One of the victims of the Cold War was my country , Greece. The Civil War was the second stab my country received after the German occupation. It led thousands of compatriots to death and in jail for decades to come, holding back the nation in poverty and darkness for many years. ..

@seventh-hydra

Жыл бұрын

Greece is still more rich than any former communist country besides Czechia. Also more developed (HDI) except for Czechia, Slovenia, and Estonia. The dictatorship sucked, but Greece would have been worse under the ELAS/DSE. Who are the ones that started the war anyways, leading to the dark years

@myriaddsystems

10 ай бұрын

That sounds miserable, I didn't know about this...

@colinstewart1432

8 ай бұрын

Agreed. It's sad to see what's been allowed to happen to the Cradle of Democracy.

Now these guys know how to make a doc, and this is only part 1 of 8, yippeekiya!!!👍

Awesome playlist ❤

This is a well made documentary.

@FreeDocumentaryHistory

Жыл бұрын

It’s a great series and we’re really stoked we were able to acquire the rights to it.

@orphandextro7046

8 ай бұрын

@@FreeDocumentaryHistoryyou guys are killing it putting these on here. It’s really nice always having a doc to watch before bed. Thanks!

@splitman1129

3 ай бұрын

​@@orphandextro7046If you truly believed that then you wouldn't use them as ASMR.

@plugshirt1762

Ай бұрын

@@splitman1129 bruh do you know what asmr means lmao? Its also a bit laughable to get a superiority complex about watching a video at noon instead of before bed

Contrary to Gareth Evans' assertion, Emperor Hirohito, in his explantation to the Japanese people of why Japan had to "endure the unendurable" (ie surrender), referred specifically to the atomic bombs but not at all to the declaration of war by the USSR.

@KazenoniKakuremi

8 ай бұрын

100% in fact the reason they didn't surrender after the first one was because they were trying to negotiate with USSR in the hope they would let them retain the emperor as head of state. Complete opposite to what he was stating ...

now these guys know how to make a doc, and this is only part 1 of 8, yippeekiya!!!👍

This is as good of a documentary in its quality and content as I have ever seen. And I have seen many many.

Jocko said it best: war takes two kinds of will. When you are willing to die and when you are willing to kill. And not just kill the enemy, but when you are willing to kill innocent civilians. because that is what is going to happen, civilians are going to die. And if you ask anybody who's ever been to war, they would tell you war is almost never justified, yet those who start wars often never have been to war'

I love hearing that "Mid-Atlantic" accent on old timey clips. We really just decided to make a fake accent back then and commit to it lol.

@KazenoniKakuremi

8 ай бұрын

lol its the most bizarre accent

@WR3ND

15 күн бұрын

No.

@Geckobane

15 күн бұрын

20:04 made that look casual

The dropping of the bombs was the most tragic time in human history. Shame on my ancestors for celebrating.

Thanks

"Scholars today say" Funny how the story changes when all those that were there finally die off. For 70+ years Japan surrendered due to the atomic bombs but now scholars *today* say something different.

@daveware4117

2 ай бұрын

That a good point

@NefariousKoel

28 күн бұрын

Revisionists are always at it aren't they?

Thx

The world still lives in constant fear.

If you study the history of cold war during the end of WW2 until 1991 , , you will understand why Ukraine and Russia are in war.

@colinstewart1432

8 ай бұрын

That's mostly true but the cause is 1. Western-inspired coup in Ukraine 2014 overthrow of democratically elected leader. 2. NATO expansionism betraying the solemn assurance that we wouldn't ( not an inch to the East ) 3. American jealousy of Russian mineral resources sales to Western Europe ( oil & gas ) 4. The pathological need of Western leaders to Poke the Bear, a need to humiliate and slander Russia born of a deep-seated cultural insecurity about it's own identity. Hope this helps. Have a safe and productive day 👍

The best documentary ever!! Thank you for making this documentary free!

😀😀😀 crazy world, human kill each other just for nothing. life is short .

I watching the whole episode

Could you imagine what Japan or Germany would have done if they invented the A-bomb during WW2? The world was thankful that the USA used it twice and only USA had possession of the A-bomb as well. Sounds harsh but it's true.

Crazy how the soviets/russians left germany and we left 40 military bases and over 35,000 troops occupying germany.

@alexcarter8807

Жыл бұрын

Japan too. I'm in the US and frankly I'd love to see some German and Japanese bases here in the US. Let's set things up so we're truly allies, and not the one nation occupiers over other nations. Well, maybe not occupiers but still, .DE and .JP bases in the US would be cool.

@MoldyNachos89

10 ай бұрын

@@alexcarter8807that would be absolutely pointless and a huge waste of money. American military bases in Germany and Japan are supported by a good portion of those countries.

@tarijohn1924

4 ай бұрын

So they are paying for the occupation of their own country?

As a Cold War Veteran, 84-88, I honestly liked the world then as compared to now. No one had the.....audacity to pull what these peon counrties do today. Everyone was hip to what could happen and the results.

@joeygarcia6783

Жыл бұрын

Nice man ! ❤

@elrafa5845

Жыл бұрын

We know what van happen now too guy but we dont care, I'm sorry there's no cold "war" veterans lol

@DavidFraser007

Жыл бұрын

Me too, I served in West Germany throughout the 1980s. It didn't feel dangerous, but it had a dark interesting side.

@aa-hb3tg

Жыл бұрын

Yankee monkeys were also kept in check then unlike now

@tonydipietro5553

Жыл бұрын

@@elrafa5845if he served during the Cold War period, then he’s a veteran, and a Cold War Veteran. @jeffrey.keilen1095, thank you for your service.

Great series & I hope we still stop ourselves from going down the mutually assured destruction path❤

The term "mutual assured destruction", commonly abbreviated "MAD", was coined by Donald Brennan, a strategist working in Hetman Kahn's Hudson Institute in 1962. Howevet, Brenna came up with this acronym ironically, spelling out the English word "mad" to argue thar holding weapons capable of destroying society was irrational.

@Geckobane

11 ай бұрын

It's funny when terms coming from anger and irony get adopted like that

@Geckobane

11 ай бұрын

"Big Bang" being another

@colinstewart1432

8 ай бұрын

Also implying that their purpose is the threatened use ( logical ) not their actual use ( mad )

great series - are you guys going to upload the whole thing?

@FreeDocumentaryHistory

Жыл бұрын

Yes we are!

@harrietharlow9929

Жыл бұрын

@@FreeDocumentaryHistory Yay! It's fascinating.

@mylesba1

Жыл бұрын

@@FreeDocumentaryHistoryThank you!!

@mattbriody7575

Жыл бұрын

This series has also been released under the name 'Cold War Armageddon', which has a total of 8 episodes. I think under the name M.A.D world, only the first 3 episodes came out. Something to keep in mind if you like this series as I do.

@andrewdeen1

Жыл бұрын

@@mattbriody7575 Actually 'cold war armageddon' is just the abridged, US release of MAD World. MAD World is 8 episodes of 50-52 minutes in length where cold war armageddon had episodes 42-44 minutes in length, cutting an hour off the series. This is the good version, though it has the violence edited out for youtube.

Shout out to Stockton 209! I am from there. It is not so great now but I am glad to see we were able to help, that railroad is still there but in a very poverish portion of the town.

Modern historians can revise their estimates as to the cause of Japan's surrender, but the fact remains that Stalin rushed to invade because of the atomic bombings, afraid he'd lose his chances of getting more territory if Japan surrendered first. He'd have dragged his feet to attack otherwise. Therefore, the bombings did shorten the war anyway.

@joeygarcia6783

Жыл бұрын

For me

@andrewdeen1

Жыл бұрын

nonsense. the US let japan keep the emperor. stalin would have marched the emperor down red square in a bird cage. The emperor was the deciding factor.

@ochomunna270

Жыл бұрын

You're correct, he did drag his feet in Korea. He had promised North Korea Communist regime vital assistance after ensured division of the Korean nation. He forced the Chinese and Mao to intervene and barely helped, sending only few Soviet planes for minor air support.

@handsomestik

Жыл бұрын

yeah I agree

@brandonhunt133

Жыл бұрын

No, they didn't.

25:04 that mustache looks familiar🤔

I think it's terrible the people have to die because of political ideology. I'm sure those poor people that died in Japan didn't want anything to do with the war. Most people just want to go to work and come home to their family. I do not know why people run to a political war cry just because of the ruling class once more power.😢

@Xxandrew01

11 ай бұрын

I always say the exact same thing. War always lead to pointless death and destruction.

5:14 Gareth Evans statements are lunacy.

well those ufo's are just waiting on us to do ourselves in!!🤣😂

If anything, the bomb should have been demonstrated on some of those little islands that they were obsessed with occupying, anyway, the whole narrative of invading and dominating was farcical, Japan was already pulverized and dependent upon imports to survive. A blockade would have obtained the objectives, but the real reason for dropping the nukes was for observation and revenge.

The U.N.' s creation of 'enduring peace' - now there's a joke.

18:35, my family has known two American military men who were deliberately exposed to the atomic explosions at the Bikini atoll. One lived a long life, but all the men with him died young. The other died of radiation poisoning. Remember what government care really means.

The first two seconds I thought I was going to hear the Baywatch theme, lmao.

Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds...

Definitely should do this

10:48 This is popular in schools now.

@NefariousKoel

28 күн бұрын

Yep. Bezmenov was right in his warnings decades ago.

Interesting and well done but ads are excessive.

What amazes me the most was how the allied nations were able to turn the axis powers into their allies and trade partners with shared values ( excluding Soviet Union/ Russian Federation of course)

@colinstewart1432

8 ай бұрын

It's only possible because leaders believe in nothing but themselves. They're friendly to whoever and whatever advances their interests. Always at the cost of their own population, never themselves.

Jonas Cernius, you could he was choking back the tears...

Patton was right about the Soviet Union.

@adrianking5661

Жыл бұрын

" they are a scurvy race of savages. We could beat the hell out of them. The difficulty in understanding the Russian is that we do not take cognizance of the fact that he is not European, but an Asiatic and therefore thinks deviously" patton.... you think he was right about the Russians do you...? You could easily argue that it is the USA that is the aggressor when it comes to relations with russia.

@fabrizzio234

Жыл бұрын

School me broski; what did Ol Blood and Guts say about the ruski?

@ninabooker2904

Жыл бұрын

So did Churchill. FDR was too full of himself to see that Stalin was a dangerous tyrant. I think FDR might have admired Stalins ability exercise total control, FDR has Congress and the Supreme Court sometimes standing in his way.

@ninabooker2904

Жыл бұрын

Patton wanted to continue fighting and keep heading East all the way to Moscow because he could see that Russia would be our next enemy.

@michaelgallagher3640

Жыл бұрын

​@@fabrizzio234 School yourself

Anyone know what the music is at 36:38?

Will you reupload the ww1 documentaries?

16:00 ayyyyy shout out to the 209!

There’s no reason why a blockade of Japan would’ve been unsuccessful much in the same way as the German U-boat campaign was to Britain, but contrarily unopposed

@rickevans3959

11 ай бұрын

We did a blockade. Of Japan and got the attack on pearl harbor as a reward.

@generaldilvry69

3 ай бұрын

@@rickevans3959 it’s always posed as a false dilemma. Plus false equivalency. US wasn’t at war when they embargoed Japan then

Did Garath Evan ever serve in the Australian Military in harm's way?

That Gareth Evans is being completely disingenuous when he claims that nuclear weapons played no part in the Japanese surrender. Although it may have been disappointing for the Japanese to have the Soviet Union (opportunistically) declare war on them at that late stage, it was still really all about the fear that they would experience total annihilation under the bomb. Corroborated arguments between various members of the ruling cabal under emperor Hirohito strongly indicate that....

@KazenoniKakuremi

8 ай бұрын

lol exactly - unless the ussr was able to kill 100k in second, i think they were more worried about the bomb this isn't even debatable - in fact its the complete opposite japan tried to negotiate with ussr to enter the war post the first bomb, as they were willing to trade anything to retain the emperor as head of state [these negotiations are all documented and now available online at official war college archives]

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Now i know that greek civil war was the 1st proxy war of cold war, not korean war

This just the beginning get ready people it never will be peace

YOU WILL ALWAYS BE SHROUDED IN THIS MYSTERY THAT HAUNTS 1/3 IN THIS REIGN OF DECEPTION SINCE CONCEPTION

Anyone want to have a part 2 of Cold War? It's already happening...

@tonydipietro5553

Жыл бұрын

Yup, because of Putin.

Its the most powerul war this one

❤

0:45 this dude looks like Chris Pine

É quando o ser humano perde a noção da realidade , um artefato que pode destruir toda a vida no planeta é coisa de cérebro pequeno .Espero que as pessoas que tem a responsabilidade de cuidar de uma nação , sejam mais inteligentes . Antes de pegar e uma arma , pegar uma caneta e papel e sentar em uma mesa e conversar .Chama se diplomacia que rima com democracia .🎉🐈🇧🇷

@jasondrummond9451

10 ай бұрын

Tell that to Putin - oh, right, he isn't interested in democracy - he just wants to reconstitute the Soviet Empire.

So this professor says that atomic weapons should not have been used ??? What about all the millions of American lives that were spared ???

@kluge4206

Ай бұрын

There was no need to invade Japan by that point

@charlesblack4657

Ай бұрын

You obviously have no idea what you are talking about. They were ready to fight till the death.

6:01 'Cold war with Japan'

I like John F Kennedy Vs Nikita Khrushchev Cold War Poster....

@alexcarter8807

Жыл бұрын

Man that'd be a hard choice! Would have loved 'em both.

Wasn't it Churchill that asked "Did we Fight on the right side during WW2? Extremely leary of Stalin🤔

@alexcarter8807

Жыл бұрын

The way the Germans treated the people they occupied, in France, Netherlands etc makes it very clear that Britain did indeed fight on the right side.

Опять эти сказки про хорошую демократию. Жаль не рассказали, что демократия в те времена была только для некоторых белых людей. А что про "черных полковников" в Греции не рассказали? Удивляюсь, что поведали о том, что именно вторжение русских заставило японцев капитулировать, а не атомная бомба.

40:07 ofc you would

Maybe do without the smoke signals it's distracting

What is left out, is the fact the Marshall plan came with strings attached

@chris1806

Жыл бұрын

Enslavement

@dragonweezle4876

Жыл бұрын

It's admittedly a very American centric view. They don't really include things like the Soviet justification for their expansion.

@billsmith9737

Жыл бұрын

@@chris1806yea the Oliver stone argument.. we should have just sat back and the Soviet Union would have done the right thing right .. bs I’d rather be on offense then defense all day long

@tonydipietro5553

Жыл бұрын

@@billsmith9737I agree.

@tonydipietro5553

Жыл бұрын

@@chris1806funny, we didn’t see people risking their lives to escape TO communism, only to run FROM it. I knew people who escaped communism. It’s NOT a good life. I’ll take the Marshall Plan ANY day.

Shadow of The Mushroom Cloud...

The bomb at bikini atole in South Pacific was not a fission bomb. It was a hydrogen bomb

The fear of mass nuclear destruction is now history. Although theoraticalky still a menace it is overhyped.tye problem is he oil and fossil fuel companies that we should worry about who would readily sabotage the chance to switch to clean energy

Poor people...

The primere of Lithuania became a factory worker in the US? Why would they not give him a better life

BUT YET THEY WILL NOT FIND IT

Politicians. Liars and of ****

I'm convinvced if FDR had lived this world would have shaped differenty because of the respect he had for Stalin and his iwn views of socialism!!!!

@oneshothunter9877

7 ай бұрын

And Stalin respected - if not feared - FDR. On the opposite, I think Stalin saw Truman as a weak and unexperienced president that he could play. And he did.

46:23

Candy hahaha

this isn't "MAD WORLD" its cold war Armageddon rise of the superpowers

@andrewdeen1

Жыл бұрын

Cold War Armageddon was the american heroes channel version of MAD World. Cold war armageddon cut 60 minutes from the series for american TV. These episodes are 10 minutes longer.

@kylegoodreau2170

Жыл бұрын

@@andrewdeen1 okay yeah that makes sense i was thinking the AHC version i seen a while ago so i wasn't aware

The most bias documentary I have ever watched. Good though

@dragonweezle4876

Жыл бұрын

Ikr

@doodoo66

9 ай бұрын

Hey guys, we found the commies over here.

@MaryamofShomal

2 ай бұрын

Bias how? Against communism? I just started it, but if so: GOOD

@anthonymccarthy8484

2 ай бұрын

How is it biased? The Cold War was about stopping communist expansion.. how can facts be biased?

@plugshirt1762

Ай бұрын

@@MaryamofShomal That's not good are you dense lmao? There isn't a single person in any of these documentaries giving viewpoint's from someone who was in support of the soviet union to the point its laughable what the point is in including them if you don't hear from all sides. Its definitely biased but not extremely so as multiple parts spend large parts going over American atrocities. Communism isn't a problem its that said countries were authoritarian which the US made worse themselves intentionally installing dictators who abused their people solely because they were against communism. The soviets were worse but the US isn't exactly in the clear either with their long list of crimes against humanity

When will the second part of the kkk documentary be uploaded?

@FreeDocumentaryHistory

Жыл бұрын

It is already available

Simplistic.

The Hiroshima Bomb would be considered a tactical weapon today.

5:39 this guys a nut Would you be laughing at loosing 2 cities with 2 bombs?

Half the buggers in America tried to refute Churchill's Iron Curtain speech, failing to understand the warning...

I really like his take on actually not creating the a bomb to end WW2. I mean at that point Germany was out. Idk feel like the results would have been the same if we didn’t bomb the cities that way.

@fractalfred1

5 ай бұрын

Jh

End time prophecy: Revelation 11:18 The nations were angry, and Your wrath has come, And the time of the dead, that they should be judged, And that You should reward Your servants the prophets and the saints, And those who fear Your name, small and great, And should destroy those who destroy the earth.”

BUT YOU DO NOT LISTEN

People are very evil

He ? A load of raisins from Fresno for France, as a help? What kind of help is this ? Maybe to spread new diseases among winegrowers in France?

Everyone always wants to say the bomb wasn’t necessary. Yet, no one talks about the alternatives because it blows up their argument. 1. Blockade - Millions starve to death, Japan relies on imports and cant feed its population. 2. Invade - Millions die in fighting, chemical weapons are used by the Japanese (which people seem to forget they had) and every POW is executed as per the standing order of the Japanese command. People love to say it was the soviet union except the soviet union couldn’t attack mainland Japan. They had no navy to do it with lol. The emperor himself said in a speech they were surrendering because of the bomb. The guy who made the deciding vote to surrender wrote it down and said why lol.

@alexcarter8807

Жыл бұрын

Japan had quite a lack-of-food problem right after WWII as it was. There are estimates that 10 million died.

@tonydipietro5553

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this intelligent and educated response, unlike many of the other ones.

@kluge4206

Ай бұрын

Once the Japanese navy was destroyed the fighting was pointless

YOU WILL NOT SEE THIS WARNING AS DEPICTED

MANKIND/HUMANITY IS ULTIMATELY FORBIDDEN DENIED FOREVER TO BE NEAR THIS SEAT OF MERCY FOR IT IS GODS THRONE

Candy hahaha u know I want some

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I don't understand why you blanked out parts of this video series. It's history. As a former history teacher I hate it when you don't understand Freedom of Speech.

@MoldyNachos89

10 ай бұрын

And you clearly don’t understand youtube and their terms of service on what is allowed to be shown regarding violence. Take a second to think next time instead of jumping to your emotions.

@jasondrummond9451

10 ай бұрын

KZread has no interest in 'Freedom of Speech.

mereka mencitakan banyak bom anda bayangkan adakah mereka tidak akan menggunakanya lagi mereka pasti akan menggunakanya tidak ada yang dicipta dengan berbilion dolar hanya untuk disimpam sahaja.ia pasti akan digunakan contoh yg nyata ialah hirosyima dan nagasaki

USA USA USA!!!

#HATEISINVENTED

დაიმახსოვრეთ სრულიად დედამიწამ რიგითი ადამიანი ივანიშვილს თუ არ მოვერიო !

Stalin The Bear Brained General Secretary Of The USSR

How have things changed?

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And for this, Truman and all who helped building the bomb are in hell.