What Happened in Africa During the Cold War? | Animated History

[@TheArmchairHistorian]

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[@bawicz0]

What uppppp

[@martinsto8190]

this was wanted since the video on the congo

[@MrGiygas1]

Link to discord is not working

[@ИльяКим-ю3е]

Will videos about Lapland war 1944pleas(all Finnish officers went on allies in 1944) romania in ww1, France in ww1, Belgium in ww1, grecce in ww1, Macedonian front 1918,serbia in ww1, montenegro in ww1, operation marita 1941, Belgium ww2, Holland in ww2, battle of Budapest 1945, Hungarian Soviet republic 1920, czechoslovak-hungarian war 1920,romania after arrest of ion antonescu witches on allies, Norway in ww2, Denmark in ww2, liberation of Norway and Denmark, Luxembourg in ww2, Luxembourg resistance ww2 make 1 of themes please

[@kparserpcs6699]

thanks for posting on my bday(also the same day as the bombing of hieroshima)

[@compatriot852]

While the cold war remained cold in the American and Russian heartland for the most part, it burned brightly across the world from the occupied Baltics to Indochina

[@cd5433]

Literally from Nicaragua to Indochina. All the way across the equator.

[@itsblitz4437]

Central America and South America don't also get enough attention during the Cold War especially the American CIA fuckery that almost always go around there.

[@hermelnderhans]

Yeah was really hot 🔥

[@miniaturejayhawk8702]

The baltics were annexed, not occupied.

[@hermelnderhans]

@@miniaturejayhawk8702 where is the difference ?

[@sandcrastic8702]

You know, I don't believe this gets said enough. Thank you Armchair Historian. You make history that is rarely told in easy to watch and understand videos from HOURS of research. I cant wait to start watching videos on your website!

[@drsebiii2592]

Well he’s missing millions years Of culture KhamitHethics have past

[@houseofvenusMD]

Well put. Hands down one of the best team of historians on the web period.

[@funpong7784]

Japan did worse

[@gang.jesus_]

I am the 400th like of this comment

[@skihoneybadger658]

Your quite right

[@nathanseper8738]

I think the history of Africa doesn't get the attention it deserves. Most schools talk about decolonization and leave it at that. Thank you for discussing the subject in a non-biased manner.

[@johnmcdonald9295]

Africa population in 1950 was 177 million,and now 1.3 billion and predicted to double by 2050

[@nathanseper8738]

@@johnmcdonald9295 Africa is going to be very important since the last bit of population growth is occurring there.

[@johnmcdonald9295]

@@nathanseper8738 asia was 1 billion 1950 and is now 4 billion

[@phil352]

@@johnmcdonald9295 yeah and the white population is not even 1billion anymore unless you count whites that aren’t culturally Caucasian

[@pogchamp945]

My school just told us about slavery no other African history

[@tranmikey7355]

Conflicts in Africa can be summed up in 2 points: 1. All factions has long acronyms and abbreviation, always consisted of the words "People's Republic" or "Democratic", but none of what those two words stand for ever happened. 2. Many of them trying to do the "IJA speedrun" in order to see who achieved the highest K/D ratio.

[@Matrix_985]

Don't forget: 3. It would seem the US, Russia, and even China has a bigger presence and has at least 50% or higher of a chance they are somehow involved.

[@octodaddy877]

Cold War African Civil War starter pack: Corrupt military-run government Terroristic communist militia Ass-loads of US/Soviet assistance Ethnic breakaway state

[@pedrollex3308]

Cringe

[@tranmikey7355]

@@pedrollex3308 Truth can be cringe, deal with it!

[@poikoi1530]

Meanwhile the Nigerian Civil War:

[@johncastaldo2807]

Thousands of black soldiers were in the Rhodesian army making up sometimes 90% of personnel. Thousands would later be massacred or killed by Mugabe loyal forces when they were unarmed.

[@WorldatWar21]

Yeah, but ya, know Zimbabwe is so great, everyone there became a billionaire

[@Euan_Miller43]

Yea 80% of the Rhodesian security forces were black, whilst they weren’t treated the same as white soldiers being a soldier was the best option economically for most black soldiers, and many were motivated to join after ZANU/ZAPU committed murders in their villages. Although the Seleous scouts paid both White and Black soldiers the exact same. As you say Gukurahundi, Mugabe’s race based genocide, killed many former soldiers but also many ordinary farmers and their families. Life wasn’t great in Rhodesia for black people, it wasn’t and isn’t great in Zimbabwe. Most people have it incredibly rough

[@mrsirkosky7618]

@@WorldatWar21 Wanna know, what the people in Zimbabwe used to light their rooms with , before they had candles? Lightbulbs.

[@WorldatWar21]

@@mrsirkosky7618 straight facts, glad to see the fellow Rhodesian supporters

[@normalplayer7377]

Aye, The RAR and Selous Scouts were filled with brave men

[@Jayjay-qe6um]

"I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself." -- Nelson Mandela

[@mariuslouw8978]

Ha!! take a gess why the soil in most parts of afrika is so red

[@lucamckenn5932]

Well, you have to try and be united. I see no attempts at unity. Not in the slightest. I do however see plenty of groups willing to kill another over greed/difference in culture. It doesn't take a history professor to tell you that's a pattern of violence which can only cycle into more violence.

[@MB-eh2kp]

Which is a weird idea in itself. Neither Asia and especially not Europe has ever been in “peace” with itself, hell both world wars happened due to European countries being bloodthirsty barbarians that hated each other and there’s currently a war between Russia and Ukraine as I type this, so it’s weird to imagine Africa being the exception to this

[@bukhariapdelahi7072]

@@mariuslouw8978 if you look the history africa was the most peaceful continent on earth untill europeans came

[@justsomeguy1695]

While you were mentioning civil wars in southern Africa one thing caught my eye that Botswana wasn't mentioned nor seemed to be involved in any of these conflicts despite neighboring them. A quick look into it's history also clears that it has been quite stable to this day despite the fact it is landlocked and was once surrounded by Apartheid South Africa and was a spectator to the Rhodesian Bush war and the war in Namibia same could be said about Zambia. could you also explain about stories like these and how they managed to succeed?

[@edjohnson8017]

Never really colonised, only 2 tribal groups and had very good leadership that wanted to learn the best things about Europe. It’s a nice place safe place to this day.

[@viktor8986z7o]

because neoliberalism actually works instead of communism or nationalist junta rule

[@luigilain5692]

i would like in general to heat some successful stories from african countries. as far as i hear, it's all military coups and "presidents for life" deposing each other and torturing people. there must be some hope for the continent.

[@jmsgridiron5628]

@@luigilain5692 same here. Glad to hear that the whole continent isn't unstable.

[@imlivingunderyourbed7845]

@@edjohnson8017 Botswana was colonised by the British. And what's pretty interesting is that when they were de-colonized, the population was largely uneducated and not capable of running a country so the government asked the British to let colonial governors keep running the region until their education system has caught up.

[@JTA1961]

Thanks!

[@Game_Hero]

Thank you for not delving into black-and-white thinking and showing the complexity and shades of gray of this sad period of history where too many people from many origins lost their lives.

[@professorxaviour3649]

Only one people belonged in Africa. And that’s the the black African people. It’s their home. The whites from Europe and the americas didn’t belong there. They were just trying to steal resources.

[@ericsuarez834]

It had to do with racism too, today lots of white folks get offended by learning history

[@Justin-pe9cl]

Lives*

[@ricardomeijer7164]

@@ericsuarez834 'White folks' Isn't that a little racist myself friend?

[@ericsuarez834]

@@ricardomeijer7164 see? Exactly my point, white folks think acknowledging the hundreds of years of slavery is as racist as saying "white folks". White supremacists best argument is getting offended

[@grimtea1715]

Country in Africa: "Hey let's decide to practice capitalism/communism, what could go wrong?" The United States/USSR: "im gonna have to stop you right there"

[@planetvegan7843]

And now here we are in 2022 and the biggest supporter of communism is the american consumer.

[@JimmyCrackCorn_]

How did that help Africa??

[@rogerkeleshian2215]

@@JimmyCrackCorn_ it didn't

[@NoRockinMansLand]

@@JimmyCrackCorn_ yup, because it's not possible. Imperialism still exists

[@guhadabdulghani8695]

Only somalia had a full war against Soviets

[@MyGuy42069]

I love topics like this. Very important, yet often overlooked.

[@JTA1961]

Too true. African Black history hugely overlooked

[@1CE.]

@@JTA1961 That’s largely cuz there’s no united history to really write home about Every demographic in Africa has their own version of events that it’s just not talked about in the grander part not to mention there isn’t a lot of written record anyways much like the Vikings

[@KingofAwesomness14]

same

[@carkawalakhatulistiwa]

How can we kick the power of imperialism capitalism from Africa. namely France and Britain if Russia loses in the war

[@YJ970]

True. I just wish he had gone more into detail about the Somali-Ethiopian conflict.

[@clayberryman]

Griffin and the Armchair Historian team do their best work when they move away from WW2. Awesome video!!

[@anthonymanderson7671]

I'm an african and thanks for making this video. Most conflicts in africa can be traced back to the cold war era.

[@yourealittlebitfat4344]

Most conflict in africa can be traced back to thousands of years ago lmao No reee blaming whitey is easier! You should become a palastinian they think the same. Ree because whitey i have no country! Nah you clowns have been fighting over there for 2300 years stfu

[@shaider1982]

One interesting story from the Biafran civil war was the use of light aircraft , Swedish MFi9's to catch on the ground Nigerian MiGs. This was spearheaded by the swedish pilot, Count Carl Von Rosen. He was the nephew of Carin Goering, the wife of Hermann Goering.

[@anthonyeugene1227]

Wow

[@calebmusa4002]

That explains much

[@odd-ysseusdoesstuff6347]

Thank you so much for the coverage of Cold War in Africa! It’s such an underrated topic, and is often glossed over! May I also suggest: South Asia and Southeast Asian conflicts (Other than the Vietnam War) from the 1950s-1990s? It’s quite an interesting find

[@johnsteampunk6408]

Like Dutch intervention in Indonesia or the conflicts between newly independent India and Communist China.

[@frostbyte4987]

Yeah the bangladesh war and genocide would be an important topic.

[@itsblitz4437]

@@johnsteampunk6408 The Dutch War in Indonesia 🇮🇩 the original Vietnam 🇻🇳.

[@itsblitz4437]

@@frostbyte4987 The Bangladeshi 🇧🇩 War for Independence in the 1970s will be great.

[@itsblitz4437]

Oh yeah the Sino-India War of 1962 and the 1971 Indian Pakistan 🇵🇰 War and the Cambodian-Vietnamese Wars and Sino-Vietnam War of 1979.

[@jtvalente]

Thank you armchair historian. Being a descendant of Portuguese Mozambiquens it was nice to hear your recount and acknowledgement that post Portuguese colonialism, most African countries, including Mozambique, became geopolitical chess pieces for USA and USSR. Vast amounts of money and weaponry were sold with an eye for return on investments. Colonialism is wrong, but I do believe this military support was offered with some sort of future payback in mind.

[@davianoinglesias5030]

If you look keenly, you will realize the most deadly conflicts happened in the most resource rich countries like Congo, countries like Kenya were spared from this post independence madness because they had nothing to offer

[@moulicos8334]

even receiving sanctions from all of europe and from america and the resupply of the ussr and US portugal managed to clap and keep the separatists defeated until the revolution in portugal

[@lisboah]

It sickens me how these two nations saw and used others as mere pawns. The USA pretended to be Portugal's friends and were all about people's rights in public, while secretly funding rebel groups that slaughtered thousands of innocents. I am not defending colonialism, not at all, but they were using the noble ideal of freedom and making people from other nations kill each other simply to further their own goals. In several of these countries, they just replaced opressive European regimes with national opressive regimes.

[@StrikeEagle713]

This finally answers a question I've often asked myself but never looked into. Thank you, Armchair Historian 👏🏽

[@fredmeyer369]

My pops moved to the Ivory Coast in the early 2000's to try and setup an international business there. He stayed n Africa for two years trying to successfully plan and get the business up and running yet, ultimately failed to make it happen. I asked him what had happen after he came back, he said "Sometimes somethings never change" - referring to massive corruption and constant power struggle. He attempted a few more times to make it happen but everytime he almost got somewhere it would fail due to corruption. Knowing the history of Africa, its a shame that these issues have been directly impacted from colonialism and the cold war. I hope some day, their future does change and can be successful in getting out of being a 3rd world country.

[@JimmyCrackCorn_]

Maybe because ivory coast people figured your dad didn't have good intentions nor doing honest business!! 🔥🔥🙅🏿‍♂️

[@Vlain-hc5sb]

@@JimmyCrackCorn_ How?

[@zars1324]

@@JimmyCrackCorn_ Funny how only wealth africa had was created by african whites.

[@brucemclaren-]

The african dream is to find your way to a country with a functional economy mate

[@Gameprojordan]

@@JimmyCrackCorn_ yeah that's it. Has nothing to do with rampant corruption

[@P4Tri0t420]

16:28 Best Mission back in Call of Duty Black OPs 2

[@inspecthergadget4503]

STOP WATCHING THIS BROTHER! WE MUST FIGHT THE MPLA!

[@BiggsTheOwl]

OUR JOURNEY TO VICTORY HAS BEGUN

[@mwanikimwaniki6801]

@@BiggsTheOwl DEATH TO THE MPLA! FIGHT MY BROTHERRRRRSSS

[@darthhyoh7117]

Oooooorrrrraaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!

[@moulicos8334]

@@mwanikimwaniki6801 Portugal has entered the chat🇵🇹

[@armandotalampas4800]

You could make a dozen full episodes here in every conflict in Africa! We've been looking forward for these videos!

[@Mr_M_History]

As a Chinese history enthusiast who is fascinated by Mao's support for the Simbas, thankyou so much for finally covering this topic through the perspective of the Cold War!

[@jackmiller1561]

Can second this. Also your Chinese history stuff is awesome!

[@Onewheelordeal]

Wait you have enthusiasm for Chinese history? Or you're Chinese with an enthusiasm for history?

[@evertonfan7790]

@@Onewheelordeal he's Aussie but makes interesting stuff on Chinese history

[@tylermorrison420]

Looks like you got a few new subscribers, looking forward to seeing you stuff after this

[@fighter_750]

Mao supported Simba? Damn I didn’t know he liked The Lion King

[@qe9573]

It's sad how many schools go until World War 2 and take a full stop, not teaching students about what happens after Japan surrendered. This is why the youth has become uneducated and incompetent, The Cold War is the event that shaped modern geopolitics and the world we are currently living in, and they don't know any of it. Thank you, Armchair Historian, for bringing overlooked topics like this up. We all appreciate your effort.

[@jeambeam3173]

Lot of it makes America look really terrible which is why

[@athrowaway3487]

@@jeambeam3173 yep. And if anything is tried to be put in you'll get boomers going "AnTi AmErIcAn CoMuNiStS!!!!!!!"

[@jacksteel1539]

"uneducated and incompetent" yet the most educated youth there has ever been

[@yangerjamir0906]

@jacksteel, a degree in gender studies or critical race theory doesn't make you educated to handle real world geopolitics. It's just a piece of paper from the university.

[@graceneilitz7661]

@@yangerjamir0906 When people mummer about the next generation, it pays to keep in mind who raised them.

[@h.q.5195]

Everyone’s saying it, but I can’t wait for a part 2! Would love to see stuff like Sankara’s Burkina Faso and Gaddafi!

[@metechsolutions]

Lauren Gbagbo Ivory Cost and Charles Stelo Liberia and his Incursion into Sere Leon

[@divineegwim6562]

Love to see African history being covered by my favorite history channel. We need more of it

[@casualgerm]

same!

[@JTA1961]

Like how many AK 47s were sold so that they could KILL EACH OTHER.

[@JimmyCrackCorn_]

In America we Black Americans don't want whites telling our history, because we know they LIE, DECEIVE AND REVISE PEOPLE'S HISTORY. But you Africans are not smart enough to figure this out 😭😭🤣🤣🇺🇸✊🏿

[@JimmyCrackCorn_]

Imagine a while comment section of Africans begging a white KZbinr to do videos covering African history 🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭

[@JimmyCrackCorn_]

We Black Americans don't like yt folks telling our history, because they deceive, they lie and revise history. Africans haven't figured that out yet 🤣😭🤦🏿‍♂️

[@SHGames97]

I know you guys arent really catering to the same audience but the scope/scale of this channel versus a more "established" channel Simple History. Truly remarkable the capability difference, also assuming funding differences, the art and animation quality here on ACH are on another level! 🔥

[@paulian1888]

Simple history is simply trash

[@SHGames97]

Took the words right out of my mouth 🤣 glad I'm not alone because honestly it's inexcusable

[@miliba]

Every 60 seconds, a minute passes in Africa

[@chickensheet6582]

together we can stop this

[@belthesheep3550]

@@chickensheet6582 Certainly, if there is no africa there will be no minutes in africa *Prepare the nukes.*

[@romellecox9750]

Next video:What happened in South America during the Cold war?

[@jocueedits]

Yes

[@fabio5286]

Dictatorships

[@inspecthergadget4503]

Pinochet helicopter go brrr.

[@figofigo7908]

Dirty war and Falklands war

[@christianhepburn3036]

This should be a whole series. I know eurocentric videos get more views, but we really need more non-european history to be told in order to understand our ever more globally connected world.

[@yourealittlebitfat4344]

Dirty globalization is the root that started all this crap. Imagine if everyone just stayed in their own country/ continent.

[@crocodileguy4319]

@あゆみ 佐々木 isn’t nichiren a meme?

[@MrAntAve]

more eurocentric videos!

[@Odumase]

@@MrAntAve no😂

[@Gemoron]

Thank you for covering the history of africa. I think it is covered way too little and to be true, I think it would deserve its own mini series with more, smaller episodes so that it can be covered better. Similarly, many people don't know how history turned out in south america and asia, even though there has been less war in south america.

[@alexanderluna1032]

life may be hard but always remember that the armchair historian always posts documentaries that are worth living for!

[@adolfolopez4950]

Amazing content and I’m amazed of how I always learned something new, specially on a topic that no much people talk about. Would you do another one looking at the Latin American countries during the cold world era?

[@Menckenperson]

Really great video, I hope you get to make that “Latin America in the Cold War “video that was listed in the poll

[@-C0mr4d3_C0VID]

It’s unbelievably tragic how little we’re taught about all of this in school in the US. Thank you for bringing this to light.

[@souvikrc4499]

That's down to two things in my opinion: 1. The Cold War in American history is often taught towards the end of the school year, meaning there is not enough time to cover everything related with that time period. 2. A lot of Americans can be rather insular-minded, not being interested in what goes on outside the country.

[@88amona]

@@souvikrc4499 you about summed it up

[@angoankhachai9333]

​@@souvikrc4499that, and also the fact that anyone reading up on cold war era affairs in South America, Africa and Asia would quite rapidly realise that the US was as terrible as the USSR when it came to foreign policy, if not more so

[@hilmust6278]

Africa is undoubtedly the most interesting and underrated continent when it comes to military history

[@midimusicforever]

This should be a series, not just a video. There is soo much more to discuss!

[@I.LikeCars]

Thank you for covering this topic. Would be great to have some episodes that dive deeper into some of the conflicts covered here.

[@muhammadkhalidwardana8333]

Thank you for bringing Bandung Conference to this section! Many people thought the world during the cold war was divided between two, but Indonesia and a few other countries initiated the non-aligned movement. We learn this in high school and see how Indonesia's action to end colonialism is in practice. Another country that benefited from the Portugal Carnation Revolution 1975 is East Timor (which was sadly "occupied" by Indonesia to avoid communist influence).

[@Sammyfarel]

As a guy from Burkina Faso my family love Thomas sankara a communist or socialist leader they love him from the bottom of the hearts my father even said "if he is still alive i Will defend him at all cost" he must be a great guy

[@moeo2463]

Sankara was the greatest leader the continent ever had. Sadly, the French took him out.

[@Sammyfarel]

@@moeo2463 yep i agree sometimes there a good thing in communism and theres sometimes a bad thing in capitalism not all system' are great

[@phraya_techapit9910]

Sankara is one of the Communists I respect and admire beside Tito and Ho Chi Minh.

[@Sammyfarel]

@@phraya_techapit9910 thank you men we truly lost a great leader

[@dirtydirtyshisno7284]

Sankara is one of my favorite socialist figures, next to Rosa Luxemburg, he was a great man

[@Ryan_Alwi]

Great video as always, just one small thing: as an Indonesian, our third-largest city is pronounced "bahn-dOOng" not bandong

[@oceejekwam6829]

Thanks for the confirmation. I was thinking I had been saying the name wrong, but you showed me that I was right.

[@CW-xm7cl]

Make a part 2 about Pan Africanism and African Success Stories like Seretse Khama's Botswana and the initial success and decline of Kwame Nkrumah's Ghana. Edit: Botswana as of the 50s and 60s was the second fastest growing economy at the time and went on to be extremely successful relative to the rest of Africa forming an economic coalition and democracy that is still number one in its region.

[@pietrostavastano2356]

what success,?

[@adamcheklat7387]

At least he didn’t decide to conquer. That would’ve turned for the worst.

[@oo--7714]

@@pietrostavastano2356they aren't successful, the gdp per capita of Botswana is extremely low,

[@shauncameron8390]

@@oo--7714 But Botswana is still one of the best off countries in Africa. And as far as Ghana goes, Nkrumah's own delusions of grandeur did him in.

[@souvikrc4499]

@@shauncameron8390 Not to mention that Nkrumah's rivalry with Sylvanus Olympio of Togo led to Nkrumah's tacit support of the French-backed coup that resulted in Olympio's death.

[@FireballFlareblitz734]

The Nigerian Civil War deserves its own episode, because there was just so much happening in it at once

[@victorwekesa6001]

Thank you for taking time to give information from the pages of African history, something very few people do outside Africa. The video has been quite informative.

[@Trontotario]

Africa is always forgotten in a lot of Cold War books

[@UruguayanHeroes]

Your content is awesome man! Big admiration for you and the people you are making this with!!!

[@Cairo40000]

Africa during the Cold war made the Yugoslav wars look like a little disagreement.

[@gaja9092]

No

[@Cairo40000]

@@gaja9092 I don't remember Serbians eating Bosnian children in the name of Jesus

[@FastTquick]

I feel the Portuguese Estado Novo regime and the Portuguese Colonial War deserve a video of their own.

[@gaminggamingtm]

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[@FransRapp]

Thank you

[@GermanicGoosicus]

Thank you for being one of few who upload in widescreen my ultrawide loves the videos.

[@josephreifenberger1330]

Great video on a very interesting and wide-ranging topic! A video on the Congo Crisis in the early 1960s would be great! That's a fascinating period of history and often one that gets overlooked

[@daivam.9442]

9:38 Yeah. This is why the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) was important to us. Not because we support its allies throughout the proxy wars, but because we want to live peacefully to make sure we were not interfering any war under any circumstances.

[@shauncameron8390]

Founded by communist regimes that had issues with the USSR like Yugoslavia.

[@daivam.9442]

@@shauncameron8390 But Yugoslavia is a neutral communist nation. They declined to join the Warsaw Pact, they declined to the Soviet being told what to do, and they participated with the Stalin-Tito Split because the Soviets tried to stop Yugoslavia from supplying weapons to Eastern Europe.

[@vulcanjoe8258]

Defiantly an underrated part of history rarely talked about, thanks Griff it was very informative.

[@lootnscoot50]

Wow, now I understand the game “Twilight Struggle” so much more. All these names are a little blurb in the game, but there’s so much more. Thanks for this man.

[@edwinm072]

Awesome video. Who knew how much Africa took such a punch during the Cold war era. Can you make a video for Latin America during the Cold War? Plz

[@marcwhitlock5002]

@18:50 Mozambique here!...couldn't resist.

[@rearedevening9283]

Love your use of Tchaikovskys 6th Symphony!

[@mattbarei9227]

Honestly just an amazing video man this part of history is barely mentioned or glossed over I learned so much from this thank you!

[@ZARUSI]

well there's something you didn't know, Mozambique and the German Democratic Republic had a great relationship with each other as the East German government would supply them weapons and helmets and a lot of tanks to fight in any of the wars going on.

[@_synix_2620]

It’s always a topic that no one brings to the table discussing the Cold War. Glad to see it being in one of these videos

[@dylangtech]

What's really unfortunate is that there WAS a chance some of these African countries would do much better than they did. While some blame the borders drawn as being arbitrary, it's also the decolonization process itself that left these governments with next to no capability to rule, nor rulers capable of creating a unified front. Colonialism does more than exploit a people physically, but also psychologically. In a country that was made to stay dumb and divided for decades as a means of control, it's hard to get smart leaders who can unify. It's hard enough to do that in the US as it is.

[@fodetraore6666]

Sad, but true.

[@caseclosed9342]

Thanks for explaining several verses in “We Didn’t Start the Fire”!

[@ghostex8729]

I am from Portugal and I can tell the most basic reason for the problems in the former colonies, after the war our people just left in a rush without managing anything, just leaving the africans to their own devices and never looking back leading to total unmitigated chaos.

[@belthesheep3550]

No? In nearly every case attempts were made to leave a stable administration behind - but revolutionaries don't care about such things, they usually just wanted europeans out and didn't care if the country's administration collapsed in the process. Botswana is a good example of a former colony allowing the old administration to remain, now used for their own interests rather than a colonial power, simply because their president was more interested in making a good country than making an african country.

[@ghostex8729]

@@belthesheep3550 i was unclear and am sorry I was speaking only about portugal´s colonies because I known we did nohing to help

[@samanth.]

@@belthesheep3550 kenya is a success even though fighting British

[@blackeyesorangedragon6509]

Thanks for telling us this, since in secondary school history never teach us the affect of the cold war in Africa. This helps a lot.

[@margaretkairu7418]

Your videos are so informative and interesting.Thank you for making them.

[@_Zetatron]

I live in Zimbabwe and tho we are taught African History I have never heard of this before. Thanks!

[@GangstaArthur]

"A Journey to Victory has begun. DEATH TO THE MPLA!" - Savimbi, COD: BO2

[@basho5258]

Wow, much of these conflicts I had little to no knowledge of so I really couldn't fathom the significance of said events in such a volatile and decisive period in human history. They really do provide context on the state of the African continent at this moment in time. Moving on from that I have to say for much of the video I had been anticipating for you to cover or even at least touch on the Ogaden war fought between Somalia and Ethiopia seeing as it was one of the most prominent and immense conflicts involving the cold war antagonists. I think this served as the perfect opportunity to shed more light on this rather unknown conflict. Besides that a very enlightening video.

[@TSilva96]

In Angola there were at least 3 major rebel groups as in Monzambique (financed by the USA and the SU), however the portuguese troops managed to seize control of almost all of these 2 countries by the end of the war. The worst case scenario for the portuguese was Guiné-Bissau, which is usually named the Portuguese Vietnam. They were able to declare independence in 1973 (if not earlier), with a few portuguese troops controlling the major coastal cities. Curiously, the liberation movement in Guiné-Bissau did not want independence itself but rather bigger political autonomy. It was the escalation of the war and civilian massacres (from both sides) that led to the independence. The portuguese people endured 13 years of war in three major operation theaters. However, as you mentioned, it was not the war fatigue that caused the carnation rebellion, but the militian army officials that grew tired of their "professional" situation within the army. They wanted the same treatment and payment as the academy officials. It quickly escalated to a liberation movement against the facist regime, Estado Novo, taken over by the communist partizans. The war by 1974 was almost over, even though it was very resource and manpower consuming.

[@OlaGriffith]

I'm Igbo and your intro of us gave me a huge surge of pride. Was a kid during the war...it wasn't the best memory.

[@mike-cs1pj]

Thank you, I am from ethiopia, and no one tells the story of how we became what we are today, and what ruined our country

[@mwanikimwaniki6801]

Mengistu Haile-Mariam

[@mike-cs1pj]

@@mwanikimwaniki6801 yep

[@shauncameron8390]

@@mwanikimwaniki6801 With help from the Soviet Union.

[@botswanainsight3804]

CORRECTION: 19:58 Botswana was never called British Rhodesia but Bechuanaland (Batswana Land) named after the Tswana People because Rhodes never occupied nor incorporated it to the South Africa Company that controlled both Rhodesias (Zambia & Zimbabwe). Bechuanaland was a Protectorate rather than a crown colony

[@tomaslopez2940]

Thank you for another Cold War video! I definitely think the two World Wars overshadow the Cold War on most history channels, and I'd love to hear more about this giant game of global chess, especially now since it's restarting in Ukraine and Taiwan. I'd especially love to hear about the Russian Vietnam war in Afghanistan.

[@anthonynzala6025]

I love how zambia despite being surrounded by wars never experienced a civil war on its land instead pushed for peace around it and on its land

[@GDI_CrimsoN]

Based Zambia

[@4thmonitorion731]

Speaking of Africa, please do a history of the Jadotville siege and also about what was going on behind the scenes of the siege!

[@indianajones4321]

Cold War: Takes place in Africa Cuba: OPPORTUNITY!

[@jocueedits]

Haha 😂

[@EpicJoshua314]

During the Katanga Crisis in 1961, the U.N. Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold flew on a secret mission from Leopoldville (now Kinshasa) to Ndola in Zambia to meet with Katanga leader Moise Tshombe. However, just minutes before the plane was about to land, it crashed, killing Hammarskjold and 14 others with one survivor but he died 5 days later. Accounts from this survivor, many eyewitnesses, and at least 2 former NSA Officers indicate that the plane was shot down by a fighter jet in a covert operation by the CIA, MI6 and South Africa to take out the U.N. Secretary General.

[@johan13135]

It's a conspiracy theory and you should lay off such bullshit sites, otherwise, you'll inevitably end up in some Qanon bullshit conspiracy

[@evangelinewangari1124]

Thank you Griffin for posting this video

[@Numba003]

I know little about modern African history. I would very much enjoy more videos on this topic. Thank you for this one! Stay well out there everybody, and God bless you, friends. ✝️ :)

[@annoyedbrox4851]

i was waiting for this, you guys are amazing, keep it up

[@thefifthempire1529]

My grandfather fought both in Mozambique as a Sargeant and in South Rhodesia afterwards as a Captain in the Volunteer corps, he’s a Giga chad

[@Bolognabeef]

He's genuinely based damn

[@moulicos8334]

My grandfather as well your grandfather was on what side?

[@Sinn0100]

Armchair, you really need to do something about the red text bubbles that pop-up during your videos. I can read some of what is written but not all. What's strange is I have no issues with them in many of your older videos. Whatever you changed I would suggest going back to the older formula.

[@michaeljordan7526]

Make a video about the yugoslav wars during the 90’s

[@josephb.1425]

Didn't he discuss it a bit in a recent video? I know it wasn't thoroughly covered, but he did go over it a fair bit

[@PopeZyncis]

Armchair with another absolute certified grade A BANGER. Man on the Mount Rushmore of KZbin historians

[@enconstruccion8139]

It's very interesting!!

[@codybarton6332]

Thank you so much for covering this

[@akend4426]

As an American, I’ve always considered Washington and the CIA’s policy of “propping up and supporting corrupt, autocratic dictatorship as long as they aren’t Communist ones, no matter how many atrocities they commit” to be one of our greatest national shames. And I’m truly sorry for all the African people who suffered because of it.

[@nomahope3182]

And indeed did we suffer. Those dictators went on to commit crimes against humanity.

[@nomahope3182]

And indeed did we suffer. Those dictators went on to commit crimes against humanity.

[@Algeriawindows69]

and then overthrowing them since the ussr disappeared

[@casuallavaring]

This is the major policy change that the United States needs to make most of all. The US has the potential to become a force for genuine good in the world if it leaves the days of Henry Kissinger behind

[@motenlawfirm]

Fantastic video. Definitely would love to see a part 2 of this. Great work.

[@DrFrostyTGB]

Great animations the animator deserves a raise.

[@TRD315]

Woaw this was an amazing documentary.

[@Ahartic]

I’m glad to see Rhodesia finally get the attention it deserves, I feel like only now it’s beginning to get popular since it’s collapse in the 70s

[@Bolognabeef]

...and after the collapse in 2000

[@charlessergent1012]

Thanks you for highlighting this very underated part of History

[@ALaughingWolf2188]

I feel like the decolonization of all of these African countries played a key role in why all of these civil wars erupted, due to the sheer amount of ethnicities and religions that were forcefully crammed together by European powers in the early 20th century, the sudden independence of these countries caused immense discourse when it came to these countries deciding what was next for them. All of this tension gave an incredible opportunity for ideologies like communism, socialism and capitalism, the discourse in all of these countries easily allowed a strong influence of all of these ideologies to combine with the many ethnic differences of all of these countries, which caused all of these factions, coups and civil wars to erupt and become a major opportunity for the US, NATO, and the USSR to get involved in countless proxy wars throughout the region.

[@Kholdstare52]

You're such an amazing resource, please more Africa content!!!

[@luanfonseca5179]

i didn't watch it all yet. just what i am expecting -congo crisis -portugal colonial wars -algeria indepence war -apartheid

[@luanasari5161]

you got it all right

[@luanfonseca5179]

@@luanasari5161 and happily so. I hope one day he makes one of these but dedicated to latin america

[@iansmith-official]

To be honest I'd like to see a lot of these conflicts have videos dedicated to them, it's difficult to summarise their complexities in one video although I think you did a good job.

[@TASodeinde]

You should do a whole video on the Nigerian Civil War. Would be massively interesting

[@stenforms9928]

Thanks for discussing about this topics! Africa in the Cold War doesn't get the attention it deserves, even most of popular videos about Cold War are eurocentric. How could everyone remembers Space Race, Berlin Airlift or German reunification but not these brutal and long conflicts that cost millions of lives? Very sad to see these wars caused by foreign ideologies were forgotten by history.

[@galladesamurai2380]

Once again quality content that keeps getting better, good job 👍

[@qpSubZeroqp]

love the ultra-wide format!

[@historyfan]

Another reason the Soviets were eager to help Ethiopia was because Somalia under Mohammed Siad Barre invaded Ethiopia to claim lands with a Somalian majority population (The Ogaden). This angered the Soviets who provided military aid, and Cuba who sent thousands of troops, whilst Somalia was given aid by the US.

[@shauncameron8390]

After the Soviet Union threw Barre under the bus and cut off the aid.