This is the best documentary series on the Cold War. It’s absolutely spectacular. I’ve seen them all several times yet it’s still very interesting. Thanks to the individuals making it possible. Also RIP to the lives lost during that horrible conflict. The Afghan people ha e incredible loyalty and courage for their fellow natives and country. A spirit that’s been proven many times that they’re UNBREAKABLE.

Its so eerie just how similar the Vietnam and Afghan wars were.

@cdr861532

5 жыл бұрын

I say that ALL THE TIME. Also, if you look as how we fought the Afghan war, it is VERY similar to how the USSR did. It's like they didn't learn from us in Vietnam and we didn't learn from them in Afghanistan.

@karlyost5194

5 жыл бұрын

Ha, that's literally our Essay prompt in our history class!

@WestIndianAK

3 жыл бұрын

Yup! At 20:01 "Against their wishes, the Soviets were soon sucked into combat. They started with textbook sweep offensives..." 20:22 "I would say 99% of all the battles that we fought in Afghanistan were won by the Soviet side. But the problem is that the next morning, we had the same old situation, as if there was no battle. Mujaheddin were again in that village where we thought we destroyed them just the other day. So it was an absolutely useless war." *JUST* like in Vietnam. *SMDH*

@LoneKharnivore

Жыл бұрын

Not really. Asymmetric warfare is the only way to deal with the militaries of superpowers. They couldn't have gone any other way.

"They have helicopters!" "Here's a radio. Go crazy."

@paulgaskins7713

3 жыл бұрын

Here’s a stinger go crazy

Marvellous series this. Every episode worth watching. Today's youth should watch this and learn something.

Afghanistan is perfect proof that history is the way man learns of the mistakes of the past and then repeats them.

@christopherkalble4373

2 жыл бұрын

Mankind on display.

@alitahir4147

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed. Rightly said Stuart.

The quality of these documentaries (whole series!) and the seriousness of the treatment of this time period is exhilarating. It’s so self-serious and dire and heavy but SO so good.

@muhacnt7988

11 ай бұрын

They dont make stuff like these anymore

The utter self-righteous of American policy makers about Afghanistan and the other places they got involved in is sickening.

@scottkrater2131

4 жыл бұрын

But it's okay for the Soviets?

@darth6466

3 жыл бұрын

Derby fan

those who dig holes for others will ultimately fall into them themselves.

@shatnermohanty6678

5 жыл бұрын

Frank C. Miller actually I meant US armed the Islamic mujahideen to destroy the USSR and they later turned on America. the seeds sown in 1980s Afghanistan bore fruit on 9/11. sad but true.

@shatnermohanty6678

5 жыл бұрын

Frank C. Miller even though communism had faults, it was much better than Islamic extremism. some things communists genuinely did and you would agree the Islamic fundamentalists don't is - gender equality -development of science - development of sports - universal education and complete literacy. communists lost their way because they became dogmatic. but Islamic terrorists are rotten from the outset. 👍❤️

@tdward23

4 жыл бұрын

He didn't say it was a cancer, you did. It is, in fact, a religion not a cancer. Islamic extremists who terrorize people may be the "cancer" you're talking about.

@TheTheFernandovideos

3 жыл бұрын

@Frank C. Miller America tries to spread "democracy" by force everywhere. so.......

@TheTheFernandovideos

3 жыл бұрын

@Frank C. Miller What makes communist expasionism Wrong and America dont? I

Thanks Frank Anderson. You and Reagan helped fuel the fire that eventually became 9/11 and the War in Afghanistan.

@deviantd.6740

3 жыл бұрын

@Frank C. Miller weapons and military tactics that would later be employed against women, children, the US and its allies. Imagine if the US had just invested in a robust train network and discard their reliance on oil.

That one case were communism was actually the better choice...

@Boc3phu5

5 жыл бұрын

How so?

@MrGuyJacks

5 жыл бұрын

@@Boc3phu5 Well, look at Afghanistan after the Taliban took over, and look at it today..

@Boc3phu5

5 жыл бұрын

@@MrGuyJacksAh I get you. Do you think that applies now?

@gouverneur2001

4 жыл бұрын

It wasn't, the two superpowers created their undoing from a once stable country. You can't speak of freedom fighters as inferior to the hounds of faceless bureaucrats.

@juanagonzalez5751

3 жыл бұрын

I really don't think so, both superpowers seek to amplify their sphere of influence during the cold war. more countries means more influence. more influence means more power.

From a militaristic perspective, it's interesting to see the Soviets fall into the same caveat that the Americans experienced in Vietnam. The traditional front line fell into detachment sweeps and then into exploitation of heavy air superiority. Attacking agricultural nations required a fundamental change in engagement procedures, away from traditional standing army methods. The benefit of hindsight and interviews certainly makes this series good.

I remember seeing a lot of this footage on the evening news as a kid. Nuclear weapons were a frequent topic at the dinner table. Thanks for posting this!

Someone watching this on august 2021?

@ZachRULES96

2 жыл бұрын

If you want to know why the taliban took over Afghanistan. Watching this documentary is a good place to start.

This aged very well

@SnakeBush

Жыл бұрын

Lmao

It's unbelievable, that we watched the Soviets fail in Afghanistan, and then turned around and repeated their failure exactly. Actually we did for twice as long and for 10 times the cost.

@georgekirkman5568

2 жыл бұрын

"Those who forget history are condemned to repeat it." George Santayana. Not just the Soviets in Afghanistan, but Vietnam, Cuba, the Philippines, Central and South America. Ever since the end of the Spanish American War when we become an imperialist power, we have learned nothing.

This is really fascinating. The roots of the clash between the West and Islam.

@lookoutforchris

7 жыл бұрын

The roots go back a lot further than 1979...

@aamirrzargar

7 жыл бұрын

The Arab-Israeli wars ?

@PedroOrtega1993

7 жыл бұрын

It goes back as far as World War 1 - with the Arab Revolt (led by T. E. Lawrence) against the Ottoman Empire, only to have their dreams of a unified Arabia betrayed by British/French desires to carve the Middle East and add these lands to their empires.

@withnail-and-i

6 жыл бұрын

Pedro Ortega Even before that, the Anglo-Persian war

@malafunkshun8086

6 жыл бұрын

Even Further Back - The Crusades

You can see how we have come to the state we are in now,well done !

@LoneKharnivore

Жыл бұрын

And the fact that you only learned this in 2018 is the other reason. If people were taught more history we'd all be better off.

*_”war is a racket”_* ~ smedley butler

Remember this documentary was made in the late 90's. It's such an awful and chilling quote from the US guy at 44:56.

I remember watching this on CNN when it first came out and felt so proud after what happened in Vietnam. Now, in 2023, I feel I understand the Soviet perspective better than ever before.

25:40 Breshnev's hearse looks like the Batmobile

@kiviuq3495

2 жыл бұрын

It does, though Brezhnev himself looked more like a werewolf.

29:42 ,"those kids would torture our soldiers with knives". Unarmed kids "torturing" armed soldiers with knives? Very believable indeed. He's become cold blooded , that's all. The next soldier at least has remorse and accepts that yoi become cold blooded after seeing so many crimes being committed.

@alitahir4147

2 жыл бұрын

Communism dows that. It rationalizes cruelty.

@cmcg3738

2 жыл бұрын

@@alitahir4147 War does that. Many similar atrocities were committed by US forces in Vietnam. We don’t blame that on capitalism.

You have to give President Carter credit. Even in defeat he showed tremendous class. A switch was needed and I think deep down he knew it. Much love for both President Carter and Reagan.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Chapters 📖🔖: 1:37 Afghanistan and Great Power politics 2:43 Noor Mohammad Taraki; 1978 Left-wing Govt reforms 4:20 Mullahs 6:36 7:41 16:26 🦅-ish Zbigniew Brzezinski 7:08 Iran Revolution 7:55 21:21 Mujahideens and 🇺🇸-🇵🇰 assistance 9:56 Hafizullah Amin autocracy 12:18 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan 14:37 Babrak Karmal; Jimmy Carter administration 18:04 hideous Zia-ul Haq 19:05 Soviet deception & ineffective sweep offensive 20:45 Ronald Reagan administration 23:13 Pakistan's🇵🇰 wicked designs with Gulbuddin Hekmatyar 23:48 Ahmed Shah Massoud 24:33 26:55 Soviet changed tactics, savagery and effects 25:07 39:14 UN 🇺🇳 Peace Talks; Diego Cordovez 35:27 Soviet disinformation 36:07 Bereaved mothers😢 38:05 Mikhail Gorbachev peace overtures 39:37 Mohammad Najibullah 40:38 US hardliners sends Stingers🚀 42:21 🇺🇸-🇵🇰-🇷🇺-🇦🇫 Geneva Accords 🕊️ 1988 43:37 Soviet withdrawal 44:03 Who lost the most?

The Fuckin cameos this series can pull off

History repeats itself.

This my favorite episode

Anyone after fall of Kabul in 15/08/21??

Did anyone mention the US war crimes in vietnam in the earlier episodes? I can't remember

@thomasvandevelde8157

4 жыл бұрын

No, they mentioned none of those, no Mi Lay or anything.

@EmuInDenial

4 жыл бұрын

No, they didin't mention any bloodshed in Vietnam. That's why I thought it was not the right way to present the war. I have always heard about how tough the Vietnam war was but no violence was depicted on this documentary. One of the few episodes that I found incomplete.

@TheMaristBoy

3 жыл бұрын

They showed the clip of a news reporter showing how US soldiers were burning a farmers hut while the farmer was begging and pleading with the reporter. The reporter went on to narrate what homes and ancestral land meant to the peasants.

"Gratitude in the Afghan dictionary will be found somewhere after gimme and gotcha." That... that is true of the English dictionary as well. I, o, r.

The Afghan War is one example where the Americans should have learned from Russia, for after all were they not fought by the Afghans in a similar fashion.

The making of 9/11

Those who are saying that Afghanistan should have been bombed off the face of the Earth clearly have no understanding of the strategic importance of Afghanistan and why it's necessary to keep some kind of infrastructure there. Yes it's possible that you kill off your enemies but that serves little purpose in terms of securing a suitable outcome after the war. Given the strategic location of Afghanistan and the West's necessity to have oil pipelines running through that country etc it seems self defeating to reduce Afghanistan to rubble or to nuke the country. There's a lot more going on than just the so called war on terror and people should open their eyes to this.

23:49 That's the person, Ahmed Shah Massoud, whose funeral appears in the BBC/Adam Curtis film "Bitter Lake".

West created monster and Afghans & Pakistan are still fighting with that Monster...

@Hamza60995

7 жыл бұрын

Dj Nichols Pakistan has A bomb so you can't say Pakistan should not even be a thing.

@karriesoo

7 жыл бұрын

The west enhanced a monster, the communist government created it

@cypher1308

5 жыл бұрын

No one fights his/her own puppet

An interesting series. But certain aspects of the Cold War were never covered: Several different conflicts and tensions in Africa, the events in Indonesia, India, Middle-Eastern wars - many key events were ignored.

@Evemeister12

2 жыл бұрын

The "good guys/bad guys" episode covers it

@LoneKharnivore

Жыл бұрын

They were trying to emulate the producer's previous series, The World At War, but compressing fifty years into the same number of episodes as six was never going to allow the subject matter to breathe. It's a good jumping off point for self-education though.

@getmeoutofsanfrancisco9917

Жыл бұрын

They covered those events in other episodes.

44:31 - I wonder if Frank Anderson still thinks that way in 2018 🤔

@jasoninthehood9726

4 жыл бұрын

SEN Pt This is because this was filmed before the first WTC bombing and 9/11. Is he supposed to see in the future? Use your head, moron.

@WestIndianAK

3 жыл бұрын

@@jasoninthehood9726 This documentary series came out in 1998, so I don't *think* it was filmed before the first WTC bombing in 1993 (though I suppose I could be wrong). It was, however, before 9/11-the same year Al-Qaeda carried out the East African embassy bombings, in fact. So you're right-while Bin Laden was already in the news as an enemy of the U.S., he wasn't high-profile enough yet to be an obsession of U.S. foreign policy-or of coverage in documentaries like this one.

@1969spooge

3 жыл бұрын

I think he felt that way until the day he died in 2020. Defeating the Soviet Union in Afghanistan and winning the Cold War was a tremendous achievement for the CIA.

"God decides who is rich and who is poor". There's no hope for a nation that thinks like that.

Shocking some of the statements made by some on this documentary.

Seems like America still has a double standard with Pakistan....

History repeats itself

The most harrowing episode so far.

These age restrictions are so childish. There is little in this video that is not in thousands of other war and civil unrest videos.

What's up with the 'Soviet soldier' speaking street English at 34:35?

@thomasvandevelde8157

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I noticed too! The one in the white shirt he?

37:56 i cry every time I hear this woman talk about her dead son

@luffyseyepatch7952

Жыл бұрын

A bit before 37:56 my bad

Who else feels bad when Soviet’s committed atrocities against the Afghanistan’s

@nikopawlowic6557

4 жыл бұрын

I don't like to see atrocities carried out by and against anyone, but if I'm going to be brutally honest, if the U.S. hadn't intervened, The Soviets had the right idea in how to fight the Islamic jihadi's. They were ruthless and sadly, its probably the only way an invading nation could conquer afghanistan. I don't know who the US government thought they were fooling, but the way they have waged the current war will never result in victory. Russia knew this, you either pack up and go home, or kill every single one of them.

@Warmongrel1978

4 жыл бұрын

@@nikopawlowic6557 You are so very wrong. We made 3 big mistakes in Afghanistan. 1- Not enough troops 2- when we had the chance to OBL in Tora Bora mountains Rumsfeld would not give the troops need to take because he wanted the CIA under his control to do things his way even tho we had him trapped. That would of been such a powerful statement killing him so fast. 3- We fought two wars at the same time which take away from Afghanistan. We were doing a good job and the first time in that countries history they wanted outside help because they were sick of 20 years of war. But we didn't want to do what the Soviets did so we try to do a light foot print at first then by the time we realize we needed a bigger foot print it was to late and we still didn't put down the man power you needed. Soviets would go in a blow the shit out of everything then leave. We actually did what we always did. After will blow shit up we help rebuild and that was working but as I said before we started another front by going into Iraq and that fucked us.

@jaysonchilds7325

3 жыл бұрын

@@nikopawlowic6557 so you're saying that if the US didn't not get involved then the Soviets would have won?... I don't know about that commissar Rambo, the USSR (that everyone apparently loves) was already staring to collapse it was made even worse giving the facts that the Soviets main goal was to create a communist puppet state in Afghanistan and massacre all of the Mujahideen freedom fighters (which failed miserably) it's very sad to see people defend communism and the Soviet Union in general nowadays...

Horrible human suffering and to think that someone would send troops to Afghanistan again...

Isn't a portion of this from a CNN documentary?

U.S.A was so jealous that the soviets have come to a draw in the whole "superpower losing to a bunch of guerrilhas" game, that they build another "Vietam" style war for themselves in 21th century Afeghanistan, so they could lose again.

21:51 god damn

A key aspect that was overlooked was how the Soviet Union supplied weapons to Iraq and Syria setting up the aftermath of the Cold War

@muslimamerican4129

4 жыл бұрын

Setting up the aftermath of the cold war - what in particular are you referring to?

The irony is..those weapons provided by US in turned against to them..

It is such a shame knowing that there was a chance of peace in Afghanistan and these powers decided to keep pushing the country into further War and chaos for their personal Vendettas. Shame, Hopefully, these people will be held accountable for their crimes against Afghans.

the dead soldier at 38:04 looks like randy orton

eQuAl rIgHtS aNd tO gEt rId oF pOvErTy?!?!?!?! nahhhh that is a sin.

some real lines dropped by soviet soldiers gd

15,000k soviet casualties? Gotta be more than that

@1969spooge

3 жыл бұрын

15,000-25,000 Soviet KIA from 1979-89.

How old is this series

@MrEdu-cj2vl

3 жыл бұрын

1998

@1969spooge

3 жыл бұрын

1999 on CNN.

@brazenhammer3307

3 жыл бұрын

@@1969spooge holy cow I was born that year

Afghanistans definitely Russian for _Vietnam_ but it's our turn to sit back, supply material, and laugh. Mujahs are even more hard core & determined than Viet Cong, on their own turf. And More familiar with war than peace. Paybacks a Bitch!

@withnail-and-i

6 жыл бұрын

As if the lives of all the people caught in those two conflicts were just pawns for the two powers... You're disgusting

TIME MACHINE DOCUMENTARY , BEFORE 9/11 ,WHEN AFGHANISTAN AND TALIBAN HAD NOT YET BECOME HEADLINES.

Afghans have historically been used as pawns in a grand chess game. No wonder that ideology has an axe to grind with a political world that gave them prominence and wealth without earning it. Even a boy raised by wolves knows when he is being taken advantage of. Place a FIM-92 Stinger in that boy's hands, teach him the basics of how to operate the device and convince him that God is angry at the present state of the world... He will rise and begin to question and assault his own Being. I do not advocate for this course of action, it's just an observation of the present and truly challenging human condition. "μὴ δῶτε τὸ ἅγιον τοῖς κυσὶν μηδὲ βάλητε τοὺς μαργαρίτας ὑμῶν ἔμπροσθεν τῶν χοίρων μήποτε καταπατήσουσιν αὐτοὺς ἐν τοῖς ποσὶν αὐτῶν καὶ στραφέντες ῥήξωσιν ὑμᾶς".

@muslimamerican4129

4 жыл бұрын

Interesting and articulate comment.

Karen Brutents died in 2017.

Important note: Capitalists hate land reform. The ideal capitalist form of society is, imagine the large plantations in the American South before the US civil war. A few rich, and the rest slaves.

Identical situation NOW, again. This time in Ukraine...COLD WAR 2.0

Why does Brezhnev look like Donald Rumsfeld?

@1969spooge

3 жыл бұрын

He doesn't.

@user-dc4bl1cu2k

2 жыл бұрын

He doesn't look like him.

Afghanistan....A Smug.

Not like the US to break its own rules ey?

India making a nuke! United states and the world: I Sleep If Pakistan making a nuke for protecting itself from India! United states and the world: Real Shit!

Well, the Russians seem to be more resilient than the Soviets. If any of the figures about the “Special Military Operation” are correct they don’t mind losing 20X as many soldiers.

So much better than the kind of docs we get nowadays, now it's all Harry and Meghan

So, Soviet shot dead Armen because he was more of a Communist than them. 👏

1:30

14:00

How are we doing this all over again???, it's sickening to hear the US man at the end talk about how bad the Soviets where for invading. All ways keep your receipts, I guess.

Luckily karma came to bite US and Europe in the ass regarding helping islamic monsters and NATO is continuing biting the dust in Afghanistan. If USA minded it's own business in the 80s, Afghanistan would not have been a totally different country.

@nulllol3702

2 жыл бұрын

Nah another country would repeat the same mistake .

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29:30 Having previously criticised the wartime conduct of their ideological opponents, I think it’s important to note the behaviour outlined in this documentary is just the tip of an enormous iceberg of evil committed by those representing this left-wing socio-political ideology based on violent revolution and devoid of any spiritual compass. As with the criticisms I made of their opponents this behaviour has nothing to do with any nationality or ethnicity because you will find wonderful people in any nationality and ethnicity. It’s just purely a result of an ideology trying to achieve equality but having no idea how to do that in a manner that is conducive to the lasting welfare of all. The inhabitants of this land targeted for revolution *do* have the capacity to achieve that outcome given the fact that *other* lands guided by their Righteous Spiritual Principles have uplifted themselves to a state where all their harmless beings live safe, free, and happy, regardless of any superficial differences in social class, ethnicity, or religion. Others should not judge and condemn these lands for their undeveloped state and instead view the potential for heavenly status as being ever present so long as the beings within this land - Believe In The Supreme Creative Beyond Themselves That Can Help Get Them Through Difficult Times And Make The World A Better Place - As Can Their All Encompassing Spiritual Principles Righteously Interpreted By Learned Spiritual Teachers. Indeed, there have been periods of history in the not too distant past when lands that are guided by these Principles were opened to various forms of knowledge and the scientific advancements made are yielding benefits in various fields even to this day, including important fields such as astronomy and algebra. With the development of the modern numerical system being just one example of such advancement benefiting all. Much of those lands were previously destitute but the revelation of their Sacred Text removed entrenched evils and much inequality, in exchange providing individuals and their society at large with guidance and structure. Then with the support of forward-thinking leaders who promoted freedom of knowledge and mind their All Encompassing Principles effectively *opened their minds* to new possibilities that were previously inhibited. So I’m sure the same can happen again, for another Golden Age to begin, under good leadership.

25:46

LOL. Sorry but having an uncle die in Vietnam, I felt then as I do now: How did it feel Russia/USSR?? Honestly they only lost 15,000. We lost 58,000. They didn’t pay enough. And before anyone says anything about my views, I thought we waged an illegal war in Vietnam. We violated the 1954 peace accords by having S. Vietnam boycott the 1956 countrywide elections by holding their own elections because we knew Ho Chi Minh would win. Seeing my mother crying all the time over her brother’s death in 1971 and still crying to this day makes all legal arguments go out the window.

33:42 - 34:57 ''The red army and all it's glory!!!'' 1 like = 1 URA!!!!!!! xD

@Waiting664

Жыл бұрын

We can learn from past and empowering women we will not make mistake by usa

People who look upon Russian atrocities in Kherson and throughout the Ukraine might better understand the mindset of a Russian soldier after listening to a few of these interviews. One thing I have noticed is the Russian Army lacks a genuinely professional military bearing and self-discipline among their fighting forces. They are misled by their command staff and manipulated, which leads Russian soldiers to believe every armed forces worldwide are involved in a common practice of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity, so they continue to commit the same atrocities everywhere they are sent.

Russians Vietnam

its big mistake for united states siding with islamofacist. Btw this is the first time i agree with socialism at afghan lol. Its better life for them.

@Mr71paul71

4 жыл бұрын

Ben Pantera socialism if carried out correctly is a better life for everyone !!!

@wallstreettrader1

Жыл бұрын

@@Mr71paul71 Socialism has always been done right... That's why it has always failed, and always will fail.

Heathen countries like The U.S. and The U.S.S.R. can't understand a culture which (right or wrong) has held deep religious convictions for thousands of years. To prove it Brzezinski told the Mujaheddin that they would prevail "... because God is on your side." Whose god was he talking about?

@benzskyeshxc96

6 жыл бұрын

Chris Cross he just exploited that.

@cmcg3738

2 жыл бұрын

Christians and Muslims believe in the same God.

@jerrywatt6813

Жыл бұрын

Wall Street bankers and the the MIC !

Secular authority challenges Muslm authority. Women should wear veils. Allah decides who is rich and who is poor. Wealth inequality is Islamic.

@owlnyc666

Жыл бұрын

Jihad against godless Godless Communism. Carter arms and trains the mujahadeen "holy warriors". Neo Domino theory. Soviet colonialism-imperialism. Detente is over. Soviet arms used against Soviets. Civil war, proxy war. Russians did not learn from the history of Vietnam. When not fighting the Godless Godless Communist they were fighting each other.

@owlnyc666

Жыл бұрын

I think it is the mothers of the dead that suffer the most. Although there are mothers who are willing to sacrifice their sons for "the greater good" whether it is a secular or religious ideological good. 😣

@owlnyc666

Жыл бұрын

04-18-2023. Things are much better in Afghanistan now that the American and Russian military are not in the glorious Democratic Democratic Republic of Islamic Afghanistan. Especially for the Afghanstani WOMEN! 😇😎😅

The world super power like "U.S.S.R" torn to pieces by a bunch of mujahideens and Pakistani forces and a little bit of American aid. It is the fight of believers vs non believers and in the end faith prevailed. (LOL the irony)

@withnail-and-i

6 жыл бұрын

Inbreeding prevailed

@muslimamerican4129

4 жыл бұрын

Just like American soldiers got their ass kicked and the USA is going into debt and crumbling at hands of The Islamic State khilafah

@nit23sharma

4 жыл бұрын

Where did Pakistanis come in picture to take credit.......

@Ahmediss

4 жыл бұрын

@@nit23sharma who do you think trained the Mujahideen into an unstoppable force

@nit23sharma

4 жыл бұрын

@@Ahmediss ...you guys only begged in front of the American s and the Saudis ......stop stealing credit from the Afghans....just like you stole the iron from their factories and timber from their forests and stole the guns meant for them and sold them to Iranians ....stole the funds which CIA gave to you......you can fool others or even me....but check out the story of the ojari camp blasts ...why and how did it happen.....I promise you you won't dare to reply me After reading that