The Story of Call of Duty: Black Ops [1945 - 2025]

Hello, and welcome to a video telling the story of Call of Duty: Black Ops. Due to the nature of Black Ops 3, and the fact that it has little to do with the story of BO1, BO2, and BO:Cold War, I'll be covering the story from BO3 in a different video. So THIS video will cover the time period of 1945 - 2025!
CHAPTERS
Intro - 0:00
The Cold War - 2:04
World War 2 - 5:13
Cuba and the Soviets - 7:10
Vietnam - 10:01
The Hunt for Dragovich - 13:57
Perseus - 30:33
The Hunt for Perseus - 1:06:26
The REAL Perseus - 1:14:46
Raul Menendez - 1:16:35
Cordis Die - 1:21:54
Post Menendez - 1:29:09
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[@GamingHarryYT]

Something that slipped through the edit, I mention that the Soviet Union fell in 1996, when it actually collapsed in 1991… (typo in script). Read a few comments and I WILL be doing a video on the Modern Warfare Reboot, and MAYBE Zombies (but that will be coming in the future). But I’m having a week off after the two mammoth projects, Gears of War and this video!

[@agentlinrov1474]

Yay!

[@isobeletc.1527]

please do zombies story!

[@jacoborozco8989]

Harry, my boi, please do zombies. It's literally my favorite fictional story

[@jacketgod9517]

you’re so talented! take a great rest!

[@brandonsolano2292]

100% 💯🔥

[@ProjectPossum]

The part where Hudson puts his glasses on after finding out where the numbers station is will always be 10/10 ICONIC.

[@lucre113]

He on GOOF time

[@horseohmother4621]

Love the callback in bo2 where he just gets shot and it cuts it off

[@abeecee]

And then the theme plays... amazing

[@bluntmore727]

CUBA 😎

[@jakoontz420]

It's so cringe yet so iconic and you can't not love it.

[@speedyracerxd]

Hudson “Where?” Mason “Cuba” Hudson(puts on sunglasses and cues epic music)

[@jUaN-cw2bz]

this is one of the moments in gaming history

[@TheSkyGuy77]

(cool guy music plays very loudly)

[@ayaannazir7308]

That gave me chills just as much as nearly every cool moment this game had

[@dhil918]

I love that you went into the history of Vietnam and how it relates to the events in the game instead of just explaining the game's story, and the execution was engaging.

[@occam7382]

And isn't that the whole point of these three glorious games in the first place?

[@TevyaSmolka]

Personally for me call of duty black opts 1 and 2 storylines were freaking fantastic in my opinion and the best campaign within all the cod games in my opinion.

[@stereokuuji]

We share the same opinion

[@TevyaSmolka]

@@stereokuuji thank you 😊

[@Killthefish]

WAW for me, it was my first CoD on my own playstation after playing my dads PS2 for years, it's the whole gritty war thing that I like about it you'll never look at something so dirty and destroyed and still think it looks as good as the Japanese castle or some of the views of the last missions start looking at the last bunker some of the most cinematic things I've seen in a game, but for story 100% BO1 has all beat and still looks gritty dont get me wrong but I did remember guys trying to feel a leg that's gone or people looking at their own blown off limbs thinking "whered it go?" Its like why mafia 3 did well with its shooting, it felt weighty and like each bullet really just hit that guy, if they made a mafia 3/waw shooter with the story of BO1 tho, masterpiece

[@TevyaSmolka]

@@Killthefish i can agree with that

[@theStepFamm]

in my opinion, in my opinion is my opinion

[@NotRJ001]

And now it seems that we're probably going to get a sequel to Black Ops 2 in 2025.

[@mathjones5845]

Yeah black ops 2 is gonna be first and then advance warfare again

[@mathjones5845]

Idk how much you play but some of the call of duty weapons are from advanced warfare

[@samueldouglas6476]

Well the Alex Mason hudson and Woods section in the past

[@GamingHarryYT]

Set in the Gulf War according to reports

[@NotRJ001]

​@@GamingHarryYTreally? I thought it was in 2024 for Gulf War.

[@mori7644]

I don’t care what anyone says, the concert for the after credits for BO2 is peak 2012 and I will accept no slander towards it.

[@CarlosRojas-fm7rp]

Finally an individual with class 🙌

[@realbrdstx]

Finally a man with culture

[@a_centurion_main8757]

PEAK 💯

[@kylenorris6719]

Carry on will always be peak only song that can match is 115

[@IMGNFUN]

WaW, Blops. and Blops 2, are my favorite of the the series, the story is dark, shrouded in mystery, and mind games while not trying to be TOO complicated.

[@bgmike420]

bo not blops😂😂😂😂

[@ryanduncan6801]

I agree I liked how Black OP's series story was tied in with World at War story I love history wasn't much of a fan of Black OP's 2 but it had memories that where placed in World at War an Vietnam

[@NebulaHasADigBick]

only real men use “blops” and not “bo”

[@ItsDoNotQuoteMe]

W

[@GhostHax0r]

@@bgmike420it’s blops

[@sammiller405]

Literally just watched a story recap last night because I had never finished the games, literally thought while I was searching "I hope Harry has a video". This is way better than any of the others I could find.

[@rafiyumahmood2446]

Rip my boy Swift, I spent an hour restarting checkpoints as a kid trying to save him until I realized it was scripted. Black Ops 1 had the most interesting, convoluted campaign out of every single Call of Duty iteration. Hudson is cool, Mason is a badass, and Woods? Well he’s an onion

[@Jacknox420]

World at war has always been on another level to me. Every Black Ops/ Zombies fan gotta give credit to it cause that's where it started and it deserves way more love than people sometimes give it.

[@ethanedwards422]

WAW is a different level for some reason. I believe it's because it's set in actual history. Whereas BO1 and especially BO2 is semi realistic. Sure spec opps were a thing, but not to the degree that the games show. WAW is set in battles that we can actually learn about, hence sympathize with. Such as Stalingrad, Berlin, Okinawa and Peleliu, so we can research or at least sympathize with what the soldiers went through. Whereas in BO1 and 2, we can't.

[@occam7382]

@@ethanedwards422, I mean, both Black Ops 1 and 2 are set during actual wars and battles as well. In Black Ops 1 we got the Bay of Pigs Incident and the Battles of Khe Sanh and Hue during the Vietnam War. In Black Ops 2, we got the Angolan Civil War, the Russo-Afghani War, and Operation: Just Cause. So I wouldn't say they're not set in actual history as well. There's just some... creative liberties taken when telling the story.

[@Terrythomas6270]

Uh-oh, now he's got to do the call of duty zombies timeline lol

[@agentlinrov1474]

Especially since Zombies now connects to the mainline timeline

[@Marukanitel]

​@@agentlinrov1474 Zombies lore is just a mess right now

[@agentlinrov1474]

@@Marukanitel It's very easy to navigate. There are tons of lore videos discussing this topic.

[@Marukanitel]

@@agentlinrov1474 I'm not saying it can be made sense of, I'm just saying the route they're going is a mess

[@Marukanitel]

@@agentlinrov1474 I'm not saying it can be made sense of, I'm just saying the route they're going is a mess

[@anthonygranziol7957]

Has it really been almost eighty years since WWII ended? Yi. Harry, your summary is, as always, both thorough and clear. Excellent work.

[@lucre113]

You remember V day huh

[@anthonygranziol7957]

@@lucre113 I remember when it was two generations away, wondering what war was like and why it always seemed to be in monochrome. I knew my grandfather was part of it and that he never wanted to talk about it. I didn't find out until after he was gone that it took his brother from him. And now? Ancient history, known to just a handful of survivors and folks who study it.

[@lucre113]

@@anthonygranziol7957 80 years ain’t that long in the grand scheme of things tho. Gotta record history lest we lose it and are doomed to repeat it again

[@sinner2133]

The Cold War is one of the most interesting parts of history to me, and Black Ops Cold War is genuinely in my top 3 call of duty games of all time. That game completely “redeemed” Treyarch in my eyes after the failures of Black Ops 3 and 4, although I’m aware that my individual opinion matters little to nothing. I appreciate you covering this franchise, Harry. And, honestly, as far as I’m concerned, you could skip BO3 altogether

[@fungwahchinesebillionaire3554]

I'm a fuckin' onion mason.

[@Marukanitel]

Well they need to redeem themselves again after the latest games because what the fuck

[@gingeranagram2467]

Cold War is so underrated

[@no.7893]

I fucking hate BO: Cold war to an ineffable extent but I respect it for telling a good story, maybe it's time I give it another chance.

[@azurelectrium1100]

Cold war might've been boring but it wasn't that bad except multiplayer multiplayer was cancer.

[@DrChris1]

I never bothered to watch any campaigns that came out after IW, so I didn’t know that Cold War was directly related to the OG Black Ops story, glad this video covered such a cool campaign!

[@DiobeticDaily]

Cold war was the best one since bo1 imo

[@ayeebruham2583]

@@DiobeticDailyblack ops 2 felt like a big jump in a sense but not too far off as black ops 3/4. Cold war brought back some nostalgia and went crazy with the possible story arcs. The multiplayer gameplay on bo2 was better ofc with movement and weapon customization.

[@shiftz7532]

@@DiobeticDailyCold War isn’t better than bo2 but it definitely is one of the best to come out since, if not the.

[@W_R_A_T_H]

Another one? So soon after Gears of Lore??? Harry, you have blessed us ☺ Also, that scene in Cold War where Reagan walks into the meeting about Perseus had some great attention to detail. Notice how Adler was quick to put out his cigarette as well as there being a jar of jelly beans on the table in front of Reagan. This is because he was quitting smoking at the time.

[@lucre113]

Deep cut

[@W_R_A_T_H]

@@lucre113 What are you talking about?

[@lucre113]

@@W_R_A_T_H deep cut means an obscure fact or attention to detwil

[@W_R_A_T_H]

@@lucre113 Oh okay. I thought you were under the assumption that I was being facetious. Thank you for the clarification 🙂

[@reddeaddude2187]

"Nancy, I LOVE me some Jelly Bellies!" - Ronald 'The Gigachad' Reagan 1981

[@ark_ival]

i dont know how you magically manage to upload videos when im having phases of the game at hand. like im back in my COD phase and then this vid comes out. are you a psychic LMAOO

[@toxicknight2113]

I always think about the same thing when going over the black ops 1 story line. Its that mason is crazy but also a one man army badass. The guy basically escapes out of russia by him self after vorkuta. Fights through multiple vietcong divisons throughout Vietnam itself. Also the most impressive feat of fighting/sneaking through rebirth island by himself to make it to steiner. Yes mason has gone crazy this point and thinks reznov is with him but he still by himself did all these things. Mason is crazy but also just a straight up super solider and I think its something everyone shoulder consider when thinking about the Call of Duty Series. In my opinion the only others who are even semi on the same level are soap and price. I always love videos about the early treyarch series because they usually harp on this fact like this one does.

[@hylianxbox6586]

The Black ops franchise are my absolute favorite Call of duty games. 1,2,3, and cold war was fantastic

[@reddeaddude2187]

Black Ops 1 remains the peak of the entire COD series for me. I would LOVE a shiny new remake in the current engine!

[@realtalkrealthingsent.8024]

This is gonna be good im downloading vid right now and will watch and listen do it 2 times over this is one of my favorite series. And you do such a great job

[@erinlpalmer8410]

Amazing, another quality video Harry! 🎉

[@XDDavie]

Oh shit, I’m here on debut! Love all your work! Keep it up!

[@hoodbabyslime24]

honestly this is already one of my favorite videos you’ve ever made!! you goated bro

[@lonniesnyder1794]

It’s amazing how fast you get these uploaded 🙏 thank you for this !

[@charaizard7765]

Its kinda sad that in bo2 2025, technology is so much more advanced while its 2024 now and nothing has really changed since they made this game in 2012.

[@bydlakbolszewik847]

What bothers me more is that in the new MW trilogy, technology is also far less advanced and there is no mention of anything that could lead to BO2, despite these games being set only a few years before 2025. MW2019 is acceptable, since it was made before they decided to connect the 2 timelines via Warzone, but putting references to BO2 in MW2 and MW3 would go a long way in reinforcing the idea that they take place in the same universe.

[@bydlakbolszewik847]

I'm also hoping for a BO2 remaster one day, since they could fix some of the inconsistencies, like using the 2025 youtube UI and giving Jimmy Kimmel his beard.

[@visassess8607]

Awesome! One of my favorite channels is covering one of my favorite game series!

[@paulwick8307]

Wow, 334k. I remember watching my first episode of lore and order and you had like 95k. Congrats mate! You’ve earned it!

[@mikeyhernandez9895]

I was just looking for a video exactly like this earlier today. Good looks!!

[@Young_Native_Gee]

You literaly did what i've been looking for months on youtube,thank you!👀🍿

[@Random38847]

Man how are you not at one million, I watched this entire video in one sitting and I just found out about your channel through this video and I am actually interested in what you make, one thing’s for certain, you definitely got a sub from me! Keep up the great work!

[@jarinemarrane]

When I need something to listen to in the background while I work or clean, I check for new videos here.

[@Dedbeats18]

best gaming channel on the platform, very high quality video as usual

[@UndadZombie]

Yet again,amazing work thank you very much for your dedicated work

[@timeisacon4805]

Dang my man, an hour and a half video after the massive 4 hour video. You just don’t quit. Thanks Harry!

[@creepycoyote3113]

This was a real blast from the past for me, excellent job!

[@johnscholly4083]

Yessss I can’t wait for this video!!!!!! Hope it’s really good

[@amokay746]

Well Done, Harry! Excellent work as usual.

[@PolarbearYGT]

Man, what a detailed and well put together video. Amazing work man

[@blaydv2242]

Amazing video man, thanks for this! I love black ops one and the whole series

[@mcboyz1173]

Watched one of you videos last night from like a year or so ago for the first time in a while…then boom u drop! 🙏🏾😆

[@Asonc1]

Banger, my favourite channel for bedtime stories 🥰

[@Alwyn2112]

I had watched your lore videos on the Outlast Trials and at the end of the first one thought “This would fit well in the Black Ops universe.” Glad to see you took interest in making a video on the Black Ops story as well. Black Ops 1 is my personal favorite Call of Duty.

[@damiantang8941]

Loving these videos man!

[@Ren-Strider]

Cold War is my favorite of the CoD games so I’m super excited to see you doing videos on the storyline! Your game summary videos are my favorite❤

[@jaredsmith4919]

Looking at the stories/campaigns alone. Job well done Treyarch. As to you Harry for your coverage. Looking forward to more Outlast and other fascinating games to be covered.

[@steero_god]

This is the best video I’ve seen talking about the BO franchise. Wow

[@logik1677]

Thanks for this, it was fantastic!! I always loved the story of BO's

[@masteroak]

I didn’t get a notification but man keep up these videos !! 🤩

[@usmanahmed8027]

Outstanding video harry.

[@FlavorDope1]

Yes sir, happy Friday! New video let's go🎉🎉🎉

[@juankovacs6033]

YES. The video we needed...

[@Jerrycourtney]

My God, the _Black Ops_ trilogy (_BO1, BO2, BOCE_) are not only outstanding video games, but are also incredible storytelling devices in general. To be a 16 year old with nothing more than a PS3 and a copy of _Black Ops…_ those times were special. There was so much hype around the release, that the lines at GameStop made a headline on my local Texas town’s CBS evening news. A great video, sir. Well done. This is very enjoyable and digestible.

[@jUaN-cw2bz]

The Cuba scene with Hudson will forever be in my heart 💀💀

[@ghostsoldier2112]

A game that nailed the cold war and CIA ish aesthetics perfectly was control loved your video on that

[@Robotic_Snake]

Man what a banger video to relax to for today

[@rubegoldberg6476]

NOW THATS WHAT WEVE BEEN WAITING FOR!🎉

[@pitstab]

Very good video. Thanks Harry

[@christianfinn4973]

Thank you for this thorough insight. At times the number thing ‘seemed’ too crazy to me. Ty,Ty,Ty!

[@MrMemesAndChill]

Lets go I was looking forwards to this video

[@robertomoreno1220]

Work ain’t gonna be bad today

[@Cavemanner]

I played the shit out of BO1 back in the day. Campaign, multiplayer, and Zombies. Never touched the series again until WWII as I lost interest in CoD in general after that but damn it's crazy how they evolved the story after that first game. Awesome video as always, Harry! We are blessed by the deluge of content you are deopping on us and it's greatly appreciated!

[@MercxryVEVO]

Man I do love your content.

[@nickmendoza6615]

Oh damn a Call Of Duty vid from you? Hell yeah

[@hatky9607]

Oh wow thanks for this mate

[@RonaIdRayGun]

Fuck yes, Harry! Entertainment sorted for tonight, love it!

[@elliotjharris9908]

I really love this channel of late. I would love to see an Uncharted episode as well

[@SplosionMovies]

heavens to betsy this must have taken freakin forever bro! thank u for the upload i love the cod / zombies stories

[@Kjr17500]

I now watch gaming Harry daily ❤.... Big fan from zambia 🇿🇲 👏

[@dominicanemperor28]

"There is no truth. Only who you choose to believe" that line is too real

[@rometherevenant8749]

Your content never disappoints Harry

[@LadsGamingChannel]

Great video!

[@Jadex56]

Love the series overviews

[@demetriduterte2689]

Hi Harry I am a big fan of your channel. Can I request you do a game review of Darkwood. I have always been fascinated of that game but a recap or summary of that would be great! Thank you!

[@bxdda]

Very well done video, awesome

[@AngelBreaker07]

Oh man, hearing you go over the Zombies timeline(s) would be AMAZING!

[@xyrqq]

the best video about call of duty ever thank you for your work,i‘m shocked😐❤️❤️

[@Baytuh]

Out of all the cod campaigns i think the black ops storyline is the best.

[@ff05t81t]

I really hate that both Woods and Kravchenko survives a bandolier of grenades. If woods have fallen behind some crates sure, but Kravchenko should’ve died. Then also why no one including mason didn’t investigate the explosion after was the biggest damper of BO2 and something I couldn’t suspend. It was cool that Woods said “you can’t kill” after rescuing him though. Also I refuse to accept Cold War as a canonical continuation to Black Ops. It may be put in its own separate universe but it shall never be in the Black Ops proper universe.

[@conrad5968]

fun fact Churchill, before WW2 had even ended and drew up plans to immediately go to war against the soviet union but it was dismissed

[@lucid5183]

Amazing video!

[@damianc6712]

thank you for the amazing video...

[@avgkorean2970]

I'm always watching your videos from Korea respect 💯

[@dereksun3258]

COD black ops was like a freaking Hollywood blockbuster when it came out. All those A list actors like Sam worthington, Gary Oldman and ed Harris. It’s uncertain if we are ever going to have another video game with this kind of weight ever again

[@dereksun3258]

Ps: And don’t forget Ice cube as bowman. RIP

[@aeureus]

Ayyy first. Thanks again for another amazing vid gaming Harry! Always makes the week better.

[@timebreakerbaba5238]

Late reply, but current the COD timeline includes BO, MW reboots, and zombies. After BO4, the timline shifted into a single continuity. As of now its a follows, WaW VG VGZ (IIRC) BO1 CW CWZ BO2 (PAST) GOLF WAR GW ZOMBIES MW19 MWZ MW22 MW23 If you doubt the canon if the zombies its been stated quite a few times to be canon to the main TL and MW. For example, the launch Blog AND COD next (where the writers themselves state its canon) not to mention the hidden lore that tied it in as well. Good video!

[@ceejayyvr]

the fact that the buttons for choking dragovich out is the stick clicks is just to make you feel like youre choking him out personally and i love that

[@spk._]

The best thing black ops has given us is the cold war poster with both soldiers

[@kanemartin2249]

BO1 guy goes harder

[@bydlakbolszewik847]

For some reason Hudson is the russian soldier

[@therealslades]

Very well made video!

[@soundwave3977]

This is something new and I’m here for it

[@rubenr.2470]

u are a beast!!

[@franciscorosario1969]

This kept me awake during the rough hours of graveyard THANK YOU!!!!!

[@wyrfryr7771]

loved the video! i was wondering if you have thought of covering the penumbra series? ive seen all your amnesia videos and recently played penumbra. i think the game and story are pretty interesting! i dont recommend fanmade necrologue though, the writing sucks.

[@diegogutierrez7512]

You're the best lore dude on the platform holy shit you killed this

[@TheNinjaCoby]

Im glad Treyarch sticks to not rebooting the blackops franchise with "another universe" stuff as Modern Warfare did. It allows the characters and their roles in the series to be consistent to what has been established in fan favorite games.

[@CrossOfBayonne]

Same, The MW series as groundbreaking it was had the most disconnected timelines in the COD series

[@ClouduSan]

CRAZY!! to this very day me and my friends are still joking about "THE NUMBERS, MASON! WHAT DO THEY MEAN??" when we're confused by random numbers in games or trying to calculate stuff in-game. I never even knew anything about "sleeper agents" until I saw your Outlast lore video, but now it all makes sense about what happened in black ops! Thanks for making this, hoping to see more!

[@Dignika]

NAH MAN THIS ISN'T FAIR, I WAS GONNA BE PRODUCTIVE TODAY

[@s4ss.m8]

I remember getting this for Christmas when it came out. My parents preordered it, so i got that blue metallic case. I wish i could play this for the first time again.

[@MountainDewGirl]

Thank you for the flashing images warnings. I have seizures. I really hope more youtubers would give these kinds of warnings. So thank you for this. Also, it's a very great video. I love the Black Ops franchise. Treyarch is my favorite call of duty developers.

[@RSparrow3936]

2 CIA guys arguing with sunglasses inside is wild

[@MrAjking808]

Y’all just say this now because it’s an internet thing