I hadn't thought much about the politics involved with American bases around the world. As a teenager there were far more important things to occupy my mind. Then, at 15, I read a thriller that was set in Iceland during the 1960s. It mentioned that the Icelanders were caught in the middle of the cold war insofar as their island was considered highly strategic to NATO and was therefore peppered with US service personnel and military aircraft and materiel. They also had established a beneficial relationship with the USSR regarding trade and fishing boundaries. At that moment I was awakened to consider the wider world as more than just geography class.
@gar64469 ай бұрын
The strategic importance of Iceland for the north atlantic cannot be overlooked. In WWII Britain militarily occupied Iceland, but invited the USA to take over the occupation as it was politically less provocative.
@pistonburner64489 ай бұрын
34:00 What a liar. Russia/Soviets invaded Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, East Germany, Romania, Czechoslovakia, parts of Finland (only because they couldn't invade more), parts of Japan, Georgia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Moldova, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Afghanistan, was party to the invasion of South Korea and Vietnam, and helped subjugate Cubans and other South American nations under Communist dictatorships. Ok, a few of those were "part of Soviet Union" but the all the rest of that long list were not voluntarily under Soviet dictatorial totalitarianism. Meanwhile Soviet Union was saved from being wiped out during WW2 thanks to the US and other Allies (which became NATO) through their absolutely immense amounts of supplies, weapons, aircraft, tanks, pretty much most of what they needed for their fight for survival. Not a single bit of USSR/russia was invaded by the US or NATO, nor did they have any intention to. Before the cold war ended we saw how massively belligerent and evil Soviet aggression was with all their invasions, cruel rule of their own people and those they had invaded, massive espionage and murders in the West, etc. Anywhere they saw weakness they struck, harassed, expanded. And after the cold war we saw how true the non-aggression of the West was as we saw a totally helpless Soviet Union *_not_* invaded or subjugated by the West but instead massive cost and effort was made to *_aid_* them in rebuilding their nation after the collapse, with *_no_* taking over of territory or anything else.
@TrumpFacts-wl2ik12 күн бұрын
He's not a "liar", he's not even wrong. Your facts above are correct; but nothing you said contradicts what the speaker said - "The countries that were claiming the Russians were coming had not been invaded, and certainly not by the Russians."
@cynthiaalver9 ай бұрын
What happened to the submarine corridor as stated in the thumbnail?
@JaRed-po9no9 ай бұрын
Clickbait money grab
@Styphon9 ай бұрын
Greenland / Iceland / UK Gap, which was the pathway for Soviet subs to leave their northern bases and enter the Atlantic.
@pistonburner64489 ай бұрын
The killer whales regrouped and took revenge. They drove everybody out and were victorious, claiming all that territory for themselves.
@navyreviewer9 ай бұрын
@@JaRed-po9nothat's what you get when your documentary is made by chimney sweeps that eat beans and tea between shifts. "Divide and conquor" is their motto and "viva la vida" their national anthem.
@Idahoguy101576 ай бұрын
@@Styphon… All submarines transiting between the Norwegian sea into the north Atlantic goes past Iceland. Whether they’re NATO or Russian submarines. Same with Russian bombers on the way to Cuba or Venezuela.
@chaddwamboldt97639 ай бұрын
ATTENTION: SUBMARINER HERE - There's probably only about 5-10 minutes about Submarines in this video so don't be fooled by the ATTENTION grabbing headline, like I did, if you're interested in Submariners
@briantettman49018 ай бұрын
Holy. Need some cheese with that wine ? It was a great docu…
@gearslingger8 ай бұрын
Agreed. While it’s a decent documentary on its own accord Timeline needs to stay away from click bait if it’s to be respected. I do enjoy the Timeline channel
@d.b.11768 ай бұрын
Welcome to my evil submarine, it’s long, hats and full of s******
@samuelhoward72137 ай бұрын
Lol
@XlrationMedia6 ай бұрын
They should have named it 'Dark History of when IDF and NAVY bombed killer whales'
@thomasmaughan47986 ай бұрын
14:26 There's a blast from the past. I lived for two years in these concrete barracks.
@larryjanson40119 ай бұрын
19 minets in and nothing about submarines. just about a air base and local corruption.
@tkskagen9 ай бұрын
Great Video that was very informative! Thank you
@RykerHarris-k9qАй бұрын
Wow, it's really good. It's very attractive and the AD is very interesting
@williamrobinson74359 ай бұрын
Good this. It doesn't shy away from the issues. Nice one Team! ⭐👍
@jamiedriscoll97818 ай бұрын
26:06 first mention of a submarine and for 2 seconds. Take timeline headlines with a grain of salt
@dougmoore43269 ай бұрын
Title is total click bait unrelated to content. 😮
@hololightful9 ай бұрын
I thought this was well done until the end when it abruptly ended, almost in the middle of a statement... There is no proper ending at all. Is 5his supposed to be part 1 of a series? If so, that should be in the title or something...
@Optable8 ай бұрын
To the ignorant fellow vet, asking for record of toxic waste -> Here you are! •Osaka Japan •Nago, Okinawa •Sea of Japan •Philippines (2-Manila/ 1-Davao) •Nago, Okinawa •Attu (Near Islands) •Puerto Rico (2x) •Panama (2x) •Mexico City (Coastline) •Timor Leste •Australia (11x) •New Caledonia •Mediterranean Sea •Celtic Sea (Several) •English Channel •Gothenburg •Norway
@billotto6029 ай бұрын
Sailors belong on ships & ships belong at sea. Navy gray & underway ! God bless the US Navy ! 🫡 🇺🇸
@krm84948 ай бұрын
Thumbs down for the misleading title. 30 minutes in and nothing about submarines.
@thomasmaughan47986 ай бұрын
2:10 I love how the narrator pronounces North Koreor. Never pronounce the "R" except where there isn't one anyway.
@katherinecollins46858 ай бұрын
Interesting documentary
@zillsburyy19 ай бұрын
another slam dunk from timeline
@twte56479 ай бұрын
You have to watch it first to judge that
@martyconroy37869 ай бұрын
😂😂😂
@martyconroy37869 ай бұрын
might be surprised just how 'bright' I am... especially about military matters
@martyconroy37869 ай бұрын
I'm laughing at the guy who did a post before he watched... try to keep up with the thread
@pistonburner64489 ай бұрын
Well, except for the ridiculous bits of "opposite day" when that one clown claimed that Soviets never invaded anyone nor intended to, while the US and NATO wanted to invade...how anyone can say such absolutely lunacy-level lies on a 'documentary' is beyond me.
@cervantes195656 ай бұрын
Thanks for the memories. I was an aviation electronic technician 2nd class aircrewman[radar and radios] on a P2V5F patrol bomber deployed at Keflavik 12/58-3/1/59. We were told the if you got an Iceland girl pregnant you either had to give her $40/month for 20 yers or live with her on one of their islands for 20 years--also they told us the story that a crewman was on the plane at the end of the runway preparing to fly back to the States off deployment when the Icelandic police via radio ordered the plane to shut down while they came out to the plane and took the poor sailor off the plane. LFN,AT2
@murrayscott95469 ай бұрын
Depth charging Orcas.
@karaDee23639 ай бұрын
Now we know why the orcas are attacking and sinking sailboats, out of Revenge for their ancestors. LOL
@pistonburner64489 ай бұрын
They were coming right for them...they had to defend themselves.
@murrayscott95469 ай бұрын
@@pistonburner6448 Wont somebody think of the herring !
@MotDoiAnLac2589 ай бұрын
Many thanks for sharing.
@stupidburp7 ай бұрын
The Russians were definitely coming. Muscovite imperialist aggression has been a problem for centuries and still is a problem.
@svennielsen6339 ай бұрын
"Recently independent"? Iceland got its independence in 1918 but broke the alliance with Denmark only in 1944.
@NoManClatuer-pd8ck5 ай бұрын
I agree with Professor Wuss the party comrade Dipshitsky. The Russians begged N. Korea, N. Vietnam, Etc. not to go to war. They've had to defend themselves against Georgia, Chechnya, Ukraine, even Afghanistan.
@Toto-no3mv7 ай бұрын
Bombing the orcas, WTF?
@chrisw.51389 ай бұрын
15:59 the first whale war, I can't believe it.
@shannonkohl689 ай бұрын
The guy who claimed that "The Russians are coming" was propaganda is looking pretty naive in 2023.
@shanequeen50039 ай бұрын
Really explain how u came to that conclusion
@Styphon9 ай бұрын
@@shanequeen5003It seems rather self-explanatory, given recent history.
@shanequeen50039 ай бұрын
@@Styphon recent history explain recent history
@Styphon9 ай бұрын
@@shanequeen5003 Ask Ukraine. 🙄
@shanequeen50039 ай бұрын
@@Styphon awrite I thought u were at it thr sorry
@Eirik369 ай бұрын
7:01 what aircraft is that??
@unixnerd235 ай бұрын
C-74 Globemaster
@section8usmc538 ай бұрын
So no "secret submarine corridor that defined the cold war?" Nice clickbait.
@Guangrui9 ай бұрын
It's actually a blockage line
@JeepWrangler19578 ай бұрын
In 1978 my 4 years in the USMC was ending. I wanted to reenlist for Marine Barracks Reykjavik. It was a young man’s paradise for women. But there were no openings because guys wanted to remain there
The Dao of the contending army is understanding how natural cycles transform. Victories cannot be foreseen in advance, cannot be kept for future use and cannot be taught. Momentary advantages must be recognized and exploited
@karaDee23639 ай бұрын
I don't believe most of these old Icelandic men talking about US servicemen like they were acting like delinquents there, not knowing how to operate Machinery Etc,.. military discipline was very strict and professional. My neighbor served in the Air Force in Iceland during the Cold War, and would tell me stories, he wasn't an angel, but he wasn't crazy enough or stupid to do Reckless things that would land him in the brig
@pistonburner64489 ай бұрын
Yeah, those working-class Icelanders (Icelandicks?) shouldn't run their mouths like that when they were the ones who were (on the average) far less educated, lived in far lower levels of tech & comforts & wealth. They were essentially manual labourers from a small fishing village looking for work in simple construction etc. while the American servicemen were trained professionals who were part of a highly sophisticated organisation. They came from a wealthy, technologically far more advanced nation and were working with some of the most highly advanced technologies, building bases with the most advanced methods and principles (including construction materials and design, work safety, etc.). Why do you think they sent those Icelanders to the USA for training? Why do you think the Icelanders were so in awe of watching American TV programming, the kids so surprised to see oranges when it's not Christmas, those workers sent abroad learned so much new seeing their American hosts'' everyday lives?
@deezynar8 ай бұрын
@@pistonburner6448 That's not what the guy said.
@miketreffinger75258 ай бұрын
Was stationed in Iceland for 6 years, when I first went there, if you went into town Keflavik and went to a bar or restaurant, the old fisherman said there was one thing they hated more than the US serviceman, the Russians. Then they chuckled and bought you a drink.
@GreytDays-rx5sg8 ай бұрын
Thank you for this report This is or something very similar to this situation is a major reason i oppose aukus in Australia and the americans involved I would prefer a french, uk, germany conjunction involvement personally
@harveyquirke6376Ай бұрын
Bloody. Good. Skill.s. But. Couldn't. Hit. A. Barn. Wall
@TheDustysix8 ай бұрын
GIUKN.
@nemo66868 ай бұрын
GIFUKN - what have you got against the Faroe Islands?
@TheDustysix8 ай бұрын
@@nemo6686 Nothing. Greenland, Iceland, United Kingdom and Norway. Military acronym.
@TheDustysix8 ай бұрын
@@nemo6686 43 years ago I would have fought there. Seize and Defend Advanced Bases.
@nemo66868 ай бұрын
@@TheDustysix I've seen plenty of official documents with the 'F' included in some shape or form. In strategic rather than technical terms, Norway wasn't generally included because it only 'covered' the North Sea.
@TheDustysix8 ай бұрын
@@nemo6686 Where do think the Sovet Navy comes from?
@NelsonSalmeron-il4uu8 ай бұрын
Garbachev’s
@carlgreisheimer87019 ай бұрын
Except the COLD WAR didn't have A BATTLE OF THE DENMARK STRAITS!!
@NelsonSalmeron-il4uu8 ай бұрын
The USSR Garbachev’s
@Tsumami__9 ай бұрын
I absolutely thought Iceland was a piece of lettuce on a plate in that thumbnail 💀
@MrSimonw589 ай бұрын
It's a frozen food franchise store in the UK
@chucku.farley39279 ай бұрын
I thought Iceland belonged to Norway ?
@carlgreisheimer87019 ай бұрын
Use to belong to DENMARK
@josephsmith67777 ай бұрын
Ppl who think nato is weak or has no teeth extremely wrong, but there not an offense collection try attacking one legitimately they united nations has a tough time with milatary force but it's the only way all the countries at least talk to each other and some of the u.n. missions are successful
@grufff63509 ай бұрын
too much nonsense language to listen to while sleeping :/
@markphelt63959 ай бұрын
Ha! I was only half listening while doing dishes. And heard the word black and thought aw they’re talking about secret operations. But uh nope. Lol. When I was a kid living on an air force base in the early 80s a friend of mine’s father would get sent to Iceland
@davedavedave526 ай бұрын
34:09 more marxist lies. just ask a Lithuanian. Soviet expansion/colonisation was moving at a fast rate. That is why the socialist party in Iceland was so well funded in the 50's
@mohammedsaysrashid35879 ай бұрын
This unique ,informative, and truthful introduction documentary was a great work. Shared by ( 🙏time line). Thank you for sharing.. Nuclear weapons US Base establishment in Iceland 🇮🇸. Produced inflation of Iceland economy 😮, created social problems amongst Iceland youths, destroyed natural social relationships, caused radiation pollution to Iceland environment, increased temperatures of glacial layers that increased melted of frozen water 💧 and layer, started climate change before other nearly European countries. Even innocent whales 🐋 in the deep of Atlantic Ocean were not survived they were killed..😮 destroyed Marne ecosystem without provoking. For what? US exporting communism enmeshed illusions.. While US intelligences realized that the USSR was lacking behind the US military capabilities,technology advanced of 20 to 25 years...? Only weaponry companies and electronic companies of USA gained interstate and benefits.
@section8usmc538 ай бұрын
...and total clickbait.
@mistersmith33688 ай бұрын
I am sure the native volcanos had NOTHING to do with the melting of any frozen water aka ice. Do tell where was the Broken Arrow event you speak of? How many hours have you spent with Island Police officers who would be the most conservative group you could meet one would think, right? They did guard the outbound traffic at the gates correct? You're not blaming climate change on the Blue Lagoon it seems, it's constantly emitting heat into the atmosphere nor the various volcanos there, including the current eruption, the one that created a new island or the one that shutdown air traffic between North America & Europe for weeks a few years ago.
@hugozapata30717 ай бұрын
Mohamed, your hatered of the U.S. and love of the represive communist USSR is so telling. My allah have mercy on your ignorance.
@barrytipton11796 ай бұрын
Hence the saying over paid over sexed and over here
@fabiodeoliveiraribeiro16029 ай бұрын
This documentary is reasonable and well done, but it did not address a fundamental question: How much toxic waste did the American military leave in Iceland and what was the negative ecological impact of the activities of the US Army, US Navy and US Airforce in that country? Everyone knows that Americans often turn the surrounding areas of their military bases into dangerous toxic dumps.
@joseywales37899 ай бұрын
Interesting Observation on American Military Bases... Please expand on your statement "Everyone knows that Americans often turn the surrounding areas of their bases into dangerous toxic dumps!" As I'm a Retired Royal Navy Submariner and I would be very interested in the research and statistics of the "Dangerous toxic dumps" that the Americans have left behind, Holy Loch in Scotland, for example?
@murrayscott95469 ай бұрын
Oyster Bay, West Coast of Canada was used assa torpedo range.
@chucku.farley39279 ай бұрын
and everyone knows that EVERY military does that
@danielcuckson45219 ай бұрын
There's an American nuclear waste dump in either Iceland or Greenland, I can't remember of the top of my head, that's now at risk of being exposed by the retreating ice, that'll cause an environmental catastrophe if nothing is done about it. Worth pointing our though that this is a documentary about submarines, not the toxic legacy of nuclear armament during the cold War.
@karaDee23639 ай бұрын
The same could be said about any industry that builds factories around the world in any location. Where there's a large population, toxic waste follows
@keithburton37138 ай бұрын
This is just another example of a waste of American citizens, tax dollars