Josip Broz ‘Tito’: Too Tough for Stalin

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[@lll870621345lll]

DO ONE ABOUT ENVER HOXHA ALBANIAN DICTATOR

[@zackferris5268]

Nicolae Ceaușescu. I feel that’s all I need for convincing lol

[@tarbalonggzadar8939]

Alexander 1st was dead by 1940 for 6 years. He was killed by ustasha regime in assasination in France.... Just sayin

[@defactunit363]

Tito is 10th mass murder in the human history. Yugoslavia was divided into 50/50 percentage deal between Churchill and Stalin therefore Tito was just a marionette who was always depending either on western help or Stalin’s. He became western puppet, a tool against his master Stalin.

[@malizlato]

@@defactunit363 it would take a century how blatantly stupid you are and all the lies you spew...but no one has time for imbecils like you.

[@bruhguyman4781]

Serbs: Tito was a Croatian dictator. Croats: Tito was a Serbian dictator. Bosnians: Tito was a nice guy.

[@SerbwithGod]

Ya 'cuz he invented them ... And Tito was half Croatian , half Slovene , so ...

[@alfamuzjaksakitomiznadpros5182]

@@SerbwithGod pretty sure Bosnians weren't invented by Tito

[@SerbwithGod]

@@alfamuzjaksakitomiznadpros5182 As a nation, first mentioned as Muslims only place in the world, you would see that.. Before that mostly Serbs and other Croats...

[@alfamuzjaksakitomiznadpros5182]

@@SerbwithGod Before 1971, Bosnian Muslims saw themselves as Bosnians, it's not like they went around and called themselves Serbs or Croats, there's a reason we got the term "Muslim" Bosniaks wanted a term for themselves because they didn't feel like they were Serbs or Croats, during Ottoman and Austro Hungarian times Bosniak or Bosnian was a term tha was used. That is why in 1971 they wanted to get a new name, and the only thing the Yugoslav government saw as a good name was " Muslim"

[@SerbwithGod]

@@alfamuzjaksakitomiznadpros5182 Bosnian Serb or Bosnian Croat by geographical location, not a nation, and they felt different because of Tito, same is for Macedonians and Montenegrins...

[@JohnSmith-sl6uq]

Interesting story about Tito: My paternal grandfather served in the British Airforce in WW2. One morning, towards the latter years of the war, my grandfather's friend gave him a knife. Later that day, my grandfather was shot down by a German pilot in Yugoslavia, and he parachuted into the water. The only reason he didn't drown was because he used the knife to cut open the parachute that was collapsing on him in the water. He was able to swim towards the shore, and a Yugoslavian fisherman ended up swimming out to help my exhausted grandfather to the shore. He brought him in and eventually took him to a nearby camp of The Partisans, the communist guerilla group led by Tito. Tito was at this camp. My grandfather met him, and Tito personally handwrote a letter that allowed my grandfather safe passage back to England. We still own the letter and the knife.

[@gil8132]

TELL MORE PLESE

[@JohnSmith-sl6uq]

@@gil8132 my grandfather must have made an impact on Tito, because when the Yugoslavian embassy happened in Melbourne, Australia in 1980-ish, they invited my grandfather who was living there at the time. Whether Tito himself was there I can't remember, but my grandfather shared caviar, cigars, drinks and stories with other Yugoslavians there

[@TheFonograf]

Thanks for sharing this John, fascinating story.

[@Tommy.TCG.]

OI YOU GOT A LOISCENSE FOR THAT KNOIFE THERE BRUV!!!!???

[@TammoKorsai]

Can we see some photos of the letter and knife?

[@AmperSand666]

He fought Hitler, he downed two american warplanes, confronted Stalin - quite unique and impressive performance.

[@Bokicazver]

And American did NOTHING!

[@AlenB29]

he didnt down two american warplanes that was done by Serbs long after he was dead

[@DarkoExYu]

@@AlenB29 this also happened after WW2 when Tito was claiming Italian territory with majority Slavs and the Americans were patrolling over it and ignoring his demands.

[@misterboom92]

He did not. The Serbians did destroy two US airplanes long after his death, it was Slobodan Milosevic to be precise. On his list of “accomplishments” though, you should add that he murdered tons of innocent men, women and children in Istria and forced more than 290.000 Istrian people out of there, a genocide and an ethnic cleansing of the region to favor Slovenians and Croats that alone erased over 3000 years of Istria’s history.

[@misterboom92]

@@DarkoExYu “with majority slavs”

[@garrick3727]

I went to Yugoslavia as a kid and never knew it was a communist country. It just seemed like going anywhere else. I remember it was very green and the bread was good. Ten years later it had disintegrated.

[@seadfacic2924]

@Andrea Zan Zanardi l'infame Can you elaborate on that please?

[@semirveskovic7980]

@Andrea Zan Zanardi l'infame yup, they did kill a lot of NAZIS

[@malina5606]

@Andrea Zan Zanardi l'infame Bujna mašta radi svašta, ha ha! Hilarious!

[@justme_gb]

Many places have delicious bread but the competition for 'best in the world' would all be former Yugoslavian countries.

[@glifwsatti]

*Socialist

[@misspurdy27288]

“Stalin, stop sending people to kill me! We’ve already captured five of them, one with a bomb and another with a rifle... If you keep sending killers, I’ll send one to Moscow. And I won’t have to send another.” The best quote. Ever.

[@enderlaptopminecrafter390]

*tiTo Umesto staljina haahha Edit-uj koment Greska

[@misspurdy27288]

enderlaptop minecrafter3 huh? sorry i only speak english and bits of japanese XD translation please.

[@yohatch]

@@misspurdy27288 You need to change the name, Tito said that, not Stalin.

[@misspurdy27288]

_Laboratorija The ‘stalin:’ is part of the quote. Although good catch it should be a comma.

[@michaeldunne338]

If true, totally bad @$$ ...

[@murdanauf]

I think there were about 56 assasionation attempts on Tito, there is a book about it I read years ago. Most of them attempted by USSR and the USA. He visited JFK once in NYC, and he was almost shot there. There is a recorded phone call from Tito to JFK after Tito got home, telling JFK he loved it in America and that he should come visit Yugoslavia so he could return the hospitality

[@josephleonard6695]

Tito is so full of dark comedy

[@Yeaggghurte]

Yeah but jfk wasn’t almost shot so he’s dead

[@nont18411]

Makes me wonder, what if what happened in Dallas 1963 was Tito returning the hospitality?

[@Cobra0190]

@@nont18411 I mean there’s no evidence to prove that.

[@confused4971]

@@Cobra0190 Yeah, but regardless its fun to think about

[@PokojniToza1804]

Here is a real story showing what kind of character Tito was. My father used to play accordion in a traditional music group, so called Kulturno Umjetničko Društvo (cultural and artistic company) from Sarajevo. These companies were a thing that literally every city, town or village had in Yugoslavia. Many of them exist to this day. The purpose of those troops is to preserve old songs and traditional dances of the people of Yugoslavia and give young people a place to pursue a hobby. Anyway, in his orchestra the lead accordion player has met Tito in person and had a really nice story about him. He was also a good friend of my father, his name was Mehmed, all of us kids called him uncle Meho. He enlisted in Yugoslav Navy in December 1952. as a sailor. At the time the mandatory military service in the navy was 3 years long so he was due to serve until December 1955. After finishing his basic training he was assigned to serve aboard Tito's presidential yacht "Galeb". In 1953. Tito started his famous world peace tour with "Galeb" and the trip lasted for 478 days. During the trip, at open sea, Tito insisted on having so called "sailor's evenings" where the crew would gather, sing, dance and spend the evening hanging out with him. The official reason behind it was that it is good for crew morale, but the truth was that Tito preferred hanging out with regular people instead of all the suck-ups and lackeys around him. And no one dared to oppose Tito regarding having those events. So my dad's friend, being a musician, was given an accordion and he was the main entertainer on those evenings. Not just because he knew how to play accordion and Tito's favorite folk songs, but also because he was from Bosnia and had that recognizable Bosnian sense of humor and a sense for a good party. Tito even remembered his first name and called him "comrade Meho". Almost half a year after that Tito came back to "Galeb" for some official state reception. As he was walking in front of the lined up crew he recognized uncle Meho and asked him "you are still here, Meho?" and uncle Meho replied "3 years of service, comrade Tito". Tito looked at him with a bit stunned expression and asked "when was the last time you went home for a leave?" and he replied "for 2 weeks, when we came back from the trip". Tito just let out some confused "hmmmm" then added "that is outrageous", patted him on the shoulder and said "we'll get that right". After 2 weeks he received honorable discharge papers signed by Tito personally, almost a year before his service was due. He kept them framed on his wall for his entire life as a souvenir and also as proof of the story. Not long after that navy service was cut down to 2 years. You can guess whose idea and order it was. You can say and think about him whatever you want, but you can't deny that Tito cared about the common people of Yugoslavia.

[@WarCrimeGaming]

I have many Balkan friends, and they all said that their parents lived in heaven until Titos death

[@milepod]

@Andrea Zan Zanardi l'infame if you're a leader of a country in a cold war, state sanctioned murder is one of the things that go along with it. He didn't kill as many as the CIA did in those days, and yet people don't seem to call US presidents pig murderers for some reason. It is true that he could have provided a more pluralistic society if he put the effort in, but he was sadly heavily influenced by the bolshevik ideology. I'm still impressed his version of Stalinism was much, much softer on citizens of Yugoslavia than the actual Stalinism was on citizens of the Soviet union. Political repression was all the rage in those days and for that he will always be called a dictator.

[@milepod]

@Andrea Zan Zanardi l'infame oh well I think the land Italy occupied after WW1 would not be such a serious issue if it weren't for the forced Italianization and forced relocation of native Slovenian population during the 1920s and 1930s. My grandparents suffered greatly at the brutal oppression under Italian occupation during those times so I understand why they wanted sovereignty over those lands after the war and why they were prepared to push the Italians out with force.

[@altergreenhorn]

@Andrea Zan Zanardi l'infame What italian land ? You mean an Austro Hungarian land with Slovenia majority which west gave to the Italy as a bribe in WWI to backstab Austria ? BTW Venice is not Italy

[@altergreenhorn]

@Andrea Zan Zanardi l'infame Venice is Italy ? great then Rome isnt Italy

[@nikispaniki]

My friend’s father from Serbia killed himself after Tito died. He said Yugoslavia would now destroy itself and he was too old to want to go through anymore wars. He knew what was coming. My friend said he was happy his father at least had some good years after ww2 with Josip in charge.

[@Euro.Patriot]

He knew no-one liked Yugoslavia.

[@swamifakkananda4043]

Woooow, what a story!!

[@dyniaz65]

the saddest thing is he was right, shortly after Tito death, Yugoslavia literally destroyed itself

[@slaven000]

@@Euro.Patriot hm, my parents came back from Germany in the 70's to live and work in Yugoslavia. I've been around the world and Yugoslavia is still in a category for itself for me. Before WWII this area was basically a shithole. Infrastructure, industry, universal Education, Healthcare, retirement, maternity, women rights(we're now fighting to preserve all aforementioned)... Damn, whole cities were built and given to workers, factories had resorts at the Adriatic coast for it's workers..

[@misterbacon3423]

Fun fact: Tito was the only one who was allowed to smoke in the White House.

[@bigpapa880]

MisterBacon342 what are they gonna do? Tell him no?

[@GoranArsic76]

Yes, and he smoked Cuban cigars, supplied by Castro. lol.

[@Tengri30]

@@GoranArsic76 It was actually a gift given by Castro.

[@ognjenpetrovic5843]

Nixon: We do not smoke in here Tito: Good for you

[@ivanaznar6495]

@@ognjenpetrovic5843 I need more likes to give you for that comment

[@olivercuenca4109]

"Tried to please everyone, ended up pissing everyone off." Ain't that just the story of human history.

[@user-fl6gy2xw2b]

Absolutely. The modern day media in both strongest nations of former Yugoslavia; Croatia and Serbia seem to compete who is going to come up with more filth and dirt about him. But it's the way of the world today. The ever more rich elites are just taking care of the plebs keeping it at bay from their wealth which isn't really their wealth since they haven't created it. But... oh well... :)

[@ziparis]

Not entirely. Some people are murderous psychopaths out only for their own power.

[@danielgyllenbreider]

That is not the story of Tito, however. He is held in high regard among lots of the former yugoslav people.

[@edwincasimir28]

@@danielgyllenbreider And don't forget: foreigners, both leaders and citizens as well. Unlike the current leaders of ex-Yu states, he was at least respectable.

[@anteretem9569]

The problem is much complicated, tito did a lot of good things, but in Yougoslavia some secret parties try to take the power in the shadows and tito use full power on them and was regard less, his secret police did a lot of bad things. Some people's who talked bad about Yugoslavia and about tito, tito send guy's from his secret police to kill them, like in Germany in the 70's tito organized assassination of ex-yugoslavian people who said that tito was dictator.

[@aSandwich.13]

"Nobody says 'no' to Stalin and lives." Tito: Hold my Pelinkovac

[@paulwalker1617]

Georgy Zhukov: lemme introduce myself..

[@bad.at.videogames.5514]

Hold my burak

[@juricakonsec2337]

Just, it was the Stalin who said 'no'. :-D

[@DeeDeex007o]

Hold my rakija!

[@daphnepassisi-kokot6263]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@mochamadvitoyanuar4903]

Tito: "Hey Stalin, i have a joke for you" Stalin: "What's it?" Tito: "1980" Stalin: "I dont get it" Tito: "Exactly"

[@user-mf5ue6rc5n]

Lol

[@DeeDeex007o]

🤣🤣🤣🤣👌👌

[@Elementalism]

Damn, dude has Hitler and Stalin going after him and he survives.

[@pahvalrehljkov]

only in balkan...

[@brickrok2408]

Elementalism he was an ustasha who was on the nazi side

[@thelastshadow8623]

He was a murder and an idiot

[@urby5996]

@@thelastshadow8623 are you really that stupid to belive this?

[@thelastshadow8623]

@@urby5996 are you realy soo primitive that you CANT read books? Looks like you are the stupid one over here

[@Evzone1821]

Stalin: “I will shake my little finger and there will be no more Tito.” Tito: *laughs in 1980*

[@damirbecirbegovic3374]

He was the greatest, Stalin was a paranoid lunatic who murdered his people, Tito hated him for that.

[@Evzone1821]

Damir Becirbegovic Tito was like Stalin, but watered down heavily.

[@gaiusjuliuscaesar3808]

@@Evzone1821 You need to understand that the Balkan people, especially Ex-Yugs have an extreme adoration and romanticism towards Tito. And though Tito was fairly kind compared to Stalin(Not a difficult achievement tbh), he still lead purges and removed many of his yugoslav communist rivals through the Great Purge and supressed nationalism instead of solving it.

[@itsblitz4437]

@@damirbecirbegovic3374 right? Stalin was such a sore loser. Are you a Justice Democrat?

[@armancausevic2155]

@@gaiusjuliuscaesar3808 Yes I agree, however most don't understand that most people purged were nationalits for republics(e.g bosnian nationalists, croatian, serbian, etc.). You can observe clerly near his death and after how quickly the nationalists came power and desired to rid of the nation and establish indepedent republics(leading to the war, many other factors played into stirring up the war, but nationalism was the main factor I say).

[@ViraL_FootprinT.ex.e]

His letter to Stalin was pretty straight to the point, huh?

[@pepper0604]

Fun fact: Tito was voted as a best dressed world leader. When visited Queen Elisabeth, the had a chat after dinner which lasted till 4 am. Queen was absolutely fascinated by Tito’s story and said to him, “ I can not believe how much you achieved in your life”. Also you can see in footage that she shook hands with him which she hardly ever did with anyone.

[@MrKruska11]

Stalin: Sends assasin to kill Tito Tito: *pulls out reverse card*

[@Matteo3166]

NO U

[@aaronschuschu4314]

Lol

[@dimasstudiochannel882]

@@Matteo3166 no u

[@dalmatiaball7687]

every axis soldier gangsta until forests start speaking serbo-croatian

[@stefanvlad8472]

Dalmatian Mapper :))

[@MONSTERKILL2013]

No, the forests spoke serbian

[@dalmatiaball7687]

@@MONSTERKILL2013 you just started a 4th balkan war

[@MONSTERKILL2013]

@@dalmatiaball7687 Yes

[@artgccdmn4627]

@@MONSTERKILL2013 Please calm down, It's Christmas. Sarbatori fericite si Srecnu novu godinu

[@dhuseinovic]

I am from former Yugoslavia, my grandparents were partisans. I didn't get to live for long in this country before it collapsed, but it was (going to be) glorious. My parents still can't get over this loss.

[@misterboom92]

Cope

[@powderskier5547]

We had a party when the pig died

[@vesna2953]

me too,was good time

[@A_Ducky]

I was 4 years old and Tito's death was the first time I "learned" of the concept of death. I remember asking Mom why are all the people outside on the streets crying. One of my earliest memories, along with grandpa's passing that same year. Loss of two great men. R.I.P. 🥀

[@arandommemer9926]

That just shows how loved Tito was among the common people of Yugoslavia, also my condolences, I'm sure your grandfather was a great man

[@A_Ducky]

@@arandommemer9926 Thank you! Grandpa was a self learned man born in 1900. 2 world wars. He saved the village in the 2nd one by making some kind of dynamite at home and blowing up a bridge which was the only access for Nazis to the village. Ppl still write stories about his deeds (like doctoring etc, not just war stuff). Would you believe that quality of life under Tito's communism was better than now when we're all capitalist but no one has jobs coz politicians steal all the world aid meant for (re)building factories? And I'm not a proponent of communism btw, just facts.

[@lukazupanic4071]

Another fun story between Tito and Stalin. Once Stalin send to Tito jar of rice with note: "try to count us". Then Tito send him back jar of spicy pepperoni with note: "try to taste us".

[@sulthanryanalfandralatif603]

The chad lol

[@ppman6973]

lmfao

[@awc6007]

XD

[@PatTheRiot]

Tito missed a good chance to scare Stalin. This happened to me once. Someone came with a jar of nails, told me to count them. I said that was stupid. He said well sometimes you just need to put in the work and left. So I went and found a scale. Weighted a few nails to see the avg. I then weighted the nails and susbtrated the weight of the jar. In 2 minutes I was done. There was 546 nails. I would have applied the same to the rice, instantly. Couple days later, Stalin opens letter: "764 943" but by the time you read this you probably ate half of them you fat pig ;)

[@Kezmanisgod9]

Love the banter between these two but not sure I quite follow what each other was getting at

[@goranjosic]

The Yugoslav passport was once the most desirable passport in the world, with the largest number of countries you could visit without a visa. You could travel from Japan, the Soviet Union, Western Europe, Cuba, the North and South America. This fact in itself is an amazing achievement...

[@altergreenhorn]

@Karlo Cubing what you mean with rare? Every one had one

[@MareWPWW]

@Karlo Cubing False info! Dont listen to this gut

[@DrugBa642]

And only with with a Yugo passport, you could go to both West and East Germany

[@goranjosic]

@Karlo Cubing I lived in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Yugoslavia), and my entire extended family, friends and neighborhood, loved shopping in Trieste - (at least when they had enough money for it), and Trieste is in Italy - so they all had passports. Don't alwais believe your friend :D

[@goranfazlinovic4030]

@Karlo Cubing are you actually dumb? My dad is from croatia and his whole family has passports, why would he strain his own people? He is a croat!

[@milos1534]

When he was asked in one interview "Who do you trust most of anyone else?" , he said "the barber". They asked him rather confused, expecting totaly different answers.. "Why barber", on what which he replied "Because he holds his razor every morning on under my neck, and he can kill me any time he likes, but don't "

[@TheFonograf]

I think that Charles Bukowski quote explains a lot regarding how it was in Yugoslavia in period 1945 - 1990: “The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don't have to waste your time voting”. The truth is simple; the large majority of Yugoslav population loved Tito, because they had jobs, roof over their heads, most could afford a week holiday on the Adriatic, they enjoyed western style cultural life (hollywood films, rock'n'roll, levi's jeans), but most importantly they could see that wherever Tito went (and he travelled a lot), he was greeted as some sort of semi God. The attendance at his funeral tells its own story.

[@poremechen]

Fun fact: On his funeral were "four kings, 31 presidents, six princes, 22 prime ministers, and 47 ministers of foreign affairs, from both sides of the Iron Curtain. In total 128 countries out of the 154 UN members at the time were represented."

[@Madferit1991]

Mangupski zaista!

[@Ladovinka513]

They all wanted to be sure he's actually dead before tearing up Yugoslavia

[@theironcross2933]

@@Ladovinka513 I just thought of some CIA agent scanning the body and going yep, he looks pretty dead

[@tenhirankei]

"and a partridge in a pear tree!"

[@silverdragon710]

Inspektor prince phillipe too

[@Svarog187]

Fun Fact: Yugoslavians were the only people who could cross the German Wall legally.

[@arianmartic7965]

It just proves what powerfull of a country we were!

[@jeromedragon5287]

@@arianmartic7965 too bad you couldn't learn to live together, how is it now? We don't get much news over here except bs

[@arianmartic7965]

@@jeromedragon5287 Well now we are just EU and Nato puppets, we are now german cock suckers and cheap slaves. And ustashas and fake socialists are doing this to us...

[@XxpauldadudexX]

@Arian Masters EU, Nato, Germans, Utashas, fake socialists...who ya gonna blame next, your granma?

[@arianmartic7965]

@@XxpauldadudexX My blame is also on us too, mainly ofc. Whats your point? I know my history... my blame is based on what happend. Facts brother. Where are you from btw?

[@patrickisles4570]

Tito seems like a rad dude. Anyone who isn't afraid of Stalin and pissed off Hitler is legit in my mind. 💪

[@apexxxx10]

*Rad*

[@Asgart12]

I'm a Hungarian (national minority) born in Serbia (Vojvodina) and my dad told me that he and his friends loved to travel to Budapest to attend concerts once or twice a year, and to just have fun. Hungary was a lot cheaper place back then, and with the money he made in Yugoslavia (a lot) he could party a lot more in Hungary. They were drinking on the stairs of the venue before a show one time and the Hungarian communist police started to raid the place hitting young people with police batons to disperse the crowd. When they got to my dad and his friends, they just casually showed their Yugoslav passports, with one hand (beer in the other hand) and the police officers apologized immediately and went on, leaving them alone. That was the power of the Yugoslav passport. Since then I heard similar stories from other people.

[@BIGNEM]

This man had the most celebrated and attended funeral of any world leader ever.

[@nedmanovic]

@Biliary Clinton what @NEMSWOLRD meant by most attended is that a huge number of presidents, ministers, ambassadors, government officials etc of other countries attended his funeral. In that way it is still I believe the most attended funeral of all time.

[@izetmedosevic9241]

@Biliary Clinton No, no, Kings & Queens was there,.. Btw:The best punk rock culture was in Yugoslavia.

[@autonomas8083]

@Biliary Clinton That was not the case in Tito's funeral. People came to pay their respects to him because they actually loved him. He managed hold a state with more than 5 different ethnicities. One of the best leaders in the world

[@skendzo4901]

It was the second most watched tv program the number one was when the USA landed on the moon

[@autonomas8083]

@Biliary Clinton Why did your family have to flee?

[@Jay-dm9ql]

Tito: I survived so many assassination attempts Fidel Castro: Hold my poisoned milkshake please

[@kodyeldridge5847]

Rasputin: hold my moscow mule.

[@levvy3006]

Castro once fucked an American female assassin so good she turned Communist. The dude was a real life James Bond.

[@patternwhisperer4048]

@@levvy3006 wait, is this actually true? Thats hilarious

[@Jay-dm9ql]

@@levvy3006 The female assassin was his wife right? Correct me if I'm wrong

[@sjewitt22]

@commiesarentpeople real stupid thing to say.

[@megamillionfreak]

I saw him in real life once, in early 1978 in Dubrovnik, when he walked into hotel Libertas there. i was not even 6.

[@larsrons7937]

I visited Croatia, Yugoslavia, in 1985, stayed with a local family and got to know their friends. 5 years after his death there were still huge poster etc. of Tito everywhere, and our general impression was that the locals really liked Tito. I haven't experienced this anywhere else, and I have been to a number of (then) present or former dictatorships. As for dictators, it seem like Tito was special.

[@danilo16410]

Every strong individue is nowadays a dictator for the west which polititians pees while sitting on the toilet.

[@ivanjelenic5627]

My uncle and aunt kept Tito's picture as the first thing you see when you enter their house, until my uncle died a couple of years ago. My uncle especially loved him, and he kinda resembled Tito too, funnily enough. RIP

[@user-dc9oq2pr6v]

not everyone who doesnt have a stupid two-party system is a "dictator"

[@larsrons7937]

Oh, I see we have a trollski on visit. Someone who must live with a twoparty system to be able to judge it stupid.

[@user-dc9oq2pr6v]

@@larsrons7937 i think the whole world knows its stupid lol

[@s.majstorovic5598]

His father, Franjo Broz, was a carpenter, a drunkard who beat his kids and wife. He would make Josip beg for money around Kumrovec just so the poor family could survive. His mother, Marija Broz, was the bearing pillar of the entire family, working multiple jobs. Tito in his later years talked of her with great respect and love. In 1977 the 85-year-old Tito was asked by a journalist to describe the hardest part of his life: "The hardest blow of my entire life, was when I returned from captivity in 1920, and I couldn't find my mother."

[@rezok1896]

If you don’t mind me asking, where did you read about this?

[@MyKakec]

he was killing people who opposed him and killing everyone who wanted to escape from the country.

[@DocProctor]

@@MyKakec That why my mother was free to leave Yugoslavia to work in Switzerland and after that go to Norway to marry my father? That why me and my family could go to Pakrac, Beograd, Lipik, etc to visit family whenever we wanted? That why my uncles and grandparents could come to Norway and visit whenever they wanted? Because he was killing people who wanted to leave the country? ROFL.

[@-ED-]

@@MyKakec he was getting rid of TRAITORS and Nazi collaborators

[@AABB-zb6dv]

@@MyKakec That's not true. Yugoslavia under Tito was not closed state, people came and left all the time. 100s of thousands yugoslavs worked abroad, mostly in Germany. Also, foreign tourism to Yugoslavia was an important part of Yugoslavian economy because it was huge.

[@JojoBojob]

The virgin Stalin Vs. The CHAD Tito

[@Mullet-ZubazPants]

Broz before Joe's

[@comradestefan7244]

More like Chad Stalin vs Giga Chad Tito

[@Happy-cw6jx]

@@Mullet-ZubazPants Josip vs Josef

[@bosbanon3452]

@@Happy-cw6jx iosef

[@ngallardo1994]

This is the first comment that’s ever made me literally laugh out loud

[@alexf9381]

After Richard Burton and his wife Elizabeth Taylor flew to Yugoslavia and met Tito in the 1970s, Burton from then on declared himself a communist. The fact that Tito left such an impression on someone like Richard Burton from just one meeting is truly something.

[@Ghost88320]

The only flaw Tito had was that he wasn't immortal. When he died, Yugoslavia died with him.

[@DeeDeex007o]

YES!

[@HikoSeijuroXIII]

Stalin: Who are you and how did you get in here? Tito: I'm a locksmith and I'm a locksmith.

[@hambogumble4123]

👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

[@jayclean5653]

Naked gun?

[@zahfa7608]

@@jayclean5653 Police Squad, well you're technically correct.

[@sashakraus671]

brilliant

[@krejziks3398]

@@jayclean5653 Tito's profession was locksmith

[@jyotiradityaguleria907]

In Yugoslavia, it's not "me and the boys" it's "Me and the Broz"

[@doookkk]

*_We_* and the Broz

[@user-ri5oc5rw5b]

The broz gang

[@thanmad]

Draza Mihailovic as Spiderman

[@calencrawford2195]

Actually, it's neither of those.... It's, "The Broz and I."

[@calencrawford2195]

@Killer Joe NOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[@catthebird]

My mom actually saw him in person when she was still very young. He come to visit a memorial site very close to my hometown. It's interesting to hear her and her peers accounts of the day. It was a very prideful moment for them, and she recalls it as a fond memory. Side note: it's interesting to see that so many people have great stories of Tito. Whether it's a personal experience, or a story passed down from our parents, it's interesting to see the impact the man had on the world around us

[@ignitionfrn2223]

1:00 - Chapter 1 - The Young sergeant 3:45 - Chapter 2 - Becoming a communist 7:20 - Chapter 3 - Tito begins 8:50 - Chapter 4 - Dangerous times, dangerous men 12:30 - Chapter 5 - A tale of two island 14:55 - Chapter 6 - A note to Stalin 17:10 - Chapter 7 - Leader of the non aligned 21:30 - Chapter 8 - Death & legacy

[@markospas6249]

My grandpa was a musician that played for Tito. He talked to him on several occasions. Once, my grandpa and his band played their clarinets for about 8-9 hours. Tito kept asking things like “When was the last time you ate? Are you ok?” when he found out they were playing so long

[@mariocerin4105]

Yeah, invited me to one of his banquets to gorge on caviar and the most expensive french wines. Had a great time with great music being played by your grandpa - no kidding!

[@markospas6249]

Mario Cerin Small world, huh?

[@gil8132]

I GOT IT

[@saccorhytus]

@@mariocerin4105 I can’t beleive Tito met Mario oh my god

[@spicesmuggler2452]

@@saccorhytus TITO MET MARIO TITO MET MARIO

[@MsCreepyChan]

Stalin: "That's it, someone kill this guy." Tito: "I'm about to end this man's whole career"

[@heyhowareya9233]

Nikola Rus wow man it’s almost like it says that in the video

[@emamoro3649]

@@backtothefront9696 yes, yes he said it :-) :-)

[@eluilus4017]

Stalin died after he eat with Beria

[@francispitts9440]

Having grown up in our house with my father’s parents living with us, it kept me informed about world events. My grandfather was in WW I and technically WW II but he was state side. He was very aware of that region of the world and how volatile it was. I remember he spoke about Tito with a respect for his ability to survive and his combat experience. My grandfather saw that same war and how it happened. He felt that area was a powder keg for another world war. So I have a strong memory of this guy and history. It’s one of the many reasons I was fortunate to live with my grandparents who had experienced so much of that history.

[@rudythecat7320]

My mother's dear friend, Kordia, had been Tito's personal secretary. Her husband, Dusan Kveder, who had passed away before I met her, had been Tito's youngest General, and was a national hero. My family visited with her in 1968 at her apartment in Belgrade when I was 14. Oh, and she and my mother had met in university in New York (Columbia, I think). Kordia was a great beauty and had won the Miss Subway contest, beating out runner-up Bess Meyerson, who was later to be crowned Miss America. Just a bit of trivia.

[@DJK-cq2uy]

Pants a Lil warm? How big was that fish ?

[@borisbubonja]

"Our communism comes from the hills and forests of Yugoslavia, not pre-packaged from Moscow."

[@manjur597]

So true

[@darthXreven]

lolz that's actually hilarious.... 😈

[@AbeCastDrums]

Based

[@ryanchan2302]

He's not wrong

[@AbeCastDrums]

@Mad Max haha wtf? Tito's communist partisans freed Yugoslavia of the Nazis, Fascist Italians and Ustasha nazi fanatics. You're insane if you think otherwise.

[@connorh2215]

“Your either with us or against us” Tito: haha middle finger go up

[@vuvuvu6291]

When a father died and then the children kill each other for inheritance, it's a story we all know too well. To think we can learn from mistakes of the past but alas, gold is thicker than blood.

[@ravennevermore8173]

When Stefan Dusan died all of his duke subjects started fighting for power because his only successor was child. Then they got weak from infighting when Ottomans show up and Serbian empire collapsed. Sounds familiar?

[@Lili-is4xf]

Totally true, and may I add, these politicians who inherited the country, all wanted to emulate Tito, however they were all lowbrowed morons with sinister agenda.

[@maxmeggeneder8935]

Tito is one of the greatest figures of the 20th century! Very underrated! Yugoslavia, under his leadership and the leadership of the communist party, was the only country to liberate itself from fascist occupation. Which would in itself be a great enough achievement to get a place of honor in the annals of history. But after that he built socialism, explored new ways to build a socialist society, played both superpowers and formed and led the non aligned movement. He also, often secretly, supported many oppressed peoples all over the world. Just one great man.

[@Bokicazver]

Thank you!

[@maxmeggeneder8935]

@@Bokicazver I am greatful to Tito and the Yugoslav, Italian and Austrian partisans who liberated the occupied countries and ended fascism. And also very greatful to the Red Army and the other allies for their role in defeating fascism and specifically Nazism .

[@alladeenmdfkr2255]

Could not agree more

[@dirckthedork-knight1201]

So you are gonna ignore all the purges and execution he was responsible of? Clown

[@seanbtwo]

He didn't need to poison Stalin with cyanide just reading a letter like that probably would have been enough to give him a stroke all by itself

[@gregoriysharapov1936]

"Awh frick- eughhh"

[@matejkmatejk3951]

Fun fact "goli otok" is literaly translated to naked island since there was nothing but rocks

[@senadbibanovic5326]

Correction Barren Island*

[@danicazivaljic7499]

Fun fact they killed people for making jokes on that island.

[@handymode9958]

@@danicazivaljic7499 well do you really feel the need to make a (probably unfunny) joke in a communist regime?

[@LjuboCupic1912]

Handy Mode Tito was more of a socialist than he was a communist. It was Ranković who was in charge of what happened on Goli Otok.

[@DedaSpalioDjenku]

@@danicazivaljic7499 Ne seri danice. Niko nije bio ubijen zbog viceva, otkud ti te gluposti.. Da, bili su ljudi zatvarani tamo i da bili su i mučeni, ali da je neko bio ubijen zbog vica je čista izmišljotina

[@wayneolsen8965]

I’ve been to Bosnia six times and often stayed with folks rather than at hotels. There would either be a Tito picture on the walls or a Tito magnet on the fridge.

[@TheZemun]

Interesting fact : The voice of Josip Broz Tito was included (among others) in a recorded message to unknown civilization which was then stored in Voyager 1 Space Probe and sent to Space ...

[@DarkKitarist]

"AND I won't need to send another..." is the most badass thing ever said if you think about who Stalin was and what power he had, and who Tito was.

[@sephikong8323]

It mostly worked because he played on his rampant paranoia. This bluff (it is unlikely that such attempt would be successful) made Stalin reconsider his acts as he didn't want to take the risk

[@DarkKitarist]

@@sephikong8323 it still stands as a testament that Stalin took Tito seriously. So my point still stands, because it takes massive brass balls to even do that in that time.

[@TheVleckChannel]

As badass as the Spartans' reply to Philip of Macedonia when he threatened to destroy Sparta.

[@DarkKitarist]

@@TheVleckChannel True. And that kick thay Gerard Butler did in 300 was also cool.

[@Ladovinka513]

@@TheVleckChannel IF :)

[@DonSolaris]

His funeral was spectacular though. Absolutely every world leader came, from Mrs.Thatcher to Sadam to Guadaffi. It was a freak show in way...

[@CroSchauma]

Every one except American president Jimmy Carter who didn't show up, he sent his mother...

[@matovicmmilan]

Don Solaris I am not sure but I think Gaddafi wasn't present at Tito's funeral...

[@reapthewhirlwind2114]

Delegations from the IRA were present in the same room as Thatcher. Talk about a powderkeg.

[@truelightningstriker5803]

@@CroSchauma And his vice president Walter Mondale with her.

[@lazarsjojic]

@@matovicmmilan not correct. He was there in a big way. He installed his tent and create house in his tradition. He made big deal out of it. He brought camels and everything.

[@shiatsufurlan]

Thanks to Tito, I live in an apartment my parents got from the government for very little money when I was a kid. By today's standards my family would never be able to buy a new home. Thanks to Tito, we don't understand racism in Slovenia. We lived with Bosnians and Serbs, we had black and Asian people come work here before I was even born. He thought us equality and he thought us to help each other. Even though Yugoslavia has fallen apart, there is still a sense of brotherhood between all these nations and mostly their people. I also remember that in his regime if you worked in a factory, you owned a part of it. You didn't get fired and the manager was only allowed to have a certain percentage higher salary then the cleaning lady. Most people see those days as perfect time and place to live. And I can say that even though my grandfather was prosecuted by the government at that time for being an intellectual. But that's another story for another day.

[@dangerboy544]

You mean… they literally stole that apartment from someone and gave it to you. Or if it was built, they stole the land from someone else.

[@shiatsufurlan]

@@dangerboy544 haha no. Many apartments were built, and also the citizens helped with participating in work brigades (as to create new buildings after the 2nd world war). It was built new, not stolen. And the land wasn't stolen. Who could it be stolen from? Slovenians always lived on this land, it was Germans and Italians that tried to steal it from us in the war. Assumptions, assumptions ... you're an american, I persume?

[@moustachio05]

@@dangerboy544 you really thought you did something

[@dangerboy544]

@@shiatsufurlan you can take that bllshit somehwere else, ask croatian jews and wealthier people what ''nationalization'' means. What slovenians do you mention?

[@dangerboy544]

@@moustachio05 My family fought in the Homeland War and WW2. I dont have to do anything. My ancestors did it for me. For that me and my descendants will always honor their sacrfice. You guys with stockholm sindrom who glorify their abusers want to be in bed with serbia and russia. You are not Croatian, you are not serbian. You are nothing. Your country doesn't exist anymore, and it never will again. You are lost in existence with nothing to be proud of and no heritage or culture. Now go vent out your frustrations on the internet because thats all you can do. What a pitiful existence.

[@alexandru1328]

Stumbled upon this video, thoroughly enjoyed the mix of good pacing and the way it's narrated. Liked & subscribed to the channel. Great content!

[@tata-ng2ko]

Tito is every ex yugoslavian grandmother’s love

[@user-gv7fu2sm5j]

Not for mine

[@PatTheRiot]

hahahahah soooooooo fn true

[@PatTheRiot]

@@user-gv7fu2sm5j Yo mama a chetnik lol

[@sh0lle]

Only for the brainwashed ones.

[@markospain5349]

He was for mine

[@ottervonbismark7614]

Fun Fact: Josip Broz Tito was also a fencing master. He competed in tournaments throughout his military career.

[@thatgreenscorpion8221]

"I am the leader of one country, which has two alphabets, three languages, four religions, five nationalities, six republics, surrounded by seven neighbours, a country in which live eight ethnic minorities." - *Josip Broz Tito* -

[@eduardo6380]

Socialist self-management is not "liberalism", it's actually the main goal of socialism: all power to the workers!

[@tserriednich3yearsago342]

All power to the workers All problems to the business owner All money to the government officials - gender neutral socialistische 🤭🤭🤭

[@drewan6591]

@@tserriednich3yearsago342 this literally makes no sense

[@tserriednich3yearsago342]

@@drewan6591 just like aoc 😂😂😂

[@drewan6591]

@@tserriednich3yearsago342 what? Workers would be the buisness owner under socialism And not all socialist are statist

[@tserriednich3yearsago342]

@@drewan6591 what 😂😂😂 are you saying Jews were owners in socialistische workers camp 😂😂 Or mao farming fields orrrr Stalin's steel factories 😂😂😂 in capitalism business owner would lower his/her target for lagging worker in socialistische government will make lagging employee as target practice 😫😫😫😂😂😂😂😂

[@Brakvash]

Everyone: *BRUH* Jugoslavs: *BROZ*

[@sleepingbackbone7581]

this one made me smile! :D

[@dzombaj_ga]

Смијешно

[@RankinMsP]

💯💢💥

[@quakeknight9680]

Serbs: *BRE*

[@bad.at.videogames.5514]

He was a Bro for sure

[@tanjim6848]

Until today Tito remains the only foreigner to give a speech in my country's (Bangladesh) parliament. he was widely respected here.

[@the4seasons4ever]

very true.he is very respected in your nation.

[@zarni000]

just goes to show how brainwashed you are

[@ACR909]

@@zarni000 care to explain?

[@mcdzonlo8786]

I dident know that but its good to hear I still love tito and my family also and meny more from before jugoslavs countrys pozdrav from bosnia

[@zarni000]

@@mcdzonlo8786 truly pathetic

[@AeneasGemini]

Tito seems like the Soviet Version of Fidel Castro, man just refused to be assassinated

[@lydiamalinovic9402]

well researched ,thank you ,born in Sarajevo ,Bosnia 1956 had beautiful and safe childhood ,we all loved him ,country was stable and independent....

[@darkocuskar6204]

First time when Queen Elizabeth came to visit Tito in Yugoslavia, they spent hours talking. Being so impressed by him she said : If this man is a metal worker, then I'm not a Queen !

[@epajebiga]

Fun fact: He got Rolls Royce as gift from Queen Elizabeth II. He was only foregin leader that get such gift form her. Also, he was known as great womanizer... Just sayin...

[@yungkornjaca]

Bet charles is his son

[@JustMe-uc8wj]

It is well known fact that Elisabeth was totally charmed by Tito and she didn't mind the protocol much in his company...

[@Dec0y4711]

i wanted to press like but its at 69 so i cant

[@archstanton9371]

how about elephants from indira ghandi they are on brijuni island now

[@RankinMsP]

😆😆😆😆

[@splashbruda8211]

My father has Tito face tattoo on his heart, watching the video and reading the comments i now see why he always told me many storied about Yugoslavia.

[@aristotlechange1424]

Josip Broz TITO a canny tactician and when I hitched hiked through Yugoslavia in the early 70's I loved the place and the people, and loved Zadar, and travelled with a circus up the coast on my return.

[@octavian2381]

Stalin: *Can't assassinate Tito* Guys who tried to kill Rasputin: *First time?*

[@mikegibus2840]

The difference being that Rasputin was actually killed

[@octavian2381]

I'm not so sure

[@bosnianantediluvian4067]

Paul von Hindenburg I mean, they succeeded

[@historiculgeomocule5569]

They never managed to kill him.

[@mrprimor227]

@@historiculgeomocule5569 his assassins eventually threw him in a river and he drowned so eventually they killed him.

[@minhtrungle9117]

bae: Hey Tito, come over ! Tito: Can't, I'm busy rebuilding Yugoslavia bae: Stalin is not home tonight. Tito: I know.

[@KrypticWarrior2]

nice

[@harrisonofcolorado8886]

Best comment!

[@edvin884]

😂😂😂

[@emmytweetie2177]

*gun clicks*

[@dumbdumber7203]

Tito never rebuild Yugoslavia - he fucking destroyed it.

[@davidbowie5023]

The fact that this dude had Hitler and Stalin followed after him and still survived shows his goddamned strength. You will never see a second like this again.

[@admirsljivic914]

Thank you for that.He was a glue that kept us together .I know what happened after his death..I ended up with many scars and sad memories

[@justinpachi3707]

Yugoslavia: None of our differences as fellow South Slavs matter under the rule of Tito. Tito: dies Yugoslavia : I don’t feel so good (Balkan Wars start)

[@leserb9228]

A small mistake i have to point out... Balkan wars were 2 wars that happened in 1912 and 1913, involveing Serbia, Montenegro, Greece, Bulgaria and Ottomans in first one, and Romania instead of Montenegro in Second one.... After Tito died, The Yugoslav wars started in 1991

[@NapoleonBonaparde]

The differences or more precisely past events did not matter cuz his secret police said so, the majority of people at the end of WW2 did not join his cause out of love.

[@hanagreg]

srpski car that’s not a very small mistake.

[@eddieed9684]

Then we start seeing "Kosovo is Serbia" in youtube comments every single day

[@kolobara08]

@@leserb9228 A small mistake I have to point out... 'Yugoslav Wars' suggest that in whole of ex-Yu there was war present which was not the case at all. Serbia hasn't seen any war nor did Montenegro. Macedonia and Vojvodina also haven't seen any war and Slovenia around 10 days (a symbolic shots fired to smear peoples eyes). Wars were present in Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo and 80% of 'Yugoslav Wars' happened in Bosnia alone.

[@BlueOrion-dc9yk]

Fun fact: while tito was in america he was provided with original cuban fresh cigars straight from cuba

[@aleksandarstojanoski5427]

he smoked one of them in the White House with Nixon who said, we don't smoke in the white house, tito replied, that is nice and continued smoking.

[@NIKOLAP7]

@@aleksandarstojanoski5427 After that remark, nobody mentioned the ban of smoking until the end of the meeting.

[@michaelcap9550]

He probably smoked unfiltered Camels at recess in elementary school.

[@bucephulus4600]

Fitzroy McLean's book 'Eastern Approaches' is a great read and details his account on being flown into Yugoslavia during WW2 to create ties between the British and Yugoslavian governments at the behest of Churchill. Excellent read, I thoroughly recommend it.

[@67marlins81]

Thanks once again for an interesting and informative post. This is very interesting.

[@letshavefun5210]

We don't smoke in the white house Tito: good for you Edit: damn this is the most likes I have gotten on any comment thank you

[@mrgreen9848]

Stolen

[@letshavefun5210]

@@mrgreen9848 he actually said that in the street when he walked without escort pal I Macedonia well then it was yugoslavia

[@stza16]

Stolen

[@gaprisun9465]

@@stza16 Stolen

[@zenicablues0728]

This one is so goood 😂👍

[@amanfrombosniaandherzegovi4026]

My Bosniak (Muslim) grand father has a calendar in his house full of Tito pictures that he modifies annually so that he can use it. He has had it for at least 10 years.

[@nikolatesla8508]

I'm also the grandson of Bosnian Muslim and I remember from when I was a kid that all the Bosnians liked Tito

[@jcristero2476]

perakole Bosniaks don’t exist

[@ventolus2068]

@@nikolatesla8508 we still do.

[@ventolus2068]

@@jcristero2476 in your Dreams only.

[@swamifakkananda4043]

@@jcristero2476 HOW SO????? MY NAME IS WANNABE MARSHAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@michaelinminn]

Simon, Best post yet. Really tight.

[@InesHojnik]

Thank you for this video. In Yugoslavia there was no communism, we lived in the Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia, and we lived in socialism. Here are some of Tito's mottoes: "factories (belong) to working people, the youth is our future, working people may not live in deficiency". I was born in Yugoslavia, actually in the Republic of Slovenia. Tito was our beloved leader, although now some of our republican leaders talk nonsense about the dictatorship of Tito. Many people talk about communism in Yugoslavia but that is ABSOLUTELY WRONG: we lived in socialism where people were respected and treated as the driving force of progress. When Tito died his (so-named) Blue train drove him to his last rest in Belgrade. He died in Ljubljana (Slovenia). People loved him so much that they stand by railway tracks all the way from Ljubljana to Belgrade. We cried but still showed our last salutation and respect to our leader. Tito had the most celebrated and attended funeral of any world leader ever. After all those years after his death, there are a lot of people in all republics of former Yugoslavia (including me) who still miss him so much. He was always there for the people. He was the ONE and ONLY ❤

[@paulgearing3018]

My late Slovenian Mother was orphaned and looked after by the Partizans My late father was in the British army and took her back to England Hence i am English I migrated to Australia in 1979 and when my father died in England ,we bought mum to Australia where she passed away 9 years ago. If all goes well. i shall be repatriating her ashes to her village church. Along side her twin brother, an uncle that i only met on a couple of very brief visits My aunt , his wife is 96 and is still in the village. I didnt know that Tito died in Ljubljana, from where we will fly to England,I think i will be in tears as we lift off, and leave Slovenia, I an quite proud of my mother's country of birth

[@aldee2787]

I know people always say the good ole times were better. But in the case of Yugoslavia they actually were. Some people here said it was a communist country and Tito was a brutal dictator. Both is only technically true. In reality Tito was pretty mild - at least in the years I know, the 70s and 80s. Yugoslavia had its own version of communism, which was actually more a liberal socialism and nothing to be mistaken with maoism or stalinism. Yugoslavia was a stable and economically moderate wealthy country. Inflation was tolerable. Economy was rather ok. There was an enormous middle class. Very little poor and very little super rich. The normal people had good jobs. Supermarkets were relatively full, healthcare was highly rated and free, schools and universities were great and free as well, streets were populated by western cars, shops had the latest Italian fashion, people wore swiss watches and used german tech. People had money. In my class I think only one kids parents could not afford to send him to vacation both times when the whole class was skiing in the winter and beach partying in the summer. It was pretty common to own or have a neighbor or someone in your family to have a second small house in the mountains or on the coast. People were free to have own businesses and make good money. Or leave the country and work some other places. In my family there was a dentist who went to Germany and a surgeon who went to Sweden. They were highly educated and seeked by other countries. It was a liberal country. Arts were highly regarded. I know we were reading a lots of books in my school and discussing Picasso and Van Gogh. There was a vivid punk and rock scene. Lots of music festivals, lots of cinemas. People were partying all the time. Sports were highly regarded and there were lots to choose from, not like everybody wants to play only football nowadays. Kids in my class were playing basketball, handball, waterpolo, even arching and the whole range of olympic sports were very common. People were free to travel all around the world. I was in the States and no one thought of me as a communist. Yugoslavia had a pretty good reputation. Kids from my class spent the holidays in Munich, London and Paris, they went to the Dalmatian coast, to Italy, Greece and Spain. Yugoslavia hat a relatively free press. The newspapers would roast the mayor cause that one street was still not done, and they would expose that one state owned factory for producing garbage. The intellectuals were free to do their thing, the artists were free to do their thing, the normal people were living free and in safety. There was no fear to end up in prison for no reason like in Romania, there was no spies in your own family like in eastern Germany. No violence like in Uganda, no poverty like in Cuba. People could do whatever they wanted and say and criticize whatever they wanted. With one big exception: The communist party. It was a tabu. Nobody talked about that in publik, it was like an unspoken rule. But it was no big deal in your everyday life. People didn't care much about the communist party because it didn't interfere in any way in your normal life. Only negative things I remember - and negative by today standards, cause back then I didn't even know any other way of living - was the corruption and networking. Yugos were masters of networking. It was like a sport! How many people who you may need one day do you know? It was like real life Facebook having 500 friends. Need a new license plate for your new car? Well you could wait in line for days. Or be finished within 15 minutes cause the neighbors wife has her brothers friend working at the registration office. Have a date for the surgery in 12 weeks? Well if you played basketball with one of the hospital office secretaries sons you could have the date in two weeks. It was comical. But not that bad. It was more a competition. The other thing was the everyday corruption. Got pulled over for speeding? Well that's 100 Dinars with a receipt. Or 50 Dinars in cash with no receipt. Need to see a doctor today? Sorry we are full. Oh is that a 20 German Marks bill folded in your papers? Sit down sir, you are next! That was the life in Yugoslavia in the 70ies and 80ies.

[@amalkic]

Well said.

[@indiekiddrugpatrol3117]

Cheers for that, you’ll shut up a lot of the American “patriots” who have no idea what life was like under Tito

[@TheKres7787]

my mom worked at Goli Otok, basically Yugoslav gulag equivalent. Her story of the time at Goli otok were so mild that it was boring asking about it and I didn't much. She said she never witnessed anything bad happening

[@bauzaque]

How sad it passed. How to return?

[@Cream12345Ice]

@@bauzaque with the ex Yugoslav countries being littered with nationalism, sadly returning is hard

[@protoword10]

Remarkable, comprehensive short story about Tito. I was born and used to live in Yugoslavia during those days of Tito’s rule. This story is very accurate and well said!

[@Biographics]

Thank you

[@slobodanstojanovic8125]

@@Biographics No thank you on making best non-biased and all factual video about us Yugoslavs,me also lived in Yugo,still living in Serbia, and although being very anti-communist i still cant argue about truth about it,all the best to you

[@rabijaalija6007]

Yes me too I was born and live under TITO ❤he was the best man ever for me it’s same life was much easy friendly never problems like now it’s 😞 for TITO 🌹🌹🌹👏👏😇😇

[@vesna2953]

I am from former Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia was bridge between west and east , our parents was able to travel ,was good health insurance ,and more....and I don't talk about politics ,just about life

[@matejpresnac]

Goli Otok is not the Devils Island, its Naked Island, because there is no vegetation on those islands, just rocks and stones

[@gorantua2712]

if Tito was still alive today Jugoslavija would be one of the leading nations in Europe for sure maybe even the world

[@WarCrimeGaming]

And that's correct. He should have put someone like him in power when he dies, which he sadly didn't do.

[@M4dAf4ka]

Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States, 1944, "Tito's decision to fight against the Nazis turning point in the history of World War II Charles de Gaulle, French President: "Tito is a fighter who despite the most difficult circumstances brought victory. Tito is a legendary hero ... " Heinrich Himmler, one of Hitler's closest associates, in 1944: "I wish you another example of persistence - perseverance of Marshal Tito. I must say he was an old communist, that Herr Josip Broz, that is a very strong man. Unfortunately, he is our opponent. This really deserves the title of Marshal ... He is our enemy, but I'd like to have a dozen Tito in Germany, people who would be leaders and that would have such determination and such strong nerves never to surrender, even though they are completely surrounded. This man has nothing, absolutely nothing. He was always surrounded, but that man has always found a way to break through. He never capitulated. We know best what our troubles behind on Yugoslav territory because they are so persistently struggling ... "

[@unetortue3429]

De Gaulle really said that ? I thought he didn’t like Tito that much because of Mikhaïlovic death

[@danilo16410]

It may have been a turning point, because how I recall the story was that the resistence in Yugoslavia postponed Barbarossa for a month, is that correct? Which implies the Germans in Russia run faster in the winter, etc.

[@praisetheomnissiah4475]

@@danilo16410 No your thinking of Italy's invasion of Greece and north Africa which delated the Germans. Tito tied up alot of german divisions that would have gone to the eastern front though.

[@DIgitusSmartas]

@@danilo16410 Communist rising up against Germans stopped them and delayed their effort for more than month also Germans never thought even in a bad dream that they would have any problems with over running the country. % major offensives and they never won against bare handed country folks. Video is skewed a lot though.

[@DIgitusSmartas]

@@praisetheomnissiah4475 mate you have no idea... Eastern front is lost for Germans because of Yugoslavs, your first sentence doesn't make any sense

[@MultiErgio]

Fun Fact: Current first lady Melania Trump was one of Tito's pioneer girls

[@MrDeicide1]

U again, Fake Rocco ! Quit impersonating me !

[@MultiErgio]

@@MrDeicide1 Happy?

[@vasakq]

Well, we all were... not that we had any choice, though.

[@kurosumomo]

Every child in Yugoslavia born before 1985, I believe, took the pioneer oath when they entered school, becoming part of the communist youth, but as my husband tells me, that had no impact what so ever on his life, he took the oath and that was about it.

[@NikolaAvramov]

Everybody was, back in the day, sure.

[@fazbell]

Simon Whistler's videos are the best thing on the Internet. Thanks, Simon.

[@aleiferthenorthman7935]

Based on the number of attending politicians and state delegations, it is the largest state funeral in history. This included 4 kings, 31 presidents, 6 princes, 22 prime ministers, and 47 ministers of foreign affairs, from both sides of the Iron Curtain and beyond. that says it all

[@DivoGo]

To tell Stalin, STALIN! “Stop trying to kill me......I’ll send one assassin and I won’t have to send another.” That ladies and gentlemen is a badass in action! Keep up the good work Simon!✌🏾👍🏾❤️

[@DJBigMD]

my grandpa fought on his side at srenski front. tito ordered the macedonians to fight there instead of fighting their own battle in southern macedonia. but that's a whole other story.

[@danielkrtalic3261]

Divo2Go 2017 true ahaha

[@elainebmack]

I love badass folks!

[@zarni000]

just goes to show how terrifying his secret police was and what a despot the yugoslavs lived under...worse than stalin in terms of total control.

[@dzonikg]

@@zarni000 Yugoslav secret police during Tito was very powerful ..they were killing Ustase and Chetniks all over west europe and no one from west Europe was even dear to complane(something like Israels MOSSAD..i bet they could kill US president if they wanted ) but inside off country he left it to be very free so even critic off communist party was allow in media and everywhere

[@rasras21a]

Kingdom of Yugoslavia was occupied by Germany, Italy, Hungary and Bulgaria,not by Romania,they didn't take part in war against Yugoslavia .

[@deviantan021]

Yes, true

[@dady9315]

And also Alexandar the I was dead in 1939 (he died in 1934), so Tito telling his 24000 boys to rebel against him in 1939 is kinda impossible.

[@saintajora3181]

Exactly, thanks for pointing that out.

[@ras573]

Жив био, имењаче!

[@rasras21a]

@@ras573 Поздрав !

[@amarat.]

Tito was one of the most badass people to ever live

[@OfficialAshArcher]

Tito is easily one of the most impressive figures in history. Especially considering how beloved he was by the Yugoslav people, and also how successful he was in bringing prosperity to Yugoslavia

[@wilsoniloh4161]

Tito always found himself caught in between two geopolitical rivalries yet he was able to survive it, thumbs up mate.

[@Svarog187]

Fun Fact: Yugoslavians were the only people who could cross the German Wall legally.

[@somedesertdude1308]

@@Svarog187 jup

[@MM-jq1nx]

One thing that was not mentioned is: He was absolutely adored by people of Yugoslavia. (With the exception of the small number who were undermining the system and being under surveillance of his secret service). Masses of people who loved their leader because he brought peace and freedom , free education, free health system, he gave rights to women and so on...

[@namakubi7728]

And what were women to do with those rights when they couldn’t vote until 1990. 🤣🤣🤣 Peace and freedom? Im an artist and I know the history of art in yugoslavia. No one besides regime artists prospered during YU. Yugoslavia was the biggest dungeon of art and culture.

[@sweetLemonist]

What the hell are you rumbling about? The women were allowed to vote since 1945 and so they did

[@milepod]

@@namakubi7728 the statement about art and culture is mostly false: Yugoslavia had a rich culture, counter-culture and yes, also plenty of artistic suppression by the authorities. It was a complex place, so any one-sided statement will not do to describe it in its entirety.

[@namakubi7728]

@@sweetLemonist Vote about what, when there weren’t elections?

[@sweetLemonist]

@@namakubi7728 You are beyond ignorant and misinformed. I have no words.. You have google for all your doubts

[@lovrozivicpavcek7]

Fun fact…my great grandma was his chef in Bled…He taught my grandma how to swim

[@Mental_Disaster_2024]

My Nana was the daughter of someone who fought against Tito’s army. My great Grandfather was a Serb in Yugoslavia, and as I said fought against Tito’s army. They lost, and he was forced to flee to Britain. He couldn’t return although he wanted to, because he would have been arrested.

[@gamewizardthesecond]

Based tito

[@zlaya9315]

When he was visiting US in 19171 he pulled out a Cuban cigar in the White House. Nixon told him "You know, we don't smoke that here." He answered with a smile: "Good for you!" and light the cigar. :-)

[@m4rs12]

The conversation might not happened, but he did lit his cigar in white house though

[@Mixer2904]

@Joe Al there is a picture where he smokes a cuban cigar in a white house, while talking with Nixon

[@uncleruckus2974]

before signing the embargo against cuba JFK had his press secretary pierre salinger buy all the cuban cigars he could find

[@hsehovic63]

@Joe Al you don't know history do you ?

[@Ladovinka513]

@Joe Al his response to Stalin assassination attempts is documented. Why do you think he would be afraid to piss on little bitch like jimmy carter ?

[@augustuslightwriter]

We have a major Road in New Delhi (India) near Parliament named after him as a Honour and Respect

[@ivanamrki]

Nehru, Gandhi and Indira have streets in Belgrade I am not sure about other cities..

[@dcmhsotaeh]

OK with great foreign leaders getting these honours but South Indians don't like the fact that their historical figures don't get roads and circles named after them Delhi needs to have a more Pan Indian face

[@sanjinadum9634]

@@ivanamrki I don't know about the street names... but in Brioni there is still the elefant as Indira's gift to Tito. Been there last summer.

[@TheKres7787]

WHAT, you have Titos street in Delhi? Holy mother how come? Nice :D

[@udayrathod3786]

@@TheKres7787 Nehru and his family liked Tito and Tito liked them. Citizens of Yugoslavia and India dint had much of a bond like India and Russia have because not much cultural exchange took place and after the fall it just vanished.

[@nimba1966]

Another great concise history lesson. Amazing