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@christophergribben5210

3 жыл бұрын

Do you have a release window for WW2 part II ?

@TheLifeGuide

3 жыл бұрын

@@christophergribben5210 Pretty confident it will be out on February 1st 😊

@christophergribben5210

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheLifeGuide thank you!

@ProfessorMule

3 жыл бұрын

WW II part 2!!! YEEEESSSSSSSSS

@Youbeentagged

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheLifeGuide Do you have plans on covering the civil war?

That’s cool and all... but have you heard the story of Alex Mason and Frank Woods?

@excree8181

3 жыл бұрын

“MASON!”

@arron-

3 жыл бұрын

“I’m a goddamn onion mason”

@gamesthatshouldbeframed3760

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I heard it had something to do with numbers

@MustardFace34

3 жыл бұрын

You made my fucking day bro

@davidgonzalez-fn5hu

3 жыл бұрын

“The numbers Mason”

“Nothing personal kid”

@sonnybastian6187

3 жыл бұрын

bang*

@Chronicrealngga

3 жыл бұрын

Well if you *really* think about it it all makes sense

@shivermetimbers6299

3 жыл бұрын

“That’s one loose end”

@ianliagan2997

3 жыл бұрын

I’ll never understand shepeards motives just like like he will only understand THE KNIFE

@nitro855

3 жыл бұрын

hee did the 'right' thing

Hey guys stop messing around in the comments section... we have a job to do.

@gryphonmeinhardt7484

3 жыл бұрын

Dude you lie or tell the truth to atler

@Out_of_Regs

3 жыл бұрын

@@gryphonmeinhardt7484 well because I’m a good person... i truthed it

@santiagobaltazar7428

3 жыл бұрын

@@gryphonmeinhardt7484 I did like him and did good until he killed me and so I went back a 360 no scoped him obviously

@randomman6351

3 жыл бұрын

where? cuba. *puts on sunglasses”

@casualgamer7112

3 жыл бұрын

@@gryphonmeinhardt7484 I gave him the truth because I was nice, but he killed me so I went back and killed him.

This video is highly inaccurate. It doesn’t even mentioned Perseus and Adler who were big players in the Cold War

@TheLifeGuide

3 жыл бұрын

😂

@dampmittcs

3 жыл бұрын

Bruh does characters are fictional, not real

@Cheeks730

3 жыл бұрын

@@dampmittcs buddy..... it's a joke.

@dampmittcs

3 жыл бұрын

Ok

@tacticaloperator1326

3 жыл бұрын

@@Cheeks730 We have a job to do *Ring Ring*

Can we just acknowledge that one guy basically saved the world from nuclear warfare?

@nickstiltson1180

3 жыл бұрын

Shouldn't have to come that close though 😗☕ that's just my 2 cents

@ricardoperez1048

3 жыл бұрын

nick stiltson, No shit sherlock

@mynameiswalterhartwellwhite420

3 жыл бұрын

@@nickstiltson1180 No shit sherlock

@zay8551

3 жыл бұрын

@@nickstiltson1180 no shit Sherlock

@M7MDDEAD

3 жыл бұрын

@@nickstiltson1180 no shit Sherlock

Call of duty Cold War was so popular they made it a real thing 😱😱

@okay9348

3 жыл бұрын

YEAH omg is so real 😱😱😱😱

@e.sstudios1015

3 жыл бұрын

Ikr! 😱😱

@kyr0z41

3 жыл бұрын

NO WAY. 😱😱😱😱😱😱

@liam7530

3 жыл бұрын

YO NO WAYYY WTF!!!!!!! 😱😱😱😱

@GhoztEdits-

3 жыл бұрын

I cant believe ya didn't know that the cold war was real bruh then what did you guys lern

Hold up, I never knew, nor would I ever have imagined that we were one man's word away from the destruction of humanity. Oml

@ethanarroyo6891

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah lowkey the whole world needs to give him a kiss of thanks lmfao

@sulfur_americium2993

3 жыл бұрын

And there were many more scenarios like this that we may never know about, that’s honestly the most interesting about the Cold War, the fate of mankind rested on the hands of a couple of people so many times and they somehow made the right decision every time

@Barajas.818

3 жыл бұрын

@Mark Wolf Lord of the Lockerroom my exact thoughts pal. How do people not know this ?

@ZaYn.91

3 жыл бұрын

@Mark Wolf Lord of the Lockerroom yeah, i knew it for years, idk why this guy still dont know it until he saw this video

@MikeBNumba6

3 жыл бұрын

@@Barajas.818 American education system

Who’s here after Black Ops came out?

@loganlongwith6591

3 жыл бұрын

el_chino_778 Adler wasn’t mentioned once in this video

@dannyboii9916

3 жыл бұрын

Games set in historic periods always encourage me to look it up and learn about it

@prodbymaasa3328

3 жыл бұрын

@@dannyboii9916 same. im a cold war expert now. BF5 made me a WWII expert 😂 so on and so forth

@mahaffeyYT

3 жыл бұрын

Me lmaooo

@itz_toxic360

3 жыл бұрын

@@prodbymaasa3328 sammmee I played bfv and started learning ww2 lmao

Black ops cold war comes out tomorrow did he plan this?

@TheLifeGuide

3 жыл бұрын

Yes. 😂

@HUPLY08YTJ09

3 жыл бұрын

Autumn!

@MATRPICE-ll3bc

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheLifeGuide lol

@teoortecca

2 ай бұрын

Yoh, what?!

For a 15 minute summary of an almost-50-year era in history, this was pretty good. Gave enough detail to (hopefully) give everybody a general understanding of the Cold War without taking a lot of time with other details. I will say, though, that I wish the Space Race had gotten a mention. Otherwise, an exceptional video.

@TheLifeGuide

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Will have a video on Apollo 11 and the Space Race coming out soon. Will also have a longer version of the Cold War coming out in a few months (nearly an hour-long) which will include the Space Race 😊

@alanavila6335

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheLifeGuide forget about that we want a World War 2 Doc Part 2

@isaiahkhalil3544

3 жыл бұрын

U know Adler he was a big part of it

@sbu_dibay5019

2 жыл бұрын

I need the other details for school😭😭😭😭

@witch_hat49

Жыл бұрын

I'll see if it can carry me through my history exam tomorrow

2/3 agreed to launch a Nuke. That is way too close if this planet plans on surviving. Scary.

@whatisausername99

3 жыл бұрын

The world would be a far different place. But I’m gonna make a fanfic of what I think would happen if they did launch the nuke.

@direwil5489

3 жыл бұрын

@@whatisausername99 nice I wld like to see it

@watema3381

3 жыл бұрын

We're fucked.

@bathcitytv5859

3 жыл бұрын

The sad thing is a nuke will be launched soon, it’s mental but leaders like kim jon un and putin will be the death of the world

@vymancross3551

2 жыл бұрын

@@bathcitytv5859 lol.. 😂 why do you westerners fear so much of Putin? If anything, Biden will release nukes far earlier than Putin, Putin is a very intelligent leader(for his country) while biden is wacky... America has become a centre of jokes now with their politicians like trump...biden and who knows how much more... 😂

Today's youth: "This told me nothing valuable..... .......Goes to play call of duty cold war "Ah yes Perseus I understand now"

@nickolasdeacon2925

3 жыл бұрын

i’m a part of today’s youth 😐

@tocayo6969

3 жыл бұрын

Lmfao

@youllknowme2079

2 жыл бұрын

Is this some kind of rich joke that I'm too poor to understand?

@shashbrowns

2 жыл бұрын

The irony you have a PlayStation trophy pfp…

*“I’m a goddamn onion, Mason”*

@commentator4ever498

3 жыл бұрын

“You should know that”

Damn not even a mention of Bell and adler

@commentator4ever498

3 жыл бұрын

“Adler is lying to you” -Adler and a random soviet soldier

One Russian sub commander prevented a nuclear holocaust. Wow. Why is he not talked about more?

@Barri2410

3 жыл бұрын

And he's previously involved in a nuclear sub disaster

@donovanhuffine2983

3 жыл бұрын

I saw once that he isn’t celebrated in Russia the same way he is celebrated in the US.

@redacted8983

3 жыл бұрын

Are we forgetting that there was another person prevented a nuclear war?

@alangutierrez9359

3 жыл бұрын

@@donovanhuffine2983 wait so the U.S. has kinda like a day for him?

@donovanhuffine2983

3 жыл бұрын

@@alangutierrez9359 No, more like Russia isn’t exactly proud of him for what he did and he doesn’t get much praise there. Meanwhile, the US recognizes him as a hero.

Cuba: We can’t rely on other countries for our economy Also Cuba: oh hey russia

@tewekdenahom485

3 жыл бұрын

Lame joke

@tewekdenahom485

3 жыл бұрын

Eliminating context doesn't always make jokes funny

@shadowdestroyer93yt48

3 жыл бұрын

Aren’t you a downer you must be fun at party’s it’s a godamn joke some people will like the joke and some people won’t it’s a godamn joke instead of saying lame joke you could of just scrolled past the comment so stop being negative

@bryceperi-provine6741

3 жыл бұрын

@@shadowdestroyer93yt48 I think he may be a cuban

@ZK-ff2ru

3 жыл бұрын

@AMERICAN DUDE 7605 thank you for this meaningful comment AMERICAN DUDE 7605

"We got a job to do." - Russell Adler

History is beautiful.

@proilen4060

3 жыл бұрын

Lmfao

@Nicolas-fx5bz

3 жыл бұрын

Yet scary

@chicin6369

3 жыл бұрын

Biggest CAP

@chicin6369

3 жыл бұрын

history wouldn’t be so beautiful if you’re the one experiencing it isn’t it?

@AK-forty-seven

3 жыл бұрын

Amen

“We’ve got a job to do.” ............ 🤖

@analivasquez911

3 жыл бұрын

In this case not blow up the world😂😂😂😂😂

this video clearly explained what almost 7 years of history could not explain to me. Even if you left out some parts of the Cold War, this is a really well-done summary. Thank you!

@Christopher-qq4dl

8 ай бұрын

Lol

@elspoocho4637

7 ай бұрын

that has probably not much to do with this video, but with yourself

@What-sf5ey

28 күн бұрын

we learned this and more detail in less than 6 hours in highschool

I would have paid more attention in history class if It would have been taught this way! 👍🏽

@Kazasia-_-

3 жыл бұрын

Learning about the us government During it’s early years was boring as hell

This channel really is something I genuinely look forward to. I almost have gotten to the point where I measure time in the intervals between your videos

@TheLifeGuide

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😊

Cuba, Iran and Vietnam still had sanctions after the Cold War. In a Africa country the USA went from supporting one group to the other group basically swapping sides during the conflict.

@kylegoodreau2170

3 жыл бұрын

yup with the same thing happening in the horn of Africa during the ogaden war .. between samolia and Ethiopia

@hamzad.ismail6202

3 жыл бұрын

They did it in Somalia 🇸🇴 unfortunately

@diddlypoop4722

3 жыл бұрын

@Alberto Fuijimori nobody said it was.

What fascinating about this war is how both the US abs Soviets were able to go to any country and LEARN the languages in order to install policies. Crazy when you think about it.

when a youtube video teaches u more in 15 minutes than the entire semester in history class.

@nicolemartinez7782

3 жыл бұрын

me watching this 2 days before my semester exam...

@shanecampbell4206

3 жыл бұрын

@@nicolemartinez7782 lol same

I've been wanting to learn more about the Cold War and stumbled across this at the perfect time. Looking forward to watching your longer video very soon. Great work 👍

Fun fact: The US invaded Communist Russia in 1918. This short conflict stayed in the minds of many Russians, including prominent USSR leaders during the cold war.

@itsmealex8959

2 жыл бұрын

@TheManWitDaShits I edited it to fix the technicality

This video was so helpful, thank you so much!

Wow, I learned more in this 16 minutes than an entire year of my History class in high school, Great Job!!!

Where tf is Adler and bell and the fricken nukes??

@cappin9407

3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@Malarkey-ks4un

3 жыл бұрын

?

Last night at the gym I listened to your Vietnam War video, and today I watched this one and probably several others. Liked and subscribed - your content is amazingly unbiased and informative.

@TheLifeGuide

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@robby9616

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheLifeGuide we need part 2 for WW2

Beautifully written and produced video. Covered all the major points of this period

History is amazing if it really is just history. Living in that moment in time can mean the suffering of an entire generation. 100 years from now, students will learn in their school textbooks about the coronavirus pandemic and we right now just happen to all be part of that history.

@abcdef8915

2 жыл бұрын

Yes it will. You'll explain to your grandkids what it was like!

@iulianmoisi4365

2 жыл бұрын

Greetings from the future...its fucked up

@harshalpatel4801

Жыл бұрын

It's not just corona virus now it's WW3 and cold war 2

amazing video!! super informative and so well written :D

sorry but this is the best summary ever, I covered everything in class after and used this video every time

@TheLifeGuide

3 жыл бұрын

Great!

What an incredible video! Thank you so much!

The fact that one man prevented nuclear annihilation makes me think that quantum immortality is real. One mans decision or indecision couldve ended the world or lead to now.

@1232sam

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah lol

Wow! What an amazing explanation about cold war. Not too difficult to understand about it. Keep it up.

Thank you for helping me with my assignment :) keep doing great work

Great video u made it so simple and easy to understand amazing job

Brilliant work, really concise video. Keep it up!!

@TheLifeGuide

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

As a teen, we knew we might not live to see adulthood. We were closer to nuclear war than most folks realize. It was a very scary time!!!

@slaapman977

2 жыл бұрын

Where??

@brittanyharris73

2 жыл бұрын

Tell me more

@marilynb8136

2 жыл бұрын

This was in the 1960s. We lived in the mountains of southern California. Had air raid Dillon a regular basis. Neighbors were building bomb shelters in their back yards. The Cuba missile crisis was raging. Russia was threatening to wipe us out. Scary..

@marilynb8136

2 жыл бұрын

That's air raid drills....

Short and clear! Thank you!!!!!

It all makes more sense now. Wow! Great video.

“I’m a goddamn ONION Mason”

9:13 I don’t think people understand how much of an impact that officers one choice was.

I watched a ton of videos to get exact information but I did not find it. Then suddenly found this video and thank you so much for fulfilling my requirement.

great video guys :-) Thanks for this. Appreciate it alot

Great channel and one of the most simplified and brief videos about the cold war :)

@TheLifeGuide

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Is crazy how one man stopped something so catastrophic from happening

Such a a simple and clear explanation! Thanks!

Amazing explanation 🎉❤ Thank you for the Clarity 🎉❤

Such a well made video. Amazing work!

@TheLifeGuide

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

COD Players: don't ever use the word smart with me

Wonderful and Precise.❤️ Love to the Channel💕

Thank you, best video I have watched so far.

I was born during the cold war, i always wanted to learn more about it, this documentary was great.

Crazy how many people didn’t know about the Cold War before cod

@ultrafinest

3 жыл бұрын

Bruh are you stupid or joking

@0subsWith0vidsChallenge

3 жыл бұрын

No. If you never knew about the cold war before cod you are either 5 or an idiot.

@Reykh24

3 жыл бұрын

@@ultrafinest he's not wrong there's a lot of people who didn't, I did.

@cuhalv8349

3 жыл бұрын

@@Reykh24 same here bruh

That the next show station the tension is just all over the world and each one hate the other and if it dont get bigger it wont get small. Lovely clip thank you .

Amazing video, this is so useful for my History GCSE tomorrow!

Good and intelligent overview of the topic thanks

"it was never personal."

It had been a very long time since I’ve studied and I need a brush up, so thanks

Love this thank you so much 🥺❤

Imagine if that one Officer agreed to launch a Nuclear Torpedo and Gorbacev doesnt negotiate with Reagen ... There will be no KZread like today

@Maximob-dm5wi

3 жыл бұрын

Good

@ZaYn.91

3 жыл бұрын

@@Maximob-dm5wi what did you mean good ?

@thatonewaspatyourpicnic7978

3 жыл бұрын

There wouldn't even be a today.

@ZaYn.91

3 жыл бұрын

yap, it could be a fallout outside our house now if nuclear war was really happened.... glad we live in a peace years where we can eat, sleep, playing games, gather with family without fear of nuclear war (atleast we are save from nuclear warfare for now).

@gorilmod9667

3 жыл бұрын

Oh no imagine what would happen to the economy

This video does do a good job of explaining the Cold War in 16 and a half minutes or so, which is impressive. However, I think they should have included Nixon’s trip to China, which led to a significant shift in the global stage. I also noticed one error: The Domino Theory has the most influence during the early sixties, and was one of the justifications used for America’s involvement in the Vietnam War. It was not used to justify America’s involvement in the Korean War.

This video was really helpful it literally explained my whole history book in 16 mins thx

Really helpful, Thankyou 🤝

Anybody else catch that? 7:00

Really informative and easy to follow!

Hi there, I love your videos! I was just wondering where you find your clips to put into your videos. Thanks in advance!

Fun fact, the term superpower was designated for 3 countries after WW2, the US and the Soviet Union obviously, but also the British Empire until the Suez Crisis in 1954 proved they were not a superpower anymore and they lost their superpower status. in 1950 there were 3 superpowers. By the year 2000 there was only one remaining.

@coker23cola

2 жыл бұрын

The US. We've always been a superpower. But our fall from our high horse will be due to our own inequities.

@istheyear-ry1el

2 жыл бұрын

and now US is declining

damn, I really think this is one of the best video essays I've ever seen - I think that everyone should watch this at some point in their lives to understand more about why the modern world is the way it is, this video essay really brings so much of the modern world into context... the importance of Nato, the importance of standing up to communism and communist dictators (due to the lack of freedom to criticise power under communist dictators), as well as what happened in Vietnam, what happened for Germany as well as the dissolution of the soviet states, as well as how BRUTALLY FUCKING CLOSE WE ALL CAME TO NUCLEAR WAR wow - thank fuck for that one russian dude for keeping a level head, god damnit humans are crazy, this video essay is easily 12/10

@blacksex7751

4 ай бұрын

Thats a biased view

Great video very informative

The way your team presents complex topics is both accessible and engaging. 👏🔍 Thumbs up! 👍"

I can explain it in 3 words: Skill Based Matchmaking

@Packman6000

3 жыл бұрын

Don’t you dare say that name.

You are underratted!!

I'm so glad i subscribed to this....very informative.

@TheLifeGuide

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

This is a great series.

14:29 “know your history,or be doomed to repeat it”

Love this channel and your videos :)

@TheLifeGuide

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊

This deserves more views

Great video - well made

"Khrushchev gave Kennedy 6 months to vacate Berlin." Kennedy had his "Rodney Dangerfield" moment there and got no respect from Nikita; that was savage

Boiling down such a vast topic into a 15min video is an audacious project. Good job!

Any advice on how to have a great channel like you? I enjoy watching your videos

I love the 3rd and 4th finality

I would say it is important to note that Kennedy agreed to remove the nuclear missiles he had in Turkey after the Cuban missile crisis. That was one of the main reasons why the USSR put missiles in Cuba to begin with. So it was agreed upon that the US would remove their missiles in Turkey and the USSR would remove the missiles in Cuba.

@nancy4don

5 күн бұрын

Except that it was agreed that it would be done at a later date, and secretly. The Jupiter missiles in Turkey were supposed to have been replaced or removed already, as they were obsolete.

Thank you for making this video. I found it super interesting and informative. It has got me even more hyped to play Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War even more! I’m currently waiting for it to finish installing.

Great content man, I've got to ask, what style of piano music is playing in the background, its so relaxing. Seen

@breastmilkgaming

3 жыл бұрын

Link is in the description

Touching documentary. Please what's the name of the soundtrack you used at the end, I love it so much

Your channel is one of my favourite channel on KZread. You guys should make such videos more often. Love and respect 💖

@TheLifeGuide

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙂

Here before new Cold War game lol

@mango5811

3 жыл бұрын

Lol same

80s was like the best decade with all the music, pop culture, and the cold war

What a great video it is!

This might have been a pretty good presentation, and I give you credit for making the effort. Trying to summarize the Cold War in 15 (or 17) minutes is not something I would attempt unless I was to be well rewarded. However, you really let yourself down by not even mentioning Sputnik or the "missile gap" or the Space Race at all, and leaving out the disaster at Chernobyl strikes me as being an exceedingly critical omission. I fully appreciate that hard choices had to be made to cut your script down, but surely there needed to be some mention of the Space Race and some mention of Chernobyl for this to be a complete summary. Apologies if others have already mentioned these omissions. 🖖💯✌

@emilyholt1416

Жыл бұрын

I’ve been studying for 2 years and I think Chernobyl was a rather minor factor. I think it undermined Glashnotch for sure (I can’t spell don’t judge me) but the Hungarian uprising, polish solidarity, the Czechoslovakia upraising etc. had all already happened. The Satellite states would have left regardless of Chernobyl. What do you think?

@brudnick39

Жыл бұрын

​@@emilyholt1416 I think that when Gorbachev said that Chernobyl was perhaps more impactful to the end of the USSR than his own glasnost and perestroika reforms, he was referring to the fact that they may not have happened if it had not been for the explosion at Chernobyl. Gorbachev announced his ideas for glasnost and perestroika and other reforms at the 27th Party Congress in late February 1986, just about exactly 2 months before the Chernobyl disaster. As I understand it the Politburo was quite opposed to the reforms early on, but when Chernobyl happened it pretty much forced the Soviet Union to open up and begin to reform, or at least it dramatically reduced the ability of any hardliners to resist the reforms openly. You mentioned the Solidarity movement in Poland, and that did begin before Chernobyl exploded, but it was not until well after Chernobyl that the Solidarity movement was able to protest openly...until 1988 they were heavily suppressed. In that case, it seems like the USSR might have had a stronger response if there had NOT been the tremendous amounts of manpower and resources that cleaning up Chernobyl consumed. Your other two examples of Hungary in 1956 and Czechoslovakia in 1968 would seem to support my contentions...both being occasions when the Soviets were much more oppressive before Chernobyl than they were after it. ✌

After watching this it makes you see the world more differently

Great video

This was a great documentary