This photo almost started a nuclear war
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- The Cuban Missile Crisis began with a photograph.
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The Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest the world has ever come to all-out nuclear war, and it all started with a photo.
On October 15th, 1962, Dino Brugioni, a senior analyst at the newly-formed National Photographic Interpretation Center, identified missile trailers measuring approximately 65 feet in an aerial reconnaissance photo. Those trailers were a match for the Soviet SS-4, a medium-range ballistic missile with a range that would cover a huge amount of the United States, including Washington, DC.
Upon seeing this photo, US President John F. Kennedy ordered more aerial recon flights, conducted by the CIA using the high-altitude U-2 spy plane. He used these photographs to make a plan of action about confronting the Soviet Union over their secretive installation of offensive missiles in Cuba.
Note: The headline for this video has been updated since publishing.
Previous headline: The photo that prevented a nuclear war
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Love these types of videos, really helps me develop my general knowledge!
it feels a bit criminial to downplay the missile sites in turkey and italy to slightly above a footnote
Now you have to do a video on the Soviet Fleet commander that decided not to launch a nuke, from the submarine the US was trying to get to come up but was using the wrong protocol so the Soviets thought they were under attack. Yet he did not launch the missile. Amazing true story!
The US did the same thing... hence the need for that show of force.
Vox Excellent video as always. Have a great weekend Vox.
Waaaaaaaaaaait just a minute? You mean to tell us that the US already had missiles pointed towards USSR but was suprised when they did the same? Name a more American thing, I'll wait.
Jay Mungai ya it’s called having an advantage over your opponent. Why would America just roll over and give up the advantage by letting the USSR do the same to them? This is the real world.
Nobody wins war its a disaster
@TerranStriker No one would have been left to win that war if it had happened.
Diabetes
School shootings
A fun detail left out of this video. In one of primary analysis that started this whole thing, A photo analyser saw football (soccer) fields along the coast of Cuba. In September 1962, the CIA became concerned because, as he put it, "Cubans play baseball, Russians play soccer." This led to this further investigation and thus the whole Cuban Missle Crisis itself.
explain more
Football*
@@mdl2067 its a quote
@@mdl2067 soccer* not the handegg
This is incorrect. National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger said that in 1970 .
Murica * doing Murica things *
USSR * defends itself *
Murica: imma tell UN
ahahahaha...nice
They were building bases in Cuba not Russia. That's not defense, that's strategy for invasion or destruction of US.
@@Phantogram2 The US did it first in Turkey, the USSR used it as a reason to put bases there.
also murica: kicking out ussr's nuclear weapons and destroying their entire country in much more intelligent way 🙂
@@yonneye2427
US did it as defense for their allies, USSR did it as aggression and concern.
Meanwhile in Liverpool Paul McCartney and John Lennon were writing "Love Me Do".
To Russia i trust that it will erase from the map to america
Ussr: HOW DARE YOU THREATEN US WITH NUKES IN TURKEY! GRRR
USA: HOW DARE YOU PLACE MISSILES IN CUBA! GRRR
*meanwhile in Liverpool*
'love, love me do... You know I love you..'
And "P.S. I Love You" 😋😋😋
60s america be like:
*invades country because it's communist*
*gets surprised when country aligns with its enemies*
"Communist" and "Socialist" were just labels put on Latin American governments that opposed the feudal latifundio system and exploitation from American corporations.
@@LuizSMatos-dr9tz hmm yes, you say you dont like society, yet you live in one
@@janamohr448 it's just as much of a double standard as the other comments like to joke about with NATO missiles in Turkey
*cough* communism has not been achieved by any marxist sense *cough*
Luiz Matos
Socialist countries aren’t opposed to international trade, you can see it nowadays with China and Vietnam. The countries in the Warsaw Pact traded extensively with each other, and also traded with the other European countries. They weren’t completely close to the rest of the world. OFC if half of the world embargoed Cuba just because they were opposed to US economic interests, as they did back then, the Cuban economy suffers greatly.
Also notice that free trade isn’t the solution, there can be an international trade that isn’t based on 3rd world exploitation and allows to exchange goods on a more equal footing
A picture is worth a thousand words? How about a picture worth millions of lives?
yeah so true
Wow thats very deep
How about SOME pictures are ;)
r/im16andthisisdeep
Billions actually
USA: puts nuclear missiles in Europe
Ussr: puts nuclear missiles in cuba
Usa: surprised Pikachu face
Situation gets resolved
30 years later :
USA puts nuclear missiles in europe
90 years later : * Russia invades Alaska through it's eastern border *
U.S.A. : " Impossible "
China and North Korea : " That guy has guts "
@@pranit_33xa91 and the firepower to back it up
@@sharathgowtham2157 Modern Katyushas.
@@pranit_33xa91 like the us wouldn't prepare
@@sharathgowtham2157 nah
"the soviets were notoriously secretive"
Shows nuclear missiles being transported through moscow while being filmed and cheered on by a huge crowd
my thoughts exactly hahahahahaha
Repeat after me:
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Not global conspiracy,because erraser by Implicator from Shao shia jian 1986-2010 we know Espionage China we late knew,until 2010 we know what is Shao Shia jian= war young generation and all erraser 4 type globalization was global all world this time,4 wide/wade book New World Order by Bildeberg with 2 face: the bussines and the secret society after 34 years we know what happen.
@@lunassr7212 yo did yo not understand rafael, we dont get it if you write like a six year old
Americans already had nuclear missiles near Russia and they expected them to do nothing? Russia tried to install missile bases in Cuba to get leverage, who is the culprit here?
@@JoseBlancoBenavides They both are. Let's not disregard, however, that the US empire is currently the biggest bully in the world, involved in many wars which enrich them with resources or geopolitical power.
User 548753 You are as ignorant as your opinion. Missing plenty of information on both sides and making USSR look like the bad guy here. What about the U-2 that the Soviets intercepted after it was caught spying on the Soviet Union? And what did the US respond with? That it was a weather aircraft flown by NASA😂.
Let´s keep our moral values in place.
USA is a very well stablished democracy and the former USSR was not.
what does it means? It means that for the US start a war on URSS it needed the support of the Congress and the american people (just like in the WWII were most americans were agaisnt US move into war until Pearl harbor). That was not the same for URSS with a brutal dictatorshipment in place.
Today despite all economy problems Cuba has over 20000 militias in Venezuela supporting Maduro to smash the people.
They haven´t change a bite!
@@artemkangur you have provided nothing that challenges my view of the Cold War.
Wow the U.S was caught spying on the U.S.S.R what is your point? That incident occurred in 1961. The Soviets were involved with Koreans peoples Army in 1948, 13 years prior.
Did you not think that America spying on the Soviets was a consequence of their involvement in such dealings?
Thank you for wasting my time responding to you, as well as wasting your own time.
Knowing history is understanding key events in a chronological order, you can't just skip ahead like you just did m8.
Ale Cry me a river, how could you be so empathetic to a regime that was ran by megalomaniacs who enslaved entire family’s in gulags. Pfff
USA: *puts missiles near the USSR*
USSR: *puts missiles near the USA*
USA: i’m telling the un 😡
copied comment
@@ScitusSnake wasnt but okay
Is the ussr apart of UN
@@whosedidi yes
They always mention the missiles in Turkey latter, making the Soviet look as the agressor, every single source
USA propogoda
@B Babbich So the USA didn't invade every country that even thought about embracing communism? Guess you learn something new every day lol
@B Babbich well the russians putting missiles in cuba was a reaction to the us putting missiles in turkey, so not in this situation they weren't.
@@abdullah_gaming3330 Shut up
@B Babbich It's hard to do right when a superpower is making everything so it goes wrong
USA: Break brother's toy
USSR: Break brother's toy
USA: Mom!!
Literally in social studies you just covered everything we learned in 10 days in a 5 minute video but made it way more interesting
I can understand it being more interesting but 10 days to study? Woah
You are still in school?
You gotta learn to study in depth though. This video left out a lot of stuff like the backstory and the negotiations during the standoff
@@randomdude9135 is that suprising?
@@Ceez542 Yeah, I thought Vox is an adult thing or college students thing who are into politics or history.
These video's are so well made, too bad we have to wait almost two months for one Darkroom video!
I already can't wait for the next one!
they have to wait for the film to develop
quality over quantity
David O'Brien true
Elijah Cole that’s how the games goes 😜
Too bad we already learned this in school!
This takes photobomb to a whole nother level
YOU DID NOT
People: we need to plant more tre..
Government: ..nukes?
People: NO!
Government: *YES*
US and the Soviet Union: We need more nukes than our rival.
Hiroshima: .......
Nagasaki: ...........
That's litrelly most countries...
Except several nuclear arms deals have been signed to reduce the number of nuclear weapons
hey photo, did you prevent a nuclear war?
photo- no but yes
Photos didn't prevent a nuclear war, JFK did. The military wanted a major invasion of Cuba, but the photo analysts DIDN'T spot the short-range Soviet nuclear missiles. Interviews after the Cold War indicated that Soviet officers in Cuba had wide discretion regarding their use, meaning that they would've annihilated the US invasion force if it happened.
The blockade was ultimately the correct decision, but JFK should've reached Khrushchev via secret means to hash out a deal beforehand, as the crisis caused a great deal of panic and a hardening of positions amongst warmongers on both sides.
US establishing nuclear missile sites all over Europe and in the Middle East: A-Okay, smart, good for peace
USSR sending nuclear missiles to Cuba [after an attempted invasion]: "a bold venture to establish clandestinely a major offensive weapons base", would've caused nuclear war
Let´s keep our moral values in place.
USA is a very well stablished democracy and the former USSR was not.
what does it means? It means that for the US start a war on URSS it needed the support of the Congress and the american people (just like in the WWII were most americans were agaisnt US move into war until Pearl harbor). That was not the same for URSS with a brutal dictatorshipment in place.
@@LuizSMatos-dr9tz any war doesnt need permission to explode
@@LuizSMatos-dr9tz
_"USA is a very well stablished democracy and the former USSR was not.
"_
"hey my country's being bombed, but at least it's by a democratic nation whose people all came together and voted for me to be killed. that makes it better somehow"
_"It means that for the US start a war on URSS it needed the support of the Congress and the american people"_
Did the US ask the support of Congress and the people when they armed the Contras in Nicaragua (funded by literally trafficking drugs and selling weapons to Iran), when they installed Pinochet in Chile and juntas all over Latin America? Was Operation Menu in Cambodia the conclusion of a democratic process?
Hell, did an anyone vote for the invasion of Cuba, mentioned in this very video? That kinda sounds like an act of war.
Even a quick glance at the last 70 years of history should teach you that the US doesn't need any formal declaration of war or even the consent of its people to directly or indirectly kill, disappear and repress millions outside of its borders.
_"Let´s keep our moral values in place.
"_
Only an uninformed person could consider the US an unambiguous "good guy" during the Cold War. Democracy or not, there's nothing "moral" about a significant part of US foreign policy, historically and today.
@@buzhichun are you talking about clandestine low level military wars? That is a diferent issue and yet in most cases the US government found itself in political trouble when people realize those operations - like nicaragua and the iran-contras scandal.
But real military deployment demands lots of political support.
You did NOT have that or even any need of that when Cuba invaded Angola in the 70ies or Russia massive invasion of Afganhistan.
Not to mention Praga when sovietic tanks put an end to a democratic rampage there.
@@buzhichun noone vote to be bombed.
Turns out that every single country in latin america that was directly invaded or suffer the american influence for a military regime to take control turn out becoming democratic countries today.
Those under russian influence even today are not democratics.
I like how the title was changed from "the photo that PREVENTED a nuclear war" ----to--> "this photo ALMOST STARTED a nuclear war". Two different meanings but chose the one that's more clickbaity :)
What parts of this video do you claim is made up?
The blockade, that was result of this photo had potential to start war. So I think this change in title is vox correcting their mistake
The second title is the more accurate. The Soviet Union had no intention of using the nukes placed in Cuba, i.e. without the photo life would have gone on as if the nukes did not exist. But the existence of the photo made USA react, their actions potentially bringing forth a nuclear war.
@@SweBeach2023 And well, there's the fact (that he missed, almost everyone seem to miss) that US put missiles in Turkey before the Soviets.
I have watched this video a lot of times, but I can't stop rewatching this. The way Vox tells a story is so entertaining and hooking.
Technically that photo nearly caused a nuclear war
Not really. The information provided leverage to make a deal with the URSS
@@tomstonemale and if the photos didn't exist & the USSR had put nukes that could reach Washington there, then the USSR would have had the leverage to force the US to make a deal. Are you saying that the US are such warmongerers that they would have been incapable of making a deal?
@@lilaclizard4504 Why would I ever bother with that stupid strawman? That didn't even happen. Kennedy could have invaded Cuba but he didn't. The missile crisis was defused by people talking to each other and reaching a compromise, which is obviously easier to achieve when both countries don't have missiles in range of their capitals.
@@tomstonemale _"Kennedy could have invaded Cuba but he didn't."_ why would he have invaded Cuba? What was the reason he had to take such hostile action against a foreign country & engage in a war against an allie of the USSR? There's no reason America would suddenly do that is there? Oh yeh there is - they just got a photo that near to prompted the US into starting ww3!
Stop looking at the sitaution through Nationaistic tinted glasses! The photo improved America's barginin power but did NOT in anyway prevent a nuclear war, quite the opposite
they changed the title lol
He protecc
He attac
But most importantly,
*He plant nucc behind americas bacc*
Even more so, he turn bacc.
The US placed rockets in turkey first...
underrated comment.
Noice
How many innocent people did american killed for the past few years.
In Miami, my neighbor had served with the USAAF group who had to analyze photos for strategic purposes. It was fascinating but important work. We all saw this during the run-up to the Cuban Missile Crisis as our UN presentation showed Soviet missiles on board that freighter and being installed on Cuba. A similar photo gave the Brits a view of the rocket research by the Germans in WW2. It is amazing to see these specialists look at a photo and instantly read it correctly. In war, damage assessment is a crucial part of an air campaign...
It’s refreshing to hear a presidents voice that’s sounds literate.
Trump?
Ok......
@@masculinitymonk he sounds like a set 8 kid
Or that get through a complete sentence in 2021 . . .
2 years later and we still don’t have a literate sounding president
It´s a one side history, because the USA had nuclear bombs that could reach Moscow from Italy e Turkey...and this is the first time I heard about this!
Yeah but the US didn’t really care about the missiles in Turkey and were planning on getting rid of them because they were basically obsolete.
They clearly mentioned the deal between the Soviet Union and the US in the video.
I think it's because the US had NEVER had anyone able to invade their mainlands before this, obviously in Europe that is far more common, just freaked them out more
It’s not one side history it’s about the importance of a photo in this specific content and the photo was about missiles in cuba not in italy or turkey
Carosello Show Exactly. People are missing the point with the main topic of this video. It isn't about the whole Cuban Missile Crisis--it's about the photo that almost started WW3.
america: literally points a gun towards someones head
"i will resist in the slightest bit"
america: woah woah woah hold on now
One of my most favourite series from Vox keep the photos coming!
I’ve been really enjoying Darkroom. It’s a great concept and well executed!
Nate and Noah Try Life Thanks!! It's one of our newest series and we're really excited about it!
I like how we don't mention that we put missiles on their border first
You guys are missing the main point of the video
Americans
What is this a high school rivalry? "YOU STARTED ITTTT :(((" this is war bro why tf would you want to give up the advantage you have to take a country out
@@hawkeyez7166 You're missing the point. By starting the conversation on what the Russians did when in fact it was the Americans that started the conflict Is a lie by omission And I don't like being lied to.
i love how the US made such a big deal out of it and in the end they had missiles within similar range in italy and hungary haha
M E T A L G E A R.
They were building a Metal Gear
Lol
Remember competence in the White House? Good old days
When ? Never heard about hat since 1.11.1800.
The Bay of Pigs was a competent decision by the White House? Ok.
@@harryjang3408, you mean the falling attempt of the US invading Kuba to get rid of Communism and to establishe an another banana republic ? Hmmm ...
Overthrowing every well being democratic society in South America is competent? Ok.
@@commentarmaster4956 Is this supposed to refer to Jefferson taking office? That was 03/04/1801. If you mean Adams, that was 1797.
so they did it because we did it first? idk sounds fair to me lmao
I dunno, if the USSR would have built those CUba military sites, the USA would build a fuckton more in Eastern Europe in NATO countries.
This would have one conclusion, one countries losing patience and riperino world.
The solution to aggression nowadays is NOT more aggression. Wars that can be prevented must be prevented. War is the breeding ground for radicalism
@B Babbich Then that means that the USA's play paid off.
@B Babbich Proxy wars will always be there but I agree, I can't see another world war happening soon.
@B Babbich I Agree. China is winning the economic war at the moment. It is evident with the current HK crisis and how western media can't openly criticize it on official forums and public televisions. Not to mention the WHO and China controversy.
I've done so much research to try and figure out the cuban missile crisis and this is the first video that actually explained it so Thank You!!
This probably the first American video that actually states the fact the USA withdraws missiles from Turkey and vice versa for Soviet Union. Wow
You forgot about the fact that 2 letters were sent and that the US ignored the second one which was calling for more demands and just carried agreed to the first one. The second one was (probably) written by khrushchev’s advisors who didn’t like the fact that the missiles in Turkey were agreed to be removed in secret meaning that the world would see it as Russia losing to the US.
I'm obsessed with this series. I just discovered it and I've been watching one after the other. 👍🏼
Love these videos! Wouldn't be upset you you dropped them more frequently.
USA: has armed missiles ready in turkey, No big deal
USSR: Places on missiles on Cuba
USA: *END OF THE WORLD*
@B Babbich USA and defendive stance are two words that don't belong in the same sentence.
Our nukes were for defense
We are taught in schools that this incident at Cuba was the beginning of the end of Cold War
I remember a 3 mark question being asked in exam on this and I had scored really well in the entire exam
Love this series. Keep up the greatwork.
Love these Darkroom episodes 🖤
"The Soviet Union was notoriously secretive"...
Soviet Union just rolls missiles down the street.
This looks kinda familiar. Idk.
USA invades Cuba to overthrow government loyal to Russians because they are afraid that USSR might use it as Russian nuclear missile base, and that’s too close to their borders - 1962
Russia invades Ukraine to overthrow government loyal to USA because they are afraid that NATO might use it as American nuclear missile base, and that’s too close to their borders - 2022
so your saying russia isnt doing anything wrong? also america wasnt commiting war crimes and nato isnt trying to use Ukraine to hold nukes. European countries like the uk,france,germany and many more would disapprove if Ukraine was to have nukes
@@topher7716 US wasnt commiting war crimes? A) They never invaded Cuba because USSR backed down B) US is known for its war crimes in Middle East.
There was no civilian casualities.
Big difference.
Besides, eventually The Soviets took their nuclear missiles home from Cuba.
@@JiTiAr35 actually the Russians have took at least 2 americans hostage please don’t believe what putin is saying you don’t have to listen to the united states but at least listen to the uk or something even a Switzerland a neutral country sides with Ukraine
Exceptional video. Looking forward for more.
The U2 was indeed an extremely important part of the US spying campaign, but the British also had an excellent aircraft in the English Electric Canberra, which was originally designed to carry an atom bomb and to fly at extreme heights, the surveillance version, with a 2 man crew, carried out many missions without getting shot down! This aircraft was also built under licence in the US, and attained the World Alltitude record for the RAF, at just over 70,000 feet!
It was technically the US putting missiles in Turkey that started the whole thing.
Yep. Just as it was technically NATO's choice not to refuse Ukraine's request to join the "club" which started the war we're witnessing right now :/
True
@@gustavobomfim7313 True.
You need to state that missiles are stationed in reach of moscow earlier in the video
by NATO not america
Awesomely presented!!!! Damn you’re good!👍👍
this did not age well.
yeah, it's the same thing. history repeats itself. hope it's not getting worse
Proud to be an Archaeologist learning Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing from Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). 🇮🇳
So the US invaded Cuba and puts Jupiter missiles in Italy and Turkey and is then surprised that Cuba and the Soviet Union respond to the threat. So then the US starts a war with Cuba (a blockade is an act of war), Khrushchev faces down Kennedy, confident Kennedy won't start a nuclear war, and gets the Jupiter missiles removed from Europe. And you conclude Kennedy won.
Of course I would much rather have lived in Eisenhower's or Kennedy's USA than in Khrushchev's Soviet Union. I especially recognize Kennedy's role in introducing the Civil Rights Act which kicked off the 1960s rights revolution that transformed American society. However, his and Eisenhower's reckless interventions in Cuba (the Bay of Pigs invasion was first approved by Eisenhower) backfired on them, didn't they? They ended up net losers. Meanwhile, those of us who were alive at the time got to spend a week living in terror.
yes!
we must keep our moral values in place.
USA is a very well stablished democracy and the former USSR was not.
what does it means? It means that for the US start a war on URSS it needed the support of the Congress and the american people (just like in the WWII were most americans were agaisnt US move into war until Pearl harbor). That was not the same for URSS with a brutal dictatorshipment in place.
today despite all economic problems Cuba has 20000 militias in venezuela helping Maduro's brutal regime to smash its people.
No to mention the fact that commies blame the blockade for their problems but wait...communists suppose to be agaisnt free trade! how it could be the solution now if the whole life they blame free trade as the source of all evil?
they are full of bullshit..now and then. They haven't change a bit!
I love these videos!! Great content!
One of the better videos vox has published recently. Great stuff!
U.S: puts missiles close to the soviet union.
Soviet Union: puts missiles close to the US
America: "Wait, that's illegal!"
Italy and Turkey were part of NATO, as were the USA, it's different.
Cuba was a direct threat to the United States, that was the message the USSR sent them. Plus, the equipment in Italy and Turkey was completely outdated
@@pedromeneses9617 were a part of NATO. So what? Being a part of NATO makes it better?
@@pedromeneses9617 what are you trying to imply
@@pedromeneses9617 ah, so
Allies of the US holding its nukes=ok
Allies of the Ussr, though=not ok
4:05 legend says he's still shaking his finger
Well done video, I love these Darkroom series they’re doing!👍 Aces!!💯
Excellent and informative. I remember it all, along with the fear that was felt throughout the world. Kennedy and Khrushchev had the sense to talk.
Could you imagine if something this delicate happened today. Really highlights the need to have a calm, analytic, intelligent leader.
2022 and here we are
Those small tags bearing measures in meters - I am so delighted. Thank You!
Thank u mr Gino.Ur a great photographer and foto interperte.U were one of the people who saved the world
I really like these type of videos you guys do
Cuba crisis is a perfect example of US hypocrisis.
The US was willing to start a nuclear war over something what they allready did to their enemy (placing nukes close to their borders).
But the US has always two different ways of measuring. Disgusting.
The last word of your comment 🤣🤣🤣 totally loved it
That’s the real world for ya, any advantage you can get you take it. Every country had double standards anyways
@@Agent9911 only the west wants double standards I'm afraid
"feet" and "miles" are kind of unimaginable distances to me, I hope you put "meters" and "kilometers" in your newer videos too...
I see that black and white potato can capture a golf ball at the height of 40000 ft
@Tom Walsh it must be a microscopic newspaper headline
I really like these high quality informative videos.
0:18
Quarantine then vs Quarantine now
Not to forget the Soviet U-Boat that prevented nuclear strike from within its ranks.
That’s super interesting. Keep doing these types of videos !!
Why didn’t you talk about how the USA put missles in turkey first before the decided to retaliate by putting it in Cuba
I learn more things in this 5 minutes video than my entire 5 years of history class
People: “the US is a well established democracy”
Me as a Vietnamese: huh, i think i got quite an opposite idea.
I don't think you understand what a democracy is
blame the french
As a commoner, not knowing much about the past, this just shows us how advanced the reconnaissance planes in the 50s - 60s. 6k feet of image from U2 and 10k feet of image from SR71, damn thats a huge amount of land covered in a single launch. How much more today with satellites running hundreds if not thousands of kilometres per hour. Damn so cool
Loved this one. Very good.
Here's i give you ANOTHER CASE of U.S/ western EXCEPTIONALISM :
1. It is NOT Ok for moscow to place it's missile near U.S Border
2. But, it is OK for Washington to placed it's missile near russia's border (POLAND, RUMANIA)
4:52-4:56 - US missiles in Turkey and Italy...
This 4 seconds in the end of the video is soooo intresting, isnt it?
My dad was in army basic training when the Cuban missile crisis went down. The drill sergeants told their recruits that everyone who had training in their firearms will be sent to fight with a shortened basic training. My dad said everyone in his training group was shocked that they could be sent to Cuba or Europe at any moment.
This video was so interesting!! I loved every second of it
So impressed with the research ...and even the production.
When the boys’ group chat gets leaked
You guys forgot the part where Kennedy put missiles in turkey first
that was mentioned
This series is great
What russia was doing was totally fair in Cuba.
The us had missiles in Europe.
You mean USSR?
This video omits one of the key parts of the story. What was Cuba to gain from this? Cuba allowing missiles in it's country threatened the US. The US were trying to invade and overthrow Castro. But after the crisis part of the agreement was that the US would not invade Cuba again. This was a win for Castro but no one ever talks about that.
It's not convinient for them to talk about it.
But I guess the Jupiter missiles present in 🇹🇷 from USA before this incident has not been accounted for.
quite insightful!
This photo almost started a nuclear war
2.2 million people: INTERESTING
You should mention Vasili Arkhipov. He was the admiral of the Soviet Submarine fleet carrying nuclear weapons to Cuba. When American ships surrounded them, one captain was ready to launch a nuclear missile on the US, but Arkhipov refused to let him.
oh i thought it was spongebob's photo at the Christmas party
btw, another unsung hero is russian military officer *Stanislav Petrov* who became known as "the man who single-handedly saved the world from nuclear war" for his role in the 1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident.
This man literally saved our species, and i don't know if he even got any reward for it.
Omg yes !!!!!! I've been waiting for the next episode !!!!
@1:18 Yugoslavia, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungry and Czechoslovakia were under Iron Curtain also.
"Strict quarantine of all offensive military equipment..."
Gentle military equipment such as nerf launchers and sponge grenades will still be allowed, of course
Can y'all ease up on the video title changes? They're happening super frequently, and often give radically different impressions, which makes the whole video feel a bit shakier.
Two people in my neighborhood, in Maryland, were satellite image workers. Look at that image and see if anything has changed in the next image from a flyover a week later. Both worked for NSA and that was literally all you could get out of them about it.
Didn't you watch X-men: first class? They were the ones that prevented nuclear war..
Hmmmmmm but America made a nuclear base outside the USSR before the USSR made one on cuba 🤔
So the Soviets establishment of missiles in Cuba was a reaction to the US establishment of missiles in Turkey?
Sounds familiar
Btw due to miscommunication in one of the submarines there was an actual order by the captain Valentin Grigorievitch Savitsky to fire a nuclear missile into the US, but Vasili Alexandrovich Arkhipov (who was in command of the situation) didn’t do it
My dad was a soldier during the cold war in 1989 in northern Norway