The Cold War - OverSimplified (Part 2)

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[@youraverageamerican1315]

4 years later, and we're still waiting for that Oversimplified Vietnam War.

[@letsgame9409]

IK

[@kitkatkato]

We are waiting for him to at least give us a video

[@C0mmAnderCAZ]

Soon™

[@kitkatkato]

@@C0mmAnderCAZ I wonder whats next

[@C0mmAnderCAZ]

@@kitkatkato Probably The second punic war

[@leakersnick2106]

“911 what’s your emergency?” “Yeah, I just found a Soviet missile under my bed...”

[@Boooooooooo541]

Finnish Demon r/wooosh

[@leakersnick2106]

Finnish Demon because that’s what I always do when I find Soviet missiles under my bed 🙄

[@FlSCHL]

Ok plz calm down 😢lol

[@nolongerusing7430]

@@Boooooooooo541 he deleted his comment. What a wuss

[@rsemsp517]

SG21337 what did he say

[@Sebastian62608]

That one guy who stopped the submarine from firing the missiles is proof that one man can change the world. His one decision is the reason the world was saved.

[@shuangsong3642]

140likes and no replies

[@OkSid300]

Asshole ruined all the fun.

[@HawkMawth]

“Are your breathing now?” “Yea” “Yea, I wouldn’t” 💀💀💀

[@vro1899]

Update: Russians no longer have access to Pizza Hut.

[@Walrus5]

NOOO

[@rookaloot4736]

blyat

[@willedwards7379]

WW3 has never been closer

[@agrajyadav2951]

And Europe don't got no oil booiiii

[@juice8431]

The great tragedy

[@valdemarvictory3105]

If Russia is so good at defeating it's enemies in the winter, then how come they lost the cold war?

[@l1ngl1ng5]

this is gold

[@ammarpratama1207]

Because the Russian has a limit, they're supposed to win but the world gets colder, ya wanna know, why?

[@schlafanzyk]

because of global warming duh

[@landonfromdanceclasssussyb2987]

Nice one

[@KH-om1xy]

lmao no they didn't. theyre following an old plan. weaken a democracy, institute fascism, etc etc.

[@ij1376]

I got goosebumps when he started talking about the Berlin Wall coming down. I was taught this history as a kid, but as an adult I comprehend it much better.

[@EJD339]

I’ve decided to watch his videos and the visual representation really helps me understand what was going on. As a kid, I remembered what happened but I didn’t comprehend the consequences of these events.

[@laurapeter3857]

I remember watching the coverage on TV as a teenager. As an American of German descent, it brought happy tears and still does to thus day.

[@TONI__KROOS]

​@@laurapeter3857how old are you now?

[@Balaji14100]

Yeah man, I'm from India.. and I've learned all this in school in textbooks.. never found them interesting or understood them properly.. watching it as an adult gives me chills..

[@jasonhaynes2952]

Same here. You know what's really moving is the song "Wind of Change" by the (West German) rock group Scorpions. He literally wrote the lyrics in Moscow after performing at the Moscow Peace Festival in August of 1989, noticing the positive feelings that change and peace and an end to the cold war were on the horizon...they could just FEEL it. Sure enough, the Berlin Wall came down just 2 months later and the song became a virtual anthem for the entire change and hope that came with it. The Scorpions literally played the song for the 10 year anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall. The video for the song represents much of this as well. It's abosutely moving. Few songs can give me those kind of goosebumps, but this one for sure makes the cut! I was also too young to fully comprehend all of it in 1989 (I was 13 or 14), but I could certainly grasp the tension between the USSR and the USA, and distinctly remember when the wall fell it was absolutely unbelievable!

[@Raidon484]

"Meanwhile, in Berlin:" - a sentence that has never ended well

[@artlygalkd3502]

What I learned today: 1. Sweet looking men are probably ruthless dictators.

[@aidoll3692]

And they both wanna take over their countries under their own regime

[@dobrastaravremena7176]

Old*

[@sarahcesar5813]

Yesss... Agreee no more.. I have learnt about it in my own life.. Sweet looking/talking men are dangerous!!

[@user-re8nw4ph2x]

And they might solve the nuke crisis.

[@markthebikethief1248]

And asian

[@jeck7412]

That 1 guy who refused to launch the missile saved us from ww3

[@tinkaraazb9383]

Wasnt it tecnecl the comander od the navy since a sumbamrine usuly has only 2 sub generals / oficers?

[@michaelw4]

tim mobile are you 5 years old? Edit: Thanks for the likes, guys.

[@NCF29YT]

ayy lmao lmFao I think so, honestly. No one spells like “ow heo tecnel”

[@lettero1761]

it was vasili arkipov

[@michaelw4]

No shit, he’s subscribed to Logan Paul vlogs.

[@ArgentinianElectrician]

2:27 this guy deserves some sort of trophy or medal for single-handedly not causing a nuclear war. edit: prevented* but he also not caused one too

[@mollusckscramp4124]

He was actually awarded the first Future of Life award posthumously to his family in 2017

[@ArgentinianElectrician]

@@mollusckscramp4124 Ok good. Or else I would be even more disappointed in humanity.

[@praetorian3902]

There's one more guy that saved the world from nuclear holocaust. If you're interested google "the man who saved the world". There's even a movie/documentary that came out in 2014.

[@OkSid300]

Buzzkill!

[@theInternet633]

I think he deserves a little more than that for preventing nuclear annihilation of most of humanity. He should've won all Nobel peace prices for the next decade at the very least.

[@kaitonothere347]

Mikhail Gorbachev was totally a legend for being a game changer, RIP Mikhail Gorbachev, and Gorbachev didn't end the Soviet Union, Yeltsin did

[@Suksass]

And yet Russians hate him and think he ended USSR.

[@electrikpikachujm69]

true honestly 💀

[@stannumowl]

Honestly - Stalin did. But oil played the role of a life support machines for decades

[@jeffrey589]

"Where's the corruption" "my first act as president is to pardon Nixon" "Ah there it is" This had me dying laughing

[@mustanseersaify1501]

that was so hard🤣

[@BigUriel]

It's funny because it's true

[@ruimanueldeoliveirapereira2603]

that's 8:57 very nice!!

[@thureintun1687]

That ain't even deem corrupted in Eastern 3rd worlds. That kinda things has always* done by leader*(leader in the East has nothing above them, that include law) of the period. What makes me lol is how Americans and Westerners as so naive as fuck, thinking their country is indeed so fucked up and corrupted. But the truth is they know shit about how their fellow human beings who were unfortunate enough to born in 3rd worlds are suffering! Shame

[@callofdutybutt]

@@thureintun1687 just because other places are more corrupt doesn't mean that western countries can't be

[@danielhoyng6588]

Oversmplified never hire more voice actors. You talking and arguing with yourself is the funniest thing ever.

[@SeptimusAugustusI]

@@---zd4wv wouldn't it be not oversimplified anymore if he'll hire more actors? :)

[@DungHoang-jt5hh]

Tru

[@r7ahtesham885]

Yeah true, no one else should voice act in his video. That would ruin his videos

[@renixmar3373]

Oversimplified is a one man team, if you haven't realized

[@hii-people2245]

ReNixMaR I think he’s hired more animators

[@emmanueljaramillo]

Fun fact. Jimmy Carter is the only Oversimplified character who is still alive

[@ashokjoseph6990]

Anyone else notice Forrest Gump yelling for Jenny at 7:04 ? Respect to Oversimplified for paying tribute to that American Classic.

[@aidanokane6236]

Oh shit

[@Meh859]

shit bro

[@Mr.Dog723]

Yes

[@Wealthy_newyorker5741]

I was searching for this comment 😂

[@EpicFace406]

Same, I thought no one noticed that

[@Ancend]

"Are you breathing right now?" "Yeah" "I wouldn't"

[@taxevasion8946]

Said Dumbledor *calmly*

[@andyc9902]

Haha

[@mexicoball129]

Flashbacks to George Floyd

[@russianflyswatter8644]

DID YOU PUT YOUR NAME IN THE HAT OF COMMUNISM

[@dwadwadwad2674]

1v1

[@YungFlightRisk]

Soviets: **Lose an unknown amount of missies** 2020: ¨Hey ferb i know what we´re going to do today¨

[@highgroundgamer1435]

A 104 days of nuclear fallout

[@txtn8336]

If you jinx this year, so help me-

[@inktendo1018]

*chuckles* Im in danger

[@NolanDraconis]

Has anybody noticed he spelled missiles wrong

[@Chris14_]

@@NolanDraconis oh my lord I didnt even notice

[@Will-dk5wq]

That one man on that sub is the reason that WW3 didn't break out...

[@LeahinIRL]

fr and he was fine too

[@brandoncrawford7971]

It's been five years and I still haven't spotted that damn Vietcong soldier

[@somespecialname]

"Are you gonna unsubscribe from OverSimplified?" "Yes." "Yeahhhh I wouldn't."

[@ahmedouramdane2246]

i would [troll face]

[@drunkjack2365]

Yeah well we have a tank

[@yaboiyogsas2431]

Let’s play: spot the AC 130

[@thatcooldudeisawesome876]

@@yaboiyogsas2431 ENEMY AC-130 ABOVE!

[@vargo2987]

Spoopy Enchiladas it would be better so u can forget so when u finally remember you have a lot of episodes to watch

[@olitesla5891]

Losing a nuke is just a whole new level of irresponsible.

[@yessum15]

yeah thanks MOM. Jeez be cool for once in your life.

[@olitesla5891]

@@yessum15 it's a joke, SON.

[@yessum15]

@@olitesla5891 ru serious? Obviously i was playing along w. It. Like how is it "cool' lol

[@sarahamira5732]

This angered his father, who punished him severely

[@Vimdraa]

I don't know what's scarier. That we lost a nuclear warhead, or that it happens so often there's actually a term for it.

[@OficjalnyProfilMarty]

5:40 funny fact: in Polish language, when we want to say that something is chaotic, messy and complicated, we use the word 'saigon' which is the name of that city in Vietnam! I actually didn't know what until some time ago, I thought it's just another random word

[@Tristan-of1cl]

"Where's the corruption??" "My first order is to pardon Nixon" "Ahhh there it is." Not gonna lie that was one of the best jokes I have heard today!

[@thetexastickler]

"I am the Lorax, I speak for the trees. I hear them, they're speaking Vietnamese..."

[@sirspoods7327]

Best shit I ever heard

[@cloudvincentvidallo7916]

timestamp?

[@thetexastickler]

@@cloudvincentvidallo7916 Wasn’t said in the video.

[@cloudvincentvidallo7916]

@@thetexastickler i thought it was said in the vid cause of this "

[@birdman8773]

Why is Vietnamese so fucking hilarious to say?

[@50SPEEDX]

You can release that “Vietnam War-Oversimplified” anytime now....

[@ngockien2080]

Vietnam War-Oversimplified belike: the trees that talk

[@mjaned0528]

same i want to see

[@user-ru1jo5rc3t]

@@mjaned0528 yep

[@gatorskunk26]

Vietnam war is sort of part of the Cold War so there is t much need for it

[@hannerieboshoff842]

They hid it in a tree

[@ryankelley2429]

I'm proud to say my grandfather (still living as of 2-3-24) was the first pilot to fly into "New Berlin" with a US registered aircraft. November 7th, 1989, him and my grandmother both took barbwire and chunks of the wall. They crossed at checkpoint Charlie and said it was a party all night long.

[@SaltedPretzelZ]

"An election in Bulgaria" "A peaceful revolution in Czechoslovakia" "And a violent one in Romania-" Oof, that really got me for some reason.

[@kaidenhartley9977]

US Soldier "Man this war sucks." The Trees "I know right." US Soldier "SCREAMS!"

[@moonsk1ter89]

lmfao

[@fream7414]

Lmao 🤣

[@psylmao167]

Underrated comment

[@sapnupuas4017]

More like this reaction: (⚆_⚆)

[@xxhusky_flamingoxx3443]

Yes when I am scared I shout scream

[@Rafting900]

Like my grandpa used to say : Everyone gangsta till the bushes start speaking vietnamese

[@gombomicrowave9489]

HA!

[@galladesamurai2380]

American soldier: man, this war sucks The tree: yeah it does American soldier: *unloads entire M16 into the tree*

[@carsonsprinkles1509]

When you tell a joke to your comrades in Vietnam and the the trees start laughing

[@animeshpanda2960]

That's a good one 😂

[@galladesamurai2380]

@@animeshpanda2960 the bush: yeah, such a banger of a joke!

[@itz_dishika]

Vasili Arkhipov, man gets the credit to prevent WW3

[@cantaloupe3139]

5 years later we’re still waiting for over simplified Vietnam war

[@No-ep8ig]

Oversimplified in a few years: *Oversimplified:2020 part 1*

[@aregmirzoyan869]

I wonder I WONDER

[@themediocrewolf4361]

Theres gonna be 6 parts

[@aahnaroy744]

"Now, we're going to talk about the worst year we had....so far."

[@alistairmatheson8816]

The mediocre wolf actually there will be 12 parts, one for each month

[@malcb5577]

more like: 2020 part 1 - Oversimplified (part 6)

[@williel1573]

US : Puts missile in Turkey USSR : puts missile in Cuba Us : :o

[@llm2114]

Ussr put missiles in cuba first tf

[@teddyn240]

fax The missiles in Turkey were mainly to protect nato allies from soviet median range missiles.

[@sandman9151]

Doge Destroyer imperialist bootlicker

[@yoboikamil525]

*Surprised pikachu face*

[@bthy384]

@@teddyn240 May be so, didnt make the Soviets feel any better doe

[@Istaqlal]

Did i just watch the whole thing from Ww1 to civil war in one go? Yes I did.

[@princeofchemotherapy6544]

14:55 HE SAID THE THING

[@ecksdee1637]

America: Has Missles in Turkey Soviet Union: Puts Missles in Cuba America: *_Surprised Pickachu Face_*

[@IceCream-ey2kg]

Ngl when I heard that, I was like wut missiles? I literally forgot about the missiles in Turkey lol

[@accountoftheultraimaginato4012]

Pickachu. Yes.

[@shavturtle1213]

Ice Cream it’s cus whenever Americans talk about it they coinviently forget to mention Turkish missiles

[@iceneko9170]

@@shavturtle1213 yes. conveniently, it doesnt get mentioned int he texts much...

[@twinzzlers]

@@iceneko9170 Does it matter? Any country would hate that.

[@juliustan3875]

Most used sentence in the video: Soviet people to be happy:2% That damn wall:1% They wanted a president tough on communism:97%

[@staringgasmask]

ruthless dictator

[@902xgamer3]

Very sweet looking old men, but don’t let that fool you, they were both ruthless dictators, who both dreamed of reuniting Korea/Thailand, but under their own regime.

[@nguyenhoanglong420]

@@mooseears9849 WELL I HAVE TO GET USED TO WITH IT CAUSE I CANNOT DO ANYTHING AND I HAVE TO OBEY TO COMMUNISM PARTY OF VIETNAM

[@35SF]

Vasili Arkhipov literally stopped the cold war fr what a chad

[@paulblichmann2791]

@6:35 🎶 Our friends were the Contras, Freedom was their mantra, So we sent them lots of money for guns. AND LANDMINES!🎶🎵

[@alexandertelson3713]

But Congress stopped the Contra money floww

[@nguyentony7357]

America: Do you have oil? Countries with oil: Yeah America: Yeah... I wouldn't

[@_.-jen-._]

Nguyen Tony omg lol the harsh reality

[@thepuppetofroblox2883]

Europe: OILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLl

[@electricdingo6887]

Hahahaha!🤣

[@akash23494]

You need freedom

[@emilio04100]

😂😂😂

[@elijahr241]

"I'm unsubscribing from OverSimplified." *No, we have a tank.*

[@skyden24195]

We have a Hulk.

[@cryingcatgoesbark310]

*we have pizza hut*

[@randomguy8647]

@@cryingcatgoesbark310 all hail Gorbachev

[@slaaneshshewhothirst9136]

Elijah Reardon I have winter

[@panzerkampwagen.iiiausf.j1112]

*now bow down to me peasant*

[@hardenedclay8840]

8:36 imagine how confident he mustve felt😂

[@Meduzi]

This is the most interesting story I have ever heard. R.I.P to Mikhail Gorbachev for being the game changer

[@ackee39]

2:25 This guy basically prevented WW3, and probably saved the entire world by doing so. There should be some kind of holiday to his name or something

[@xXRealXx]

AFAIK, unfortunately he wasn't appreciated for what he did back in the USSR (aka gulag for ya (I think, I may be wrong))

[@ChivalrousThief_Zelnir]

Most records of him were probably stamped out cuz I don't think the boys back home approved

[@xXRealXx]

@@ChivalrousThief_Zelnir yea lol, how dare you save humanity instead of killing it off for the glory of the USSR!

[@ChivalrousThief_Zelnir]

@@xXRealXx bro its because in America, Nuke make you dead. In Soviet Russia, Nuke make you strong. 💪💪 😂😂

[@xXRealXx]

@@ChivalrousThief_Zelnir *Hulk noises intensify*

[@joaodiogorodrigues7304]

That "OverSimplified WW3 Coming sooner or later" hits different now...

[@bruhwhoisyou1655]

fr

[@andyb1653]

@@juliachristie6149 Not WW3 just yet. Yes, Ukraine's all fucked up and Russia's money has turned to dust, but there's still time to hit the brakes on this thing.

[@masternobody1896]

i guess there is always going to be wars

[@andyb1653]

@@masternobody1896 War.... War never changes.

[@shadocloud]

Yes but there's memes this time

[@Bosslady_Goodness]

I love youte videos, been binge watching since yesterday... I use to think history is a bore but learning about other nations war and what led to it has been fascinating🇳🇬❤️

[@jimt503]

Somehow you forgot to mention President Ronald Reagan and his fameous speech from the West Berlin side of the wall, in which he implored "Mr.Gorbachev, tear down this wall." It was a monumental speech at the time and impossible to forget.

[@dnalol7648]

You know you're dead when the trees start speaking Vietnamese

[@farlanyukir2452]

And you know shits gonna happen when the sky start singing fortunate son

[@rohitchavan921]

lmaoooooooo

[@mami1330]

You know you’re dead when the swamps start shooting aks

[@GorillaWar3]

Germans when the snow starts speaking russian:*scared cat face*

[@pierresihite8854]

@@GorillaWar3 When the Soviets hear the snow speaking Finnish

[@MrZachtheKingsfan]

2:25 Homie literally saved the entire goddam world by just saying “nah”

[@Equints]

I saved somebody's life today, just by saying "nah, not today"

[@oceansblue2000]

That man's a saint 💯

[@natnew32]

It's even crazier than that. Under normal circumstances Soviet protocol requires an agreement between two specific people to launch a nuke. *Those two people already agreed,* but it had a quirk that if there was some high-ranking official on board, they'd need to agree too. This guy was that high ranking official.

[@balticblues8130]

420 likes LOL

[@smitasingh3081]

i mean, if u think about it, only america would have been affected in the short run

[@andrewlol9095]

Oversimplified gonna be running around WW3 battleground recording leaders conversations for a hype video

[@tinimunson1242]

Oh my gosh, I cannot believe you actually did a bit of the history of my country, Vietnam !! It was amazing ! I love your channel!

[@andrewyousif5722]

Every time a World War comes, the bigger the fights get. WW5: Jupiter vs the Sun

[@thepixelpr3dator207]

1 and 2 werent neccessarily 'bigger' there were just more casualties because a side ALMOST won and then was defeated, meanwhilr ww1 the side starting the war barely did anything Ww3 will be a very big difference tho

[@nekochan3231]

WW6: Milkyway Galaxy vs Andromeda Galaxy

[@ladybabe6958]

@Lumine Moonwait a minute is that from alita battle angel

[@ladybabe6958]

@Lumine Moon Zalem war

[@obot321sucks4]

@Andrew Yousif hol up

[@lord5886]

2:28 This person on screen is the most underrated person is existence. If he never made that decision then we may be living in an irl fallout, or we may not be living atll

[@malvahalva9610]

I once saw a video about him

[@Morningstar_37]

true

[@danielyakam2437]

@@malvahalva9610 the one made by EmpLemon?

[@sagichdirdochnicht4653]

One of a few others. There also have been some false alerts, detecting nuclear missles on both sides, when there were none. And they've pretty much had orders to immediatly strike counter attacks, if some missles came. And as you may notice, they just didn't. Wich is why they are equally as important, because if either USA or UDSSR launched some nuclear missles, because of some false alert, nuclear wasteland and shit...

[@Geoffrey6_]

After soviet union desolved, they learned that those missiles were fake. So, it would not be a nuclear war

[@Cloud_Gtaglol]

2:25 this man saved humanity

[@aristeidiskalas-py1fs]

All these years in school i coudnt wrap it up history in my head especially cold war , i watched ww1 ww2 and cold war and i feel i covered these blank points in my head , for God sakes i dont say i am history expert now but it helped me a lot !! Thank you man!

[@eoinprather7234]

“Where’s the corruption?” “Ah, there it is” broke me

[@trickythefox9598]

"Where is corruption?" **Looks at modern countries** "Ah, there it is!"

[@evilriceplate2590]

It reminds me of time when I played Terraria, went to underground near my base, heard corruption theme and I had same question

[@Resetium]

@@evilriceplate2590 hardmode is pain I might dig out borders between biomes as a result, just to be sure

[@evilriceplate2590]

@@Resetium I already defeated first mech boas

[@Resetium]

@@evilriceplate2590 good for you

[@namelessanonymous2913]

2:25 "This beautiful man" is so underappreciated. He probably had saved more lives than anybody in the history of mankind.

[@bananacat3109]

thank goodness him and Stanislav Petrov existed

[@DarthKanye]

Indeed

[@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan]

Juan Posadas has left the chat

[@vijaylaxmididoyal5922]

Yes

[@liamratliff9710]

C H E R N O B Y L L I Q U I D A T O R S

[@azilk]

after 5 years the promised vietnam war is still yet to come

[@toddstone230]

In another video he predicted the French Revolution vid would come out in 2027. So we got to get to that one first I guess lol

[@kittyonmydesk5532]

7:50 1. the easing of hostility or strained relations, especially between countries 2. to kiss and make up, diplomatically speaking

[@cameosix7077]

Gorbachev: Free elections Putin: I am about to end this man's entire carrer

[@Yekatanarchist]

Europa no. Gorbachev was a reformer, he did not want the union to split. He wanted to liberalize it completely and create a new union. The union split up because of the coup. Say thanks to the coup for the millions of lives not Gorbachev

[@od4361]

@@Yekatanarchist I respect Gorbachev's intentions, but he was a fool to think that people who have been oppressed for almost 70 years were just going to accept his new reforms and immediately see the USSR as a friend, instead of a violent conqueror.

[@fatrooster4632]

@@od4361 Yeah he was a bit of an naïve idealist. At least the Baltics and most of the former eastern bloc is doing ok, even if Russia/Ukraine/Belarus/Armenia/parts of central Asia arent.

[@specialunit0428]

@@fatrooster4632 I heard that 90s Russia, Ukraine and Belarus were the most dangerous places in the world as everyone thought it was the end of the world. Murders were occurring daily outside people's homes, robberies increased, corruption exploded and the Russian mafia suddenly gained lots of power.

[@betterthanMJF]

@@Yekatanarchist I blame Yeltsin

[@carmelads]

Imagine 2 men standing waist deep in gasoline with a match in their hands, just waiting to see who will drop first. And the rest of the world is standing next to them, unable to do anything. That’s the cold war

[@CallenderMan]

More accurately, everyone is waist deep in gasoline and America and Russia are the only ones with matches, since war would mean near-global destruction.

[@AnarchyDruid]

wow I watched that whole 2 part history when I could have just come here.

[@AnarchyDruid]

@pain au chocolat cruassader I've got nothing to do with the devil. I don't even belive in the guy.

[@sectioncraft4647]

Yes

[@AnarchyDruid]

@pain au chocolat cruassader at least I still have the capacity to love still✌🏳️‍🌈

[@scary2345]

2:27 respect to the guy for not launching the nukes

[@MMMeteor192]

I’m making a project on nuclear power, and I’m making currently about the cold war and it’s effects on nukes, and this video has helpped me a ton with that, as well as the first part.

[@securitybreach5182]

" Vietnam war Oversimplified. Coming eventually 2019" 2020: Dude, Uncool

[@soap4199]

welp, I want it too, and I know it'll come in about... 50 more years?

[@redfire1787]

This enraged Oversimplified fans, who punished oversimplified severely.

[@Chuby_ubesie]

So uncool

[@Jackuves]

I thought it was it henry the 8th

[@taidang9540]

yea but never came

[@karimamin2]

"Are you breathing air right now?" "Yes" "Yeah....I wouldn't..."

[@samuelrichard9761]

There's a tax for that

[@FionaS0503]

This enraged his father, who punished him severely

[@lolekbolek916]

@@samuelrichard9761 *stamp*

[@hyprpoint]

My grandpa fought in the vietnam war, he was in the 101st airborne division and fought in hamburger hill, i'd love to see a video about it.

[@abc_13579]

At 0:56 you said, "but Castro felt there was still an impending threat to his regime." How right he was! The information recently declassified from that period shows that after the Bay of Pigs fiasco Kennedy immediately asked his advisors to come up with other ways to get rid of Castro. Kennedy wanted that guy out (not that I blame him for that), and Castro understood this-so of course he turned to the USSR for protection. What else was he supposed to do?

[@thelightbringer8610]

You really gotta feel bad for the guy that had to tell his boss “I lost these nuclear weapons”

[@justhere-ru9iv]

FR

[@Shoteaux2]

how can you even explain that, poor guy

[@ArgentinianElectrician]

@@Shoteaux2 "It fell out of my pocket."

[@stevenstamper7904]

​@@ArgentinianElectrician my dog ate it

[@richardsmith6608]

@@stevenstamper7904 ... then the dog was promptly taken to a radiation containment facility and incinerated

[@mancillamarie]

psychologist: “don’t worry, mom stalin in an apron with a roller isn’t real, he can’t hurt you.” mom stalin in an apron with a roller:

[@user-df1hv3co4p]

OhHhHHhH nOoOooOOo!

[@yuva591]

LMAOO

[@somedingusdragonborn6913]

Fear mother Stalin

[@yuva591]

@Joshua Nunes it's in part one

[@Eesco259]

Aye yo wth. You cute af @Michelle Marie

[@hitmancar6950]

You should have mentioned the Chernobyl disaster as even soviet officials stated that that was one of the main reasons for the fall of the USSR

[@b-ray4704]

100%, after watching the show on HBO, it truly showed how significant the incident was and could've been. Also uncovered many issues within the country

[@weebandgaminginc.7593]

I swear to god the Cold War is just one heart attack after another, and I’m just learning about it. Even before this, I knew how the bay of pigs invasion and the Cuban missile crisis would end, but I’m always on the edge of my seat

[@Twigs1836]

United States: "You can't defeat me." North Vietnam: "I know, but he can." *Hippies have entered the chat*

[@Emerald-pb3dk]

The Vietnam war in a nutshell

[@atomic_punch109]

Xd

[@snipars2233]

Damn hippies

[@SeaJay_Oceans]

USA socialist-communist-democrats. Dude, so uncool.

[@snipars2233]

@@starbucks3954 I will never say hurray to hippies. Go smell some napalm.

[@raibarufumetsu9410]

I can already see World War 3 Oversimplified North Korea: **launches missile** America: Dude, uncool

[@elixir2562]

Wait what is there a community with accounts from students on the game!?!?!

[@elixir2562]

North Korea: *launches missile* America: aah *YES* Korea its time for you to learn what American nukes do

[@tyler1673]

Pretty sure Trump already made that extremely unlikely.

[@notwelcome2452]

Nah,they are scared of Trump

[@r7ahtesham885]

Nope, it's between india, Pakistan, China and Bangladesh. Well not really Bangladesh but it's for Bangladesh's Bay of Bengal.

[@Raidon484]

About the east german government giving in: while it is true that the travel ban wasn't meant to be lifted until next day, it kinda was because someone made a bit of an oopsie and said that to his knowledge, the travel ban lifting was to take effect immediately. So, after everyone heard that, they flocked to the border. The soldiers there, not knowing what to do, phoned a few people and ultimately just let them through because what are you gonna do at that point?

[@janelian1324]

Could you do a video about the cold war between Russia and Finland? I really like to watch your videos cause they are really well explained and I can learn really easily of them.

[@luketimewalker]

Vassili Arkhipov is our specie's ultimate HERO. Bless him forevermore.

[@mydogdeli]

True dat, but...species'?

[@wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww]

He is a hero. he saved lives by just saying “no”

[@alecfongy3175]

I will never forget him

[@bernardoroque9794]

Hail Arkhipov!

[@trashmemer5924]

just remember...He's greek and i am too and its crazy to hear from our tiny country people talking somehow for it LMFAO

[@AdamThechosenone-dl3rn]

6 years and still no Vietnam war video

[@RazorWinter]

5:50 I think that with the passing of Kissinger it is a very nice time for the Vietnam War video to come out. I think the newer generations are asking themselves why the guy was a big deal.

[@whosanime9035]

"That handsome one" avoided WW3, if he didn't stop them then the world would be DED.

[@adhitypratamairwanto5450]

Make that Extra DED

[@monicakar9631]

I am surprised the world isn't dead yet...

[@adhitypratamairwanto5450]

@@monicakar9631 Well,only time would tell

[@TheHappyPotatoe]

The world would have carried on spinning and would heal itself it's us that would be dead

[@TheHappyPotatoe]

@@monicakar9631 why?

[@DarthVader1273]

You know you’ve mastered teaching when people watch your educational videos for fun

[@mzil]

Sometimes there is a disinformation...

[@slevinchannel7589]

@@mzil Learning never ends, so here you go, have some RANDOM comment trying to give you Fun Science-Times: Veritasium is cool, but Hbomberguy is even better. Practical Enginnering is also recommend-worthy, just like Neil Red, It's ok to be smart, Oversimplified, CGP Grey, Tier Zoo, Kozmo, Sci Man Dan, Bob the Science Guy, Creaky Blinder. And Legal Eagle and Cinema Therapy also are very educational, but these 2 are noteworthy for offering a very new viewpoint for old things.

[@muhammadaqil7025]

@@slevinchannel7589 good job son. i hope you find a lucky penny 🦋✨

[@slevinchannel7589]

@@muhammadaqil7025 Thanks, but I was never after Money, at all. I am just a Science-Enthuaist who thinks science-fans (while not as uncoordinated and scattered AF as HunterxHunter-Fans are) are still very scattered and often fail to know the best-of-the-best on youtube. So i offer my help, duh.

[@YouKnowImOnMyPeriodYah]

@@mzil It’s inevitable, if you’re doing serious research that’s why you use multiple sources. But I’m here for fun and for the memes, so what can you do

[@tessy4460]

Hi, APUSH student here. Your videos are incredibly creative, helpful and funny! They aid my love of history. Right now we are learning about the Vietnam War, and I would LOVE to see a min-war video on it if at all possible. Thanks!

[@raidknight]

Seeing how close we came to WW3 so many times is absolutely insane

[@lucanovellino1010]

"Where's the corruption" "my first act as president is to pardon Nixon" "Ah there it is" This was amazing

[@gengarzilla1685]

This is why attempting to impeach Donald Trump was a bad idea. His VP, Mike Pence, probably would have taken over and got Trump off the hook.

[@igustibagusananda7706]

And then there's Donald Trump who pardon a bunch of criminals at the end of his term.

[@r3wturb0x51]

we'd all be dead if it wasn't for Vasili Arkhipov. Thank god for that guy having the fortitude to say no to launching the nuke

[@kaimcdragonfist4803]

Truly an unsung hero of the Cold War. I don’t remember ever learning that particular detail in school, though I also didn’t pay very close attention when we discussed the Cuban Missile Crisis

[@milktea8773]

Plus he's a beautiful man :b

[@lilautismo8247]

Same go’s for Alexei Ananenko, Valeri Bezpalov and Boris Baranov

[@lt_darkseekerantique3911]

Kai McDragonfist Eeyup,same here

[@unknow210]

"This beautiful Man"

[@stealthninja2058]

His video on Vietnam from 1700s to the 2023s is way overdue. He must be busy. I guess he is moving on to something new in this life. I’m very glad he is maturing and growing up. ❤😢

[@Sparrows1121]

the ending had me cracking up, both sad and funny. 15:50

[@ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid]

Gotta love how casually that "fourteenth time America has lost a nuke" line got swept under the rug.

[@arpit8614]

@Amir Liz Its a joke dude

[@watsenju1103]

If it got swept under the rug why do we know the number? What you mean is you hadn't heard about it because you never sought information on the topic. Please don't sic "it's a joke" guy on me

[@Campeon99]

@@watsenju1103 it’s a joke bruv

[@watsenju1103]

@@Campeon99 haha noooo you got me bruv

[@talha1349]

@@watsenju1103 they meant the vid only very briefly mentioned it, therefore "sweeping it under the rug" very quickly

[@robertwynn5264]

Earth: About to get torn to pieces Vasili Arkhipov: *I'm About to Save This Man's Whole Career*

[@rudywitdatooli]

Stop

[@TheKazragore]

Him and Stanislav Petrov the two MVPs of the Cold War.

[@Cobblestonebob]

Vasili - one of the true G's the world needed

[@housesports000]

This enraged his father, *who punished him severely.*

[@thedisciple5733]

what a life saver

[@DecentCobra3000]

The part where the US gave Chad a sword and told it to fight Libya was so cute.

[@partisan3353]

Your part on the vietnam war unironically helped me on an exam, thank you bro

[@25i428]

“Are you moving to West Berlin?” “Yep” “Yeah.... I wouldn’t”

[@Charles-SG]

Ryan Teoh 😂😂

[@zestgramz]

America: Are you moving to east germany Someone: Yeah America: nahh I wouldn't

[@johnbaker7102]

@@zestgramz lol no one is moving to East Germany voluntarily

[@issstrops843]

Bro I’m not even watching this for school this is just for fun it’s so entertaining-

[@badfutplayer6250]

Ikr

[@tylerlamar3731]

Ikr

[@NAME-yg8sl]

Same

[@JacobWahlbrink1925]

Same

[@funkyfelix7602]

same

[@ivanpa3983]

I LOVE how Forest Gun casually appears throught the back in minute 7:04

[@MauricioBarragan]

@4:13 I WILL NOT BE SLEEPING WELL TONIGHT 😭😭

[@BBait01]

Where’s the corruption ... ahh there it is

[@Mixima101]

I think he did it because it would have looked like jailing your political opposition, which happens often in non-democratic countries.

[@solomonshv]

@@Mixima101 that makes no sense. ford and nixon ran the white house together, they were in the same party. at no point in history did they oppose each other.

[@thedemongodvlogs7671]

Yay

[@joshieque9460]

Your profile pic fits perfectly with your comment.

[@justnitro9448]

Abraham Lincoln vid

[@avarma6313]

vasili arkhipov is the most underrated hero of all time

[@jjollie4334]

For real. He literally changed the course of humanity with one decision

[@Dhimo758]

*Sad Stanislav Petrov noises*

[@SimoneFin]

All aboard the Arkhipov train

[@marquisdehoto1638]

There were more people like him... he is sadly not the only one who stopped ww3.

[@kint87]

So many unknow heroes ... There is some soviets submariners who volunteer to go die horribly to fix broken nuclear plant in their sinking submarine so the whole ocean wont go dead... And so they die horribly, saving us all and oceans Do we know theim ? Well...

[@vincezim5926]

确实分析的很客观公正，不带意识形态，能让左派、右派以及其他观点的人都能接受

[@calipurnioelreydelodio7141]

4:03 It has a curious story, because the man who helped to find the bomb to the americans was a local fisherman who located the place in base of how far he was from the town... Which pisses me off because Francisco Simó "Paco el de la bomba" was never mentioned on films about it. Not even in "Men of Honor".

[@fader3680]

2:23 the most beautiful man who saved us from nuclear war.

[@Sproot21]

2:27 *

[@mukbangwillabyes8803]

for now...

[@comfortzoneking8785]

We all know he's secretly a ruthless dictator.

[@arrowup8711]

@@Account-jn7xu yeah man. Sorry for the somewhat hateful comment. On the plus side. I was having a bad day. Lmao

[@arrowup8711]

@@Account-jn7xu -im always watching-