13:14 You mention the April 2008 Bucharest Summit, where it was stated that Georgia and Ukraine will become future members of NATO; and Russia's negative reaction. You omit to mention the 2008 Georgian War that followed that summer - quite an important event and a foreshadowing of what might happen to Ukraine. Russia could not countenance Crimea (especially) becoming part of NATO.
@@youssefebrahim368 it was good, we can delaying world war 3 just by stop georgia to join nato Now it's no longer able to delayed If sweden and finland join It was world war 3 confirmed
@@afdalridwan3813 Sweden and Finland can choose for themselves. Russia isn't going to invade either country. They don't have the resources available and their population would not support another failed military adventure. The irony is neither Sweden nor Finland would be suddenly applying for NATO membership had Russia not provoked them! Seeing your neighbors invaded and massacred will do that.
@@MusicallyQ on 11th March 2024 Sweden will be the 32nd NATO Member. And also on monday is the Flag Ceremony so Welcome into the NATO Family Sweden. Velkomen Sverige
5:54 When De Gaulle told the Americans to leave, President Eisenhower’s response was: “oh, should we take the ones in their graves in Normandy too?” I think that one definitely caught the French off guard.
@@isabellaathenae actually now that I think of it, France saved USA 2 times as well, one time directly in the american revolution one time indirectly trough the war of Napoleon. If Napoleon never existe USA would've been a British pupet
Please say less nonsense, Iraq attacked the U.S. ally, Kuwait, it's funny when the U.S. doesn't help an ally, you criticize it, and when it helps me, you're criticizing it again.
@@rahimrahimi15 Different war. You're thinking of 1990, The first Gulf War was supported by the UN, when Iraq invaded Kuwait. That coalition did not officially involve NATO. That was a justified war. This video doesn't mention that war.
@@rahimrahimi15 That's the Gulf War. Afaik, that was uSA together with Saudi Arabia and Kuwait and maybe more. OP is referring to the "war on nuclear weapons" by the genious -Mr.- Bush Jr.
So many false informations though, it all depends on which side you choose to believe... the side that said its war-logs are classified yet post another country's war-logs "LIVE" Russia vs WEST will never know peace in our lifetime
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"From Nato to the U.N. and the E.U., the generation that lived through the first half of the 20th century knew they needed to create a new world order. An order with rules and institutions which, however imperfect, could act both as constraints on individual countries going rogue and as catalysts for co-operation for mutual benefit" --Ed Davey
on that line Nato and the U.N failed both being used as ways for a strong U.S to justify invading anyone who looks at it funny its ironic the U.S like saying rogue state but is itself largely one
Yes but they didn't know when to end it Nato has no use execpt going to war with 3rd world countries and peovoking russia And the UE is a brain dead system that is laughed down on by the rest of the world and that's crumbling down under it's own weight
2 important things I learned: 1, Bill Clinton's quote to Gorbachev "not one inch east" was referring to Germany, not NATO as a whole. 2, It's not the NATO made Putin's efforts for peace difficult, they just didn't respond. Honestly a really good video, other than Kuwait being omitted from the video, but then, it wasn't that NATO was involved, it was merely just NATO members, which Kuwait was not one of.
A bit disappointed that there was no mention of the Yugoslav-Soviet split in 1948, when Yugoslavia proclaimed itself to be non-aligned and adopted a different, more left-wing style of socialism in the coming years. It was quite a tense period, but after Stalin's death, Khruschev reconciled with Yugoslavia, which was now in okay terms with both the West and the East.
@@Pierre-Rambal_Cochet Germany is corrupt, they depend on Russian gas and oil, HEAVILY, it gives them an unfair advantage against other countries(cheap gas and oil) so thats why they blocked Ukraine NATO and EU bid. And they will keep doing it. IF anyone is responsible of Ukraine's war is Germany. Mr Scholz was even a board member on russian pertol export company. Germany is rotten
@@abuzarAQ3 I'll add 3 things to what Cochet said: 1) Finland's military equipment and command structure is much more "interoperable" with NATO forces than Ukraine (even during the Cold War, Finland relied on military equipment that was either Western, or designed to be sold to Western countries, such as certain Swedish weaponry. On the other hand, Ukraine was part of the USSR and used exclusively Soviet equipment. It takes time to transition to Western arms, or modify existing ones to work well with Western equipment - not to mention modernizing everything so it doesn't become obsolete) 2) A big part of the reason why some NATO nations didn't want Ukraine to join was because they were trying to prevent a war with Russia. Now that Ukraine (but not NATO) *has* an all-out war with Russia, which they may actually win (with NATO support - even without direct NATO intervention) the situation has changed. When this war is over, NATO nations will likely try to fast-track the entry of whatever's left of the Ukraine into the Alliance. 3) Finland hasn't been seriously considering membership quite as long as Ukraine, and has only jumped on board *after* this war started. If they had tried earlier, they likely would've been rejected for the same reasons that the Ukraine has been stalled. Finland and Sweden were rather committed to neutrality until recently. It was only in 2014 that a bare majority (or plurality - I forgot which) supported NATO membership - and that was only according to polls, not an actual vote. Because of the war, membership is much more popular in Sweden and Finland. There probably was never a time when Finland would be allowed to join and the Ukraine would not be allowed to join. It's sort of an "apples-to-oranges" comparison.
@@abuzarAQ3 I should add one more thing about why Ukrainian membership in NATO would be more offensive to Russia than Finish membership: their shared history. Finland has not been a part of Russia since the end of World War I, whereas the Ukraine has only been fully independent for 30 years. That didn't stop the Baltic states from joining NATO, which are also former members of the USSR, but the Ukrainians are also much more ethnically similar to the Russians than the Finns, Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians (especially the Finns). The Muscovite Rus actually branched off *from* the Kievan Rus during the Middle Ages, there's a sense in Russia that they're basically One People (there's even an English word that academics use to refer collectively to the Russians, Ukrainians and Belarusians - "Ruthenian") EDIT: I should add the Peter the Great was called "Emperor of *All* the Russias," by which was meant the Ruthenian countries. My understanding is that each of the czars who succeeded him, up until the Revolution inherited that title.
These videos are always well made and very instructive in pulling together a long view, even for people who already know quite a bit about the details. Every history course should start with one of these just to get the general timeline established in an engaging way.
4:20 You pointed that İstanbul is the Turkish capital but in reality, it's Ankara because in 1923, Constantinople (İstanbul) was replaced by Ankara as the Turkish capital
@PatricYEEET new york used to be the capital i doubt anyone still thinks its the capital but new york is really familiar and might make ppl belive its the capital
I love your videos because they go very thoroughly over well known events, and therefore uncover tons of details I've never heard about, for instance I have never heard of the 1948 Czech coup, Nato sending aid to Pakistan and Darfur, article 5 being triggered after 911, and Greece leaving the command structure of NATO.
You must have heard of it - the February 1948 - communist coup that established totalitarianism. The Czechia (Czechoslovakia) has ceased to be a Western country. However, what is new about the video is that Russia has called on Ukraine to be neutral (2022). That would be against the interests of Russia, which did not say that, at most in its propaganda somewhere in Moscow :)
@@DL-kc8fc I haven't heard of the czechoslovak coup beforehand. Of course I knew they were western and democratic before ww2 and were communist afterwards, but I always just assumed they had communist governments installed by the soviet union, such as in Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, etc
@@smorcrux426 Yes, Czechoslovakia was democratic before the war, and in a short episode after it. It can be said that the last democratic elections were used by the Communists as well as Hitler in pre-war Germany. By 1989, the elections were no longer free (I experienced that). The communist coup averted the Russian occupation, which did not occur until 1968. The Soviet Union feared that a democratic establishment was forming in Czechoslovakia. Under the pretext of cleansing from Western collaborators and the resistance, there was an invasion led by a Russian general, whose statue was recently removed from Prague. That is why the map of Czechoslovakia in the post-war years is in a different color - we could not be part of the Soviet military pact that attacked us. Austria was lucky in the disaster - the Soviet Union commanded it to disarm and neutrality. Austrian citizens liked the neutrality so much that they incorporated it into the constitution in the 1990s.
@M Y T H I C A L N O V A There is one translation error (1989 was already a free election), but otherwise there is nothing to explain on historical facts.
@@smorcrux426 Not exactly. Communists were popular even before the war and after the ww2 became drastically more popular. They weren't really a pupet state because a lot of conflicts actually happened between them especially in the end if Stalin era which makes it more interesting.
4:19 Here, Istanbul is shown as the capital of Turkey. But, Ankara has been the capital since 1923, as follows of the first world war, whereafter, Istanbul was not under it's control for a few months.
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@@DDramKing*It has been confirmed that Hungary parliament has approved Sweden into the alliance.* *Beside if he haven’t approved Hungary will be kicked from the alliance the end of 2024.*
This is officially my favorite channel! It's everything I ever wanted to know in history presented in a concise, geographic, bigger picture timeline view that is easy to understand and absorb. Thank you so much! Brilliant!
How come you didnt add how in 1955, before creating the warsaw pact, the USSR was rejected in their attempt to join NATO. Id say thats a pretty big part in history that has given us the world as we know it
Why would have they allowed USSR to join tho? Main threat of Europe has always been Russia/USSR, and NATO was formed because USSR was a asshat country like Russia still is. If US tried to join Warsaw Pact, I don't think USSR would have allowed that.
@@leevikaunismaa9652 tell me you dont know geopolitics without telling me you dont know anything bout geopolitics. It was Churchil who had a massive anti USSR boner and nearly started ww3. Asshat country lmfao. NATO was created before warsaw pact. If anything NATO was a direct threat to the union which made them create the warsaw pact. If the us and nato actually wanted peace ussr wouldve been included. But no, its more profitable for the military industrial complex to have an enemy
@@rageraleks I mean Russia is an asshat country, has been the main problem of europe for decades, and still is. And true not really against USSR but more against Communism, but there is nothing you can say that could make Russia/USSR look good, they have always been sh*t, always will be, just a fact of life
You mustn’t know the history behind this fact. Russia new it would get rejected, they applied for an organization who’s purpose for being created was to fight against… Russia. They wanted an excuse to make the Warsaw pact
Actually he skipped the invasion of moldova and georgia by russia, and the unofficial invasion of Dombass in 2014. Nato is all about protecting ourselves from the hordes marching from Moscow
I think this video lacks on information about: - Austria neutrality otherwise it would become like Germany - why did Ukraine and Geórgia not join NATO (while other countries like Macedonia did) - the georgia russian war
@@Sceptonic Ukraine did not have unresolved territorial disputes in 2008, that wasn't until 2014. I think that's what the OP meant. What I've heard on the matter is this: Part of NATO membership is integration. Due to how much Soviet-era equipment the Ukraine has, it was estimated that - even as late as 2020 - it would take years for Ukraine to achieve sufficient interoperability with NATO (they had been receiving significant imports and gifts of NATO weaponry ever since 2014, but it still wasn't enough; I also don't mean to say that no Soviet equipment is sufficiently interoperable, but it does need to be modified and modernized. EDIT: I should add that Finland and Sweeden are much closer to being integrated with NATO, so their membership path should be relatively quick.
It also would've been interesting to talk about what took Macedonia so long to join - there's was a dispute with Greece that was holding it up. (As for Montenegro - no NATO member objected to its entry, but they traditionally have had close ties with the Serbs, even splitting with Yugoslavia peacefully, so they perhaps felt that they didn't need to join NATO).
@@jeffbenton6183 Georgia had sort of invasion by Russia, Ukraine had a Russia puppet leader. That is why no NATO. 2014 Russia lost the puppet and grip on Ukraine, hence the invasions.
There was no NATO intervention in Iraq. He mentioned correctly that after the fall of the Saddam regime NATO deployed a training mission for the new Iraqi defense forces.
Fun Fact, literally the only reason why United Nations was able to send any sort of aid to South Korea at the time was because USSR was boycotting them. If the USSR was there, they would've vetoed and the UN wouldn't have be able to send anything to help South Korea
I mean think about it this way: NATO is a treaty which refers to Europe + North America. Which most of Europe and North America has already joined NATO. In 5-10 years, we'll see Finland, Sweden and Ukraine join NATO. Maybe followed by Georgia and Azerbaijan.
@@wisemankugelmemicus1701 Except Ukraine army (meaning NATO proxy army) has been basically destroyed and Ukraine will never be in NATO. That was basically Russia's goal which will succeed. It was never in their plan to control and conquer the entire country lol, only idiots who sniff propaganda and lies by omisson from MSM and channels like this one think that. Imagine thinking they wanted to take over a country bigger than Poland with
7:35 There is no evidence such a promise was ever even made, not even verbally. Gorbachov has been inconsistent about his claims regarding this promise. In 2014, Gorbachev said that it never happened and it was only the Russian press who made him say it as late as December 2013 in the context of the conflict in Ukraine.
The verbal treaty mentioned at 7 minutes didn’t exist. It was the US Secretary of State (not the President) who told Gorbachev that there wouldn’t be NATO military bases in East Germany. Nothing about ”extending the border eastward”.
the iron curtain did not include yugoslawia. The later was actually slightly hostile to the soviet block and had pretty open borders towards western countries and solid economic ties. Albania also also wasn't part of the soviet block though they definitly had their own little iron curtain. They had a more North Korean system and have been extremely isolated from all their neighbours. Just to give you an example, after the fall of comunism in albania I met several albanians asking me if humans really landed on the moon or where utterly baffeled when they saw a television set. Not to mention the old woman I once drove to an hospital which was so scared from driving in a car that we had to halt and help her calm down.
Materiał był super ,połączony z lekcją histori konfliktów.Do trórców mam jedno podejrzenie że komuś zależy na wywoływaniu konfliktów zbrojnych w Europie i nie tylko.Przypuszczam że Jugosławia padła takim machinacją
There is a mistake in this movie, in the part, when the movie describes fall of communism in Europe. It says that communist Poland and Warsaw pact lasted until 1991, whereas Poland became a free country in 1989.
Although the Warsaw Pact became practically defunct in 1989, it didn’t officially dissolve until March-July 1991 (with the exception of East Germany leaving in 1990, as shown in the video). In a similar way, the USSR practically ceased to exist after most of the republics declared independence following the August coup of 1991, but it wasn’t officially dissolved until December of that year.
It’s funny that I had this I politics class but forgot about the most part and after watching the video I’m way better informed than my teacher could ever achieve. Sometimes I feel like TH-cam could partially replace schools if you were taught „how to process data from TH-cam and learn from it“
Video is good even if its is lacking of some details..but really a good video. Moral of the whole (known) story: from the '90 Nato from a defensive alliance "seems" to have become an offensive alliance...
@@billysummers4985 defensive vs ussr in the 50s which made maybe sense.. as usual an enemy must be created. your comment is typical pro western without having seen a piece of the world.. of course zero wars from usa and nato , only : Serbia, Yemen, Afghanistan, Iraq,Libya, Syria, Rwanda etc etc.. please don't answer me to bring piece or similar, it does not work with me . Regards.
@@stefmen13 Ah yes, Rwanda where there was an active genocide being perpetrated by the ruling ethnic group, and where NATO famously didn't intervene despite a plurality of condemnation. Perhaps you are thinking of the United nations intervention, which was in all accounts largely ineffectual. Onto Sebia, which at the time was Yugoslavia, who were actively ethnically cleansing the indigenous Albanian people within Kosovo and with which NATO intervened to limit civilian casualties. I can go on? Also your position seems to infer that Russia (as the inheritor of the USSR) doesn't continue to prove an existential threat to their neighbours, I would tell that to both Ukraine and Georgia, oh and every European nation bordering them: they aren't joining the defensive alliance for no reason...
Overall great video. One thing is missing though. Russia has applied to join NATO multiple times (not joke) and that part of story is completely ignored in this video.
If Russia joins NATO, then it will be one NATO.. you cant loot a country that is part of you.. NATO needs partners to help break Russia to pieces and loot it! this is modern warfare.. they know if they can break Yugoslavia and other bigger countries, then they can break China and Russia too, UAE, SAUDI and others are keeping notes about these events, they are starting to sell properties in London as we speak, they know they are NEXT... first, the US will start calling them "Dictator Regime".. and it begins! it always begins with propaganda
It was just PR. You need to be a democracy with military under civilian control to join NATO. Ask Stalin and Khrushchev what they thought about these things. It’s insane that people still fall for their propaganda, 70 years later.
He avoided the truth Know how much Ukrainian military azov love's Russian speak citizens in Ukraine for 8 years, in every city Ukrainian military azov hide's behind civilians in the city's. Hiding military bases inside appartements and public buildings, just insane. See in Kyiv, have $ Billionaire Zelinskys military azov building up defence system around city, or are they hiding inside city among civilians ? Know how much Ukrainian military azov love's Russian speak citizens in Ukraine for 8 years, know who behind. If Russia stop this now, Ukrainian would keep on the genocide of Russian speak regions. They can't allow that, strange western media silent about genocide of Russian speak citizens in Ukraine since 2014. Is it justified because old leaders in US hate Russian ? They control western mainstream media 100%, not allowed journalist's be in Ukraine since US started working in Ukraine ? Think people should be doing some research on your own about Ukraine since 2013, see some education videos from US Professor John Mearsheimer. He knew what US planned in Ukraine for many years. It's professor John Mearsheimer Job to know that. Look at this from OSCE two days before Russia went in, see how many attacks $ Billionaire Zelinskys military azov have on Russian speak regions in Ukraine 22 February. Two days before Russia went in to stop this genocide, this genocide on Russian speak people in Ukraine has been going on since 2014. $ Billionaire Zelinskys military azov trying to destroying all ptz zoom cameras OCSE have set up for monitoring situation near Russian speak regions for years. But they didn't manage destroying all 200 camera's they go in those areas, video proof are already there. People can search for days and year's years back how many attacks Ukrainian military azov have had on Russian speak regions in Ukraine on OSCE site. Worst are that US training Ukrainian military azov for years, desember 2021 US helping Ukrainian military azov bomb Russian speak regions with drones. Was it training Ukrainian military azov how to use drones. Killing Russian speak Ukrainian citizens ?? Ukrainian military azov killing thousands Russian speak citizens in Ukraine since 2014. Truth are scary and insane, most scary part about this tragic scenario. Are how western governments control western mainstream media to hide genocide in Ukraine going on since 2014. Are registered proof why Russia went in, to stop genocide in Ukraine. OSCE site. www.osce.org/special-monitoring-mission-to-ukraine/512842. Do some research on your own, western media hides the truth. Truth are scary, devil's behind this tragic situation. If Russia stop this now, Ukrainian would keep on the genocide of Russian speak regions. They can't allow that, strange western media silent about genocide of Russian speak citizens in Ukraine since 2014. Is it justified because old leaders in US hate Russian ? They control western mainstream media 100%, not allowed journalist's be in Ukraine since US started working in Ukraine ? Think people should be doing some research on your own about Ukraine since 2013, see some education videos from US Professor John Mearsheimer. He knew what US planned in Ukraine for many years. It's professor John Mearsheimer Job to know that. Look at this from OSCE two days before Russia went in, see how many attacks $ Billionaire Zelinskys military azov have on Russian speak regions in Ukraine 22 February. Two days before Russia went in to stop this genocide, this genocide on Russian speak people in Ukraine has been going on since 2014. $ Billionaire Zelinskys military azov trying to destroying all ptz zoom cameras OCSE have set up for monitoring situation near Russian speak regions for years. But they didn't manage destroying all 200 camera's they go in those areas, video proof are already there. People can search for days and year's years back how many attacks Ukrainian military azov have had on Russian speak regions in Ukraine on OSCE site. Worst are that US training Ukrainian military azov for years, desember 2021 US helping Ukrainian military azov bomb Russian speak regions with drones. Was it training Ukrainian military azov how to use drones. Killing Russian speak Ukrainian citizens ?? Ukrainian military azov killing thousands Russian speak citizens in Ukraine since 2014. Truth are scary and insane, most scary part about this tragic scenario. Are how western governments control western mainstream media to hide genocide in Ukraine going on since 2014. Are registered proof why Russia went in, to stop genocide in Ukraine. OSCE site. www.osce.org/special-monitoring-mission-to-ukraine/512842. Do some research on your own, western media hides the truth. Truth are scary, devil's behind this tragic situation.....
thank you. For the longest time I have been making arguments against NATO but because of this very well done video I know understand more about the situation and understand how my previous arguments were based on ignorance.
@@hermanwooster8944 "Lost its way" how? Despite the video saying as much, NATO never invaded Iraq; only a Coalition of US allies did which had nothing to do with NATO itself for example. Frankly, in terms of morality, NATO may be one of the most moral structures on the planet.
@@stephenjenkins7971 This video omits the part where the US as part of NATO broke the UN embargo on Yugoslavia and secretly smuggled weapons and jihadists in. This was reported in _TheGuardian._ Which jihadists? The Afghan mujahedeen. A US official closely involved later said on PBS that it was actually ALQaeda. Later in Kosovo Yugoslavia was fighting the KLA, which trained in AQ camps. NATO responded by bombing Yugoslavia, often with uranium or cluster bombs and on civilian centers - hospitals, a train, radio station, a marketplace, and even China's embassy. This event changed Russia and China from neutral to hostile. Most in the West are oblivious to how big this was even though both countries continue to bring it up.
@@hermanwooster8944 You're omitting important facts here too. UN sanctions on Yugoslavia has no effect on nations that seceded from Yugoslavia, thus has no application on the likes of Croatia, Montenegro, or Kosovo for example; thus nations trading with these new countries did not break with the UN over anything. Also, the US didn't smuggle anything to these countries to begin with, or jihadists, what is this insane BS you're spouting here? The KLA has connections with jihadists, I'm sure; but they're not literal jihadists as their goal was an independent Kosovo; not the creation of Islamist principles. And it was the Bosnian Genocide and the later authoritarian actions of the Yugoslav government that forced the US to step in via bombing them to cease their actions. If stopping genocide made Russia and China hostile, then maybe that's a problem with them for being so pro-genocide. Edit: Also, this video talked about nothing in regards to that. Just admit that you're a fascist imperialist and be done with it; because you're making up a bunch of crap and unironically defending the ones committing genocide here.
That was the original purpose at the end of ww2, when the geopolitical context was way different. It has changed a lot since and Germany is well and fully integrated into Nato.
the british were also the ones who were DOWN after ww2, so dont know what the fck this pathetic lord hastings wanted lel. russia is currently down military wise and economic wise because of the sanctions and its military losses in ukraine.
@@mazin0006 But this is Wikipedia. Is the English Wiki now the mouthpiece of Russia? Found on en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hastings_Ismay,_1st_Baron_Ismay . "While Secretary General, Ismay is also credited as having been the first person to say that the purpose of NATO was "to keep the Soviet Union out, the Americans in, and the Germans down," a saying that has since become a common way to quickly describe the alliance."
Sweden and Finland, it's worth noting, are together with Switzerland known to have been among the "most neutral" countries in the world. And Sweden has remained neutral for longer than Switzerland. Only the Russian agression with the invasion of Ukraine shifted (and very strongly) the mind of the populations from neutrality towards NATO membership.
sweden and finland are not the most neutral countries in the world lol. sweden was closely tied to germany and ww2 and finland was an outright nazi ally, they only got forced neutral because they knew the soviets would kick their ass otherwise. after dissolution of the ussr finland and sweden have been way more nato aligned than switzerland
@@lordexvar1754 Not correct. Finland was _NOT_ "an ally of the Nazis". They were "brothers in arms", fighting the same enemy, not allies- German troops could do certain limited operations from Finnish territory. And Finlands field marshall Mannerheim personally insulted the Nazis leader (yes Hitler) in his open face - with no counter reaction. Sweden in WWII was _NOT_ "closely tied" with Germany. They sold iron (a lot) to Germany. And ball bearings to both the UK and Germany (so both sides). Sweden had to allow the transit of German troops to Norway (when they had control, not for invading), an aggreement they really couldn't avoid without a high risk of occupation, for 3 years. In1943 they stopped for transits.
@@Romanus_Matthaeus _"Sweden and Finland... participated in NATO _*_operations."_* Please explain, which NATO "operations"? Or do you mean NATO "exercises"? Both Finland, Russia and Sweden all participated in NATO exercises.
@Lars Ronæs - The Swedes in Iraq. News: " On 04.01.2020, Sweden suspended the mission of military instructors in Iraq. The Swedish Armed Forces suspended the work of the mission of military instructors in Iraq after the death of Iranian General Qasim Suleimani, the Expressen newspaper reports, citing a representative of the Armed Forces." . It still about participation in the NATO and US wars?
@@HuerniaBarbata No, _NOT "participation in... NATO wars."_ Those are Swedish instructors to the Iraqi military, in a *United Nations mission,* that the UN asked NATO to lead. Any largescale operation needs competent leadership with experince, NATO had that so the UN asked NATO to lead it. But it _IS_ a UN operation, not a NATO or US operation, that the Swedish instructors participate in. Besides, the Swedish had nothing to do with any "war", only with instructing the countrys national military. They are school teachers, not warriors.
Not telling the truth Know how much Ukrainian military azov love's Russian speak citizens in Ukraine for 8 years, in every city Ukrainian military azov hide's behind civilians in the city's. Hiding military bases inside appartements and public buildings, just insane. See in Kyiv, have $ Billionaire Zelinskys military azov building up defence system around city, or are they hiding inside city among civilians ? Know how much Ukrainian military azov love's Russian speak citizens in Ukraine for 8 years, know who behind. If Russia stop this now, Ukrainian would keep on the genocide of Russian speak regions. They can't allow that, strange western media silent about genocide of Russian speak citizens in Ukraine since 2014. Is it justified because old leaders in US hate Russian ? They control western mainstream media 100%, not allowed journalist's be in Ukraine since US started working in Ukraine ? Think people should be doing some research on your own about Ukraine since 2013, see some education videos from US Professor John Mearsheimer. He knew what US planned in Ukraine for many years. It's professor John Mearsheimer Job to know that. Look at this from OSCE two days before Russia went in, see how many attacks $ Billionaire Zelinskys military azov have on Russian speak regions in Ukraine 22 February. Two days before Russia went in to stop this genocide, this genocide on Russian speak people in Ukraine has been going on since 2014. $ Billionaire Zelinskys military azov trying to destroying all ptz zoom cameras OCSE have set up for monitoring situation near Russian speak regions for years. But they didn't manage destroying all 200 camera's they go in those areas, video proof are already there. People can search for days and year's years back how many attacks Ukrainian military azov have had on Russian speak regions in Ukraine on OSCE site. Worst are that US training Ukrainian military azov for years, desember 2021 US helping Ukrainian military azov bomb Russian speak regions with drones. Was it training Ukrainian military azov how to use drones. Killing Russian speak Ukrainian citizens ?? Ukrainian military azov killing thousands Russian speak citizens in Ukraine since 2014. Truth are scary and insane, most scary part about this tragic scenario. Are how western governments control western mainstream media to hide genocide in Ukraine going on since 2014. Are registered proof why Russia went in, to stop genocide in Ukraine. OSCE site. www.osce.org/special-monitoring-mission-to-ukraine/512842. Do some research on your own, western media hides the truth. Truth are scary, devil's behind this tragic situation. If Russia stop this now, Ukrainian would keep on the genocide of Russian speak regions. They can't allow that, strange western media silent about genocide of Russian speak citizens in Ukraine since 2014. Is it justified because old leaders in US hate Russian ? They control western mainstream media 100%, not allowed journalist's be in Ukraine since US started working in Ukraine ? Think people should be doing some research on your own about Ukraine since 2013, see some education videos from US Professor John Mearsheimer. He knew what US planned in Ukraine for many years. It's professor John Mearsheimer Job to know that. Look at this from OSCE two days before Russia went in, see how many attacks $ Billionaire Zelinskys military azov have on Russian speak regions in Ukraine 22 February. Two days before Russia went in to stop this genocide, this genocide on Russian speak people in Ukraine has been going on since 2014. $ Billionaire Zelinskys military azov trying to destroying all ptz zoom cameras OCSE have set up for monitoring situation near Russian speak regions for years. But they didn't manage destroying all 200 camera's they go in those areas, video proof are already there. People can search for days and year's years back how many attacks Ukrainian military azov have had on Russian speak regions in Ukraine on OSCE site. Worst are that US training Ukrainian military azov for years, desember 2021 US helping Ukrainian military azov bomb Russian speak regions with drones. Was it training Ukrainian military azov how to use drones. Killing Russian speak Ukrainian citizens ?? Ukrainian military azov killing thousands Russian speak citizens in Ukraine since 2014. Truth are scary and insane, most scary part about this tragic scenario. Are how western governments control western mainstream media to hide genocide in Ukraine going on since 2014. Are registered proof why Russia went in, to stop genocide in Ukraine. OSCE site. www.osce.org/special-monitoring-mission-to-ukraine/512842. Do some research on your own, western media hides the truth. Truth are scary, devil's behind this tragic situation.
@@andrehunter1295 I have no idea,, but I dont think Zelinsky is behind this development,, he is only an actor. Professor John Mearsheimer is one of many of the worlds intellectuals who have seen what is going on since many years back, and have tried to warn us. Sadly most people dont have the time and energy to look behind the tabloids.
@@roki5941 It's not Zelensky, because it wasn't Zelensky who decided to pronounce the fight against terrorism, and called 2 million Ukranians terrorists, after which he said "We don't negotiate with terrorists". AKA they will kill them to the last man. Happened to be a billionaire with his private television that did that. And people tell us Ukraine has no corruption. But Zelensky is just the next puppet. Unfortunately, if he is a comedian, his presidency is a sad act.
My only quibble: I would have liked an overview of the status of Austria. It's an interesting story of how they managed to avoid division by becoming a unified neutral nation. It's a shame Germany wasn't allowed to follow that path.
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Update: April 4th 2023, Finland officially joined NATO!
Wooooo 31st member!
FINALLY
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@@TaylorHamOrPorkRolls a really massive W
I know👍
13:14 You mention the April 2008 Bucharest Summit, where it was stated that Georgia and Ukraine will become future members of NATO; and Russia's negative reaction. You omit to mention the 2008 Georgian War that followed that summer - quite an important event and a foreshadowing of what might happen to Ukraine. Russia could not countenance Crimea (especially) becoming part of NATO.
yes you are right
@@jyothireddy4246 NATO couldn’t supply Georgia
@@youssefebrahim368 Turkey's only gonna oppose it, since they were nato member too
Which are good move
@@youssefebrahim368 it was good, we can delaying world war 3 just by stop georgia to join nato
Now it's no longer able to delayed
If sweden and finland join
It was world war 3 confirmed
@@afdalridwan3813 Sweden and Finland can choose for themselves. Russia isn't going to invade either country. They don't have the resources available and their population would not support another failed military adventure. The irony is neither Sweden nor Finland would be suddenly applying for NATO membership had Russia not provoked them! Seeing your neighbors invaded and massacred will do that.
Update 2024: Sweden joins NATO as the 32nd member
The Hungarian Parliament voted yes, but Hungary has not given final approval on 28.2.
@@DDramKing *They have approved Swedish application to be part of the alliance it’s over.*
@@DDramKing The flag ceremony will be either this week or next week
@@docuziulian8892 *It says somewhere in March.*
@@MusicallyQ on 11th March 2024 Sweden will be the 32nd NATO Member. And also on monday is the Flag Ceremony so Welcome into the NATO Family Sweden. Velkomen Sverige
Truly beautiful how many actually good channels still exist on youtube 😁
Agreed
Right
Any other good recommendation? HistoryMarche is so good!
@@SpicySalamander04 General Knowledge is awesome :), HistoryMarche is also great
@@SpicySalamander04 oversimplified and history matters
5:54
When De Gaulle told the Americans to leave, President Eisenhower’s response was: “oh, should we take the ones in their graves in Normandy too?” I think that one definitely caught the French off guard.
About time someone humbled the French (besides the Germans)
@@siyacer there would be no USA without France tho, so calm your horses
@@su1t0n11 there would be no France without the U.S… Twice owo
@@isabellaathenae actually now that I think of it, France saved USA 2 times as well, one time directly in the american revolution one time indirectly trough the war of Napoleon. If Napoleon never existe USA would've been a British pupet
@@su1t0n11 And there would be no free France without the USA, point is?
Why is it so interesting learning something that I already know everything about?
presentation quality?!
Because you're Lazy
because of the reason why you already know about it in the first place
Of course you did 😏
It never hurts to learn more /xtra details /see if you missed something.
I wish history lessons in school were presented this way. Very profession and easy to follow.
@@Tbot_2 Well, maybe the video could be a supplement to delving into specifics.
@@Tbot_2 out of all the languages you chose to speak, you chose to speak facts
Yes omg Fr
@IceGamerification it's a rough language that everyone seems to be afraid of these days
I think you missed out how half of NATO was incredibly opposed to the Iraq war it was a mostly unilateral action on the part of the UK and USA
Please say less nonsense, Iraq attacked the U.S. ally, Kuwait, it's funny when the U.S. doesn't help an ally, you criticize it, and when it helps me, you're criticizing it again.
@@rahimrahimi15 that’s the first war tho.
@@rahimrahimi15 Different war. You're thinking of 1990, The first Gulf War was supported by the UN, when Iraq invaded Kuwait. That coalition did not officially involve NATO. That was a justified war.
This video doesn't mention that war.
@@rahimrahimi15 That's the Gulf War.
Afaik, that was uSA together with Saudi Arabia and Kuwait and maybe more.
OP is referring to the "war on nuclear weapons" by the genious -Mr.- Bush Jr.
@@rahimrahimi15 dummy
So easy to follow, very entertaining, good work!!
So many false informations though, it all depends on which side you choose to believe... the side that said its war-logs are classified yet post another country's war-logs "LIVE"
Russia vs WEST will never know peace in our lifetime
@M Y T H I C A L N O V A Wikileaks
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Lies again? Cold Storage 1%Solved 99%Me
"From Nato to the U.N. and the E.U., the generation that lived through the first half of the 20th century knew they needed to create a new world order. An order with rules and institutions which, however imperfect, could act both as constraints on individual countries going rogue and as catalysts for co-operation for mutual benefit"
--Ed Davey
on that line Nato and the U.N failed
both being used as ways for a strong U.S to justify invading anyone who looks at it funny
its ironic the U.S like saying rogue state but is itself largely one
Yes but they didn't know when to end it
Nato has no use execpt going to war with 3rd world countries and peovoking russia
And the UE is a brain dead system that is laughed down on by the rest of the world and that's crumbling down under it's own weight
It's mostly a lie especially after the cold war, now it is just for promoting Americanism
Unfortunatly we were not able to take away greed.
yet nato were the aggressors who bombed innocent countries and people
2 important things I learned:
1, Bill Clinton's quote to Gorbachev "not one inch east" was referring to Germany, not NATO as a whole.
2, It's not the NATO made Putin's efforts for peace difficult, they just didn't respond.
Honestly a really good video, other than Kuwait being omitted from the video, but then, it wasn't that NATO was involved, it was merely just NATO members, which Kuwait was not one of.
A bit disappointed that there was no mention of the Yugoslav-Soviet split in 1948, when Yugoslavia proclaimed itself to be non-aligned and adopted a different, more left-wing style of socialism in the coming years. It was quite a tense period, but after Stalin's death, Khruschev reconciled with Yugoslavia, which was now in okay terms with both the West and the East.
Man, the video is already 15mins long. They don't have to mention everything. Besides isn't this the reason Yugoslavia is not colored red in the map?
Montenegro also not mentioned.
But whatever, this was more focused on NATO. And USSR/Russia
It's a vid about NATO
@@LiveYourLifeWithJoy ..montenegrans are serbs and they were yugos
@@bruhmcchaddeus413 they're have a different nationality now, don't they?
I meant that their independence wasn't mentioned
13:17, Russian prevented Georgia to join NATO by invading whereas Germany blocked Ukraine to be in NATO.
screw you german government, that was a HUGE mistake
but why did Germany blocked Ukraine?
but can finland be allowed and not Ukraine?
@@Pierre-Rambal_Cochet Germany is corrupt, they depend on Russian gas and oil, HEAVILY, it gives them an unfair advantage against other countries(cheap gas and oil) so thats why they blocked Ukraine NATO and EU bid. And they will keep doing it. IF anyone is responsible of Ukraine's war is Germany. Mr Scholz was even a board member on russian pertol export company. Germany is rotten
@@abuzarAQ3 I'll add 3 things to what Cochet said:
1) Finland's military equipment and command structure is much more "interoperable" with NATO forces than Ukraine (even during the Cold War, Finland relied on military equipment that was either Western, or designed to be sold to Western countries, such as certain Swedish weaponry. On the other hand, Ukraine was part of the USSR and used exclusively Soviet equipment. It takes time to transition to Western arms, or modify existing ones to work well with Western equipment - not to mention modernizing everything so it doesn't become obsolete)
2) A big part of the reason why some NATO nations didn't want Ukraine to join was because they were trying to prevent a war with Russia. Now that Ukraine (but not NATO) *has* an all-out war with Russia, which they may actually win (with NATO support - even without direct NATO intervention) the situation has changed. When this war is over, NATO nations will likely try to fast-track the entry of whatever's left of the Ukraine into the Alliance.
3) Finland hasn't been seriously considering membership quite as long as Ukraine, and has only jumped on board *after* this war started. If they had tried earlier, they likely would've been rejected for the same reasons that the Ukraine has been stalled. Finland and Sweden were rather committed to neutrality until recently. It was only in 2014 that a bare majority (or plurality - I forgot which) supported NATO membership - and that was only according to polls, not an actual vote. Because of the war, membership is much more popular in Sweden and Finland. There probably was never a time when Finland would be allowed to join and the Ukraine would not be allowed to join. It's sort of an "apples-to-oranges" comparison.
@@abuzarAQ3 I should add one more thing about why Ukrainian membership in NATO would be more offensive to Russia than Finish membership: their shared history. Finland has not been a part of Russia since the end of World War I, whereas the Ukraine has only been fully independent for 30 years. That didn't stop the Baltic states from joining NATO, which are also former members of the USSR, but the Ukrainians are also much more ethnically similar to the Russians than the Finns, Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians (especially the Finns). The Muscovite Rus actually branched off *from* the Kievan Rus during the Middle Ages, there's a sense in Russia that they're basically One People (there's even an English word that academics use to refer collectively to the Russians, Ukrainians and Belarusians - "Ruthenian")
EDIT: I should add the Peter the Great was called "Emperor of *All* the Russias," by which was meant the Ruthenian countries. My understanding is that each of the czars who succeeded him, up until the Revolution inherited that title.
This is one of the best summaries that have ever been posted on TH-cam. Good job.
hmmm
These videos are always well made and very instructive in pulling together a long view, even for people who already know quite a bit about the details. Every history course should start with one of these just to get the general timeline established in an engaging way.
4:20 You pointed that İstanbul is the Turkish capital but in reality, it's Ankara because in 1923, Constantinople (İstanbul) was replaced by Ankara as the Turkish capital
And Ankaraj is the capital of Alaska, except they spell it Anchorage.
Yeah like people also think Lagos is the capital of Nigeria when the capital is Abuja
“Actually, the capitol is Ankara” 🤓
@PatricYEEET new york used to be the capital i doubt anyone still thinks its the capital but new york is really familiar and might make ppl belive its the capital
@@scintillam_dei Juneau is
I love your videos because they go very thoroughly over well known events, and therefore uncover tons of details I've never heard about, for instance I have never heard of the 1948 Czech coup, Nato sending aid to Pakistan and Darfur, article 5 being triggered after 911, and Greece leaving the command structure of NATO.
You must have heard of it - the February 1948 - communist coup that established totalitarianism. The Czechia (Czechoslovakia) has ceased to be a Western country. However, what is new about the video is that Russia has called on Ukraine to be neutral (2022). That would be against the interests of Russia, which did not say that, at most in its propaganda somewhere in Moscow :)
@@DL-kc8fc I haven't heard of the czechoslovak coup beforehand. Of course I knew they were western and democratic before ww2 and were communist afterwards, but I always just assumed they had communist governments installed by the soviet union, such as in Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, etc
@@smorcrux426 Yes, Czechoslovakia was democratic before the war, and in a short episode after it. It can be said that the last democratic elections were used by the Communists as well as Hitler in pre-war Germany. By 1989, the elections were no longer free (I experienced that). The communist coup averted the Russian occupation, which did not occur until 1968. The Soviet Union feared that a democratic establishment was forming in Czechoslovakia. Under the pretext of cleansing from Western collaborators and the resistance, there was an invasion led by a Russian general, whose statue was recently removed from Prague. That is why the map of Czechoslovakia in the post-war years is in a different color - we could not be part of the Soviet military pact that attacked us. Austria was lucky in the disaster - the Soviet Union commanded it to disarm and neutrality. Austrian citizens liked the neutrality so much that they incorporated it into the constitution in the 1990s.
@M Y T H I C A L N O V A There is one translation error (1989 was already a free election), but otherwise there is nothing to explain on historical facts.
@@smorcrux426 Not exactly. Communists were popular even before the war and after the ww2 became drastically more popular. They weren't really a pupet state because a lot of conflicts actually happened between them especially in the end if Stalin era which makes it more interesting.
4:19 Here, Istanbul is shown as the capital of Turkey. But, Ankara has been the capital since 1923, as follows of the first world war, whereafter, Istanbul was not under it's control for a few months.
Great video, It couldn't be better. Thank you!
This was immensely enjoyable, we need more.
No NATO = No War 🌎🙏
@@maratbiden2908
NO IDIOTS LIKE YOU = NO WAR
@@maratbiden2908 NATO = No War
Shut up ruzzian
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I play clash of clans, not clash royale. Still, Hog riders are good.
HOG RIDAH!!!!!!!!
Is he in NATO though?
Need a lot more from u geo history love these💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿
Update: February 26th 2024, Hungary (last of 31 countries) has officially agreed on Sweden joining NATO!
The Hungarian Parliament voted yes, but Hungary has not given final approval on 28.2.
@@DDramKing*It has been confirmed that Hungary parliament has approved Sweden into the alliance.*
*Beside if he haven’t approved Hungary will be kicked from the alliance the end of 2024.*
@@DDramKing*They have approved Swedish application to be part of the alliance it’s over.*
This is officially my favorite channel! It's everything I ever wanted to know in history presented in a concise, geographic, bigger picture timeline view that is easy to understand and absorb. Thank you so much! Brilliant!
Oops sorry I was looking for a video.
Nothing like watching History at 3 AM dont you think??
How come you didnt add how in 1955, before creating the warsaw pact, the USSR was rejected in their attempt to join NATO. Id say thats a pretty big part in history that has given us the world as we know it
Why would have they allowed USSR to join tho? Main threat of Europe has always been Russia/USSR, and NATO was formed because USSR was a asshat country like Russia still is. If US tried to join Warsaw Pact, I don't think USSR would have allowed that.
@@leevikaunismaa9652 Because if they joined they would not be a threat would they bright spark, they would be an ally
@@leevikaunismaa9652 tell me you dont know geopolitics without telling me you dont know anything bout geopolitics. It was Churchil who had a massive anti USSR boner and nearly started ww3. Asshat country lmfao. NATO was created before warsaw pact. If anything NATO was a direct threat to the union which made them create the warsaw pact. If the us and nato actually wanted peace ussr wouldve been included. But no, its more profitable for the military industrial complex to have an enemy
@@rageraleks I mean Russia is an asshat country, has been the main problem of europe for decades, and still is. And true not really against USSR but more against Communism, but there is nothing you can say that could make Russia/USSR look good, they have always been sh*t, always will be, just a fact of life
You mustn’t know the history behind this fact. Russia new it would get rejected, they applied for an organization who’s purpose for being created was to fight against… Russia. They wanted an excuse to make the Warsaw pact
Wow! I just learned 40 years of history in 15 mins.
That's because you weren't sidetracked by flicking your boogers at the kid in front of you.
Very well described. A good analysis of Nato and Russia tensions.
Actually he skipped the invasion of moldova and georgia by russia, and the unofficial invasion of Dombass in 2014.
Nato is all about protecting ourselves from the hordes marching from Moscow
@@apokkalyps6Moldova was not a invasion a civill war
@@jackhardy3905 the muscovite horde placed their rotten feet in moldovan territory. It was and still is an ongoing illegal occupation.
I think this video lacks on information about:
- Austria neutrality otherwise it would become like Germany
- why did Ukraine and Geórgia not join NATO (while other countries like Macedonia did)
- the georgia russian war
Ukraine and Georgia can not join NATO because they have unresolved territorial disputes. Same goes with Moldova
@@Sceptonic Russian-occupied territories to be specific
@@Sceptonic Ukraine did not have unresolved territorial disputes in 2008, that wasn't until 2014. I think that's what the OP meant.
What I've heard on the matter is this: Part of NATO membership is integration. Due to how much Soviet-era equipment the Ukraine has, it was estimated that - even as late as 2020 - it would take years for Ukraine to achieve sufficient interoperability with NATO (they had been receiving significant imports and gifts of NATO weaponry ever since 2014, but it still wasn't enough; I also don't mean to say that no Soviet equipment is sufficiently interoperable, but it does need to be modified and modernized.
EDIT: I should add that Finland and Sweeden are much closer to being integrated with NATO, so their membership path should be relatively quick.
It also would've been interesting to talk about what took Macedonia so long to join - there's was a dispute with Greece that was holding it up. (As for Montenegro - no NATO member objected to its entry, but they traditionally have had close ties with the Serbs, even splitting with Yugoslavia peacefully, so they perhaps felt that they didn't need to join NATO).
@@jeffbenton6183 Georgia had sort of invasion by Russia, Ukraine had a Russia puppet leader. That is why no NATO. 2014 Russia lost the puppet and grip on Ukraine, hence the invasions.
So much knowledge crammed into these videos. Brilliant 👏
this right here is quality content. I loved this video so much, I appreciate all the information that you have provided me with.
I like how they casually mentioned that NATO intervenes in Iraq without giving any explanation why :P
The government would rather have you forget about that
NATO never intervened in Iraq, that was a US-led coalition that had nothing to do with NATO.
There was no NATO intervention in Iraq. He mentioned correctly that after the fall of the Saddam regime NATO deployed a training mission for the new Iraqi defense forces.
You dont know what you are talking about, that was US not the NATO.
@@sn0wdon ironic username, replace the second O with an E.
This is a very concisely summarized story!! Super-helpful! Thanks. (from Japan)
I have a lot of respect for Japan. From Poland 🇵🇱🤝🇯🇵👍👍👍
I love how at 9:19 you can see Czechoslovakia dissolve
yes!!! its these little details that get overshadowed and tell us about geo history's dedication and attention
April 4, 2023 Finland joins NATO 🇫🇮
Fun Fact, literally the only reason why United Nations was able to send any sort of aid to South Korea at the time was because USSR was boycotting them. If the USSR was there, they would've vetoed and the UN wouldn't have be able to send anything to help South Korea
Probably one of the biggest mistakes the Stalin Administration made
When did the UN prevent Americans from starting wars? The veto did not save Belgrade in 1999
@@Solid_Snake99 When Russia talks about the genocide of Russians in the Donbas, the West laughs, it's good to have double standards, isn't it?)
@@МаксВолк-р3д because that's bullshit, maybe you meant genocide of Ukrainians, your "special military operation"
@@МаксВолк-р3д Simple, don’t place Russians in Donbass and Crimea and hold illegal referendums and you will not die.
Always a good day when geo history posts
Crazy how different another video like this could be in 5-10 years
I mean think about it this way: NATO is a treaty which refers to Europe + North America. Which most of Europe and North America has already joined NATO. In 5-10 years, we'll see Finland, Sweden and Ukraine join NATO. Maybe followed by Georgia and Azerbaijan.
Yes crazy
@@wisemankugelmemicus1701 I think WW3 would happen before that ! There is no way Russia would allow that to happen.
@@marijo202 since Russia cant even take on Ukraine their opinion is sort of irrelevant
@@wisemankugelmemicus1701 Except Ukraine army (meaning NATO proxy army) has been basically destroyed and Ukraine will never be in NATO. That was basically Russia's goal which will succeed. It was never in their plan to control and conquer the entire country lol, only idiots who sniff propaganda and lies by omisson from MSM and channels like this one think that. Imagine thinking they wanted to take over a country bigger than Poland with
7:35 There is no evidence such a promise was ever even made, not even verbally.
Gorbachov has been inconsistent about his claims regarding this promise. In 2014, Gorbachev said that it never happened and it was only the Russian press who made him say it as late as December 2013 in the context of the conflict in Ukraine.
First time I've ever seen a history video that I'm currently loving through.
i highly recommend you to watch "oversimplified". It´s a completely different style, but it´s pretty funny
This is a great and amazing video by Geo history really great way to give this info in a easy to understand the whole complex topic
So informative and entertaining! Love the background music
The verbal treaty mentioned at 7 minutes didn’t exist. It was the US Secretary of State (not the President) who told Gorbachev that there wouldn’t be NATO military bases in East Germany. Nothing about ”extending the border eastward”.
the iron curtain did not include yugoslawia. The later was actually slightly hostile to the soviet block and had pretty open borders towards western countries and solid economic ties.
Albania also also wasn't part of the soviet block though they definitly had their own little iron curtain. They had a more North Korean system and have been extremely isolated from all their neighbours. Just to give you an example, after the fall of comunism in albania I met several albanians asking me if humans really landed on the moon or where utterly baffeled when they saw a television set. Not to mention the old woman I once drove to an hospital which was so scared from driving in a car that we had to halt and help her calm down.
I should be studing for my tests but these top class videos are amazing!!
geo history videos made me to love learning history
"On April 4th, 2023, Finland, after having settled its complications with other NATO members, officially joins the alliance."
Ive been waiting for this
Best voice over so far. Overall amazing sound design
Very interesting. I'm personally involved in the ukraine incident. Always good to get a wider perspective on history.
I’m from UK and I hate Ukraine
Smoked a fat one before this.... mind has been blown, incredible watch.
Materiał był super ,połączony z lekcją histori konfliktów.Do trórców mam jedno podejrzenie że komuś zależy na wywoływaniu konfliktów zbrojnych w Europie i nie tylko.Przypuszczam że Jugosławia padła takim machinacją
As of April 4th, 2023. Finland has became a member of nato.
There is a mistake in this movie, in the part, when the movie describes fall of communism in Europe. It says that communist Poland and Warsaw pact lasted until 1991, whereas Poland became a free country in 1989.
Although the Warsaw Pact became practically defunct in 1989, it didn’t officially dissolve until March-July 1991 (with the exception of East Germany leaving in 1990, as shown in the video).
In a similar way, the USSR practically ceased to exist after most of the republics declared independence following the August coup of 1991, but it wasn’t officially dissolved until December of that year.
It’s funny that I had this I politics class but forgot about the most part and after watching the video I’m way better informed than my teacher could ever achieve. Sometimes I feel like TH-cam could partially replace schools if you were taught „how to process data from TH-cam and learn from it“
This video actually paints the Ukrainian civil war and Russian invasian in a whole new light. Suddenly it all, earily, makes much more sense....
Yes. And reverse the colours and it makes even more sense. When people are not talking, bad things usually happen.
Thank you so much , That was incredibly helpful
Just wow ! Amazing content. Thanks
Wow this was excellent, just enough deatil but not too much to make it overwhelming. Thank you!
Great video!
I think however, it would be greatly beneficial if you included your sources in the description. Thank you!
there is google and enogh other sources. That what hes saying in this video isbasically common sense and knowledge since a long time
Video is good even if its is lacking of some details..but really a good video. Moral of the whole (known) story: from the '90 Nato from a defensive alliance "seems" to have become an offensive alliance...
Unfortunately it's not an alliance anymore. It is a burden. An obligation to follow "big bro" and do whatever he says, even if we get hurt.
@@Bullshlaha indeed, I agree with you. Only few countries would be able to leave this chain, like France once did it, but all the rest no way...
An offensive alliance that, to this day, has never started a war? Aight
@@billysummers4985 defensive vs ussr in the 50s which made maybe sense.. as usual an enemy must be created. your comment is typical pro western without having seen a piece of the world.. of course zero wars from usa and nato , only : Serbia, Yemen, Afghanistan, Iraq,Libya, Syria, Rwanda etc etc.. please don't answer me to bring piece or similar, it does not work with me . Regards.
@@stefmen13 Ah yes, Rwanda where there was an active genocide being perpetrated by the ruling ethnic group, and where NATO famously didn't intervene despite a plurality of condemnation. Perhaps you are thinking of the United nations intervention, which was in all accounts largely ineffectual. Onto Sebia, which at the time was Yugoslavia, who were actively ethnically cleansing the indigenous Albanian people within Kosovo and with which NATO intervened to limit civilian casualties. I can go on? Also your position seems to infer that Russia (as the inheritor of the USSR) doesn't continue to prove an existential threat to their neighbours, I would tell that to both Ukraine and Georgia, oh and every European nation bordering them: they aren't joining the defensive alliance for no reason...
What a... Good job man 👍 This is a very great summary of the world events
Outstanding narrative. Thanks
Overall great video. One thing is missing though.
Russia has applied to join NATO multiple times (not joke) and that part of story is completely ignored in this video.
The USSR applied, not Russia
@pondblank pondblank your mom isn't relevant
If Russia joins NATO, then it will be one NATO.. you cant loot a country that is part of you.. NATO needs partners to help break Russia to pieces and loot it! this is modern warfare.. they know if they can break Yugoslavia and other bigger countries, then they can break China and Russia too, UAE, SAUDI and others are keeping notes about these events, they are starting to sell properties in London as we speak, they know they are NEXT... first, the US will start calling them "Dictator Regime".. and it begins! it always begins with propaganda
@@Alex-iu9hf Russia is the legal successor of the USSR. Russia even paid off its Second World War lend-lease debts up until 2006.
@pondblank pondblank It is in fact very relevant.
1:26
The iron curtain doesnt include technically yugoslavia at ussr side
Good video, you should do one for the Warsaw Pact and CSTO as well. Cheers
CSTO 🤣🤣🤣
Thank you for adding the Korean War! My great grandpa was in the war I love it when people mention it because it was a big part of history
Where are u from
AYE! Maybe your Great Grandpa & my Grandpa fought together
And with that, you gained a new subscriber. Well done!
Make that two new subscribers. Awesome content! ✌🏽
Happy Memorial Day my fellow Americans. POWs never forgotten...
Seeing how you treat your veterans is truly appalling.
@@overlord4404 What? It's appalling we treat them better than like most of the planet?
Sad that ou didn't include that the U.S.S.R wanted to join N.A.T.O.
It was just PR. You need to be a democracy with military under civilian control to join NATO. Ask Stalin and Khrushchev what they thought about these things. It’s insane that people still fall for their propaganda, 70 years later.
biggest mistake from the west I can think of
This video is going to need an update since Finland is now part of NATO.
Great job! Very informative.
He avoided the truth
Know how much Ukrainian military azov love's Russian speak citizens in Ukraine for 8 years, in every city Ukrainian military azov hide's behind civilians in the city's.
Hiding military bases inside appartements and public buildings, just insane.
See in Kyiv, have $ Billionaire Zelinskys military azov building up defence system around city, or are they hiding inside city among civilians ?
Know how much Ukrainian military azov love's Russian speak citizens in Ukraine for 8 years, know who behind.
If Russia stop this now, Ukrainian would keep on the genocide of Russian speak regions.
They can't allow that, strange western media silent about genocide of Russian speak citizens in Ukraine since 2014.
Is it justified because old leaders in US hate Russian ? They control western mainstream media 100%, not allowed journalist's be in Ukraine since US started working in Ukraine ?
Think people should be doing some research on your own about Ukraine since 2013, see some education videos from US Professor John Mearsheimer.
He knew what US planned in Ukraine for many years.
It's professor John Mearsheimer Job to know that.
Look at this from OSCE two days before Russia went in, see how many attacks $ Billionaire Zelinskys military azov have on Russian speak regions in Ukraine 22 February.
Two days before Russia went in to stop this genocide, this genocide on Russian speak people in Ukraine has been going on since 2014.
$ Billionaire Zelinskys military azov trying to destroying all ptz zoom cameras OCSE have set up for monitoring situation near Russian speak regions for years. But they didn't manage destroying all 200 camera's they go in those areas, video proof are already there.
People can search for days and year's years back how many attacks Ukrainian military azov have had on Russian speak regions in Ukraine on OSCE site.
Worst are that US training Ukrainian military azov for years, desember 2021 US helping Ukrainian military azov bomb Russian speak regions with drones.
Was it training Ukrainian military azov how to use drones. Killing Russian speak Ukrainian citizens ??
Ukrainian military azov killing thousands Russian speak citizens in Ukraine since 2014.
Truth are scary and insane, most scary part about this tragic scenario. Are how western governments control western mainstream media to hide genocide in Ukraine going on since 2014.
Are registered proof why Russia went in, to stop genocide in Ukraine.
OSCE site.
www.osce.org/special-monitoring-mission-to-ukraine/512842. Do some research on your own, western media hides the truth. Truth are scary, devil's behind this tragic situation.
If Russia stop this now, Ukrainian would keep on the genocide of Russian speak regions.
They can't allow that, strange western media silent about genocide of Russian speak citizens in Ukraine since 2014.
Is it justified because old leaders in US hate Russian ? They control western mainstream media 100%, not allowed journalist's be in Ukraine since US started working in Ukraine ?
Think people should be doing some research on your own about Ukraine since 2013, see some education videos from US Professor John Mearsheimer.
He knew what US planned in Ukraine for many years.
It's professor John Mearsheimer Job to know that.
Look at this from OSCE two days before Russia went in, see how many attacks $ Billionaire Zelinskys military azov have on Russian speak regions in Ukraine 22 February.
Two days before Russia went in to stop this genocide, this genocide on Russian speak people in Ukraine has been going on since 2014.
$ Billionaire Zelinskys military azov trying to destroying all ptz zoom cameras OCSE have set up for monitoring situation near Russian speak regions for years. But they didn't manage destroying all 200 camera's they go in those areas, video proof are already there.
People can search for days and year's years back how many attacks Ukrainian military azov have had on Russian speak regions in Ukraine on OSCE site.
Worst are that US training Ukrainian military azov for years, desember 2021 US helping Ukrainian military azov bomb Russian speak regions with drones.
Was it training Ukrainian military azov how to use drones. Killing Russian speak Ukrainian citizens ??
Ukrainian military azov killing thousands Russian speak citizens in Ukraine since 2014.
Truth are scary and insane, most scary part about this tragic scenario. Are how western governments control western mainstream media to hide genocide in Ukraine going on since 2014.
Are registered proof why Russia went in, to stop genocide in Ukraine.
OSCE site.
www.osce.org/special-monitoring-mission-to-ukraine/512842. Do some research on your own, western media hides the truth. Truth are scary, devil's behind this tragic situation.....
@@andrehunter1295 Kremlin bot. Reported.
@@averagegeek3957 Biden bot. Reported.
@@andrehunter1295 RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA SPOTTED
Love how Switzerland is still standing,
*Switzerland-flagged countryball with a bag of popcorn*
Beautiful country, shrewd foreign policy
Switzerland broke its neutrality, I think
@@gabbylee4062 to condemn Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. It didn't do anything else though.
@Gameflyer001 True
Awesome video. Learned a few things. Thanks!
Finland joined so you are going to update this?
Fantastic video but at 4:00 Italy was a Republic by then and you used the Kingdom of Italy's flag. Other than that very informative video👌
thank you. For the longest time I have been making arguments against NATO but because of this very well done video I know understand more about the situation and understand how my previous arguments were based on ignorance.
So you're pro-NATO now? I guess that explains the Galactic Empire profile pic
That's ironic because watching this video confirmed my views on NATO as an organization that lost its way.
@@hermanwooster8944 "Lost its way" how? Despite the video saying as much, NATO never invaded Iraq; only a Coalition of US allies did which had nothing to do with NATO itself for example. Frankly, in terms of morality, NATO may be one of the most moral structures on the planet.
@@stephenjenkins7971 This video omits the part where the US as part of NATO broke the UN embargo on Yugoslavia and secretly smuggled weapons and jihadists in. This was reported in _TheGuardian._ Which jihadists? The Afghan mujahedeen. A US official closely involved later said on PBS that it was actually ALQaeda.
Later in Kosovo Yugoslavia was fighting the KLA, which trained in AQ camps. NATO responded by bombing Yugoslavia, often with uranium or cluster bombs and on civilian centers - hospitals, a train, radio station, a marketplace, and even China's embassy. This event changed Russia and China from neutral to hostile. Most in the West are oblivious to how big this was even though both countries continue to bring it up.
@@hermanwooster8944 You're omitting important facts here too. UN sanctions on Yugoslavia has no effect on nations that seceded from Yugoslavia, thus has no application on the likes of Croatia, Montenegro, or Kosovo for example; thus nations trading with these new countries did not break with the UN over anything.
Also, the US didn't smuggle anything to these countries to begin with, or jihadists, what is this insane BS you're spouting here?
The KLA has connections with jihadists, I'm sure; but they're not literal jihadists as their goal was an independent Kosovo; not the creation of Islamist principles. And it was the Bosnian Genocide and the later authoritarian actions of the Yugoslav government that forced the US to step in via bombing them to cease their actions.
If stopping genocide made Russia and China hostile, then maybe that's a problem with them for being so pro-genocide.
Edit: Also, this video talked about nothing in regards to that. Just admit that you're a fascist imperialist and be done with it; because you're making up a bunch of crap and unironically defending the ones committing genocide here.
UPDATE:
Finland joined NATO as a 31st member state in 2023. 🇫🇮
As of a few days ago, Finland's application has been approved by all member states.
Might need to update it now :/
The purpose of NATO:
"...keep the Russians out,
The Americans in, and
The Germans down."
- Lord Hastings Ismay, 1st Secretary General of NATO
That was the original purpose at the end of ww2, when the geopolitical context was way different. It has changed a lot since and Germany is well and fully integrated into Nato.
Lmao Russian propaganda
the british were also the ones who were DOWN after ww2, so dont know what the fck this pathetic lord hastings wanted lel. russia is currently down military wise and economic wise because of the sanctions and its military losses in ukraine.
@@mazin0006 But this is Wikipedia. Is the English Wiki now the mouthpiece of Russia? Found on
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hastings_Ismay,_1st_Baron_Ismay
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"While Secretary General, Ismay is also credited as having been the first person to say that the purpose of NATO was "to keep the Soviet Union out, the Americans in, and the Germans down," a saying that has since become a common way to quickly describe the alliance."
Yes it's better the Germans and the russians always starts war.
That was an interesting and well put together video 👍
Thank you for your all videos
Very informative and entertaining! Thank you.
hardest background music ever heard on TH-cam
40 years without ever having to engage in combat. That is a funny statement XD
If the video was published some month later he could incule Finland, it’s a little sad that the video is incomplete
9:59 Where are the sanctions against the United States and NATO countries for the invasion of Yugoslavia and the bombing of peaceful cities?
They were protecting the independence movement in Kosovo because there were war crimes being committed by yugoslavia.
2023 April 4 - Finland officially joins NATO
This was very well made.
Update July 15th during the Lithuanian NATO summit, Sweden is being accepted into NATO.
Sweden and Finland, it's worth noting, are together with Switzerland known to have been among the "most neutral" countries in the world. And Sweden has remained neutral for longer than Switzerland. Only the Russian agression with the invasion of Ukraine shifted (and very strongly) the mind of the populations from neutrality towards NATO membership.
sweden and finland are not the most neutral countries in the world lol. sweden was closely tied to germany and ww2 and finland was an outright nazi ally, they only got forced neutral because they knew the soviets would kick their ass otherwise. after dissolution of the ussr finland and sweden have been way more nato aligned than switzerland
@@lordexvar1754 Not correct.
Finland was _NOT_ "an ally of the Nazis". They were "brothers in arms", fighting the same enemy, not allies- German troops could do certain limited operations from Finnish territory. And Finlands field marshall Mannerheim personally insulted the Nazis leader (yes Hitler) in his open face - with no counter reaction.
Sweden in WWII was _NOT_ "closely tied" with Germany. They sold iron (a lot) to Germany. And ball bearings to both the UK and Germany (so both sides). Sweden had to allow the transit of German troops to Norway (when they had control, not for invading), an aggreement they really couldn't avoid without a high risk of occupation, for 3 years. In1943 they stopped for transits.
@@Romanus_Matthaeus _"Sweden and Finland... participated in NATO _*_operations."_* Please explain, which NATO "operations"? Or do you mean NATO "exercises"? Both Finland, Russia and Sweden all participated in NATO exercises.
@Lars Ronæs - The Swedes in Iraq. News:
" On 04.01.2020, Sweden suspended the mission of military instructors in Iraq. The Swedish Armed Forces suspended the work of the mission of military instructors in Iraq after the death of Iranian General Qasim Suleimani, the Expressen newspaper reports, citing a representative of the Armed Forces."
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It still about participation in the NATO and US wars?
@@HuerniaBarbata No, _NOT "participation in... NATO wars."_ Those are Swedish instructors to the Iraqi military, in a *United Nations mission,* that the UN asked NATO to lead.
Any largescale operation needs competent leadership with experince, NATO had that so the UN asked NATO to lead it. But it _IS_ a UN operation, not a NATO or US operation, that the Swedish instructors participate in. Besides, the Swedish had nothing to do with any "war", only with instructing the countrys national military. They are school teachers, not warriors.
This video explains more in 10 minutes than most adults learned in their entire high school career.
Well that might go for people out side of Europe. But in general,, yes people are not even interested.
Not telling the truth
Know how much Ukrainian military azov love's Russian speak citizens in Ukraine for 8 years, in every city Ukrainian military azov hide's behind civilians in the city's.
Hiding military bases inside appartements and public buildings, just insane.
See in Kyiv, have $ Billionaire Zelinskys military azov building up defence system around city, or are they hiding inside city among civilians ?
Know how much Ukrainian military azov love's Russian speak citizens in Ukraine for 8 years, know who behind.
If Russia stop this now, Ukrainian would keep on the genocide of Russian speak regions.
They can't allow that, strange western media silent about genocide of Russian speak citizens in Ukraine since 2014.
Is it justified because old leaders in US hate Russian ? They control western mainstream media 100%, not allowed journalist's be in Ukraine since US started working in Ukraine ?
Think people should be doing some research on your own about Ukraine since 2013, see some education videos from US Professor John Mearsheimer.
He knew what US planned in Ukraine for many years.
It's professor John Mearsheimer Job to know that.
Look at this from OSCE two days before Russia went in, see how many attacks $ Billionaire Zelinskys military azov have on Russian speak regions in Ukraine 22 February.
Two days before Russia went in to stop this genocide, this genocide on Russian speak people in Ukraine has been going on since 2014.
$ Billionaire Zelinskys military azov trying to destroying all ptz zoom cameras OCSE have set up for monitoring situation near Russian speak regions for years. But they didn't manage destroying all 200 camera's they go in those areas, video proof are already there.
People can search for days and year's years back how many attacks Ukrainian military azov have had on Russian speak regions in Ukraine on OSCE site.
Worst are that US training Ukrainian military azov for years, desember 2021 US helping Ukrainian military azov bomb Russian speak regions with drones.
Was it training Ukrainian military azov how to use drones. Killing Russian speak Ukrainian citizens ??
Ukrainian military azov killing thousands Russian speak citizens in Ukraine since 2014.
Truth are scary and insane, most scary part about this tragic scenario. Are how western governments control western mainstream media to hide genocide in Ukraine going on since 2014.
Are registered proof why Russia went in, to stop genocide in Ukraine.
OSCE site.
www.osce.org/special-monitoring-mission-to-ukraine/512842. Do some research on your own, western media hides the truth. Truth are scary, devil's behind this tragic situation.
If Russia stop this now, Ukrainian would keep on the genocide of Russian speak regions.
They can't allow that, strange western media silent about genocide of Russian speak citizens in Ukraine since 2014.
Is it justified because old leaders in US hate Russian ? They control western mainstream media 100%, not allowed journalist's be in Ukraine since US started working in Ukraine ?
Think people should be doing some research on your own about Ukraine since 2013, see some education videos from US Professor John Mearsheimer.
He knew what US planned in Ukraine for many years.
It's professor John Mearsheimer Job to know that.
Look at this from OSCE two days before Russia went in, see how many attacks $ Billionaire Zelinskys military azov have on Russian speak regions in Ukraine 22 February.
Two days before Russia went in to stop this genocide, this genocide on Russian speak people in Ukraine has been going on since 2014.
$ Billionaire Zelinskys military azov trying to destroying all ptz zoom cameras OCSE have set up for monitoring situation near Russian speak regions for years. But they didn't manage destroying all 200 camera's they go in those areas, video proof are already there.
People can search for days and year's years back how many attacks Ukrainian military azov have had on Russian speak regions in Ukraine on OSCE site.
Worst are that US training Ukrainian military azov for years, desember 2021 US helping Ukrainian military azov bomb Russian speak regions with drones.
Was it training Ukrainian military azov how to use drones. Killing Russian speak Ukrainian citizens ??
Ukrainian military azov killing thousands Russian speak citizens in Ukraine since 2014.
Truth are scary and insane, most scary part about this tragic scenario. Are how western governments control western mainstream media to hide genocide in Ukraine going on since 2014.
Are registered proof why Russia went in, to stop genocide in Ukraine.
OSCE site.
www.osce.org/special-monitoring-mission-to-ukraine/512842. Do some research on your own, western media hides the truth. Truth are scary, devil's behind this tragic situation.
@@andrehunter1295 I have no idea,, but I dont think Zelinsky is behind this development,, he is only an actor. Professor John Mearsheimer is one of many of the worlds intellectuals who have seen what is going on since many years back, and have tried to warn us.
Sadly most people dont have the time and energy to look behind the tabloids.
@@roki5941 this dudes just copy pasting this all over the place, probably a bot tbh
@@roki5941 It's not Zelensky, because it wasn't Zelensky who decided to pronounce the fight against terrorism, and called 2 million Ukranians terrorists, after which he said "We don't negotiate with terrorists". AKA they will kill them to the last man. Happened to be a billionaire with his private television that did that. And people tell us Ukraine has no corruption. But Zelensky is just the next puppet. Unfortunately, if he is a comedian, his presidency is a sad act.
And just like that this video is now obsolete with Finland joining.
Can't wait for part 2
Wow, one of the more nuanced and balanced takes on this issue. It probably could have used the mention of the October Missile Crisis.
Yea since it was one of the, if not the moment when tensions where the highest
Very interesting and well made.
My only quibble: I would have liked an overview of the status of Austria. It's an interesting story of how they managed to avoid division by becoming a unified neutral nation. It's a shame Germany wasn't allowed to follow that path.
It is a real shame but that sort of agreement just wasn't viable for Germany. Neither aside wanted to have to fight them a third time.
If it makes you sleep at night believing you are the good guys.