The Cold War, Part 1 - Oversimplified Reaction

[@jameswatts2003]

My mother in law was a US soldier and stationed in Germany when the Wall came down. She still has pieces of it in her house. Spray paint and all.

[@andrewjennings7306]

A female soldier in the 80s? That probably wasnt very common. Good for her

[@sebastianramos1959]

Ok colonist

[@jameswatts2003]

@@sebastianramos1959 pardon?

[@zesa9867]

@@sebastianramos1959 what

[@finnk8530]

that's really cool, I've got a few pieces of the Berlin Wall myself :)

[@arimpact]

18:29 His face: "ha I finally get to show my history buff knowledge- oh well played oversimplified, well played."

[@nicolaspietrangelo5573]

You could almost hear a "Fuck" coming out of his head.

[@theentirecountry7843]

omfg i never noticed that

[@Katenkiokotsu]

that was hilarious

[@justinhubbard552]

Death of Stalin is one of the best comedies I've seen in a while.

[@CMY187]

‘This is unauthorised narcissism!’

[@joeldykman7591]

its actually fairly close to the truth, they just condensed the timeline a bit.

[@danielk934]

@@joeldykman7591 hahahha close truth according to *secret* documents?)) *Secret* documents are so secret so they have not existed

[@pauldezv5884]

@@danielk934 а вот и секретные документы подъехали

[@danielk934]

@@pauldezv5884 поддерживаю

[@Colinop]

the height of soviet leaders, for those who are curious, goes as follows: 6'0" - Andropov 5'9" - Gorbachev 5'8" - Stalin, Brezhnev, Chernenko 5'7" - Malenkov 5'5" - Lenin 5'3" - Khrushchev Unknown - Yanayev

[@itsmemogul889]

Lmao

[@jocelynbalestalingting7736]

omaL

[@polandballanimations4682]

Im a kid and im talller then Stalin LOL

[@heyafrica6925]

Bruh those little evil mfs, they should be called minions

[@nopenope8364]

@@polandballanimations4682 *You have been granted a free ticket to the gulag*

[@Geographus666]

I grew up in West-Germany and was 6 years old when the wall went down. My father got me in front of the TV to "watch history happen with my own eyes" when the first news of this came in and I still remember that moment vividly.

[@AttenboroughAdmirer]

Did you take pieces of the wall? My grandpa took some pieces, nice heirlooms.

[@Geographus666]

​@@AttenboroughAdmirer I have a couple, yes.

[@thunderstraw864]

@@Geographus666 can i buy one of those?

[@thunderstraw864]

@@Geographus666 thank you so much 😊

[@TheCezu]

I was almost 4 when I saw the live broadcast of the execution of Ceausescu and to this day it is stuck to my retina, not in an traumatizing way but as a reminder that it is always smart not to upset your boss and to maintain close vigilance on your so called friends.

[@celestegronda1973]

I have never commented publicly on a KZbin video before. I just want to say that I am a Native American originally from what is known as present day Michigan. My father gave his whole legacy to connect better to the truth of our lineage. I hope to find more pathways to realizing that dream for him in my lifetime, and your passion for history plus the way you deliver the information help me so much to see how that could be possible. So, thanks so much! Go Sparty 🙃😉

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

Thank you Celeste! I'm honored to receive your first comment. Hope you'll comment more often!

[@marleyjr00]

Id just like to say that you're that type of teacher I wish I had in highschool.

[@catneko6855]

He wants to be a teacher^

[@jamesyboy5593]

Love his vids

[@WARDEATHFUN]

He teaches history the way it should be taught, less emphasis on dates and names and more emphasis on events and their significance. It makes history more interesting, it also makes history more practical to use.

[@canadiansecurityintelligen3714]

My history teacher actually started showing us oversimplified videos in class to help us break down some subjects

[@Spartan-ng6sx]

Same

[@Hollow-u8t]

I know that Stalin and his father actually did have a very unstable relationship so Oversimplified is accurate when he said that Stalin’s father punished him severely

[@Pofuduqthe1andonly]

what is with dictators and their fathers, it seems they never get along well

[@Waftey]

@@Pofuduqthe1andonly bad fathers are usually one of the most common traits that cause dictators

[@sugarkane1571]

Most dictators have daddy issues

[@hopeless6905]

You even elaborate on the sponsorships! You’re an amazing teacher, even if you technically aren’t one

[@livispuzzled]

exactly! my current history teacher sucks, i know more about history than him. i would love to have this guy as my teacher edit: new school year started and i LOVE my teacher!! he’s showed us some clips from oversimplified and doesn’t give us random busy work. it’s awesome

[@corey5858]

@@livispuzzled facts lol

[@knifeknife69]

how about Mr terry he was an amazing teacher he reacts oversimplified, 285k subs

[@NoVisionGuy]

@@livispuzzled my history teacher is a snooze fest, just writes down the board what's in the book and next week there's an exam

[@thunderstraw864]

@@NoVisionGuy my man..u american?

[@wolfmus_]

I really appreciate that you leave in the ads that the creators put in. Your content is not only transformative, but you try to help the original creator as much as you benefit and I really think that's awesome of you.

[@EnergeticSpark63]

hey

[@robertsandberg2246]

He has good character. Much like U S Grant, who he points out a lot.

[@karlsson8439]

as someone born in East Germany, it is always interesting for me to see how people in other countries perceived and learned about the Cold War and its aftermath. I am already looking forward to Oversimplified doing an episode about the German Reunification and your reaction to it.

[@madaraUchiha-gv5dx]

How shitty was it there living?

[@tehilsmaniac9372]

My grandfather was a soviet soldier and he lived in east germany for 5 years

[@iranianintelligenceagency9337]

@@tehilsmaniac9372 I have a question: was East Germany a bad place to live, or was West Germany more enticing? I heard that West Germany was more industrialized and advanced.

[@LandenKilronan]

@@iranianintelligenceagency9337 East Germany was a poor country that was in ruins for years whilst West Germnay was getting money pumped into them by America and were building large towers and houses

[@Nmille98]

I kinda feel like reunification was such a mess you couldn't really oversimplify it.

[@mrdollyman5675]

One of the poems said “Sadness, misery everywhere. My wife was eaten by a bear”

[@brandonarmienti7734]

My grandmother actually has a piece of the Berlin wall and we still have it today. It's actually cool to have a piece of what is cold war history at my house.

[@RedAndBlackIDress]

How big is it

[@brandonarmienti7734]

@@RedAndBlackIDress it's the size of a finger. My uncle who was stationed in Germany at the time was able to get a piece and bring it home as a gift to my grandmother who was originally from Germany.

[@Swaygooy]

I have one passed down from my grandmother as well! It’s about the size of a ping pong ball with some graffiti on it

[@Manutdfanlol]

@@Swaygooy My family bought one, and im planning to go to berlin and buy more pieces.

[@not_zyro]

I got stalin dead body as a collection

[@TheRoughStar]

I like how you show how simple it is (today) to look up facts, even though you're already a historian. Some people need to realize how you shouldn't just vomit out false (specially, when harmful) information. It takes less than 30 seconds literally to contribute a better knowledge.

[@dontbethatguy2881]

Oversimplified French Revolution would be great to see a reaction to afterwards 👍

[@finnhe6020]

Yes the best series on the French Revolution is from oversimplified: „hoot hoot“

[@Souledex]

It’s by far their least accurate, as in intentionally misleading and leading people to misunderstand key issues in the events so if anyone tries to actually learn about it later or if folks try and bring up knowledge they get from oversimplified (happens more than it should) than it’s spreading the meme version of the events rather than addressing their representation in pop culture like he did in ^ this series or the American revolution one.

[@yashjoseph3544]

@@Souledex How is it their least accurate? History teachers and historians have reacted to his videos and rarely ever correct Oversimplified.

[@Souledex]

@@yashjoseph3544 I've watched most of them, its definitely because it's none of their primary field of study. Like the fact its even represented by a comparative amount of video to the other events automatically means it would be impossible to cover even the most basic info adequately because the ideologies, factions and governments changed completely at least 7 times and often had a completely new set of over a thousand delegates each time. The other big problem is that when he states their ideology or why they did things well he misrepresents most of them. When he talks about the American revolution before independence or the early complexity he at least hints at it or Mussolini before fascism he doesn't gloss over why it happened. The problem is you would need to do the same thing for at least 20 different figures to even have a baseline understanding that isn't just Here's the beginning, and then here's the end - lets just assume they hated rich people or something. idk if you are actually interested check out the Revolutions podcast. it has a solid 15 parts on the American Revolution, followed by 54 on the French, barely even touching Napoleon.

[@Souledex]

@minimalism the king of oversimplifying it. not teaching it to anyone who actually wants to learn it.

[@alienkid3609]

You know this guy is so deep into explaining things when he stops the video to talk about the sponsor on the video he’s reacting to

[@lordkirov2157]

As a man who has reaction videos as his guilty pleasure, and history videos as a general pleasure. I am more then Happy to catch a live broadcast after only finding this channel a few days ago and having spent said previous days binging all your videos.

[@acon70]

It’s a Hilter joke.

[@Khvicha.kvaradonut77]

@@acon70 hilter?

[@ziongamer6905]

These are some of the best reactions because they make things go so much more in depth

[@thrayne]

My father was stationed in West Germany towards the end of the Cold War. I remember watching so much of this happen. I was in Germany during Chernobyl and I also saw the wall come down in real time. What a time to be in Europe.

[@sqoli5161]

What I like about these videos is that: the oversimplified video is 16 minutes and this is 32 minutes, it shows that you actually talk about the video unlike most reaction videos

[@sasch2307]

And also talk about it in a useful and adding way. Its not a repetition of the original content.

[@BlakeWR81]

My grandfather was a navigator and bombardier, and he was a part of the Berlin airlift. The stories he has about being in Europe during that time are incredible. His bomber jacket has got to be one of the coolest pieces of apparel I've ever seen.

[@maximilianhoch2508]

I actually did a presentation on the cold War in school, and part of it was the Berlin airlift (being German and all). At times they landed every 3 minutes, having to patch up the runway in between. They had to bring former Luftwaffe mechanics in to make repairs on those planes which flew basically 24/7. True insanity...

[@MrLkg721]

The importance of history and historians dawns on me every time I watch you comment on historical videos. Thanks for these! (Isn't it time for some merch?)

[@Yora21]

Seeing the fall of the Berlin Wall on TV from Hamburg is my first memory of a global event. I don't remember the reunification the year later, or the fall of the Soviet Union the year after that, though.

[@mysticalacer94]

28:04 That man sent into space was Yuri Gagarin. And he also died in a plane crash at a very young age.

[@charliefoxtrott1048]

The "short man" regarding H/tler is a result of "lost in translation" meanings: In Germany some of the old school Generals used to call him the "bömische Gefreiter" (the "bohemian private" (bohemian as of the region of Bohemia / Gefreiter as his rank in WW1 aka private)). They also mentioned him as the "kleiner Gefreiter/lowest ranked solidier" (lit.: small private) and there the mistake in heigth might derivate from.

[@justjac123]

I like how he pauses the video and explains a term or event in detail and elaborates on it further and as soon as he unpauses the video Oversimplified summarizes everything he pretty much said. Goes to show that they both know what they are talking about. Love this channel.

[@tigeriussvarne177]

I grew up in West-Germany and was 6 when the wall fell. My mom called me to the tv, so I could see history being writen. We were so happy to finaly meet our east german part of the family. Still remember the first visit in east germany.

[@mememan3022]

This Looks exactly like a comment from 4 months ago but this one is more simplified with some tweaks

[@willevensen7130]

@@mememan3022 it’s like 2 people living in the same country at the time could have similar experiences..who would of thought?

[@mememan3022]

yeah I was dumb 5 months ago lol

[@leimiralles8126]

My great uncle was in Seoul in the Korean War. He served in the Philippine Army. I've known about it because of the picture he sent my grandma. Too bad I haven't got a chance to talk to him about it. I do love talking about history with relatives who are part of this historical events.

[@lakekoocanusa]

"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones" Albert Einstein

[@philip8498]

Well, if resources become so depleted that humanity cant make better weapons than sticks abd stones how will we have a society interconnected enough for a world war?

[@villyintheflesh]

@@philip8498 good point. looks like einstein was stupid

[@the_pheoniks]

@@villyintheflesh I think it's a fake quote people are using for gaining like and replies .

[@zalybrainlessgenius503]

@@philip8498 You'd be surprised 🤣 Don't forget that the first war ever was over water

[@jrockhardest]

@@philip8498 I think it means there will no humans and monkeys will fight it out lol

[@Cramblit]

Red Alert taught me about the "Iron Curtain", then I grew up and learned it was a real thing and did everything I could to learn about it.

[@jamaluddinkhalifa8371]

@Deep Claymore why was the infantry killed and why did you suddenly understand it?

[@BigBoss-sm9xj]

How old are ya?

[@TheLibermania]

@@BigBoss-sm9xj I don't get that too. Why does Infantery die at that point.

[@caboose2741]

"Hells march" is still one of the most hype videogame songs of all time. Red alert was a good game

[@Cramblit]

@@caboose2741 Definitely. One of the top games with the best music tracks by far imo. You don't need tons of layers, with tons of digital audio injections into a song to make it good. Sometimes some basic strong beats, with strong instrumentals, compiled just right. Less is more when it comes to the Red Alert music.

[@Youtube_is_Trash]

Sadness, misery everywhere, my wife was eaten by a bear Underrated poetry right there

[@MrMitchbow]

I like the small screen set up. We get the whole screen, you don’t get CR struck, and now you have more room on your screen for activities

[@carronade2456]

This was great! Have you heard of the story about The Chocolate Bomber? He was a piolet ,of my faith, that flew during the Berlin Airlift. He dropped chocolate to the children of Berlin!

[@tyleryoder8474]

Gail Halvorsen. I think he even ended up being the "face" of the Berlin Airlift after he was sent on a PR tour.

[@Mr10johnny10]

I haven’t seen many stories of Mormon soldiers. What a great man using his position to spread some compassion when the world was full of hate. I have a lot of admiration for those who were able to still treat a horrendous enemy like a human being. (There’s still a lot of hatred but I don’t think current times come close to the evils of WW2)

[@monfeeyy5019]

imagine if it hit a child directly in the head and the child died

[@Davey-Boyd]

He was called 'The Candy Bomber' if I recall. Great story!

[@the4tierbridge]

@@Mr10johnny10 Mormon? As in the cult, right?

[@Novac_Alexandru]

Interesting seeing your reaction in this series, Oversimplified History explains some wars, events, periods in a humor combined with facts and animation. I can say I am surprize that you meet up with such people, anyways keep the work@

[@jellysharkbat]

27:25 About 2 years ago, I asked a customer if he wanted to join our store's reward program so he could be eligible to some discounts. He accused me of being a communist.

[@PuNiShEdSiciliangamer]

Lol...

[@Humanitys_weakest]

Lol

[@RidhoFebrian-]

Communist

[@FUnzzies1]

Seems pretty communist to me.

[@olivercrowley9367]

I detect a little communism

[@MikeGill87]

Fun fact: One theatre in Prague is doing Death of Stalin as a theatre play. Gotta finally got those tickets; any day now.

[@Outlaw8908]

My grandmother was a little girl during the Second World War in Germany. She saw a lot of what happened after. Lot of her family that lived on the eastern side got split up. Some hopped the fence others... did not get that lucky. Not dead luckily enough just really grilled. She was lucky to be on the western part.

[@thefitnessgrampacertest1130]

I’m studying to become a history professor and although I’m only in my second year of earning my bachelor’s I absolutely love history. This channel is amazing!!! As a Gen z student I wanted to figure out a way to combine KZbin and history so that more people my age can learn about it and this channel is giving me a lot of ideas!

[@Blaze_1221]

My grandpa served in the Korean War… he just passed away a year ago due to old age. Don’t remember what he was exactly but he was in the AirForce

[@toochangz]

My grandpa was on the USS Frank Knox, they sunk a Russian Submarine during the Korean War. They also served at Inchon Landing (2nd largest amphibious landing ever (D-Day is the 1st))

[@eegulpee6701]

I shrieked with happiness when you clarified China and the Soviet Union wasn’t communist, most of my history teachers failed to note this loll

[@Charles-mz7rm]

Yes that is true. Technically those governments were not Communist, they saw themselvesas the "enlightened dictators" that would usher in the "utopia". But that just goes to show what happens when you attempt to implement communism. You just end up with a state sponsored dictatorship. I don't judge communism by what it says it wants to be, I judge it by its results. And its results are horrific.

[@chromaV5RC]

69th like

[@clashoclan3371]

Respect your teachers kid, they are human too and they can get angry.

[@nosson77]

It's semantics. Firstly the way language works is if people use a word to mean something then that's what it means. If a word changes its meaning over time, you can't say the new meaning is incorrect. So it's not incorrect to say that the USSR is communist. Secondly they had a doctrine of communism, and it was part of their belief even if they would never get their they were communist because of their belief. What you can say is the USSR was not a communist country under such and such a definition. Thanks for listening

[@esteban7575]

@@Charles-mz7rm I hope you judge capitalism this hard in that case.

[@xerxes9405]

@26:30 yeah they taught us the Crucible was written as a metaphor for McCarthyism because Nathaniel Hawthorne was condemned as a communist

[@zachw566]

Unlike some other reactors, you actually add stuff and enrich the information within.

[@hamme6812]

I love that this guy literally reacted to an ad I’m not even joking I love that he did that🤣🤣

[@zandarz229]

I love how the guy is reacting to the sponsorship :)

[@FrameRage]

I had no idea how terrifyingly close we all came to World War 3, so many times. And God damn genuine credit to Kennedy for handeling that checkpoint charlie situation how he did, that sounded like it could be the climax of a movie. I subbed, great content, wish you could've been my teacher.

[@amolinguas]

I think this is the second time but it is hilarious that you say, "I don't think HItler is a short man but I'll have to look it up" There's an edit and then you say, "And we're back and I just looked it up" hahahahahaha love it

[@5thdawg917]

Love the Oversimplified Channel. The humour brought it makes it all the better.

[@DonJuan911]

Your informative comments help me to learn new things. Also I liked your comment during the sponsorship. Keep this good work up.

[@kamalindsey]

25:09 The heir of the Ottoman dynasty lived as a librarian in New York City, he died pretty recently.

[@zepher664]

Extra History has a one-off episode on the Berlin Airlift that's definitely worth a watch.

[@ethangraham6035]

I like that you mentioned the parallels between McCarthyism and the Salem Witch Trials. We studied that dichotomy in HS and it was super interesting

[@hbk314]

I believe we read Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" as part of that at my school.

[@ethangraham6035]

@@hbk314 We also read "The Crucible"

[@phantomarceus6387]

@@hbk314 Same, I think it's a good play just really difficult to remember some quotes

[@AustinWarner89]

Listening to this guy while playing video games makes me feel productive

[@thunder_wolf23]

19:15 The KZbinr CGP Grey literally called the situation with Taiwan a 'World War Three: Press Here To Start button'

[@bs_coolgames6888]

i like the new format. Maybe one of the more arty members of the community can make a nice looking background to give it a little more flair

[@RalfSteffens]

Recently, someone from a younger generation told me that his boss from my generation felt sorry for him because the world is so dangerous these days. Such bosses should watch more of these educational videos if they weren't paying attention in school. Thank you for making people smarter.

[@glitterstarz911]

Love the side notes you add and moments you expand on. So happy to have found your channel! 🙏🏻

[@Schizniit]

The way you describe the human waves of Chinese troops is just chilling to me. I always love hearing veterans of these wars tell their stories, because they've done things that most people could never imagine. When you think of how long the soldiers of Korea and Vietnam were over there, it isn't very relatively long, but so much happened to them, and they changed so much it's like they have a lifetime of stories from their one year or so of pure Hell. I hope they continue to tell their stories while a few are still around to do so, because nothing makes history feel more real than listening to those who put their lives on the line in it. The ones in the background who go unnamed to the masses yet are the ones who really change the world with their brave acts. Whether you agree with America's military conflicts or not, you can't let that effect how you treat the troops. They're not the ones who ask for or declare war, they're just the ones who make sure the rest of us don't have to see the wars. If you ever fought for your country and your people, no matter where you're from, thank you for everything you do. They don't get enough thanks from my generation, especially those like me who don't agree with wars, but unlike them, I respect veterans and always stop to give them thanks. You've never seen someone more proud than a combat vet who was just thanked for his military service. It's beautiful to see.

[@saiien2]

I can imagine how interesting "eastern bloc" was for Americans or other people in the West. Well for us living there it was not so interesting. I personaly come from Czech republic (former Czechoslovakia). I was born after the fall of Iron curtain so everything I know about it I have from my father and grand father who lived it. Quite interesting is the fact for me hearing from them that some things were even better then than now. Healthcare for free (it was paid by the state), you had much better social climate among the people and social security like you practicaly couldn't lose your job. If you did, your employer found a new place for you. If you didn't speak against the government and the regime you were ok and you had a good life. You were not allowed to travel freely like now but again if you were ok with the government you were allowed to travel to other socialst countries. Cuba included by the way :D In some cases you were able to travel even to the western countries but it was much harder than now of course. From what I've heard 60's were the best because it was the most liberal years here until Soviets realised that and invaded us in 1968 because they were scared that communist regime can fall here.

[@PopelessCatholic]

To add, because some things were free doesn’t mean they were better, maybe because Czech Republic was a satellite state and not the Soviet Union itself and could have been more liberal like Poland, but for example in Cuba they have free healthcare but they don’t have medicines and the conditions of the hospitals are deplorable, so free doesn’t necessarily mean better.

[@saiien2]

@@PopelessCatholic Well Polish healthcare is not one of the best that's true but Czech healthcare is one of the best in Europe in terms of capacity and conditions.

[@saiien2]

@@PopelessCatholic Free healthcare is quite misleading. People here pay it from their taxes indirectly. Every month a small percentage of your salary goes to social and health insurance. It is mandatory. I meant that you don't need to pay it directly to your hospital.

[@PopelessCatholic]

@@saiien2 oh i see, thanks, but i meant comparing it to the old healthcare system by the soviet union, Czech Rep and poland have become capitalist societies that have lifted their economies so i didnt know how their healthcare system was now in terms of pay i knew it was good but not that it was yk that good, thanks i just meant that bc the soviet union had free healthcare doesnt mean it was better, free healthcare works very differently in different countries, ive been reading bout czech republic and even saw an interview of an ex minister of economy by the surname Pilip i dont remember the name, its nice to see the progress there

[@saiien2]

@@PopelessCatholic healthcare was in good condition even during communist times. Government put a massive amount of money in it. Being a socialist / communist country doesn't mean that you are not so developed or a 3rd world country as many people in the West thing. Yeah I hate this regime and I am glad that it is gone but there were things which were maybe even better than today. Soviet union itself was another category. Not all communist countries were on the same level in matter of living conditions. Former Czechoslovakia (now Czech republic) had probably the highest living standards in the entire eastern block. Even because it wasn't always communist or totalitarian country. Before commmunism it was a democratic country which had inspiration in the US and France for example. It was communist just for 40 years. Until WW2 it was one of the most democratic and liberal countries in Europe.

[@NERGYStudios]

I watched the original Oversimplified video, and usually stay away from reactions. I don't regret a minute spent watching this.

[@patrickoneill2351]

You talked about McCarthy and the Salem Witch trials in English class. Let me guess, that was when you read "The crucible"

[@squamish4244]

Stalin was 5'5". He wore special boots to make him appear taller. Truman referred to him as "that little squirt".

[@prestonjones1653]

13:45 My favorite piece of history trivia is that shortly after NATO was created with the explicit goal of containing the Soviet Union and Communism, the USSR immediately tried to join it.

[@sunnyclaireofficial]

i have my exams this Friday and I just have to say how much your videos have helped me with learning, the extra information that you give is just perfect 👍

[@billybear32]

Im from Taiwan, its amazing to hear Taiwan situation being mentioned in this video! Im hoping more videos about Taiwan will come soon. Great work btw, already sub

[@hailarwotanaz5848]

Taiwan is the real China

[@Yo-ps2pf]

Is Taiwan a country

[@Yo-ps2pf]

@@buddhistmonk4255 nah it ain’t

[@edixonvc5101]

@@Yo-ps2pf depends who you ask

[@blinktwice4541]

@@Yo-ps2pf it is.

[@pitadude9836]

4:45 you're the only person I've heard articulate the difference rather than the simple "real communism has never been tried" I learned something today, thank you.

[@GLXYShift]

I have been waiting for this video for song long! I would also love to see your reaction to Oversimplified’s Falklands and Emu War.

[@AlwaysBolttheBird]

I like how every time you stop to add something in the second you start the video again it goes over it haha

[@jude6334]

Its my 2nd year of teaching World History in my class and i am so glad that i found your channel.

[@toreeadams9873]

And now we're back in the Cold War 2

[@thephenome1462]

Great stuff as always! I would just like to clarify something about the Berlin Wall (wrote a paper on the whole crisis for my studies) - the main idea for the Wall didn't come from Khruschev, but rather from the East German leader, Walter Ulbricht, who was pretty much panicking about the huge manpower drain going through West Berlin. Also, the showdown at Checkpoint "Charlie" could've ended in violence and war due to one person being rather ridiculous. In Frederick Kempe's book "Berlin 1961..." (don't remember the rest of the title), he describes how a U.S. Army lieutenant Vern Pike is told to verify, whether the tanks on the East Berlin side are Russian or German (because if they're German, then they would be in violation of their agreement to not bring any weaponry of that sort into the city, and that situation could be sorted out with the Russians). So this MP and his driver crossed the no-mans'-land, and got to the tanks, which are just sitting there, unattended, and this guy, being unable to tell from their exterior, who they belong to, actually sticks his head into one of the cockpit to have a look around (sensible, right?). Now he's really lucky that there was no one there, because if he got spotted, he'd probably be shot or at least apprehended, but as it was, he saw Cyrillic writing in the cockpit, and deduced that these are Russian tanks, so he got out, and they hurried back to the US base (apparently some Soviet officer spotted them, when they were heading back, but nothing happened from that). Apparently, when Pike reported to his colonel, the officer was in absolute shock, and could only say "You did what?!". Afterwards, Pike was put on the phone with the man in charge at the time, general Lucius Clay, to tell him what happened, and there is a great quote from the book on what the feeling was in that situation: "When Pike told him, Clay was silent on the other end of the line. Pike felt as though he could hear him thinking, “Oh, God, a lieutenant has started World War Three.”" So there, that's a bit of a fun little story, on how a guy sticking his head into a Soviet tank cockpit almost started WW3.

[@Vasyla]

I’m a Brit and I just love history and all of the oversimplied videos. Your critique of this video is superb mate 👍🏻🇬🇧🇺🇸

[@luked7525]

12:15 There's a neat picture of the USS Missouri and the TCG Yavuz together. The Yavuz was the oldest battleship in the world at that point, built for the Kaiserliche Marine before WWI and would be the last battlecruiser in existence, outliving both the regime she was built for, and it's successor. Her career being longer than either of their reigns. Disappointingly, she was offered to West Germany as a Museum ship, but the offer was declined, and she was sold for scrap in 1971.

[@para_troop3r]

been watching both your channels for a while now. not only am i learning new things, but i get to watch someone else that loves history as much as i do. love the work and love the channel pls keep it up!

[@rymca4758]

this man has quickly become one of my favorite youtubers

[@meledyne7629]

Damn you’re amazing! Love to see that at least some people in the US actually know stuff about countries outside the US 🥰

[@TheAtomBuilds]

Yess we’re not all idiots

[@TheChromanoise]

🙄🙄🙄

[@leonsclsm]

Yes thanks, i love your oversimplified reactions! Keep it up!

[@noodlztheory]

Just came across your channel a few days ago, and have been binge watching. Loving it. Thanks for the content. Really enjoying your vids.

[@anonymoususer8894]

If this guy was my history teacher I would be set for life

[@that_other_guy_2957]

Theres a difference between someone who get paid to teach people and then there’s you, awesome work man, wish i had you in highschool

[@JakeSmith-xh2dr]

The size is fine man, good stuff!

[@kacper6116]

That's what she ssid

[@AllPileup]

27:41 Bridge of Spies Note: One of the events leading to Charlie Standoff was that some American soldiers drove their way into East Berlin "for a ride" without permission.

[@bigbusinessman3178]

Personally, I enjoy the older format much better, have a nice day and thanks for the videos!

[@FakeSchrodingersCat]

7:40 It is the Potsdam conference it started on July 17th and went till Aug 2 Churchill attended but was replaced as Prime Minister on July 26th who arrived to replace Churchill the same day, it was actually the only meeting between the 3 and where the picture being shown of Truman, Churchill and Stalin shaking hands comes from. The previous meeting was between Churchill, Stalin and FDR. Most reports say Truman told Stalin about the Bomb on July 24th so if anyone urged Truman to tell Stalin about the Bomb it would have been Churchill.

[@dorlonelliott9368]

I was on my 3rd enlistment when I had dinner in East Berlin the weekend before the wall came down - you are still just a kid... [born 6 months before Kennedy was shot.]

[@AnaMaria-ww4iy]

My Babcia is a Polish immigrant and was a school girl when Stalin died and she still remembers how happy everyone was when they could all take down his portraits and whatnot

[@ogood813]

I’m not going to lie I like seeing the whole video

[@auritro3903]

Me too

[@TalkingToTheBirds]

I was told by a professor in college that one of the underlying, but significant issues that doesn’t get discussed in the west (for obvious reasons), was how the United States downplays Russia’s importance in winning WW2 in American textbooks/history classes. He also mentioned problems that arose during the war when the US and Russia were working together against Germany, Russia requesting help/reinforcements from the US and the US taking their time to get there while millions of Russians died. Which the idea in mind that the US may have took their time getting there on purpose, knowing Russia would be weaker after the war, leaving the US as the unquestioned only real super power while all other countries worked to rebuild themselves. So, the downplaying of Russia in American history and the alleged American sandbagging on their way to helping Russia is something that doesn’t get mentioned. My professor mentioned going to some kind of convention type thing with college professors around the world, and when the Russian professors heard/read what was being taught to American students, they stood up and left in disgust. I believe the professor’s name is Jeremy Young, who is a quite distinguished academic now.

[@rickyjohnbaldoque8433]

Hopefully Nord VPN notices this and sponsor you!

[@The_Mans_Salad]

"Tsar Alexander made it all the way to Paris" funniest line in the whole episode.

[@yorambrinkman6637]

13:34 Its NAVO in the Netherlands (noord Atlantische verdrag organisatie) Love the contecnt keep it up!

[@teucer915]

The first event bigger than my own life that I remember was when my preschool had cake to celebrate the fall of the Soviet Union. I had know idea what the Soviet Union was, but I hoped it would fall again because I liked cake.

[@SquareLizard924.0]

9:48 when you realise Nord VPN got sponsored twice by the same video

[@lyantombing1157]

Props to you man for precisely mentioning the Taiwan bit, a lot of people just stay either let it fly past or kept mum on that part 😂....and I agree that it's a potential spark. Anyways, really Love and enjoy the channel👍

[@chanchanchanchanchan]

My father was stationed in West Berlin with the 82nd airborne. He has an east Berlin bottle of vodka that’s still unopened to this day. I believe he has a piece of the Berlin Wall but I’m not entirely sure on that. I’ll have to ask him.

[@nickbegaming6664]

I absolutely LOVE your videos. History is my favorite subject and you make amazing content. Keep it up! :)

[@Smelly556]

14:51 He explained the joke,this enraged his father who punished him severely

[@BeWe1510]

My mother is from East Berlin so I know a lot personal stories about the wall, it all seems so unreal now that it seems crazy how recently it only fall actually. Her sister, my aunt, for example had to leave her little daughter behind when she legally emigrated to the west to join up with the rest of her family. They bid their farewell at a border crossing called Tränenpalast (tears palace), named so because there family members saw each other for the last time. They also thought it would be for ever because visiting was not allowed and the wall obviously would not fall in the foreseeable future, luckily they were wrong about that

[@qwwupp4763]

I really loved how you explained how each generation has these “cancel words” that can be thrown around to possibly get rid of opposing parties or people. I always realized that those words like communism or racism are used, but never connected the dots the way you stated. Love this channel

[@SimplyDuker]

31:25 If you look at the wall carefully, you'll see a few hilarious Easter eggs written there that served the purpose of Oversimplified self-referencing.