Nuclear War Close Calls 

The existence of M.A.D being the only thing keeping us here is pretty crazy

In 1962 it came down to 1 guy on a soviet sub saying no to using nuclear torpedoes. Of the 3 people required to say yes 1 guy that just happened to be on that sub at that time stopped it. He could have been on a different sub and it would have just needed 2.

I love how the thumbnail is Fallout. Such a good and classic video game franchise

I don’t want to set the world on fire…..

"War. War never changes."

The thumbnail 💀

“Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.” " I believe we did" father of Atomic Bomb - Robert Oppenheimer

🎶Crawl out through the fallout, baby When they drop that bomb Crawl out through the fallout With the greatest of aplomb🎶

🎶I don't want to set the world on fire.🎶 🎶I just want to set a flame in your heart.🎶

I don’t understand how people say stuff like this is boring this is my kind of entertainment love these videos 🔥💪🏼

What was not mentioned here about the Cuban missile crisis is that the US were not aware about the amount of nuclear weapons and missiles already fully ready on Cuba. At the point of discovery, the US military thought only a handfull of missiles of various kinds were ready, while in reality several dozen nuclear missiles were ready to launch at a moment's notice. If Kennedy would have given in to his military advisors for an invasion, the Soviets for sure would have launched them against the US. If I recall right, this was also a reason why some politicians in the USSR were confused about the US leadership's assertive behavior. The USSR assumed the US already knew the full extent of the nuclear capabilities on Cuba, while in reality the US was only aware of a fraction of what was already stationed and ready on Cuba.

I got spurs that jingle jangle jingle

16:44 the drill sergeant talking in backwards german 💀

In my twenties, I rented a 1950's era house with an underground bomb shelter in the backyard. I wasn't growing weed back in there, honest...😬

I love Fallout, the game

Fallout is the best game in the world

Hello Simple History, you should make a video on the "Bogotazo" 9th of April 1948, a date in which the capital of Colombia, Bogota DC, was engulfed in violence and most of its infrastructure destroyed. This event would change the future of Colombian politics and settle a common phenomenon for a lot of Latin America, it would make for an interesting video. Thank you.

🎵I was walking along, minding my business When out of an orange colored sky (Flash, bam, alakazam) Wonderful you came by🎵

My father was born in 1948. Luckily, I can still hear stories of cold war America through his view as he's still living. He vividly remembers the Cuban Missile Crisis as if it were last week. I can't even IMAGINE the wide spread panic. He had to come to terms with the "Red Scare" quite a few times. This world is crude.

Love the content Simple History

Simple history has to be the best youtube channel of all time

23:33 Simplest explanation of Broken Arrow is "OH CRAP" Or "need assistance immediately" or both

“I don’t feel safe in this world no more, I don’t want to die in a Nuclear war, I want to sail away to a distant shore and make like an apeman.” The Kinks Skeeter Davis: Don’t they know, it’s the end of the the world. It ended when you say “goodbye”

I didn’t expect Simple History to make such a video

Very informative video thanks

Why did Russia want there nukes on Cuba? Because the USA had nuke in turkey near Russia.

"Find the fallout shelters!" Because no one knows where one at! -Richard Pryor

Why is the sickle upside down on the flag 3:47

I did not expect that video from you

The perfect thumbnail doesn't exis-

What’s the music in the MAD video Good vid btw

war. war never changes

We were much closer to nuclear war on September 25 of 1983. Stanislav Petrov prevented that by disobeying standing orders. He should be considered a hero to the world.

You’re saying nuclear incorrectly in the beginning.

“I’ll mark it on your map”

Fun fact- The civilian death toll in Japan from Allied bombing was between 330,000 and 900,000 with an additional 112,000 killed from the atomic bombs. We can infinitely bomb with "little" ordinance. But not a nuke. Crazy

Excellent dudes!!

I feel like the audio wasn’t normalized for all of the clips combined

*Big Iron intensifies*

13:32 his baby? That is not a baby. That is a full size dwarf.

Love your content from nepal .

During the the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Soviet missile sites weren't actually discovered by recon flights. The Soviets were experts at camouflaging, and by this time, they knew the capabilities of the U-2 recon planes very well. They had ample information from the one they shot down over their own territory, and the interrogation of the pilot, Francis Gary Powers. In fact, the presence and locations of nuclear missiles were revealed by a traitor. To protect this source, they conducted recon flights, but they knew exactly where to look and what to look for. The spy was later betrayed by a double agent and arrested by Soviet authorities.

How Many times is he still going to Make Every nuclear day 30mins

We need more simple fictional history like you did with Battle of yavin

Another fantastic video as usual, well done Simple History. It terrifies me how humanity has come very close to annihilation time and again.

Ever since the new fallout show came out everything is about fallout even the thumbnail 😭😭😭😭

The thumbnail of Lucy & Dog Meat from recent Fallout tv show is funny 🤣

The video: History THE THUMBNAIL: Fall⚡Out The Voice: Young Man

Crazy video

7:37 have to think of carbon dioxide from generator exhaust. Try to vent all the carbon dioxide exhaust out through a type of pipeline, that could have a scrubber topside, and try to have a simple herb garden set up, that can provide herbs an oxygen, And a O2 detector like a smoke alarm. Nowadays you could use a utilities side room with a propane generator and wire in solar power down into the bunker. Use ceiling fans, and use led lights. The "plumbing sytem" could use well water, from the utilities elevated side room that also houses an underground well pump and water tank. The bathroom could theoretically flush into a septic tank or into the houses waste line.

"Ec-scape" "Nuke-ular"

Welcome to the Marine corps!! 😂😅 about your boss yelling at you after getting bombed!! Semper Fidelis 😅

You should do a video on the Demon Core event

Thumbnail got me 💀

The Thumbnail was Absolutely Fire!!😃

My favorite song was , the end of the world by skeeter davis

Pop Made a Lot of money building cinder block back yard shelters for folks, most were above ground. Made enough money to buy our first house.

Gyatt!!!! Also coop video

🎵Maybe🎵 🎵You'll think of me, when you are all alone 🎵Maybe, the one who is waiting for you Will prove untrue Then what will you do?🎵 🎵Maybe, 🎵 🎵you'll sit and sigh Wishing that I were near Then, maybe- m̴͙͇̺̠̬̝͎͇̪̟̂͆́͗ͅá̷̧̧̺͓̭̻̤̪̲͖̼̤̮̓̾̋̈̎̎̀̚ý̴̮̰͚͊̐̈́̍̀b̵̠̲̹̖̰̝̫̭͎̥̟͙͎̠̈́͒̌̾͋ḛ̸̡̡̨̣̘̭̲̲͓̝̞̪̖͌̕̕M̷̡̻̞̣̘̝̯̦̗͙͉͎̈́͗̆̈́̇̋̐̾̆͂̈́̋̕͠͝ą̶̛̖̇̐y̵͈̻̟̜̖̥̖͍͓̏̒̄̓̍͌̅̑̓̕͜͝ͅb̴̥̥̀̾̑̉̋̐̕͠͝ẽ̶̡̩̗͇̭͉̭̯m̸̲̳̭̯̜̗̊̉́à̶̟͍̳͔̅̑̒̋̇͛ͅy̸̨͔̪̜̦̥̟͑͛ͅb̸̡͔̘̣̝̣͋̓̕e̴̡͕̬͖̞̟̳̬̹̹̜̦̳͗̍́̃̌̑̉̿̚͘͜ͅḿ̸̨̢̛̬͚̭̺̙̠͚̩̖͖̺̌̄̍̍̾̍͋̄͒̚ą̶̧͓͇̯̠̩̲̞̙̬͚͇̦̦̀̿͑͆̈́̐̈́͆͗͘͝y̸̡̡͇̺͈͙͇̖̬͕̮͚͚̔̒̌̀̀̓͗̑́͜ͅb̸̛͉͕͕̜͇̰̱̪͍͎̮̈́̃̀̾̊̀͋̐̃̕̕͜e̸̡̬̤̰̳̮̝̦̭̋̑̂̂̽̋͆̇̚͘m̷̖͉̞̦̤̮͓̗͎̞̯͓̣̠̥̈́͒̉͌̈̎͋͋͠͝a̶̦̩͕̦͑́̽̆̊͐͒̇̑̕ͅy̸̢̦̯̣̞͋b̶̢͙̞̘͔̻̞̗̱́͐̏̆͜e̷̛̛͚̞̲͖̬̎̋̀͆̐͌̓̇̓̈́̈́̉̇͜m̷̭̙̤̜̝̗͍̈́̎̌̍͆̏̓̇͘̚͝͝a̴̰̲͊̔̈́̐̂͒̕̚͝͝y̴̡̛͈̳̱̮̥̺͉̦̅͊̒ͅb̶̡̭̘̜͚͇̞̭̯͎͗e̸̦͂͆̌͊́̿͝m̷̨̡̢͖̦̤̳̖̟͔̹̪̄͛̏̍̍̽͊̒̓̽͑̑͝͠ͅȃ̴̧̟̘̠̖̮̟͈̪̮̿y̵̦̗̘̿̃̈́̌́͆͜b̵̧̡̧̹̮̹̩͍̹̪̟̎͜ȩ̸̨̖̱͙̘͓̘͎̭̭̘̐̔̀̐̔͐̀̏́ͅm̸̡̧̼̼̖̹̟̬̗̮͈͓̭̈́͆̿̽̒͒̕ͅa̴̲̬̺͇͕̘̲̘̪̜̥̋̋̾̈́́̊͆̍͐ͅy̵̧̨̼͇̘̘̦̘͆̔̀͋̒ͅb̷̖̺̬̯̳̳̥̞͕͍̖̹̗͖͔̆̓͌̒̽̓̋̉̌́̓̐͐͘e̶̤̙̣̥͖͙͙̟͍͖͚̼͑͆͗͒͗̕m̵̡͙̼̻̺̦̯̟͚̖̃͐̾͋͋̅̉̀͒̒̏̃̀͆̒͜ȁ̷͓͒̈́̍̄͊̆̊̎͒̑̕̕͘̚y̵̢̺͈̯͎͖̹͗̆͊̃̓̓̓͋̔̉̚͘͘͝b̷̯̣̻̤̲̹̦̙̝̽̐͊̐̾̈́̕͘e̷͚̽̂̄̈̈́̌̉̅̀̃̂̕͝͠m̶̢͙̲̗͓̖̳̮̮̋̎͆̋̕̕͘à̵̧̩̪͓̯̘̻̫͙͖̔̀̒̄̈́̐͗̚͝y̶̗͖͑̾̀̒̅̈́̈̄̽͒͂̕͜͜b̶͈̤̯̭͕̬̜͈̑̒͗̍̈̅̚̚ê̸̙̻̼̳̪̩̲̇̓̈́̕m̵̢̻͎͖̟͎͉̲͚̳̪͙̞̤̱̓̿̐̊̆a̵̛̱͙͔̘̲͐̽̀͌̾̊̽̾̆͐̍͘y̶̢̦͎͔̖̰͈͖͓̦̟͒̆b̷̨͕̠̥̫̌̀̈̄̽̊̿̍̓̓̈́̕̚͠e̴̛̥̣͓̗̔̊̈́͑̈͋͂̋̄̏̕m̸̧̡̡̦͔̬̜̺̦̠̤̼̦̫̒̋͊̋̽͐́́͊͐̽͘͘̕̚a̴̢̢̛͖̖̪̼̰͇̒̄̋̀͂̇͘͝y̸̛̮͔̟͚̗̫̘̟̩̋̾͒̏̽̏̔̉̊̆͝ͅb̵̡͉͔̗̩̭͉̜͚̎̅̉͌̇̎̔́̿̚ĕ̶̡̪̥̜̱̖̝͈̫̥̬͊ͅ

I feel like there's gonna be alot more comment's about the thumbnail pretty soon.

Nu-klee-er not nook-yoo-ler

Time will come on October 23rd 2077

Can we do another simple history vid on ww2 or 1

Thanks for the new voice 😊

How does this not speak when the government is willing to create the risk of nuclear war but not assume the responsibility and put it in the citizen to know how to shelter from fallout

🎵I don't want to set the world on..fire~ I just wanted to start a flame in your heart....🎵

Tsudomo Yamaguchi; "THIS ISN'T MY FUCKING WEEK!!!"

Im watching this on my birthday

Regardless of necessity, it really is tragic that the atomic bombs were used. It's really just tragic in general when any bomb kills innocents. I pray for peace and I hope others do too.

The VA change really makes it hard for me to concentrate on this as I keep expecting to hear the old VA. Would prefer the old VA.

Bro simple history is so op

Why does it feel were in a new Cold War?

Does all radiation go to one’s posterior?

lol ignoring the boss cry for help… that guy couldn’t catch a break

"Its all over but they crying"

🎶To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day Hardly spoke to folks around him, didn't have too much to say No one dared to ask his business, no one dared to make a slip For the stranger there among them had a big iron on his hip 🎶

Damn

“heading for refuge in Nagasaki” is wild 💀

Both Nagasaki and Hiroshima had numerous large military bases and military installations that were legitimate targets of war. As to your reference to “innocent victims” of these two atomic attacks, what about deaths of between 18 million and 30 million innocent non-Japanese citizens of conquered and subsequently occupied sovereign Asian and Pacific Island nations and regions of nations between 1933 and 1945 directly perpetrated by the hands of the Imperial Japanese Military.

"I don't want to set the world on fire..."

New Kee Ler missiles.

Imagine being caught in a bomb and yelled at your boss 😂😂😂

....but what about radioactive yetis?

Who is this stranger commentating, this feels alien to me, nice voice, but alien

"NUC-LEE-AR" Not _"NUC-U-LAR"._

Its too hard to not not do it and I wanna be annoying so uh yeah the thumbnail has a GYAATTTTTTTTT

Nuclear war would be interesting but terrifying af

I don’t want to set the world on fire

We need more power armor 💪🏿

I figured it would have been the day the five layer burrito came out at Taco Bell

Love your show and its content. The regular narrator is eloquent and entertaining. The issue I have with this episode is the mispronunciation of the word ‘nuclear’ by the narrator in the first part which conce the Cuban missile crisis. The correct pronunciation is,( phonically); new-klee-er and not ; new-kya-ler. It’s a small thing, but good grief, so annoying. Thank you. D L A II

What happened to the narrator? He was great!

“How could they do that?” My guy. Do you know what country you lived in?

Simple history’s voice, there’s something about it. I can’t believe my finger on it! it’s almost as if he reverse puberty! I wouldn’t be surprised if halfway through the video there is a sponsor “ I sound 30 years younger you don’t say, well you can too with todays sponsor..” 4:08 never-mind!

Forgot Iran 26:57

I can never get what happened in the cold war

Gotta love how Fallout was a popular, but still under the rader ish game. Then the TV Show comes out and everyone is obsessed with it on the Internet, and/or milking it for content on social media.

Drives me nuts how many people mispronounce nuclear, they say "nucular"

So the person narrating this cant say nuclear correctly?

Ugh.... say it with me, NU-CLEE-URR.