Potsdam 1945 - Post-World War Division of Europe

Our new documentary will Cold War journey with a video on the Potsdam conference held in German Cecilienhof in the Summer of 1945. Although the World War was not really over and the war in Asia was still going on, the allies, mainly US, UK, USSR and France, ended it in Europe and were preparing to reshape the world. With the leaders of the Big Three meeting at Potsdam, the structure and fate of the post-war world were being determined. By the end of the Conference, at the beginning of August, 1945, decisions had been made.
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[@jmfs1701]

No, Ive already missed an episode! And I pressed the bell! But besides that, Im really proud that you guys have decided to try something new and taking a risk. So when the time comes will you do an episode on Chernobyl? It was in the cold war period after all. Lol

[@TyranyFighterPatriot]

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE cover the various revolutions under the Warsaw Pact in the 50s and 60s. Don't leave them out!!!

[@soundslave]

Can you place your mic closer to you? The volume is inconsistent, the ends of your sentences are quiet.

[@DeadlyHandle]

Thanks, learned a lot and am thoroughly enjoying this series.

[@NECHOII]

@@julberryjuan4534 Oh dear.

[@Squiffy097]

I feel like perhaps the voice level is really low, especially when compared to the music.

[@TheColdWarTV]

Thank you for the feedback. Will check this.

[@SandeProHiQu]

I agree, you can barely hear some of his words when he speaks more quietly.

[@Darkteen75]

Will you be going into individual Soviet states? We don't hear much about the contributions and conflicts that happened within those states much. Thank you for the amazing work so far.

[@blase777]

by soviet states do you mean Soviet republics (Ukraine, Belarus etc.) or the rest of the Eastern Bloc?

[@Darkteen75]

@@blase777 Oh, my apologies I should have been more clear. Republics, though if they do the rest of the Eastern Bloc that would be wonderful.

[@johnnya5667]

I would like to know about the Karelia-Finnish Ssr from 1940-1956.

[@TheColdWarTV]

Yes, we will individually talk about sovietization of those states. It will start with Poland and end with Greek Civil War. Also, we will cover Post WWII Middle East, Africa, India, China and so on.

[@thehumanslimjim]

@@TheColdWarTV this is sick bruh

[@Knots_]

It's great that there's more content from you guys. However, i feel like the format is a bit off. Having the narrator speak directly at us with no graphs/info-graphics feels awkward. I much prefer the style of your other channel. Excited to see this channel grow.

[@Feelthepaintoo]

I 2nd this idea .. Most graphics

[@romelnegut2005]

I agree with what you said.

[@TheColdWarTV]

It is a different format. Military episodes like Korean War, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Hungarian revolution, Prague spring will have more graphics. As for political and economic episodes, there is not much we can do in term of graphics.

[@chip9649]

@@TheColdWarTV i feel like having a still image is better then staring at a presenter for the whole video

[@SandeProHiQu]

They're trying to copy format of The Great War and World War Two channels.

[@LupusTheGamer]

one thing catches my eye, the lack of emotion of the speaker. No eye movement, no emotion shown. In the "Great War" channel, the speaker was passionate and did not act like he was simply reading from a text. That I believe personally is a must in channels like this...

[@silverdeathgamer2907]

I believe the quality of the subject material and the script is more important personally but I see your point.

[@LupusTheGamer]

@@silverdeathgamer2907 you may be right, but a little more passion wouldnt hurt hahah

[@leonvona.774]

Different creators. TGW (with Indy Neidell as speaker in particular) are the OG's, Kings & Generals are a different channel that replicate the same style (history buff dressed in a classical manner, sitting in an antiquated room that looks from that time period, giving lectures online).

[@the55squad]

all those japanese soldiers in manchuria overwhelmed by only 1.7 soviet soldiers. Wow!

[@Kopyrda]

And I thought it was supposed to the other way around - Soviets zerg rushing every enemy.

[@mickmickymick6927]

Fair play to that .7 of a soldier, what a trooper

[@andresmartinezramos7513]

@@mickmickymick6927 it si rumored that he was called Iva

[@Alaryk111]

@@mickmickymick6927 He was a midget

[@u-p-g-r-a-y-e-d-d5782]

I mean Japan surrendered a week into it the soviets just continued their advance in spite of this

[@mordapl1641]

Polands border changes really make a man cry

[@tymgamerz]

Belarus is just east Poland

[@mordapl1641]

@@joshuacondell1686 thing is, the cities and infrastructure were completely destroyed and the soviets robbed any surviving industry and shipped entire factories back to the union, so it really wasnt much of a compensation. The coastline is nice though i suppose

[@raymondhartmeijer9300]

@@tymgamerz Belarus already excisted before WW2 as a Soviet republic, it just became twice as big. Minsk used to be close to the Polish border before the war

[@electricangel4488]

@@joshuacondell1686 i guess its a kind word for raiding and looting

[@electricangel4488]

@@joshuacondell1686 YES. what? its it to mean to call it robbing when the nazies steal peoples food.

[@xChaos23]

The only thing I feel was left out of these Potsdam videos is the weakened influence Great Britain had. Prior to the war it was the World Power in Economic and Military stregth, but by 1945 was Bankrupt and was over shadowed by the other Allied members. This made Britain the third wheel in negotiations and forced in many aspects to follow the American lead rather than push its own agenda as much as it wanted.

[@nickhambly8610]

Think you are nibbling at the very source of the the cold war with this line of questioning. And as it is such a major...... Wonder why these people are not talking about it.

[@nickhambly8610]

Ie just another grade school quality KZbin history channel.

[@josephmoore4764]

I'd contest that statement. Prior to the war, Britain never really experienced an economic boom like the US and Germany did in the 20s, and the great depression hit them pretty hard as well. The empire was already spooling down. Ireland and Egypt were independent. The Statute of Westminster made all dominions part of the Empire in name only. India was in a decades long struggle to gain independence, the war more likely delayed Indian independence rather than accelerated it.

[@smal750]

It was weak military

[@nApucco]

Looking forward to more videos of this channel. Interesting topic, great visualization and most importantly a clear and engaging delivery.

[@Barwasser]

Wait. 500.000 German civilians died *after* the war? That is more than just an uuupsi!

[@NeveroOn]

More then 5 Million Germans died after 1945 by Rheinwiesenlager (allied KZ camps in West), Vertreibung (expulsion), erzwungenen Hunger (forced starving) in winter of 46/47. Some numbers are up to 9 Million. Worst of that all, no German knows about it, ans if he reminds others, he is called 'nazi'.

[@einmuffin6063]

@@NeveroOn Bullshit. This stuff is taught in history classes in the context of the post war era along with the development of the GDR and stuff

[@NeveroOn]

@@einmuffin6063 No it isnt. I visited German Gymnasium in Bavaria, studied history and I am going to be history teacher at Gymnasium in several months.

[@hentehoo27]

#justsovietthings

[@MrAlexkyra]

@@NeveroOn Well I sure hope you're not teaching them that 5 to 9 million Germans died in 1946 and 1947, because that's complete nonesense.

[@brunocardoso6435]

I admire how you guys are responding to honest criticism and quickly adapting. Videos are getting better and better, and will be impeccable soon! This one was really good already.

[@L1V2P9]

Austria was also divided into four zones - US, Great Britain, USSR and France. And like Berlin, Vienna was also similarly divided. It was not until 1955 did the allied occupation of Austria end.

[@lukezuzga6460]

I want more! Nice work Fellas.

[@mickmickymick6927]

It would be great if he spoke quicker and louder, but overall it's great content.

[@Blade57331]

You can use speed button if you want. It's easier for "non first english language" people the way it is now

[@mickmickymick6927]

@@Blade57331 I didn't think of speeding it up, good idea, thanks for that. This will be useful on other channels too

[@dcchillin4687]

i agree with others that while the narration is good it lacks the feel of the other channels. i really enjoyed the graphics and animations of the other channel and it often helps to provide context and information. i understand they are probably one of the more expensive aspects of production, but even spacing a few throughout the episode would go a long way. That aside, it seems the lighting was different in this episode, very blue. Overall great content and well explained! Keep up the great work, i will be back!

[@daviddollarhide7185]

Getting better, keep it up!

[@Feelthepaintoo]

Love the red "nuke" phone.. Keep up the good work!

[@williamhowe1]

I thought that was the bat phone. Just kidding.

[@evangelineirene6994]

"After the end of World War II, the world was split into two -- East and West. This marked the beginning of the era called the Cold War"

[@alexwallachian7720]

Guys what is happening with your map? Bucharest is north of the danube not south

[@dragonatorul]

More like the Danube doesn't go up hill into the Carpathian Foothills. I can understand a somewhat stylized map in some context, but this is just poor and inaccurate.

[@alexwallachian7720]

@@dragonatorul yea a bit dissapointing if they cant even get basic geography right

[@TheColdWarTV]

Thank you for the feedback. Will double check the map.

[@atrillatheyoung9244]

Good video. Watching it twice!

[@michaellewis1545]

I am liking what I am seeing. I am wondering why you have music playing through the entire video?

[@ryanoak4736]

Love this channel! I've been watching them in order but the playlist goes from newest to oldest. Is it possible to switch it over so it can just roll to the next one? I keep losing my place!

[@ponttinalle2150]

Hei, super excited for the future of this channel. Just a note about you’r map. Finlands capital city Helsinki is coastal city. Thank you.

[@raresvrincianu3035]

Hello. Great video ! I wanna say that Bucharest is not correctly placed on the map shown at the minute 1:03. It is placed in the south of the Danube Rivier, but in reallity is placed north of the Danube.

[@JonatasAdoM]

This channel is as underrated as the actual cold war.

[@TheBardsCorner]

I love this new channel and, following the podcast, I really like David's speaking cadence but... please, turn a bit down the volume of the music, raise accordingly the volume of the voice, raise the volume up overall and change the microphone so that your really nice diction comes out clearly. It sounds muffled sometimes. Thank you for considering this.

[@utzoqiel8408]

Merci. Please, continue

[@ytho3505]

I love your content bro.

[@2lazy2makeupname]

Great video!!

[@TheColdWarTV]

Thanks

[@15halerobert]

I just read the book Savage Continent. It shows clearly that while not as industrial as the Nazis, ethnic cleansing and worse took place after WW2 in Europe. What if any these effects where caused by the Potsdam conference?

[@hidof9598]

That's a thought It's possible that a number of it was suppressed by the allies

[@Dennis-ew1xs]

More confidence and rise your voice and it will work imo!

[@brokenbridge6316]

This conference helped shape a lot of the Cold War for decades. My compliments to those who made this video a realty.

[@Quickshot0]

Another reason Stalin might have backed down on Hokkaido in the end was that the Soviet Union did not have much in the way of landing capabilities, and that Hokkaido would be even more heavily defended then many of the Islands the Americans had been fighting for with overwhelming naval dominance. Meaning it might have ended poorly for them by getting repulsed.

[@luciusgarvous]

You can see how much The Great War channel inspired the other history channels

[@TheLocalLt]

Lucius Garvous yep including Indy’s own channels

[@kostasastro]

A very interesting channel following The Great War and World War Two, can't wait to see where it will go (subbed to your channel). But i have one suggestion, please remove the music (or at least lower its volume) while you are narrating, it is difficult to hear the narration and the it adds unnecessary overdramatic effect lowering the quality of the series (just like the modern documentaries and news stories from the tv)

[@TheColdWarTV]

Thanks for the feedback.

[@yotoronto12]

Love the content, would love it if the speaker would be a bit louder.

[@dadude4960]

correction: 500.000 germans died in Czechoslovakia (pre-38) alone. the total amount of Germans that died during the deportation after WW2 was much higher. the total amount is unknown, as the deaths were roughly reported only in Czechoslovakia and the regions controlled by the western powers. many massacres were also blamed on combat during the end of the war, so even these rough estimates are rough at best.

[@gryf92]

Dont forget 500 000 Germanas massacred by the dinosaurs pre 38.

[@samlund8543]

Can we get louder volume? Other than that, this series has lots of potential.

[@KingWilliamI]

I love the new channel, and unlike a bunch of commenters, I think the new format fits well with the content. I do have a suggestion: the host is actually quite annoying and distracting in the way he's always upwardly inflecting his tone. I feel like he's trying too hard, and just needs to try acting normal. For an example of a really good host that uses this format, check out The Great War channel.

[@John-dj5xi]

What is the name of background song? Thank you !

[@KaminStalker]

would be great if you could do an episode on operation unthinkable :)

[@williamhowe1]

Could you explain what operation unthinkable was for those who don't know?

[@KaminStalker]

@@williamhowe1 After Germany was defeated there were people in the western allies (most prominent Churchill) who wanted to keep up the momentum and surprise attack and defeat the Soviet Union to "impose the will of the Western Allies" on the Soviets thereby preventing a cold war

[@williamhowe1]

@@KaminStalker Okay thanks.

[@simon4781]

Look how they massacred my boy.

[@KHK001]

Looking forword to more of the cold war videos 😄

[@TheColdWarTV]

More on the way.

[@SS-hw1ou]

Soviet steals tech from Mercedes Benz goes back home makes trabant and Lada 😂 But gets rolls Royce engine for su7

[@TheCriticFromSouth]

Congratulations on the series! I'm already subscribed and looking forward to all episodes. Are you going to cover the effects of the Cold War in other regions of the globe like Latin America? Cuban revolution, Coups d'état in Brazil, Argentina, Chile (Pinochet), etc?

[@TheColdWarTV]

Thank you. All these events are on the list.

[@aGatezMoss]

Requesting subtitles. Thanks

[@justsomeguy3931]

Great background. It's a shame you don't have an AKM and an M16A2 leaning in the corners lol. I love the retro style, like if they could make a TV that looked that way but was ultra HD etc. It's why people like Fallout games, I think. The host looks every bit the part of the "famous historian" from Monty Python's Holy Grail lolz, perfect! I aspire to reach that level... Seriously, A+ info, perfect.

[@ksotar]

Will you cover operation "Unthinkable", about turning west Germany along with Allies to fight USSR? How much was it plausible? Or was it Churchill's own idefix that nobody took seriously?

[@TheColdWarTV]

We will have a series on operations and projects.

[@azkrouzreimertz9784]

so does this channel have a cooperation with The Great War channel and World War Two channel? because you seem to be copying their format. also links to the materials your are using for the videos would be awesome. besides that though i appreciate your videos, great content!

[@lefactuoscope5692]

What are the musics you are using in this video?

[@0MVR_0]

Many musics! The best musics!

[@pgb3156]

This channel definitely deserves more attention!

[@TheColdWarTV]

Thank you

[@Dart2223]

Will you talk about the various dictatorship regimes in south america?

[@michaelbandada9887]

Fidel Castro... the face of South American communism

[@TheAtlasReview]

I think you should make some stylistic changes, particularly to the music. The bombastic action music doesn't fit the Cold War as well as some subtle, mysterious music would. Also the maps could be clearer and more specific.

[@golden_smaug]

I have troubles hearing the voice at times, great content though!

[@TheColdWarTV]

It will be fixed. Thanks for the feedback.

[@zacharythomasfreeman]

Minor criticism: Could you please put this playlist in the correct order, not the reverse order? There is a plugin that fixes this but it is now broken, and I have no idea why so many channels mess this up as by default KZbin puts things in the correct order if they are entered in as they are posted.

[@lukadinicc2229]

I would just like to say that the map without clearly defined borders just looks weird. A simple line representing borders would look more clean other then that great video

[@cplson2706]

I like how they got nick frost narrating this. XD

[@channdarithkith9798]

Is this guy from the Indy Neidel? The Great War channel.

[@tommy-er6hh]

If in Potsdam the big 3 agreed to "resettlement", why did the Czechoslovakia Pres Benes get criticized for expelling the Germans out of Sudetenland after the war? (Those Germans were used as the excuse for the pre-war "peace in our time" Sudetenland betrayal, and the Czecks wanted them out.) (President Benes was allowed the run Czechoslovakia a year or so, before the Soviets wanted control and he had to leave, again as he did in 1939....)

[@nirfz]

My guess is, the reason for the criticism is the difference between to "resettle somebody" and to "drive somebody out". To resettle somebody humanely at least on paper gives them time to pack their things and maybe sell the homes, while drive out means to tell somebody to leave and take all posessions. While the allies at least on paper chose the wording "resettle humanely" Czechoslowakia didn't. In the End the soviet union didn't do that much different, but the allies gave them a free ticket to do so, while Czechoslowakia decided on their own. The big ones seldom get criticized for something smaller nations do get. Which makes the things happening not any better on whichever side.

[@SH-gr6pg]

Czechs wanted them out and then years later Czechs looking for work in Germany. Such dumb asses!

[@SH-gr6pg]

@@nirfz same thing happened to the Danube Swabians in Hungary, Yugoslavia, Romanina but were rounded up in Serbia and killed.

[@sturmtruppler6909]

Now this is epic

[@caperature4335]

This is highly kino

[@calebsmith7633]

Love the video, but the audio is unbalanced. I can barely hear you I’m full volume, and had to use headphones. Before watching this, I had just got done watching a kings and generals video where the audio was fine, so I know it’s not just me

[@TheColdWarTV]

It is fixed in the upcoming episode.

[@calebsmith7633]

The Cold War The Cold War That’s great news, I really enjoyed the content. Animations are beautiful as always, and the writing was easy to consume while being pleasant to listen to. Many thanks to the creators of the channel, you’ll see my pledge on Patreon soon.

[@jpcampbell]

This is good but the music is really distracting.

[@davidlisovtsev6607]

really don't understand why Britain and the US treated the french like some sorts of equals

[@rbrassey9853]

The US only did because of the British convincing them

[@classicalbets5184]

True that, especially while Poland actually gave some resistance beign attacked from two sides, and they never formed any sort of collaborating goverment like French did with the Vichy.

[@Alaryk111]

This was made to content the French and prevent the rise of the communism in the country.

[@stanleysmith7551]

Never forget: Königsberg.

[@williamhowe1]

The battle lines are drawn.

[@gzpo]

Good info for understanding what's been going and is going on today, thanks.

[@Tuberuser187]

The idea of executing all the Nazi party members is a chilling one, with over eight million of them remaining the consequences and damage it would cause might well have irreparable. Even the smaller mass lynchings of collaborators like in Croatia never really healed or forgotten, formal and state managed mass executions of millions would have left so much more anger and hatred.

[@gryf92]

It would be similar to what Nazis were doing in USSR.

[@ruinnaimperii4686]

Hitler has left the chat.

[@hidof9598]

I am new, so I hope the quality of editing, mic, music and visuals will get better You need better map lines and more presentation of where was what You also need better oration

[@Armorius2199]

Great video hope to see some battles from korea, vietnam and afganistan.

[@TheColdWarTV]

We will.

[@Armorius2199]

@@TheColdWarTV Great!!!

[@nayvinandalex]

Not sure if I’m a fan of your microphone in this, it was kind of hard to hear you

[@TheColdWarTV]

Thank you for the feedback. It is fixed in upcoming videos.

[@nayvinandalex]

@@TheColdWarTV Glad to hear it ! Pun intended

[@erikthehalfabee6234]

Please arrange your playlist in chronological order, not the reverse

[@ajdintabic3516]

I don't think that It would hurt if the host was a bit more energetic, Like Indy Neidell

[@pascal-ox7wm]

Were it not five occupation zones? The one that Poland occupied and then just annexed?

[@abdoessam8634]

I really like your style of narration keep going❤

[@TheColdWarTV]

Thanks

[@andraslibal]

2:58 you include Transcarpathia in the blue Polish shade when it was never Poland, being a Hungarian territory given to Czechoslovakia, returned to Hungary between 1938-45 only to be annexed to Ukraine after WW2.

[@whitephoenixofthecrown2099]

loving the series , but please improve the map if you can

[@TheColdWarTV]

Thanks for the feedback. Will do.

[@signumhistory4461]

MAYBE YOU HAVE DOCUMENTS ON THE BASIS OF WHICH THE BORDER WAS CHANGED IN POTSDAM?

[@ByzantineCapitalManagement]

It's Kind of Like the Great War Channel.

[@TheReaperKinlord]

You've just ripped off the Great War!!!!!!! That was an amazing, wellresearched show.......................

[@frenchguitarguy1091]

It’s just a format, It would be copying if they basically quoted the Great War word for word.

[@ryantretsky8304]

It’s made by the same people

[@pavliksin123]

What have you done to indie, wait this isn't WW2.

[@Perkelenaattori]

This guy can't compare to Indy. Indy jdresses so well. He's a styler & profiler.

[@MrRenegadeshinobi]

I hope you can collaborate with Indy Neidell at some point.

[@asdasd-hq4ny]

I never knew 1 and a 0.7 of a soviet soldier could overwhelm about a million japanese soldiers. And soviets often get bad reputations for their soldier quality, hmph...

[@nkristianschmidt]

effectively, the UK stood alone against Germany to enforce the Soviet part of the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact, and won. Well done. Good show.

[@georgesmith-ne4zp]

The background music is really annoying. making it difficult to clearly hear the speaker who swallows the ending parts of ever sentence he speaks.

[@TheColdWarTV]

Thank you for the feedback. This issue is fixed in upcoming videos.

[@avaryan8992]

Is this post ww2?

[@jamesdunne9833]

FYI the map of WE is actually wrong. Ireland should be in white, like Sweden, as it was officially neutral.

[@Ricky-qp9kj]

I personally think this would work better with a focus on animations like on your other channel, with narration. I don't really see the need for a speaker

[@tylerjerabek5204]

The Cold War answered another comment that the political ones are harder to have graphics etc, personally I don’t think they have the rights to much of the period photos and the big issue is the boring delivery style of the presenter

[@francislarvey7942]

Bad as the cold war was - and now again is - it was SOME improvement over the regional conflicts after WW1

[@NuernbergLP]

I have to agree with others that the narrator isn't cutting it right now. Having obviously Indy in mind, this narrator is worse in every aspect and lacks any kind of personality. Don't know if anyone can live up to Indy though so it might just be something you will hear either way but I have the feeling a lot of improvements can be made here!

[@jakovvodanovic9165]

Great, but could you just make videos louder?

[@TheColdWarTV]

Will do.

[@EmperorNexus]

Look at that Moustache! STALIN OOOO! A Bad man you were but a great moustache you had!

[@fedorevdokimenko3978]

Want to look badass?! Grow moustache!

[@Jesse_Dawg]

Excellent video! I wonder what will happen next between the great powers

[@decem_sagittae]

Why is Bucharest south of the Danube?

[@TheColdWarTV]

Somehow, for the reasons unknown to me, Danube was shifted all the way to the North. It was fixed in other versions.

[@Bruno_Wosniak]

Please, fix the voice

[@LibertarianLeninistRants]

I really hope you can do balanced videos. These topics are not easily explained in 5 minute videos. For example the beginning of the conflict in Korea. Do you start with the provisional government of the People's Republic of Korea? Or do you start after the imposed treaty by the USSR and the USA? Also, another wish I have is that you would use the correct terminology or at least add a short definition in at least one video. If f.e. media in the west talk about communism, they mean countries like the USSR - which, had an economic system which was not communist, but an official ideology of Marxism-Leninism which is part of the communist movement. So do you use the terminology they used themselves to describe their socio-economic system (socialism), or do you use the terminology which has no idea about communist theory? I really really hope you manage to remain unbiased, but I have my doubts that it can be done at all. Please prove me wrong.

[@LibertarianLeninistRants]

@Peter Michalski It wasn't communism, it was socialism. That's not bs, thats definitions dude

[@Jenny-zu6nm]

@Peter Michalski that isn't what he said at all. he said that "socialism" and "communism" are two different terms, and often people use the wrong term (communist) when describing the ECONOMIC system of the USSR. Learn to read.

[@Jenny-zu6nm]

@Socialist fascist movement Dude that meme is so out of date, if you aren't 14 you must know why thats not true. Also OP's name is purposefully contradictory, that's the joke. (It's "Leninist" that makes it contradictory btw, not just communism)

[@Jenny-zu6nm]

@Socialist fascist movement I'm not offended lmao I'm embarrassed, the "libertarian communist oxymoron bottom text" is a meme that was old like 4 years ago, which makes me think you probably weren't old enough to be on the internet 4 years ago

[@Jenny-zu6nm]

@Socialist fascist movement lmao I'm not offended I'm laughing at you mate. I get your desire to ebigly troll me but just asking "YOU OFFENDED??" makes you look kind of insecure I'll be honest with you bro

[@rosiehawtrey]

This could have been good, but it's basically Penfold from Danger Mouse in monologue mode. It's just not interesting, there's no spirit to it.

[@iliakaikaci]

It would be better to not split berlin for soviets

[@curseoftheegglady]

The closed caps are annoyingly bad