Some clarifications: North Africa did of course see conflict, the pacific did get occupied - even the places that *didn't* (eg: India) still paid for the war. Damn double-negatives. That weird Romania-Hungary-Russia border is a holdover from WWII. The border lasted until 1946 and was changed in 1947. Later in the video you'll see the more familiar borders. Indonesia declared Independence in 1945 (Like Vietnam), but the Netherlands didn't withdraw until 1949, hence my mention of '49.

@hydrogenatom4624

3 жыл бұрын

Don't read my username.

@goldenhawk18550

3 жыл бұрын

Ok Now Overly Sarcastic Productions, please and I say again PLEASE do some History on Australia or atleast Oceania as a whole

@goldenhawk18550

3 жыл бұрын

@@hydrogenatom4624 IT'S A TRAP

@P99s-s

3 жыл бұрын

Man modern history gets difficult, I prefer to just have one source and that’s all we have to go of, some monk writing in his shack about king x being a dumb dumb and now king x will be remembered as the dumb king for all of human history, way more fun

@abthedragon4921

3 жыл бұрын

Overly Sarcastic Productions Yeah, I was confused when you said North Africa didn't see any conflict; like hello "North Africa Campaign." But nice to see you out a clarification.

Vampires hate crosses and garlic Blue hates modern history, and anything not Venice

@Unknownfrencghost

3 жыл бұрын

I mean who doesn't?

@byzantineboi8345

3 жыл бұрын

I hate Venice VENETIA DELENDA EST They must pay for there crimes against Romanity

@animuszen136

3 жыл бұрын

@@byzantineboi8345 Understandable have a nice 1400s

@desmond1751

3 жыл бұрын

Don’t forget ninjas. Blue hates Ninjas

@blackvial

3 жыл бұрын

@@desmond1751 He hates them so much he refuses to admit that they did infact exist

US and USSR: There’s no actual fighting going on, so we’re just gonna call it a Cold War. All the 3rd world countries caught in the middle: Ah that’s hot! That’s hot...

@markhenley3097

3 жыл бұрын

Angola and Mozambique: 40 years of straight war from 1961 to the 2000s.

@merrittanimation7721

3 жыл бұрын

@@markhenley3097 Guatemala: 40 years of war and genocide.

@doritobrando4966

3 жыл бұрын

People care less when non-white people die

@chickknightgreenleaf820

3 жыл бұрын

Vietnamese here, yeah, it's hot, alright.

@Archon3960

3 жыл бұрын

US and USSR : We're against colonialism. _laughs in wilsonian interventionism and revolutions_

Vietnam: We declare independence France: No you don't Vietnam: D I D I S T T U T E R

@twoscarabsintheswarm9055

3 жыл бұрын

Quote from the Vietnamese to the French: *WELCOME TO THE RICE FIELDS MOTHERFRICKER*

@RedShocktrooperRST

3 жыл бұрын

China: I agree with France.

@JackSilver1410

3 жыл бұрын

"We have learned from Vietnam.... STAY OUT OF VIETNAM."

@fullmetalalchemist9126

3 жыл бұрын

You're about to!

@potatogaming7044

Жыл бұрын

“You’ll be back”

“I’m going to go bother my pet kitten with fun facts about Florence” “Why Father?” I died at that

@ashleyhansen4479

3 жыл бұрын

One can only imagine how Cleo lives with Blue.

@zacharymarlow8161

3 жыл бұрын

A mountain of catnip?

@ohjahohfrick9837

3 жыл бұрын

I wish he'd bother me with fun facts about Florence :(

@amberleckie4143

3 жыл бұрын

He has become a father, it is only a matter of time before the Cold War and WWII obsession invades his brain. You can see it happening even now!

@mopsbackupaccount5128

2 жыл бұрын

I was looking for this comment

9:12 English: Gasp French: *LE* Gasp This is the kind of high quality intellectual comedy I subscribed for 😂

@mathieuleader8601

3 жыл бұрын

Sacre Blue

@aeturnus4463

3 жыл бұрын

@@mathieuleader8601 non sacre bleu a l'Minecraft server

@raiknightshade3442

3 жыл бұрын

I'm personally a fan of what I'm pretty sure was Nazi Germany saying "haha, I'm in danger" in German

@tada-kun982

3 жыл бұрын

@@raiknightshade3442 you're right :)

This feels very modern and I don't now how I feel about that. I prefer my history to be a long time ago -in a galaxy far, far away.-

@lewisirwin5363

3 жыл бұрын

But what about the Droid attack on the Wookiees?

@Zetawytte1777

3 жыл бұрын

@Unknown gacha woosh

@muksimulmaad7413

3 жыл бұрын

@Unknown gacha my man is literally probably from a muslim country which got rekt by colonized judging by everything he knows by islam

@newboland4664

3 жыл бұрын

I like how Obi-wan is a reoccurring character in these comments. Lmao

@Obi-Wan_Kenobi

3 жыл бұрын

@@newboland4664 Well thank you! I do my best and quite enjoy being a reoccurring character!

"Instead these conflicts played out via a series of proxy wars" "Peru: '80 - " I'm guessing this was just meant to be '80 but I like to imagine there's an ongoing Cold War proxy going on in Peru to this day that everyone just kind of forgot about

@karamj.5143

3 жыл бұрын

I don’t know how nobody is commenting or liking this comment yet

@henriquemelchiorgomes8750

3 жыл бұрын

Quite like, Peru had the Sendero Luminoso guerrila aterrorizing the country in FARC-leves until mid-90s

@garrettallen7427

3 жыл бұрын

I mean technically it’s true of Colombia so I could see that happening to Peru...

@Alex-fv2qs

3 жыл бұрын

Sendero is still active, although it's nowhere near as powerful as they used to be

@kevinsullivan3448

3 жыл бұрын

The '80 - means 1980 to present. Plenty of would be dictators are still clinging to Communism because it's a great front to hide behind so they can murder anyone they want, kidnap anyone they want, and steal anything they want in the name of state security and nationalism. In a true communist society no one would be a politician.

It would be really fun if Blue went through every event in "We Didn't Start the Fire" and explained each event.

“I will need a much bigger world map” Well I have the perfect solution for you!

@lilholm9446

3 жыл бұрын

How do you feel about the soviets not directly controlling Moldavia?

@rattheninja2877

3 жыл бұрын

OSP: “We need a bigger map.” EmperorTigerstar: “Now this looks like a job for me.”

@SeoDeadeHenn

3 жыл бұрын

@@lilholm9446 wtf how did you time travel edit: nvm

@cjthegood

3 жыл бұрын

Go, my Map Emperor! 👍👍👍

@connorgainey8178

3 жыл бұрын

Emperortigerstar what are you doing here?

"Today I'm going to make a terrible mistake..." Ah so it's going to be an absolutely amazing video, got it.

@goroakechi6126

3 жыл бұрын

Natamyron I can only imagine Blue beating his head against the wall after recording this. Sorry, Blue.

@USSAnimeNCC-

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah simplify modern history in all it complexity

@hydrogenatom4624

3 жыл бұрын

Don't read my username.

It always gives me immense joy when I think about how 30 years or so plus years in the future some poor history undergrad is going to do a project on 2020 and loose their damn mind

@ryannathaniel9296

2 жыл бұрын

*the entire '20s

@shronkler1994

Жыл бұрын

will they? i mean there are two big events so far: pandemic and ukraine invasion at least for western historians others will probably cover shit in their respective continents

@kestutisvaiciunas8663

Жыл бұрын

@@shronkler1994 Dude - the comment was before both happened

6:56 is that the opening chords to 'you'll be back'? Genius

@lilaboxx

3 жыл бұрын

I think so, it's brilliant

@daseremuidsa4104

3 жыл бұрын

omg I thought I was the only who thought that!!

@elianaslivia4405

3 жыл бұрын

YOULL BE BACK SOON YOULL SEE 🎶🎶🎶🎶

You can hear the discomfort in "modern" :D

@HestiaVesta

3 жыл бұрын

I remember in a much older video her mentioned he didn't like morden history as much. He mentioned it in passing and I can't recall which video this was in although it's most likely either trope talk miscellaneous mythology or history summary. Id check the first 2 I listed first back then I didn't watch the history videos as much as I do now

@sophiepedigree7139

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah Blue sounds very uncomfortable 😆

@brytonwallis4817

3 жыл бұрын

Jo Ed wasn’t it the Japanese Imperial part that made him uncomfortable or was that just in the comment section?

@thegreatestchigone5813

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I was shocked when I saw this video as he hated talking about modern events

@HestiaVesta

3 жыл бұрын

@@brytonwallis4817 what are you talking about? I didn't make any reference to imperialism.

The Cold war, the world's most intense staring contest.

@coreytaylor447

3 жыл бұрын

this is oddly accurate

@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714

3 жыл бұрын

Since the USSR and USA are 2 sides of the same coin, how can they state at each other when they are facing in opposite directions?

@coreytaylor447

3 жыл бұрын

@@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714 large mirrors

@granmastersword

3 жыл бұрын

@@coreytaylor447 and spies, one of which could be a triple agent playing both sides like a fiddle

@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714

3 жыл бұрын

@@granmastersword Not just spies, the entire ruling class cooperated to get more for themselves.

"Europe is, inconceivably, at peace." *Glances furtively at Ukraine

@intergalactic92

2 жыл бұрын

Me (a liberal Brit): looks worriedly at his own house.

@willphoenix5464

2 жыл бұрын

This comment did not age well at all

@kingrippzard2027

2 жыл бұрын

@@willphoenix5464 indeed.

@captainscience2732

2 жыл бұрын

@@willphoenix5464 It really didn't age well!

@willphoenix5464

2 жыл бұрын

Captain Science it has aged like a glass of fine milk

"Europe is inconceivably at peace" in this particular context hits differently a year and change later.

@RavenWolffe77

7 ай бұрын

Aged like abandoned chemical weapons.

“Most people’s living memory” *laughs in generation z*

@quinb6837

3 жыл бұрын

same here

@sashasscribbles

3 жыл бұрын

Yup lol, this video covered about 4 months of my life lmao

@thomassaxon8254

3 жыл бұрын

I was 6 in the year 2000. I remember basically none of this too.

@Vicky-uv8ri

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, isn't it past your bedtime? At least here in formerly British-German sector.

@jakobrandel8105

3 жыл бұрын

The Soviet Union only fell in 91!

Ah modern history, where as a Canadian, I have to mentally add "and Canada" to the list of participating nations

@BonaparteBardithion

3 жыл бұрын

Well, you're just automatically included as America's Hat.

@lillyh9886

3 жыл бұрын

Same!!

@elianaslivia4405

3 жыл бұрын

Same except its “and Australia” (WORK WORK)

@hedera1332

3 жыл бұрын

I think that section was supposed to be countries that were still actively British colonies. Although Australia and Canada did absolutely fight for the Brits, we were both technically independent and fought as their allies, not their colonies.

@TheAmericanAmerican

2 жыл бұрын

Yea, sorry aboot dat, eh?

That little hint of Hamilton's "You'll be back" was just what I needed

I love how you guys consistently use story terminology in history like "plotlines".

"I will need a much bigger worldmap" Hopefully not with all the detail of Venice/Italy, that would kill you amd Indigo

@hydrogenatom4624

3 жыл бұрын

Don't read my username.

@DJ-ks4kq

3 жыл бұрын

@@hydrogenatom4624 mist epic rick roll ever

@terner1234

3 жыл бұрын

@@DJ-ks4kq spoilers

@Eshanas

3 жыл бұрын

(Laughs in MBAM)

Modern history. WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH THE REAL BLUE????

@eh9618

3 жыл бұрын

It's still the same blue, you can hear the pain in his voice doing modern history

@ravenpotter3

3 жыл бұрын

This is old history to be because to me everything before 2003 is old

@Literally-Brian

3 жыл бұрын

@@ravenpotter3 ok zoomer

@PatrickCervantez

3 жыл бұрын

Ninjas.

@festethephule7553

3 жыл бұрын

He's travelled back to Renaissance Venice. He needs a break.

To make things even more complicated, throughout much of this period there was a "Non-Aligned Movement", which was more-or-less an effort to try to tell the USA and USSR "We're not playing your game!" Players in that faction included India, Yugoslavia, Egypt, and Indonesia. The USA and USSR largely ignored those declarations whenever it suited them.

A lot of people seem to forget that the Japanese emperor is still the head of state, while his removal was a proposed surrender demand, it wasn't in the final version. I've also heard a lot of people (including one of my former history professor TAs) try to say the Allies built the Berlin wall and were the ones putting up guard towers and barbed wire.

The pain in Blue's voice when he said 'modern history' 😂😂 it's okay bud, we got you Great video!

Growing up during the Cold War was... difficult. Not to say other generations had it better, but it definitely changed the way you thought. It was drilled into you that nuclear war was inevitable, that the leaders on both sides were too stupid to understand what they were playing with. At any moment, you would hear the sirens or the radio/tv go emergency broadcast. And *that noise* meant the missiles were already on their way and you had 10 minutes left. Any moment you could hear it, and everything will be dead... 10 minutes from now. 10 minutes from now. 10 minutes from now. "This is the emergency broadcast network. This is not a drill. God help us all."

@agustinvenegas5238

3 жыл бұрын

That is one of the things I'm genuinely thankful for as a millennial/gen z( the distinction is really fuzzy) like, I know the climate is fucked and capitalism doesn't really give a fuck about anything but itself, but at least I'm not gonna get nuked

@FS-qk5uq

3 жыл бұрын

What is even the point of giving out that warning? 10 minutes is not enough time to get away from a missile strike. "You're about to die, have fun panicking and crying about it." Like if I'm about to die from a nuke, please just let me die in peace. Don't torture me with letting me know I have a few minutes left. Are older gens pissed about this? I would be.

@412marki

3 жыл бұрын

@@FS-qk5uq You can survive if you can get to an underground cement bunker within those 10mins, shelter in there for the next few weeks so the radiation levels cool down from fatal to possible long term damage (depends on how far you were from the center) then you're good money

@Fhaolan

3 жыл бұрын

@@FS-qk5uq Honestly, the *prior* gen, the one that was actually in control of the nukes, were still of the mindset that if you got underneath a metal desk (or into a refrigerator, that thing with Indiana Jones actually came from a real belief back in the 60's) you'd be fine. In the 70's primary schools in Canada were still shown black-and-white films in history and science class about 'shelter in place and everything will be fine', while the teachers (and TV) were a lot more 'don't bother, you're all dead already. We're just waiting to be told when to stop moving.'

@frederik7338

3 жыл бұрын

@@agustinvenegas5238 Sorry to spoil the dream, but the political agreements (START) that ended the nuke-arms race and minimized the risk of nuclear holocaust are null and void, and have been for close to a year. Thank Trump and Putin for that one. and now trump wants to start Nuclear tests to build bigger nukes again. Buckle up, Its cold war 2.0! xD

"Spain and portugal had their own things going on..." ahh, Salazar, the man that ruled portugal with an iron fist, ruling by fear of the secret police, PIDE, "trust no one" wasn't just a line back then, speak badly of the regime, or make one enemy too many and someone would report you, never mind if it was true or not, you would't be seen again. He's also, now better know to the outside world, as the inspiration for Slytherin's first name in the Harry Potter books.

@HenryMidfields

2 жыл бұрын

At this point, it's very easy to forget that fascism in Europe lasted longer than 1945. (And ironically survived due to their anti-Communist stance) Even Japan democratized earlier than Spain/Portugal did.

@michaelhibbard654

2 жыл бұрын

@@HenryMidfields in general the history of Iberia, both modern and ancient, is really because they have "their own thing going on" a lot. From the Moors to Francisco Franco, they are sort of like the rest of Europe, but not quite.

@miguelpadeiro762

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelhibbard654 True, we may be fellow Latin Europeans, but we have a notable Muslim heritage. It was moorish naval knowledge that led the Portuguese and later Spanish to innovate in the field and sail across the world unchallanged for two centuries. Go to notably the south of Portugal and maybe also Spain and you'll see many places with Arabic origin of name, notably the "Al-" prefix. This also applies to wording, I rest my head in an almofada when I go to sleep. I study algebra at school and go eat alface with alfarroba for lunch. Al al al. Then yeah, when becoming democratic was hip, we stayed isolated from Europe as the last authoritarian western European states, which the Portuguese dictator Salazar put to words: "Orgulhosamente sós", meaning proudly alone.

"So the theoretical aim of “everything belong to everyone” looked a little more like “E V E R Y T H I N G B E L O N G T O S T A T E ! " Was hilarious, blue needs to do more accents. that was soooo~ funny!

We're going to need some Neolithic history to maintain balance now

@westtech001

3 жыл бұрын

The funny thing is neolithic trade routes would need just as big a map.

@trainjackson63

3 жыл бұрын

Ooooh I'm all for this!

@agustinvenegas5238

3 жыл бұрын

You know what? That would slap

@lewisirwin5363

3 жыл бұрын

Considering we call that Pre-History, I'm picking they'd need a third presenter; named either Grey, Brown or Ochre.

@cameronpearce5943

3 жыл бұрын

I'd love a video on the first cities we know about or on early Aboriginal history

Blue: **Starts naming countries** Yakko: "Hey, that's my bit!"

Props to Blue's Dad for helping out. For as much flack as people like to give their Boomer family members, they do have the benefit of having lived through the Cold War. Imagine your kids born after the 2020 pandemic trying to write a book report on the subject in high school or college and you'll get an idea on how that feels. I know that will be my sister in a few decades.

I'm crying at 9:50 where Blue sayd "influence was the new hotness" because it reminds me of when people online say shit like "I'm not a celebrity, I'm an _~influencer~_ "

When Blue listed all those proxy wars Yakko's World popped into my head.

@fredfry5100

3 жыл бұрын

For those reading that comment, back in the 1990's, there was a television show called the Animaniacs. One of the character, Yakko, sings a song listing all 206 countries of the world. And he does it accurately. I'm not kidding.

It is, admittedly and literally, A LOT. Your courage is admirable, as is your patience.

@AxxLAfriku

3 жыл бұрын

ORORORORO!!! I spend half of my day sleeping! ORORORO!!! Then I sometimes get up and tell you that I am a famous content creatorORORORORO!!! Please don't sleep while driving, dear mike

@mikebucket1658

3 жыл бұрын

@@AxxLAfriku Keep the long-game in mind. Impossible to see the future with tears in ones eyes. ^above also applies to driving metaphor.

@mikebucket1658

3 жыл бұрын

@@AxxLAfriku it's pronounced "ORA!". MUDA! Heh.

@mikebucket1658

3 жыл бұрын

@sluttyMapleSyrup MUDA! RODDARORRER-DA!

I can't believe you didn't cover the thing at the place! It's my favorite part of modern history!

The sprinkled in two seconds of "You'll be back" are such a nice seasoning...

My favorite thing to think about is remembering that this all happened so absurdly recently, and yet it feels like a whole other world

@markhenley3097

3 жыл бұрын

In our grandparent's lives Britain still controlled over 20% of the World. Crazy to think.

@haiqal5333

3 жыл бұрын

Even though I wasn't born in the 90's, I feel like the end of the war is very recent....

@AegixDrakan

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, this part of history is so close that you can reach out and touch it. It's wild

@AbbeyRoadkill1

3 жыл бұрын

For sure. I'm in my 40s and have several uncles who fought in WWII. My late father (1921-2002) was a radio operator on the USS Nevada when Pearl Harbor was bombed in December '41. He was reported missing for about a week. On a side note, I used to wonder how anyone could allow such an obviously psychotic madman like Hitler to take power... but then Trump came along and unfortunately I don't have to wonder anymore.

@haiqal5333

3 жыл бұрын

@@AbbeyRoadkill1 economic pressure and unfair rules for germans after ww1 at the time made sure the majority were in need of a saviour. When Hitler showed up with his speech skills and hopeful promises it makes sense why majority of germans supported him, add to the fact that anyone who doesn't support him were humiliated and insulted.

The history books are going to be interesting in 20 years time, won’t they...

@Argacyan

3 жыл бұрын

Depends on which history book will be sold where you're at vs elsewhere.

@cageybee7221

3 жыл бұрын

@@Argacyan if the book even has a price....

@109Rage

3 жыл бұрын

"So around the first week of 2021 is when 'full-body hazmat suits' became mainstream fashion, when Smallpox found a way to escape the labs that had previously been containing them for research."

@arnaudmenard5114

3 жыл бұрын

The Syrian refugee crisis, global warming, president Trump, the rise of neonazis, gas attack in the UK, Ukraine invasion, rise of ISIS, terrorist bombing in Bastille square of Paris, the fire of Notre Dame de Paris, Brexit, the Rona plague... and that’s just what comes to mind!

@CasualNotice

3 жыл бұрын

"The phrase "wrong side of history" was thrown around a lot between 2003 and 2025 [CE], but modern scholars believe that most of them were a bunch of assholes and just begging for the Great Disaster that disastered the hell out of those jerks." ----------Fragment of a history textbook that fell through a wormhole from the far future

Red - "Today I'm going to make a TERRIBLE mistake." Me - *rubs hands together* This gon be goooood.

Oh my God! The loving tone in your voice when you said thanks to your dad at the end of the video is so precious and wholesome it hurts.

"Fwoof" just went from a whimsical sound effect to a horrifying euphimism. Thanks, Blue.

I can't believe Blue didn't mention the attempted assasination attempt of Jimmy Carter by a giant rabbit. Really disappointed. In all seriousness, this was a huge topic to cover in 14 min but he did a good job covering the basics. A mention of the non-aligned movement would have been nice, to understand that some countries wanted to go their own way and not fall into the orbit of either superpower.

6:56: You say, the price of my love’s not a price that you’re willing to pay!

@molly.dog8brooke792

3 жыл бұрын

Yay Hamilton reference!

New term for anything in a blazing inferno: Fwoof Building on fire = building went fwoof Australia wildfire = Australia went fwoof Someone suffers a verbal burn = they just got fwoofed

Why does France's colonies in Africa look like the Finnish Flag

@markhenley3097

3 жыл бұрын

How?

@errorpedia

3 жыл бұрын

@@markhenley3097 looks like a shaky Nordic cross, blue on white

@emmareiman64

3 жыл бұрын

Britain wanted to make a road from North to South France wanted to make a road from West to East There's a 'slight' issue you might see here After that all bets were off and you just snag whatever you want + my memory is poor, but Germany lost its few spots of Africa and those were redistributed if I don't remember too wrong (like, transferred hands instead of the nations given independency) But ay, I get your joke too Torilla Tavataan, Tortilla Avataan

@jean-paulaudette9246

3 жыл бұрын

Cos they weren't Finnished.

@pidu4588

3 жыл бұрын

"Wait, it's all Finnish colonies?" "Always has been" **bam**

For a hot second there when I saw the title my lizard brain saw "The Cold War & RECOLONIZATION" I was like "Oh no what the hell happened?"

"Wait, It's *all* very complicated?" *"always has been"*

I want to make a communism joke, but it doesn't work unless everyone gets it.

@Tijnob

3 жыл бұрын

Hmm.. This joke was copied so its probably from communist china

@H20No

3 жыл бұрын

Don’t worry as long as the state gets it it’ll be fine

@shashwatsinha2704

3 жыл бұрын

It would work better if humans were actually good.

@justacheese34yearsago28

3 жыл бұрын

You again?

@thexalon

3 жыл бұрын

Jokes come from each according to their ability, to each according to their need!

Finally, the ultimate historical red v blue!

@piotrzeitsev9426

3 жыл бұрын

Firing for this channel lol

2:24 some mention must also be made that despite what Anime tries to tell people, the Japanese weren't exactly angels before or during the War, and the US wanted to ensure the Militarist elements (you know, the ones who STARTED THE WAR in the first place) had been purged from power or otherwise removed from office. This was compounded by the need to establish friendly relations in Asia once it became obvious that the Chinese Nationalists were going to lose the Chinese civil war, and leave a bloc of Communist or Communist-aligned states stretching from the Baltic sea to South East Asia. Hence when people ask why the Allies didn't clamp down on nationalism in Japan like they did in Germany, the simple answer is "politics." The USA had more than enough regional allies in Europe to stand against the USSR that a shamed and cowed Germany could be accepted (and even then, by the mid-50's West Germany was already rebuilding its military) but the same could not be said for the Pacific, so they needed a re-armed Japan on side.

"Ah yes, nothing like setting up a woefully underprepared capitalist government to prevent a communist revolution" - Britain, probably

With the emergence of Indigo, I gotta know: how many fuckin colors are there? We got Red and Blue, obviously Red's brother, Magenta Blue's fiance, Cyan Now apparently their editor, Indigo

@blackvial

3 жыл бұрын

There is also Yellow a friend of theirs, and Green who if I remember correctly is actually multiple people

@royalninja2823

3 жыл бұрын

@@randomperson2078 He's the 'servant' in their 1mil sub vid and plays with them in some old video game stuff. He's a good bit younger than Red so he doesn't really do much other than be there sometimes.

@TheSpearkan

3 жыл бұрын

@@blackvial I believe that Green is just "Everyone else"

@kurkcalibara632

3 жыл бұрын

I just realized you guys are right about "Green" - it's their shorthand for a guest who wants to preserve their anonymity, or just has a long online name. My first memory of Green was in a super early video of Blue's (something about steampunk Romans???) and she was a college friend of his But I've seen Green be used for Hello Future Me's guest appearance

@NimhLabs

3 жыл бұрын

I heard a rumour that six fingered man killed Indigo's father... >.>'

"Who is that handsome devil?" Gee, I _wonder._

@carlosroo5460

3 жыл бұрын

Oh, I know, that's Indigo (Unless I'm mistaking, and Indigo is a girl)

@festethephule7553

3 жыл бұрын

@@carlosroo5460 I do believe Indigo is a girl, yes.

6:56 "You say the price of my war's not a price that you're willing to pay..."

@adeepseafish1238

3 жыл бұрын

You cry in your tea which you hurl in the sea when you see me go by~

@Tyleya

3 жыл бұрын

Why so sad? Remember we made an arrangement when you went away

@daseremuidsa4104

3 жыл бұрын

Now you're making me mad Remember, despite our estrangement, I'm your man

This video is actually exactly what I've been looking for recently. Great timing, Blue!

Blue Decides to cover modern History "So you have chosen Death." - Sauruman

Blue blink twice if you’re in danger.

@bjornseine2342

3 жыл бұрын

We all are at the moment...

@musgodness

3 жыл бұрын

@@bjornseine2342 I was gonna say

Neat overview of this history! Thanks for uploading!

Holy crap you listed Newfoundland and Labrador in still British Colonies. NO ONE DOES THAT! THANK YOU! My island is often just forgotten in history despite how much history happened here.

The Cold War- a staring contest between Red and Blue while they both hold the means to blow up the house. Red blinked first.

@amethyst_cat9532

3 жыл бұрын

I know that was supposed to be a joke for the US and the USSR but I just had a vivid image of Red and Blue's animated personas glaring and pointing tiny toy pistols at each other

Fastest click in the west

@AxxLAfriku

3 жыл бұрын

HELP!!! Everybody at my school cyberbullies me because they say my videos are extremely BAD!!! Please help me, dear henry

@garchompenthusiast

3 жыл бұрын

My fastest click in the east is *faster*

I love the “you’ll be back” for Vietnam

Finally watching this after far too long and... wow. Blue. Talk about maximum effort for what must have felt like not much reward. Thank You Blue, and Thank You Blue's Dad! Also to Indigo for editing.

"Today I'm going to make a terrible mistake for your educational benefit." As a wise, psychotic mad purple alien one said: "The hard choices require the strongest wills."

@poem3701

3 жыл бұрын

Haha omg 😂 I love this

Blue doing modern stuff? Who are you and what have you done with Blue?

@USSAnimeNCC-

3 жыл бұрын

This is strange well I'm going enjoy this

@USSAnimeNCC-

3 жыл бұрын

@mozamioo _ must be his clone

@suomi5475

3 жыл бұрын

USS Anime DD24 Dark Blue :D

I'm happy you did a video like this! It's super well made. Cold War era history is my jam, and I'd love to see more videos on this subject, but hey, preferences are preferences, make whatever videos yall want.

When he mentioned Rome, my first thought was "oh yeah, Italy was involved".

@lewisirwin5363

3 жыл бұрын

Italy was truly the "Also Ran" of WW2

I initially misread the title as 'the cold war & demonetization." ...could still fit.

5:00 the problem was: eastern europe had waaaaaay fucking worse starting point than the western one. When France and England were drinking kongoese chocolate with haitan sugar writing about skull shapes, Poland and the balkans had insurection after insurection, building their national concioussness on the slave-master dialectics. So Rebulding Paris meant rebuilding 1.5% of the capitol, and poland had to rebuild 50 FUCKING PERCENT, atop on the rebuilding Warsaw was the top priority of mid-war Rzeczpospolita. Also our superempire had also suffer shitload of loses, instead of having convinient economical moneysink. So, yeah. Cold war was fucking scrap fight.

@CDexie

3 жыл бұрын

Fair point. It's telling, though, that Stalin wanted to extract as much value as it could out of East Germany, so they won't ever be an enemy ever again.

@somethinguncreative4475

Жыл бұрын

in his defence he never said that the soviet union was bad, he just stated that the soviets were much less successful and outcompeted by the marshall plan

Amazing video. Videos of channel helps linking so many little historical anecdotes together and interesting✨😎‼

The Greek civil war (1946-49) wasn't a proxy war, as the USSR did not help the communists (albeit only to help them escape the country) while the UK actively supported the Greek government and the army, even going so far as to install Nazi collaborators and sympathizers in key positions in the country. The war left a very big mark in Greece which started healing only in 1981, with the then newly elected center-left government adopted a policy of national reconciliation.

6:57 WAS THAT YOU'LL BE BACK PLAYING IN THE BACKGROUND OR AM I HEARING THINGS AGAIN

@obsidian_stars

3 жыл бұрын

Oh that was DEFINITELY You'll Be Back

@leratoslittlecorner

3 жыл бұрын

I heard it too

@spazzyshortgirl23

3 жыл бұрын

“I will send a fully armed battalion to remind you of my love!”

@BonaparteBardithion

3 жыл бұрын

It was and the implementation was perfect.

@Hamildork

3 жыл бұрын

Gab Gonzales I squealed. I think I scared my dog.

The Suez Canal crisis itself deserves its own video. It is an interesting event in regards to the history of America, France, and the UK's foreign policy. I've noticed that prior to the crisis The United states had a tendency to defer to what Britain and France wanted. Iran is an example of this. As is Vietnam surprisingly. This was partly spurred by the fact America's intelligence agencies were poorly developed and weren't the behemoths they are today and the Red Scare permanently crippled America's intelligence gathering for decades by kicking out most of America's non European history experts. The Suez Canal Crisis was one of the first times America really put its foot and made it clear that it called the shots on the world stage. France and Britain also learned from this event. Britain learned they were no longer a major power and retired to being America's close ally. France learned they were no longer a world power and were subservient to the whims of bigger countries. So they worked to preserve what was left of their empire by tying their former colonies in debt to them. America learned you can't always trust your allies and you have to keep tabs on them to ensure no one does anything stupid.

@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714

3 жыл бұрын

"Britain learned they were no longer a major power and retired to being America's close ally." They should have instead of beding to the USA made their own faction and started rebulding the empire for the recources to once again become a superpower once more. "France learned they were no longer a world power and were subservient to the whims of bigger countries." They should have instead of beding to the USA made their own faction and started rebulding the empire for the recources to once again become a superpower once more.

@TathD

3 жыл бұрын

@@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714 You're a child. Not a bright one.

@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714

3 жыл бұрын

@@TathD Not a child, and of the top 10% in inteligence and knowlage.

@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714

3 жыл бұрын

@cak01vej I see no reason why anyone would be humble. Im not a genuis, having met multiple I can say that they are on an entirely diferent level.

@Moonlitwatersofaqua

3 жыл бұрын

@@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714 Thats what I said France did. Sorry if that wasn't clear.

This is literally my area of historical expertise, I’ve spent years studying this. I’m VERY EXCITED to see OSP covering this now!!!!

@junie9039

Жыл бұрын

Omg hi, I'm been meaning to learn about this topic, do you perhaps have any recommendations or suggestions for me 😅 hopefully something simplified and easy to read ?

Blue: "Europe is inconceivably at peace" that didn't age well

Now, when are we getting the episode where the US backed almost every dictatorship in Latin America?

@cantutmez8854

3 жыл бұрын

@Stephen Jenkins Oh nooo capitalists are dying oh the humanity

@joejoeington6899

3 жыл бұрын

Stephen Jenkins yes Soviet Union bad the vast majority doesn’t think they are good America has their crimes overruled by DEMOCRACY which is good but doesn’t free you from criticism

@cantutmez8854

3 жыл бұрын

@Stephen Jenkins What are you talking about

@realscummy

3 жыл бұрын

We aren't because the pro US Wikipedia pages used to write these videos don't talk about any of that

@realscummy

3 жыл бұрын

@Stephen Jenkins Wikipedia is an open source western based online encyclopedia written by white people from the US and England. Were you born with no critical thinking skills or did you lose them as you grew up?

Worth mentioning that China and Yugoslavia would eventually leave the Soviet Sphere, with China and the U.S mending relations and Yugoslavia just vibing

@bassplayer8815

3 жыл бұрын

Same with Albania too

@CrazyAjvar

3 жыл бұрын

Yugoslavia vibing by creating Unaligned Movement which somehow everyone in the west just forgets.

My husband is a school teacher and I really appreciate you guys trying to give back to kids that are being forced to go back to school! Definitely will be purchasing a mask!

ha! it was nice to actually see you guys for once, thanks for all the great content!

Wait, blue talking about something my highschool history classes never got too? Is he going insane in quarentine because this is out of character.

@Unknownfrencghost

3 жыл бұрын

Ikr

@ravenpotter3

3 жыл бұрын

Same! We didn’t get the the end of WWII

@markhenley3097

3 жыл бұрын

Probably because it gets super political. Especially with things like the Communist uprisings in Africa, Israeli-Arab Wars, Hungarian Revolt/Prague Spring ect.

@aidoll3692

3 жыл бұрын

Ah. Regular or ap/ib world?

@AriKnits

3 жыл бұрын

@@aidoll3692 regular for me, had too many other classes, but I heard the ap classes didn't get as far as the normal class, which... is troublesome. Only reason I know anything is cause I was friends with a boy who was obsessed with WWII, you know the type, and I couldn't not learn with that

Your sincerity in thanking your dad at the end is heartwarming. It's cool that you two have a similar passion.

Already bought my Volante mask!! SO excited to see you partner with them

Bet when he said “if I miss your favorite event. Sorry” he was talking about the Cuban missile crisis Or it’s just me being me

Geez, this is really modern for Blue. I'd recommend that he rest at home for a while, but COVID-19 is still running around so he probably already is.

6:58 did I just hear a chord from King George “You’ll be back”?

Nothing gets mass doses of overly dry historical facts over better than a healthy dose of sarcasm! Loved this!

You really did a pretty good job in your overview! Super neat!

Me, reading the title: Ah. Modern History. Blues gonna hate doing this one.

Modern History O.o. But dear LADY do I enjoy you saying “Deutschland”. That was amazing. And I’m not being mean, I MEAN that. (Why. Pun.)

@confusedsquirrel

3 жыл бұрын

Same. I replayed it a couple of times

10:15 please don't say "total nuclear annihilation" while pointing at cuba. the cuban missile crisis was the one thing that got the US to sit at a table and negotiate nuclear disarm. it might have saved the world.

@aaroncabatingan5238

2 жыл бұрын

That might have been its effect but it wasn't its intention.

Despite knowing about the aftermath of WW2, or at least the general aspects of it, seeing Blue's perspective on this has been incredibly enlightening.

Note: Yugoslavia became communist on its own, as it was the Communists who spearheaded the partisan movement, and aside from some border areas, there was no Soviet troop presence there.

Blue, you're killing me with the waiting here. Wheres my Byzantine Empire Part 3 man?

@radioactiveowl95

3 жыл бұрын

I pray for it every time a Blue video is uploaded.

Blue, I know it was out of your fave period of history, but this was REALLY good content!

Blue has a very good Russian accent. Also, don't freak out about doing modern history. This was great!

5:32 Stalin is, now and forever, a Jojo's reference.

@LordDarthHarry

3 жыл бұрын

My stand [KATYUSHA] has the power to turn people into statistics!

@rishabhdave5773

3 жыл бұрын

@@LordDarthHarry OH MY GOD

@dreadpiratedan4664

3 жыл бұрын

@@LordDarthHarry no. no. no. stop this hurts from laughing to hard

You know the scariest part about this kinda history is... How close it is. I was born in the year the Yugoslawien civil war ended. My cousin was born on the day of the Fall of the Berlin Wall. Those are things that happened in years that are so close to us that we act like they are LONG TIME AGO because they are history. And right now stuff happens and I feel like we don't really look at it the same way. And while I am super thankful for Austrian education in particular to focus strongly onto WW2 and what was going on, I am left wondering if there should have been more of a postamble about talking about what came after. Cause if anything, that is the part of history that hits us harder... cause it was stuff we might have experienced and if only indirectly.

@user-cx9nc4pj8w

Жыл бұрын

And the even scariest part is that it isn't over. We're living as history is playing out, but most of the time we don't realise it.

Tell us about your student struggle. I just graduated with two degrees, one in environmental engineering and the second in anthropology so it would really be a treat to hear about what you're specifically studying and how that is treating you.

LOVE your use of the piano chords of “You’ll be back” 😍😂