Cuban Missile Crisis - Eyeball to Eyeball - Extra History - Part 2

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📜 History of the Cuban Missile Crisis: After President Kennedy's television address, tensions are rising. Fidel Castro is getting annoyed at the US and Soviet Union alike, and everyone else has their own ideas on what retaliation looks like.
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@extrahistory 6 лет назад

Three, two, one. The president is live, announcing to 100 million Americans that there are nuclear weapons in Cuba. This episode brought to you by DomiNations! smarturl.it/CubanMissile1

@nutterztube 6 лет назад

is this a pay and get early access channel?

@nikhilaryal 6 лет назад

Extra Credits Bring some more of these as soon as you can pal. Cant wait too long

@tartantoaster2219 6 лет назад

Yeet

@idkguess8343 6 лет назад

Please create these fast

@katiejackson3900 6 лет назад

NOOOOOOOOOOOO THESE CLIFFHANGERS I CANNOT WAIT ANOTHER WEEK

@grfrjiglstan 6 лет назад

How fitting, that a bear nearly started a war with the USSR.

@cruye9633 6 лет назад

THE BEAR IS A SOVIET SPY

@Dakathi66 6 лет назад

Bears are the ultimate threat to humanity, Mr. Colbert told me so.

@bobbyferg9173 6 лет назад

Yep and that one beat could have potentially destroyed the world as we know it today. A cat’s curiosity may have killed itself but a bear’s curiosity apparently means the death of much of the world.

@rentheseer190 6 лет назад

how appropriate that it's the state animal of California

@Silverhawk100 6 лет назад

The US and Canada (then owned by Britain) almost went to war over where a bunch of cattle could graze.

@snowdude635 6 лет назад

"Sign language with destroyers." is a a sentence I never thought I would hear

@mohamedal-ganzoury3699 6 лет назад

and there's our new T-shirt

@CrimsonBlasphemy 6 лет назад

And one of many phrases generated by the specter of nuclear Armageddon. Which is still not far off, if rational minds like those at work in CMC are push aside.

@Valkahike 6 лет назад

/Arranges destroyers to spell out letters *snEd NudES*

@WannabeCanadianDev 6 лет назад

New shirt.

@JoshSweetvale 6 лет назад

Snowdude 635 It's typical Kennedy shenanigans.

@brookepreaseau7337 6 лет назад

This isn’t whack a mole! It’s sign language with destroyers. Love that line

@k1productions87 6 лет назад

This isn't whack a mole,... its Walpole

@clanoftheraven 6 лет назад

Same--one of those things that needs to be on a T-shirts.

@robertwalpole360 6 лет назад

You rang? ;)

@kendsplaining 6 лет назад

Brooke Preaseau a

@neurofiedyamato8763 6 лет назад

New T-shirt!!!!!!!!!!!!

@faeb.8597 6 лет назад

"he was asleep" oh thank god "so they fired anyway" oH MY GOD

@lowkey6197 4 года назад

Lol

@AlechiaTheWitch 3 года назад

Idiots. Just idiots.

@jianhongzhao6336 3 года назад

@@AlechiaTheWitch they aren’t idiots, the plane violated Cuban airspace

@eliasjimenez6766 2 года назад

@@jianhongzhao6336True but in the edge of global annihilation maybe it's a good idea ask before Shot

@warpatato 2 года назад

SAM controller: "So anyway, I start blasting"

@ahmetunlu1318 6 лет назад

"Cuba will be martyred but the global revolution will survive" what a quote

@forretressrex9519 6 лет назад

While he’s on a plane to Moscow*

@jerm70 6 лет назад

It is easy to send your own men to certain doom, it’s way harder to go down with them.

@MrLorem64 6 лет назад

Leafs, Celts, Brilliant LONG LIVE THE GLOBAL REVOLUTION!

@aqsuperman 6 лет назад

This is the Cold War, rhetoric is the way it work. Back then, Osama Bin Laden is still look upon as a "moderate rebel" by the West so don't bother. In case you want to know more , check out US praises of Vietnam Ngo Dinh Diem and South Korea Syngman Rhee, enough rhetoric for the whole Free World :)

@AusSP 6 лет назад

You know, except it won't survive, because nuclear war and Mutually Assured Destruction. Revolutions and nuclear fire do not go hand in hand... Except in the worst interpretations of "revolution".

@BarbarosaAlexander 6 лет назад

My six-year-old LOVES this channel. Whenever she hears Dan's voice, she runs into the room, and makes me rewind the episode for her. Keep up the great work.

@philiptran3601 6 лет назад

BarbarosaAlexander Six year old watches this?

@BarbarosaAlexander 6 лет назад

Beary Rogers yep

@Ada-kr4io 5 лет назад

@Sebastian I was obsessed with violent animals, yet I was scared of dogs , cats and chickens

@ben-2368 5 лет назад

Sounds like a future president. Keep nurturing that curiosity.

@ben-2368 5 лет назад

I wouldn't mind the first female president's name being "President Alexander". A very presidential name.

@HurBenny 6 лет назад

Also called "that time journalists almost ignited a nuclear war".

@NathanGatten 6 лет назад

MaidenCorp That's actually a very clever observation. It makes me wish historians would note the media's influence in modern historical more often.

@Marshal_Rock 6 лет назад

Nathan Gatten the media basically fucked the influence of the US folk in the Vietnam War after the Tet Offensive, even though the american marines and the south vietnamese soldiers repelled it, of course, they had heavy casualties in infraestructure and lives... I sometimes wonder if that media could have been able to report during the WW2 in any front, the outcome would have changed in any way, like making gory descriptions of the battles or reporting rumors back home when information was harder to verify...

@TheSilverSky91 6 лет назад

It depends, the Axis (especially Japan) were known for hiding losses (Miday for one) from nearly everyone (government, other military units, civilians) that might have led to an early loss of support and on both sides it might have lead to the early sacking of incompetent commanders (Patton, though not incompetent, might not have had his career survive what he did in Italy), which may have led to more competent commanders rise through the ranks faster. The media would have definitely impacted the success of the D-Day landings if not for the UK's efforts at secrecy.

@Marshal_Rock 6 лет назад

TheSilverSky91 yeah, I think the same, but just thinking how things could have changed if the media could have had access to certain info, like the hundreds of bodies spread of american, brittish and soviet soldiers in all fronts and the impact in those at home expecting their soldiers to come back from their fronts

@igichan 6 лет назад

I hope EH does a special about the Spanish-American war. MANY lessons about why media is called the fourth branch of government.

@rexrowan6411 6 лет назад

Later on in the Bears den... "Comrades I was spotted, I have failed." *Over the radio a voice speaks* "Very well comrade, await further orders"

@noubidy1016 6 лет назад

*30 Minutes later* Have nice walk to gulag comrade

@t.kunnard5218 6 лет назад

I read that in Commander boreal's voice from 40k soulstorm for some reason.

@rexrowan6411 6 лет назад

Noubidy “Comrade please! I have wife and family!” *A short silence, then the voice speaks again* “They are already there to meet you Comrade”

@flamingcroatan3739 6 лет назад

"Comrade's we need a decoy"

@christina1095 5 лет назад

And someone touched his spaghet...

@TheJboy88 6 лет назад

Even though this incident was a lifetime ago, it still sends shudders through me when I think of just how close we came to annihilation.

@brandonclark435 6 лет назад

Jay We came closer in the early 80s during the Able-Archer exercise.

@cpMetis 6 лет назад

It's like a game of chess where both players die if there is a checkmate.

@Nitrousoxidification 6 лет назад

Or rather, a game of chess where both players are prone to flipping the board at any moment. A checkmate is the preferred outcome.

@Leivve 6 лет назад

We came even closer when a Russian satellite detected US missiles on their way to Moscow. Literally every green light went off to return fire, but the Russian who was suppose to actually push the button thought it was odd that the USA would launch missiles without any kind of provocation, fully knowing that Russia could easily return fire. And he successfully predicted that the USA hadn't launched missiles. Turned out there was just an electronics malfunction, which was promptly fixed.

@Ikelae 6 лет назад

This incident wasn't a lifetime ago though, it was only 56 years ago. That's what is really unsettling about it. As now we are approaching a similar scenario, one once thought vanquished. Yet here we are again at two minutes to midnight.

@GackleBlax 6 лет назад

I thought i understood the CMC from school in Canada, but these videos paint so much of a clearer picture. Thank you for making education engaging, memorable and free.

@GackleBlax 6 лет назад

That took me a second, but now i get it. I agree.

@Black_CoreyNFin 6 лет назад

Canada lul USA USA USA!

@GackleBlax 6 лет назад

You wouldn't think a guy named "Hello Friend" would come off as a nationalist.

@geofff.3343 6 лет назад

I never thought about the fact that the Cuban Missile Crisis (or even the details of the Cold War in general) would be taught in Canada. I get the feeling it was more like the teacher telling his students how two nations almost dropped the biggest ball of all.

@genius11433 6 лет назад

Who knew that there were actually shots fired during the Cuban Missile Crisis? I honestly had no idea! I thought that it was purely a bunch of military posturing and backroom deals! Better tune in next week to see how it all unfolds.

@saahiliyer11 2 года назад

Every time I rewatch this series, I can’t find a more perfect distillation of the lunacy of the time as the line “this isn’t whack-a-mole, it’s sign-language with destroyers”.

@jasonpayne2321 3 года назад

“This isn’t wack-a-mole, it’s sign-language with destroyers!” Best. Line. Ever

@tooawesomepeoples1 6 лет назад

Fun historical fact: At the same time JFK went live, announcing the missile crisis, a satirical comedy album about kennedy and his family was being recorded in front of a live studio audience. "The First Family." The audience roared and laughed at the numerous digs at the president, unaware of the developing situation occurring right outside their studio. It's a very interesting snapshot of public sentiment of JFK and cold war relations on the day that announcement went out.

@HistoryMarche 6 лет назад

Ahh, the good ol' nuclear crisis. Great work EC. Perhaps do a video on the 1983 nuclear crisis as well?

@sopheakseng9647 6 лет назад

HistoryMarche I think it might be more appropriately named the nuclear paranoia.

@Rollingthunder263 10 месяцев назад

THE WHAT?!

@bthsr7113 8 месяцев назад

@@Rollingthunder263 I forget whether it was a radar doing an oops and mistaking a mass migration of birds as a bomber or that time the Soviets left a training program running because it used the same computers and controls as the actual missile silo..

@AnAwesomeDudette 6 лет назад

You listen to all this and can't help but wonder; **How did we survive this?**

@martyjrpowell1014 5 лет назад

Magic, we survived via magic

@marquisdelafayette1929 4 года назад

We were dealing with Kucherov and not Stalin.

@selahanany5645 4 года назад

@@marquisdelafayette1929 what? stalin was far LESS involved with foreign affairs then khruschev. socalism in one country and all that.

@sharilshahed6106 4 года назад

We just had more plot armor than WWI (not saying much).

@AjarTadpole7202 3 года назад

I am constantly surprised by humans' ability to not die. Watch Lemino's video on the apocalypse if you're interested.

@kmarcol1 2 года назад

Decades later and here we are again

@VenseyNess 6 лет назад

"There is zero room for error. One slip up will mean the end of humanity." And that is when I'd be lying on the floor hyperventilating. That's why I couldn't be president.

@Feffdc 6 лет назад

Vensey Ness Lol

@zeroyuki92 6 лет назад

That reminds me that Trump is actually on the same seat that JFK had been placed on

@kevincass9917 5 лет назад

@@zeroyuki92 Don't worry. We'll never get as close to nuclear war as JFK got with the Soviets.

@brendonclark4705 4 года назад

Lord Alkair famous last words

@pis332 2 месяца назад

@@kevincass9917... How about now?

@Wolf6119 6 лет назад

US Ambassador to the UN: "Do you deny that the USSR has placed missiles in Cuba? Yes or no?" Soviet Ambassador: "I am not in an American Courtroom. The US will have their reply later." US Ambassador, pulling out surveillance photos dramatically: "OBJECTION! THAT TESTIMONY CONTRADICTS THE EVIDENCE!" *Soviet Ambassador recoils in surprise*

@flamingcroatan3739 6 лет назад

Judge: "Do you have anything to say soviet ambassador?"

@Andrew.Mac0007 5 лет назад

Wolf6120 *CORNERED STARTS PLAYING*

@Daniel-kv4np 4 года назад

Surprised pikachu face

@Rollingthunder263 Год назад

“I’m willing to wait till hell freezes over.”

@sergilazi9179 6 лет назад

*Iron maiden starts playing* Two, minutes, to midnight!!!

@chrismaddock5790 6 лет назад

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks this lol

@bladesmann7593 6 лет назад

THE HANDS THAT THREATEN DOOM!

@extrahistory 6 лет назад

ahhhh i have not heard this in forever and i still heard it exactly like the song! --belinda

@bargainbrandmusician 5 лет назад

TO KILL THE UNBORN IN THE WOMB!!! seriously, that’s got to be my favorite iron maiden song! glad i’m not the only one who had them in mind!

@PennyDreadful1 5 лет назад

@@bargainbrandmusician Every Iron Maiden song is my favourite Iron Maiden song.

@lifemythanimations6606 6 лет назад

poor bear, all that bear wanted to do was join the us air force

@uyuman1 6 лет назад

As a Russian spy

@walterbrunswick 2 года назад

@@uyuman1 for the motherland!

@bhawnabansal1156 2 года назад

Nah for poland

@BanditRants 6 лет назад

Absolutely love this channel.

@leafyisheresucks4842 6 лет назад

+BanditRants love your vids

@penutbutterswiiiishh4125 6 лет назад

anyone who enjoyed this video from EC, go watch Bandits nuclear Armageddon series.

@tantbreathMAN 6 лет назад

I'll check it out

@hypan0vaULTRA 6 лет назад

Oh, same here. Without a doubt.

@Tydorstus 6 лет назад

Makes me drive to and from work so much more enjoyable and i enjoy history very much. So double win

@xRemRooodx 6 лет назад

So WW3 could have happend thanks to a bear..It's scary how close the world came to it's end.

@SpicyPotato8675 6 лет назад

Dark Dubbs Wait until you hear about Vasili Alexandrovich Arkhipov.

@Machtyn 6 лет назад

Truth, Richard Bachofen. That and several other times the Cold War missed become nuclear hot by single instances of incompetence and/or bravery.

@tyrian_baal 6 лет назад

Dark Dubbs Medieval 2 total war yeeeet

@fulcrum2951 6 лет назад

Yellow Panzer yoot?

@kishinasura1504 5 лет назад

Imagine the bears reaction upon seeing the nuclear mushrooms forming in the distance. "Man I fucked up....OH WELL, time for some deer meat"

@Master13961 6 лет назад

We can't get 5 minutes without humanity trying to destroy itself

@acebalistic1358 5 лет назад

Oh yes we can. Look at tod NEWS: NK IS TRYING OUT NUKES Yeah your right

@walterbrunswick 2 года назад

If those missiles hit Washington DC, humanity would have a chance of getting restored... Oh the irony

@Darqshadow 11 месяцев назад

@@walterbrunswickDC isn't the only problem. Beijing and Moscow are part of the issue too

@soiboisixtnine8848 6 лет назад

so we're all just going to pretend that that bear was not a russian agaent?

@DriantX 6 лет назад

We're lucky that Kennedy never played Red Alert 3 to know about war bears; or else we'd all be fucked.

@williamsledge3151 6 лет назад

Good English m8

@fulcrum2951 6 лет назад

Agaent

@acebalistic1358 5 лет назад

You know to much *soviet agent appears behind you*

@bhawnabansal1156 2 года назад

Like poland

@FireSpark 6 лет назад

"a bear in the wire" Command, go to irony level 4!

@GrimaceTheMask Год назад

“This isn’t wack-a-mole, it’s sign language with destroyers” One of my new favorite lines

@corocorascringechannel6330 6 лет назад

"the president is live" Oh, the irony...

@nikoclesceri2267 6 лет назад

I don’t know weather to laugh of slap you the upside of the head

@awesomeguy9573 6 лет назад

Niko Clesceri the head?

@zackkelley2940 6 лет назад

why not Both?

@robertwalpole360 6 лет назад

I see what you did there . . .

@tou7331 6 лет назад

Edgyyyy...

@Carewolf 6 лет назад

Surprised they tolerated the military airspace violations that long

@kishinasura1504 5 лет назад

Surprised they even did that violations. They didn't know if Castro had control of those missiles or not. If he had, well.....you know.

@stevenchoza6391 6 лет назад

How are there bears in Cuba? Edit: I made a mistake, the incident was in the Midwest. Please ignore this mistake.

@sleepyburr 6 лет назад

Steven Choza The incident with the bear happened somewhere in the Midwest on an American base. Re-watch that part.

@stevenchoza6391 6 лет назад

SGD Myrddin My bad...

@sleepyburr 6 лет назад

Steven Choza It is oddly appropriate though, considering how a bear is often symbolic of Russia in political cartoons and whatnot.

@stevenchoza6391 6 лет назад

SGD Myrddin Quite.

@stevenchoza6391 6 лет назад

The Joker ...

@skyrius5568 6 лет назад

'Sign language with destroyers' BOY HOWDY

@equusheart3344 2 года назад

7:00 - Did we seriously almost destroy ourselves over a damn bear?!

@bthsr7113 2 года назад

Yes, and there were other absurd close calls, though not involving bears.

@williams5322 3 года назад

”It’s not whack-a-mole, it’s sign language with destroyers.” I think that is the greatest thing I’ve heard in a long time

@grandcato3612 6 лет назад

Do you know that Guevara's name was Ernesto? Che is a unique expression of the Argentines. It is used to get someone's attention There is no translation but the closest thing would be hey. This word is unique to the Argentines, so the Cubans who did not understand the meaning began to call Guevara Che.

@MrGabol100 6 лет назад

The closest thing would be "Oi", not "Hey".

@juancariasr7932 6 лет назад

Lol no, che is used in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Southern Brazil, Bolivia, Galicia and even the Falklands to varying degrees. Its origin is uncertain, as there are expressions in Guaraní, Venecian Italian and Valencian Spanish from which it could have originated. Your comment also implies Cubans were ignorant of its meaning, when in fact you are. Che loosely means friend, dude, mate, pal and is used similarly to the Venezuelan "Pana", the Colombian "Parce" or the Mexican "Güey", "cuate" or "Carnal", the Costarrican, Honduran and Salvadorian "Mae" or "Maje", the Lunfardian "Pibe", the Paraguayan "Kape" and the Cuban "Asere", and that's just scratching the surface. In short, there are variations and equivalents of Che in pretty much all of the Spanish dialects, so it's pretty outstanding to think the Cubans wouldn't have understood its meaning. The term is commonly used to refer to Argentinians around Latin America.

@Brunomerez 6 лет назад

We use it in southern Brazil too.

@wolfwoodphreak 6 лет назад

Really? I was told online so likely incorrectly that Che was roughly translated to dude or guy in California. Thanks for educating me

@lucamaddalena5925 3 года назад

Che, Sos argentino?

@DarkProtoss123 6 лет назад

"It's sign language with destroyers!"

@ShivanshNautiyal-hk8uo 6 лет назад

This news must have send chill down the bone of everyone. I can't even imagine pressure on govt.

@ShivanshNautiyal-hk8uo 6 лет назад

Riku Penttila no I mean news of potential nuclear war.

@andrasbiro3007 6 лет назад

Yes, Cuba had every right. The problem was that the owner of the plane had enough nukes to kill everyone on the planet, and his finger was already on the button.

@snakes3425 6 лет назад

Yes Cuba had every right, here's the problem this was a game where there one false move, one hint of escalation, and we wouldn't be here having this little chat in 2018. The question is was an airspace violation worth the extinction of the entire Human race

@Al-Is-Gaming 3 года назад

When he said "offensive missiles" I imagined something like missles being launched with missles dropping pamphlets that basically say "screw you!"

@cheesychipmunk8382 5 лет назад

"This isn't whak-a-mole, it's sign language with destroyers" is my absolute favorite quote ever.

@LiveLNXgaming 5 лет назад

"This isn't wack-a-mole, its sign language with destroyers!" Love that line.

@soulnvictus 2 года назад

I still think this is one the most beautifully draw series you guys have done. The colors of the explosions pop and the characters, landscapes, everything is just a spectacle to look at

@JohnEspenhahn 6 лет назад

This is terrifying to hear about even half a century after the fact...

@mrchoo3456 6 лет назад

I LOVE your moving animations,they’re so clean

@monkofdarktimes 6 лет назад

Mr Choo you want a polan

@aka_pcfx 6 лет назад

I know how this ends, but man. I'm on the edge of my seat here!

@GabrielSoares-ju9yq 6 лет назад

true.

@merrittanimation7721 6 лет назад

It's like watching a film you've seen before. You know the general details and how it ends but you see details you didn't notice before this time

@maxthomason1990 6 лет назад

Do we all die?

@Jebbtube 6 лет назад

This is why diplomatic relations are so crucial, and why I'm so apprehensive about how the current government is being run.

@HistoryMonarch1999 6 лет назад

MagnuMagnus same. Without calm and tactical leadership anything can happen.

@hippyjason 6 лет назад

+MagnuMagnus You're apprehensive about how *which* current government is being run? The Cuban one? Or the Russian one? Personally, the current Venezuelan and Iranian governments are the ones that are scaring the shit outta me.

@IkeOkerekeNews 6 лет назад

hippyjason Current U.S.

@tanostrelok2323 6 лет назад

hippyjason unless you're Colombian I don't see why would you be scared of Venezuelan regime.

@hippyjason 6 лет назад

+Tano Strelok No, I'm not scared because I'm Columbian, but because of all the harm the Venezuelan government's policies have done to its own people. I'm not scared of the Venezuelan government, I'm scared for its citizens because of all the needless suffering the Venezuelan government has caused to the Venezuelan people. I have empathy for those poor bastards, and for what's been done to them against their will, and I'm scared it's going to get a lot worse for them before it's going to get any better.

@kerriedarnell471 6 лет назад

Do a series on the Russian Revolution, a event where a great empire fell, and a new power rised from the ashes.

@MidnightSt 6 лет назад

"This isn't whack-a-mole, it's sign language with destroyers" brilliant sentence. also usable for most of military maneuvers in most crises.

@jetsetjordan1890 6 лет назад

I’d love a series about the failure of the Spanish armada

@juancariasr7932 6 лет назад

And then they all sunk in a storm, so they tried again and got wrecked by another storm.

@ashleychaplin5855 6 лет назад

Benjamin Thomas quick fact: the English then went on to rule over a quarter of the world

@maximilianopena 6 лет назад

Felix Chaplin quick fact: so did the Spanish

@awanderingmonk828 6 лет назад

Maximiliano Pena Never to the extent of the English nor did they rule after the English bested them.

@Cotonetefilmmaker 6 лет назад

don't know about that.... You probably have never been taught this, but for a short period of time spanish and portuguese crowns united and the same person owned the entirety of the americas....that is an insane amount of land.

@alanl.4252 6 лет назад

Amazing video as always! I'd love to see you guys do a series on the Habsburgs, especially Charles V and his immediate family. So much happened during his rule, such as the conquest of Mexico and much of the Americas, the fall of Hungary and the siege of Vienna, the birth of the Protestant Reformation, the Italian Wars, the rivalry between Francis I and Charles, European efforts to halt the spread of the Ottomans, etc. It would be a nice way to tie in with the Suleiman series that briefly touched on them (the Habsburgs).

@ricardoceballos5567 6 лет назад

Yes it would be great if they would do a series of Charles

@notmynamedammit 6 лет назад

Agree, I know the Habsburg are probably considered boring by a lot of historians, but in a weird roundabout way, I think that makes them interesting again.

@1972LittleC 6 лет назад

My dad was drafted in the Dutch army in those days. He told me they got sharp ammunition handed out, and because he was part of a mortar detachement he also got hot shells.

@chrism7395 2 года назад

My dad worked in Devonport Dockyard during the crisis; when the deadline for the ships to turn around came, knowing full well that the yard would be a primary target if there was any kind of nuclear exchange, he and his colleagues went outside for a last cigarette and to look for the flash.

@TheHolyToaster 2 года назад

That gives me chills, glad you're here man

@danghostman2814 6 лет назад

"...There is 0 chance it will be carrying nuclear weapons." Man, but just imagine how the story would've gone if it did have some. Hi-larious.

@lolmandos 6 лет назад

"WTF Lebanon, dude, not cool"

@cannedspaghetti1854 6 лет назад

"YOU TOO, GREECE!?"

@Onychoprion27 6 лет назад

Eeeee, this means the B-59 incident will be next episode....! :D Arkhipov saving the world with cool head in a hot sub.

@israelhusky 6 лет назад

I'm looking forward to it !

@darcyrobbs6866 6 лет назад

Ahhhh! I want more! What happenes?! Does america and Russia work out a deal? Does Cuba get invaded!? Does New york get obliterated?! Does everyone in the world die?! Tell meeeeee! .... Wait...

@hemag3895 6 лет назад

Hehe...Lebanon was mentioned, even if just for a second here :)

@michelsfeir1127 6 лет назад

HemaG fellow Lebanese??

@hemag3895 6 лет назад

Michel Sfeir yep

@cerealkiller7143 6 лет назад

Greece was mentioned too.

@duncanmurphy8085 6 лет назад

CEREAL KILLER and my US state, but apparently they couldn't take the bears.

@blueshell9864 6 лет назад

So were the Greeks for some reason xD

@revilorere 6 лет назад

There are tons of channels I like but this is the only one I honestly LOVE. I've watched all videos about history and haven't been disappointed once. Keep up the great work!

@prysthaea7735 2 года назад

I come back and re-watch this series every so often. Just to remind myself how close we came to the brink.

@fartgod722 2 года назад

As a human, I can confirm that this is something that we would do.

@adamoneill1545 6 лет назад

I love these episodes

@RyanTheHero3 5 лет назад

1:50 Fun fact. That plane crashed because the pilots had so little sleep that they thought they’d take the harder, tighter approach for the runway just to test it out, as well as some confusion as to where the Cuban border was as the light used to show it wasn’t working.

@mitchellmotorsportsLLC 6 лет назад

First of all, great video! I learn so much that I never new in these series. Like how a bear nearly started WWIII, or how the film industry was used to scare and confuse nazi Germany about the event of D-day. Or maybe how the soviets buried their tanks in the battle of Kursk. In other words, my curiosity of history has gone through the roof with this channel. Keep up the amazing work, and get the next part of this story out ASAP!

@Omba820 2 года назад

Plot twist: the bear was a soviet spy

@generaljemssmjem437 6 лет назад

I love the use of actual footage of Kennedy's speech

@Dracadin 6 лет назад

Even thou I knew the ending (who doesn´t) I still listen to this like intense movie / cutseen /book / etc... Sign of a good storytelling and presentation

@Giaayokaats 6 лет назад

Also, I want to say that this series reminds me of your Seminal Tragedy series, and also the juxtaposition of the Justinian and Khazrau series. Rather than taking sides, it renders both in tragically human - and relatable - terms. Thank you for doing what you do :)

@ethanrepublic 6 лет назад

them cliffhangers

@stalewater5571 6 лет назад

Considering we're all still here, this never turned into a full out war.

@ethanrepublic 6 лет назад

The King's Soldier that's funny

@stalewater5571 6 лет назад

Ethan Republic spoiler alert

@felps1917 6 лет назад

The King's Soldier jeez man, spoiler alerts

@mastermeme 6 лет назад

There is no Cliffhangers in history read a book about this subject or go on Wikipedia

@comfycultist1386 6 лет назад

You know, it’s funny. I look forwards to watching these videos and have watched nearly all the extra history episodes, but in school I don’t enjoy history class at all. And I don’t think it’s the fact that i have to do worksheets and stuff. Yeah worksheets are boring but if we got to learn from videos like this and fill out worksheets after as more of a way to make us pay attention I think all history classes could be fun again. Instead of reading out of textbooks and writing endless notes we could actually want to learn about history.

@leadpaintchips9461 6 лет назад

Presentation is key. You can take a fantastic setting and story and make it boring as hell. Look at the 100 Year War, or the Norse civilization, or the Mongolian Empire (and what stopped them from expanding into SE Asia and Japan). All of these things are actually riveting stories and settings, but until recently there hasn't been interest in them.

@tylerdoestech4299 4 года назад

I have learned SO much on this channel!

@x5ou 4 года назад

EC: he was asleep me:oh thank you EC: so they fired anyway me: Oh My GoD

@herman1francis 6 лет назад

The tension, reminds me of the opening scene in war games. I remember seeing it as a child, trembling in fear as the 2 officers pull the keys that have to be turned simultaneously for millions of people to die. This is something humanity has to avoid at all costs

@thomasderosso5625 5 лет назад

Even though I know the outcome from the lack of nuclear hellscape surrounding me, my heart was pounding at points. Well done!

@clefspear6975 6 лет назад

Love it when you guys use historical recordings, video, photographs and such. You've got a great style for your art that helps you break down and illustrate stories, but seeing a photograph or hearing a voice can be a powerful kick to the head. "That's him. That's real. This isn't just a story, it actually happened." That realization, that moment where the tangible reality of an event just slams into you, that's what I study history for.

@Ray_D_Tutto 5 лет назад

I had goosebumps watching this. It's a miracle things never kicked off. You just sit in awe at how close we came.

@danielhyson6079 6 лет назад

Nice job on the F-8 Crusaders. I really like Nick's artwork. I think you guys made a great call with the art team. I think David is better suited for the Sci-Fi stuff, while Nick is better suited for the History shows.

@generalnawaki 6 лет назад

thank god Kennedy was president during this period in history. so many other presidents would have ended the world

@uyuman1 6 лет назад

Even Robert Kennedy was pretty aggressive and wanted to attack Cuba.

@jokuvaan5175 6 лет назад

generalnawaki. I was just thinking during the video, what a president like Trump would have done in that situation

@garythestormtrooperandfish1940 6 лет назад

Lol I just relised that Kennedy built a “wall” of destroyers around Cuba.

@generalnawaki 6 лет назад

Jami Rahkonen, i dont think you would be around to ask that question if he was.

@mlc4495 6 лет назад

VC Donovan There's a literal Russian agent occupying the Oval Office right now! A Republican president no less. You're clueless.

@admiralsnackbarkekwalice6167 6 лет назад

"Its not whack a mole, its sign language with Destroyers." I laughed at that harder then I should.

@kingcool6021 6 лет назад

LEBANON!! Mom WE'RE FAMOUS

@shaunibabe1 5 лет назад

Mom get the camera!

@terry7987 5 лет назад

Just 5 second ;-;

@aaronwharram 4 года назад

Praying for you guys rn

@GreenGj- 3 года назад

9:40 I see you have a cat

@parthasarathyvenkatadri 6 лет назад

People see the incident as look how dangerous nukes are ...but to me the nukes just saved the day ... No leader was ready to start a war .. if this was devoid of nukes I don't think the peace would have been maintained ... US would have invaded Cuba ... USSR would have invaded Berlin ... We would have been in WW2 situation all over again back in 1960's

@HistoryMonarch1999 6 лет назад

partha sarathy not only that but because of the restraining leaders of the time. The military were absolutely primed to fight but the president’s were able to restrain them enough. Having capable leadership is just as important.

@dualindigo9672 6 лет назад

Nukes prevent open conflict. Until they end all life on our planet.

@ShadowHosi 6 лет назад

nerfvideos96 and that's exactly why the great war happened in the first place, too many weak leaders

@ardrej 6 лет назад

Nuclear war threat is good enough as long BOTH parts are sensible enought, to understand that Mutual assured destruction is not the way yet you only need one magalomaniac with acces to nukes to fuck this world

@B4DDHero 6 лет назад

Funny how that works.

@the3rdid485 6 лет назад

It's terrifying to think something like this happened so recently.

@Ryukachoo 6 лет назад

EXTRA HISTORY; THE SPACE RACE please oh please james

@a.h.tvideomapping4293 4 года назад

This aged well

@legospritesanddb 6 лет назад

The Human race thinks that the Doomsday Clock has a snooze button

@bobbyferg9173 6 лет назад

I mean it seems to have so far. Whether or not doomsday is inevitable is debatable but it is hoped by that point humanity will get to a point where an end here doesn’t mean an end for humanity.

@amymglick 6 лет назад

The whack a mole thing made me 😂

@kaweewattt 6 лет назад

This past week due to common cold..... I lied in bed most of the free time and bringe watched your channel. Now 9 out of 12 recommended vid are from EC. Really love it... keep pushing great content.

@murielcunningham8703 6 лет назад

3 extra history videos in a row! Is this heaven?

@LordDragon1965 6 лет назад

If my memory serves, the American UN Ambassador is former Illinois governor and 2 time Democratic Presidential candidate Adlai E Stevenson

@MrLeoni2 6 лет назад

It was indeed Stevenson.

@Tigerheart01 6 лет назад

There are probably plenty of people here who know this, but I do see the misunderstanding all the time. The military's DEFCON status counts from 5 (normal force readiness) to 1 (maximum force readiness). I was in NORAD for 4 out of the 6 years I was in the Air Force, and I see the mistake all the time. I think even a song said "Defcon 5!" once indicating that things have gone terribly wrong. It's actually the other way around. We want to stay at 5 as long as possible, 1 means we're all dying... Since 9/11 We've been at a permanent 4...

@thor1696 3 года назад

US- puts misslies in turkey USSR- puts missiles in cuba US- surised pickachu face

@deang1631 6 лет назад

This story is making me super tense about events that happened close to 60 years ago. Keep up the good work.

@sluggaboyzWC3 6 лет назад

soviet spy bears thwarted!

@DavidChipman 6 лет назад

Bears with fricken spy cameras on their heads! ;)

@liujunye9878 6 лет назад

sluggaboyzWC3 I

@thatguyyouknow1443 6 лет назад

EXTRA HISTORY IS PLAYING A REAL LIFE VIDEO!!!!!!

@TheDarkBrethren 6 лет назад

I always love to learn that there is so kuch more to major historical points than we get to see in school, and your channel always makes me want to watch! Thank you so juch for this :D

@lary6420 6 лет назад

You guys and gals r doing such amazing work, I enjoy watching ur videos and learning new thing, be it history, game design, or science fiction. Keep at it, we'll be cheering u on every step of the way

@iunne1113 6 лет назад

That bear could've started a war.

@lordofdarkdudes 6 лет назад

"Its sign language with destroyers"

@ant834 6 лет назад

I have really been enjoying extra history (especially after finishing the catherine the great series) and the first video of the cuban missle crisis wanted me to see more! Keep it up

@smalltime0 6 лет назад

Had to pause the video at 5:27 to watch the opening credits of Deutschland 83. Seemed appropriate.

@freibuis 6 лет назад

Ive always wondered why USSR didnt just show fly over photos of turkey when USA kept showing kept showing them fly over photos of Cuba.. was the USA public aware that turkey was had USA missles? ive just wondered why didnt USSR capitalize on this fact... because from what I read that would have given USSR the exact same pretext... I would love to know more about turkeys role in this conflict.... :) thanks guys

@DanieleCapellini 6 лет назад

It’s the US, they are allowed to do everything, you dummy.

@Carewolf 6 лет назад

AFAIK the US public did not know. I believe the details of what happened was secret from some 20+ years after the incident, and all the sides only came to light in late 80s.

@freibuis 6 лет назад

Carewolf thank you... Didn't know that... I also would love to get some turkey side of the story.. I feel they played a bigger part in this story that no one is talking about

@peterstickney7608 6 лет назад

Because, in the West, everybody knew. The deployments weren't hidden at all, and were fairly well publicized. Reconnaissance flights by Soviet and Warsaw Pact aircraft over the missile sites were common. (In fact, a Bulgarian MiG-17 crashed next to one of the Italian Jupiter squadrons) The fun part of it all was that it was completely pointless. The Jupiters were useless as weapons - unreliable, inaccurate, with slow reaction times. Even at the time of the deployment of the Jupiter Squadron to Turkey, the decision had been made to retire them. They provided no capability that wasn't better performed by Continental U.S. based ICBMs, (ours worked, you see), or Submarine Launched Ballistic Missiles. (Polaris)

@alexturlais8558 6 лет назад

Peter Stickney The point isn't that it was effective but that the USA did the exact same thing and yhe soviets didn't throw a tantrum or threaten war.

@blueshell9864 6 лет назад

Lebanese ship with a Greek crew. We Greeks sure know how to get mixed up in the most weird situations.