjames7524]

💛💛💛💛💛 Lithuania Forever! 💚💚💚💚💚 Lithuania Forever! ❤❤❤❤❤ Lithuania Forever!

[@simplyaugis9864]

TEGYVUOJA LIETUVOS RESPUBLIKA! 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥 🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥 🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥

[@tktilk3878]

Thanks to proud Lithuanians from Ukraine! You are doing a great work in helping us. We will remember it!

[@kraanz]

@@tktilk3878 We're helping because we haven't forgotten ;]

[@mortenpoulsen1496]

I never understood why the USSR invasion of poland wasn't Challenged by the British and French!

[@jimineegelicker]

Because the guarantee only concerned Germany and only Germany.

[@herluisalvarado8366]

And America was neutral back!

[@Satekas]

Thanks! Always appreciate videos about Baltic States.

[@richarddevine8391]

This is so interesting. The history I was taught in the US made it appear that the Soviets invaded and took over. Like quickly, none of this detail was offered up. Thanks for the clarification

[@JinMeowsoon]

History classes - especially before university - have to focus on major “bullet points” events, otherwise it would be never ending, there’s so much so tell and analysis to make. That’s also why the content vary on the country/region to showcase relevant events to students. Usually there are also crossover between disciplines, history, geography, economy, litterature etc.

[@gocool_2.0]

The Baltic republics experienced Order 66 in real life.

[@Game_Hero]

Lol

[@Yassified3425]

The Latvian government was successful in asking for a delay in the Soviet invasion by one day. Since at the time the Latvian Song festival was heppening in Daugavpils, the same festival that would bring a end to the Soviet rule in Latvia. The basis of the request was that the singers and guests needed time to get back home by train and road which the Soviet army would obstruct.

[@michaelwalker8464]

Can you do one on Mongolia and it history with communism

[@Mixcoatl]

10:50 - De facto, not de jure.

[@annominous826]

Excellent episode, minor comment: The Polish "slashed L", Ł, is pronounced like an English W. I normally wouldn't point something like this out, but you seem to make an effort with these things.

[@marknn237]

During 1920s and 1930s Finland and Estonia had roughly comparable standard of living. It was sad to see how the soviet rule completely ruined the Estonian economy and the wealth of that nation during the 50-year period 1940-1990. Luckily today, in economic terms, Finland and Estonia are again approaching parity. The soviet occupation of the Baltics was a huge catastrofe for human rights, international law and economic prosperity.

[@stefanodadamo6809]

Short answer: the hard way.

[@TerminalConstipation]

V. Dekanozov sure looks a lot like G.K. Zhukov....

[@wurzel9671]

4:32

[@ville7762]

textbook example of how trustworthy russians are.

[@TOBAPNW_]

Yikes. The Russian people are fine, it's their governments that have historically been terrible. The people of Russia are as much victims as those who faced persecution at the hands of the Empire, the red army, and Putin.

[@GenThomasSPower]

What‘s about the forced Deportations in the USSR ???

[@jayrey5390]

What pertinent information

[@ilari90]

Finns got the same ultimatum of allowing Soviet Union to have bases in Finland before Winter War. Finland had stronger military, and I bet better defensive situation due to the forested landscape and harsher winter and saw what was happening in Baltic nations and understood it would be a mistake. After lost wars (Winter and Continuation), we had to give them the military base in Porkkala to them, but it was still not the same, it was a threat but not that big in size. Geography and population size was just different, and it's sad what eventually happened in our Baltic brother countries. I salute you.

[@ricardas16]

north war happend before occupation and anexation of baltic states. so we, as balts should of seen what was about to happen.

[@briandelaney9710]

Finland was never Sovietized

[@butterflies655]

Porkkala's military base ended 1956. Russians left it then.

[@diamondsarenotforever8542]

The Russians left Porkkala in 1956. So there is no military base anymore.

[@hamishneilson7140]

God, it’s basically the guidebook for what we’re seeing happening now with Russia in Ukraine…

[@tktilk3878]

This wasn't their first rodeo, not even a second

[@marcl.1346]

Still very relevant to this day.

[@bigsarge2085]

👍

[@raiviste4187]

Your explanation where some kind of too complicated, hard to follow. But thank You for this episode. :) P.S. The story of "invasion of "friendly" army", then "free elections" and in short period including in USSR - this all reminds exactly what just went on in Ukraine: the same staff "friendly army"+"free referendum"+"including in Russia". :(

[@bazej1080]

The difference is Russia is incomparably weaker than USSR and it is unable to conquer neighbor nations anymore.

[@derrickthewhite1]

@@bazej1080 That, and that a hostile germany isn't blocking western support. If the Anglo-French alliance had an open route to the Baltic it would have been very different war.

[@brandonlyon730]

@@bazej1080Well there was the Winter war, the Finnish also gave a hell of a fight.

[@xwing8029]

@@brandonlyon730 Finns had a lot of advantages. Their country relief is better suited for defense, also very cold winter and their country is pretty big. There was pretty big resistance in Baltics with tens of thousands partisans and it mostly lasted till 60s but eventually KGB destroyed them by using people from inside.

[@ligayamatira3910]

We Wish to have a feature episode about the Philippines under Ferdinand E. Marcos

[@victorperfecto6267]

The American puppet few have known

[@robertsansone1680]

Excellent history again. Thank You

[@EricChipko]

Criticism: I lost track of the year these treaties were signed. Month and year would be more coherent. Day level precision is less important.

[@crose7412]

@Eric Chipko 1939-40. If you lose track, rewind the vid back a few seconds.

[@MikusVilsons]

August 23rd, 1939 - a week before Germany invade Poland starting WW2!

[@xwing8029]

Smetona actually didnt resign.

[@Mrgunsngear]

Thanks

[@eruno_]

❤️ 🇱🇹 🇱🇻 🇪🇪 ❤️

[@bobapbob5812]

I used to work with Balts. Nobody, except maybe Hungarians, hate Russians as much.

[@Javlafan]

Baltics are located in Northern Europe though. Sources: UNESCO, EuroVoc, Committee for International Cooperation in National Research in Demography, The STW Thesaurus for Economics.

[@Javlafan]

Also, when the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact is mentioned in videos about Finnish history, there's no mention of Eastern Europe. Even though Finland was considered a fourth Baltic State before the middle of the 50s. So tired of this hypocrisy tbh...

[@butterflies655]

​@@JavlafanNo. Finland was not considered never as a Baltic state. Finland was directly a part of Sweden for over 600 years. They were the same country.

[@samuelattas3864]

In 1939 Denmark and Estonia where at the same level economical and socially...

[@ToniTortelini]

A! That's why the Baltic's "love" Russia so much?

[@annehersey9895]

You can sure tell that Putin has read-and likely memorized-The Stalin Playbook who had read The Czar's Handbook, in addition to the Communist Manifesto!

[@beachboy0505]

Finland 🇫🇮: we don't do annexations!!!

[@xenamorphwinner7931]

Do singing revolution and/or January 13 -th events. The Alfa group never answered for it's crimes (answered only to General Secretary and President of Soviet Union and guess who owned both posts)

[@robertm.8653]

Great video

[@garyfrombrooklyn]

Great documentary and if Tiege can make you look like that, I'll buy lol

[@100Kakdela]

Latvian here. Thank you for the episode. What strikes me the most about this piece of history is the Russian denial about it - to this day they teach in schools that Baltics joined voluntarily and they practically saved us from poverty by building factories, schools, and pumping money into infrastructure. According to them, this episode of The Cold War can be considered as "rewriting history". The level of arrogance and ignorance makes my blood boil.

[@richardsimms251]

Very very interesting

[@jacobedward2401]

It's sad. The Soviets gave up on international socialism and went right back to the same battles over territory. Well, at least they stopped Hitler.

[@ShengYu1995]

The Baltic countries after the collapse of Soviet Union in 1989-1991 period, also competed as individual nations in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. Whereas the 12 other former soviet republics competed under the "Unified Team" banner in 1992 and won the most gold

[@ultonian63]

Which goes to prove absolutely nothing.

[@answerman9933]

What is your point? Is this just a "fun fact"?

[@arrow1414]

It is just excuses for Russian aggression: the "theat" of the Baltic Entente then, NATO now.

[@sergei.wallace]

don't you mean that they were "de facto" Soviet colonies, not "du jour" at 10: 48? they were colonies in practice, not law. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKbJc6ZrjbV5acUsi=MLeP0yLvga-xm03z&t=647

[@CatnamedMittens]

Baltics best timeline was after Brest-Litovsk

[@Salarat]

Yeah, how many Latvians died defending Riga from the Germans? The Brest-Litovsk peace inflicted a huge loss on the Latvian units of the Russian Imperial army. Many were eventually disappointed and joined the ranks of the Communists.

[@MikusVilsons]

The best time for the Baltics is ahead of us. Right now 👍

[@ingus5552]

Not only Sovietization but also colonization and Russification.

[@mat3714]

Algorithm

[@tensortab8896]

Politics is just war by other means. Might makes right.

[@davidbowie5023]

These nations were unfortunate to be part of Tsarist Russia, which was given as a reason for the Soviet reconquest. Thankfully, they regained their states in 1991, and their choices to be different from Moscow proved a success. Honour to side with you, Baltic people. An Irishman loves you. 🇮🇪🇮🇳🤝🏻🇱🇻🇱🇹🇪🇪

[@davidbowie5023]

@@egertroos1691 I am half Indian.

[@gregthompson3274]

Exactly what Russia wants to do to Ukraine in 2023,Russia 1939,Russia 2023,not much difference

[@vmcla]

What is the purpose of this repetitive, in distinct, unrelated music track underneath the narration? What does it add? Why is it here? The narration is interesting enough in itself but this nauseating music wrecks it. Bye.

[@anzelmasmatutis2500]

WW2 started Germany together with USSR, when they started to split Europe - Germany took Western Europe, USSR took Eastern Europe.

[@user-nm6op6uq9u]

Only in your wet anti-soviet dreams

[@LocalBloodAngelEnjoyer]

@@user-nm6op6uq9u The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact isn’t an “anti-soviet wet dream.” But of course you would ignore that.

[@user-nm6op6uq9u]

@@LocalBloodAngelEnjoyer So? Discover how many non-aggression pacts with Germany were, genius. Britain, France, Poland and Baltic states had it. The SU signed it last. And, of course, Munich collusion. Why do you, "fighter for justice", not blame France and Britain? By the way, part of Czechoslovakia was annexed by Poland. And before that, Poland attacked the RSFSR and annexed soviet territories. Annexed Wilno (the USSR returned it back to Lithuania). Poland and Baltic states weren't white fluffy innocent sheeps. The SU removed hostile parafascist pro-nazi regimes there.

[@karolissavickis10]

@@user-nm6op6uq9u we blame France and UK for Munich. We also blame them and Germany for allowing facist Russia to get as strong as it is now.

[@jaydenclowers2616]

How did Communism reach Yugoslavia

[@rockmusicman21]

Tito

[@joeyjojojrshabadoo7462]

It was a widespread political movement. Still is. There weren't all Soviet puppet states.

[@TerminalConstipation]

COMINTERN

[@regolith1350]

To update this into a 2022 story, just change “Soviet Union” to “Russia” and “Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania” to “Luhansk, Donets, and Crimea”.

[@pwp8737]

plus ça change...

[@Game_Hero]

Irredentism never changes.

[@enesamederel]

I'd like to hear Allies' reaction to these annexations

[@tWoFrEsHmClOvIn]

HAS THE SECOND WORLD SUPER POWER EVER WON A WAR THEY WE'RE IN LMFAO 😂

[@jayrey5390]

Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦✊🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@roy1299]

So basically Soviet=russia

[@JR-gp2zk]

Was the USSR not run by Russia? It was always about Russia. The thought that the USSR being a bunch of willing, like minded communists countries was a fantasy. The USSR was Russia and a bunch of countries it enslaved. That is why Putin's plan to take Ukraine was so flawed. Putin drank the USSR koolaid. No ex member of the USSR wants to ever be a part of Russia again. They will all fight to the death to prevent it.

[@brandonlyon730]

Though at this time it was ran by a Georgian man.

[@krumuvecis]

it's the same tsarist empire just under a different name

[@robertortiz-wilson1588]

Soviet Union was way way way worse.

[@joeyjojojrshabadoo7462]

More like Russia = England USSR = UK

[@silverstar8868]

All I can think of is Nyet, Molotoff

[@krumuvecis]

Got to make a cocktail for mr Molotoff.

[@kilgoretrout413]

I was just thinking of how young you look 😮

[@madcat789]

How did the Great Depression affect African nations?

[@Jesters-Jinx]

History doesn't repeat, it rhymes and echos.

[@beachboy0505]

Wow, Stalin knew how to do annexations without firing a shot.

[@JohnHenryEden2277]

Didn't go so well for him in Finland though.

[@beachboy0505]

@@JohnHenryEden2277 kruschev ? ( please check) to the USSR Congress ' the beating, the Finns gave the USSR, I find it difficult to call it a victory '

[@martynas3722]

Oh, he fired enough shots. In the back of the head

[@stevenbaksh5545]

too bad Putin didn't learn that lol

[@krumuvecis]

An anecdote form those times: a ukrainian fisherman catches a goldfish and the goldfish grants him 3 wishes. 1. "I wish that mongols conquered Sweden." 2. "I wish that mongols went back home to Mongolia." 3. "I wish that mongols conquered Sweden again." Goldfish asks the fisherman: "But why? Why Sweden?" Fisherman replies: "Because they will go over russians 3 times."

[@kraanz]

Protams, vieniigais, kursh sasmeejaas, ir latvietis - es =D

[@nkristianschmidt]

WW2 in Europe was in praxis fought to uphold the Soviet part of the Molotov-Rippentrop pact. WW2 in the PAcific was in praxis fought to make sure, the communists could prevail in China. All an accident of hands of course, but nevertheless, the actual outcome of the chaos. Policies often have the opposite effect of what was intended.

[@greenkoopa]

The word is practice. Stop it

[@nkristianschmidt]

@@greenkoopa Look it up.

[@pavelimani]

Tragedy

[@pwningpete1205]

First

[@greenkoopa]

Yeah but do you have anything worthwhile to say? Edit: you're third

[@pwningpete1205]

@@greenkoopa first two comments were made prior to the bideo going public. This is the first post after the video went live

[@mg4361]

This comment is in bad taste considering the topic

[@ClassicFormulaOne1]

I am very happy Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia are now part of the EU and NATO so their lands will be defended indefinitely by the free western world. Greetings from the Netherlands.

[@herluisalvarado8366]

But now they will face Nuclear treats from their dear neighbours indefinitely and this won't be good for them.

[@karliskokorevics6902]

​@@herluisalvarado8366I mean... Okay? If they nuke us, St. Petersburg and other Russian cities will still be in the fallout zone. And what's the alternative? Another 50 years of occupation by Russia?

[@themeerofkats8908]

The western world has no future

[@petruSarac]

Old habits die hard. Did they have referendums of annexation back then?

[@ricardas16]

infact they did. hence, why crimea anexation reminded me so much of what happend in 1940

[@SponsoredNot]

I’ve been a KZbin subscriber for many years now. Since before they had commercials interrupting each and every episode. I despise commercials. So now I pay ransom to KZbin every month so that I don’t have to watch these ridiculous commercials. And now all of the commercials are in the freaking videos. What the fuck?!?!?!

[@fuzer4047]

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[@cnordegren]

The Soviet empure taking the Baltics plugged another gateway territory of the Hordelands.

[@bartoszkalinowski6542]

This polish submarine ORP Orzeł means Eagle, manage to escape whithout maps from Baltic thrue Sund and get safe whith crew to England, and fight with German fleet again...

[@williamerazo3921]

Russia want those territories back

[@simplyaugis9864]

@@dragosstanciu9866 warm water ports + Kaliningrad

[@simplyaugis9864]

@@dragosstanciu9866 Agreed

[@JR-gp2zk]

Come get them Russia, we dare you. It will be worse than Ukraine.

[@BichaelStevens]

Cry about it, Russia. "How dare you take what I took from you??"

[@Jay-ho9io]

It's nice to want things.

[@musamusashi]

Hope you also have an episode on how 'murica took over western Europe 😉

[@answerman9933]

This video shows why it was a very bad idea for Ukraine to have allowed Russian a naval base in Sevastopol.

[@ricardas16]

yes, it helped orcs to anex crimea. that's how it was done. just like in 1940.

[@herluisalvarado8366]

Sevastopol was founded by Russians and Crimea was ilegally transferred to Ukraine by decree!

[@kraanz]

For the love of whatever god you hold dear - please stop using terms that carefully dance around the subject. It wasn't a "sovietization," whatever the hell that means, it wasn't "taking over," "moving in" or any other metaphors people use just to avoid calling it what it was - an illegal occupation. Followed by an attempted genocide. It's the USSR that carefully started using these metaphors so as to avoid looking like the aggressor, which it totally was. "Nono, we didn't invade, occupy and then try to kill them off. No, no way. We sovietized them." I can understand why they spoke like that and why the Orcs still do to this day. But are we them? Why are we continuing the worst of their traditions?

[@user-nm6op6uq9u]

Yey, what a rhetoric ahahahah. Are you a latent fascist?

[@kraanz]

@@user-nm6op6uq9u By your Orc logic, where everyone who's not a fanatical Putin slave is a fascist by default, I guess I am, vatnik. Why are you here? Do you even know the difference between fascism and national socialism? I'm gonna bet, no.

[@user-nm6op6uq9u]

@@kraanz keep using that rhetoric, clown. Dehumanizing is not a fascist rhetoric, definitely, yep. It's only you, who mentioned Putin ahaha. Fascism and nazism are almost identical, the last one has extremely racial intolerance and chauvinist degree.

[@kraanz]

@@user-nm6op6uq9u Go. Away. You reek of orc.

[@themeerofkats8908]

Illegality is a pointless measure. There is no divinely bestowed law that we as God's subjects all follow. Under Soviet law, the Baltics had equal status as all the other republics. It's ironic that you speak of ''genocide'' while dehumanising Russians by calling them ''orcs'' just like what the Nazis did.

[@realhawaii5o]

This is quite heavy. I'm right now in Lithuania but normally I live in Estonia. The takeover and rule of the Soviet empire was terrible for the Baltic people (and everyone else). On the other hand, I found it a bit weird how Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania never talk about their own authoritarian governments (like Antanas Smetonas' or Konstantin Päts' governments).

[@raJlabaJloM]

It was short lived and not much to talk about. I mean about Latvia atleast, not enough time passed to see any major bad or good things come out of it. That i think is mostly the reason.

[@krumuvecis]

In Latvia: the authoritarian leader Kārlis Ulmanis, who came to power in 1934, was also the head of state in the first few years of independence (1918-1922) before the constitution was written. At first there was no election threshold for parliament elections (nowadays we have a 5% barrier) and the parliament was becoming increasingly fragmented with each election. 1. parliament (1922-1925) - 46 of 88 parties got elected. 2. parliament (1925-1928) - 48 of 141 parties got elected. 3. parliament (1928-1931) - 54 of 120 parties got elected. 4. parliament (1931-1934) - 57 of 103 parties got elected. Kārlis Ulmanis got elected and became the Prime Minister during the 4th Parliament. He saw that this fragmentation only leads to corruption and party in-fighting. He was supported by a voluntary paramilitary force "Aizsargi" approximately equal to the army, and abolished parliament. No blood was shed.

[@kraanz]

@@krumuvecis I would say Aizsargi was more of a National Guard.

[@krumuvecis]

@@kraanz what's the difference?

[@PeataPoeet]

What do you mean never talk about it? It is part of our history course, it is openly talked...dont make things up.