Dear TimeGhost Community, The last few days have come as a shock to all of us on the team. As we continue to edit and write regular videos, it has been harrowing to cover war exactly 79 years ago in the same cities currently under siege. This has been a grim and painful reminder of why we began this project, why all of us signed up to work here. We want to reach as many people as possible with historiography which is factual, informative, and engaging, so that people around the world can learn from humanity's mistakes and successes of the past. We also strive to show history exactly as it happened, free from lies and distortions for political exploit. Those ideals are now under an existential threat. While both peace and historical truth have been evasive since the end of the Second World War, this moment presents a heightened attack on these issues. All of us here are more determined than ever to do our part as historians, as videographers, as human beings, to protect peace. Not to cover what is happening right now, as world leaders evoke history, as the cities we cover in weekly episodes are once again strangled by violence, would not be politically neutral, it would be a decision to ignore our values. That is why we are launching a campaign to cover Ukrainian history. We hope that as millions of people around the world begin searching the internet to make sense of this all, they will see objective and factual historiography, not propaganda. Right now, groups around the world are manipulating history for political ends. These lies are fuelling war and deaths each passing day. That is why we are taking on extra work, making videos on Ukrainian history, and asking all of you to join us in making a difference. First and foremost, support those who deliver humanitarian aid: www.icrc.org/en/donate/ukraine Join the TimeGhost Army or raise your tier so that we can create factual, professional, and engaging videos about the real history of Ukraine: bit.ly/UKR_TGA
That being said though, while history is cyclical, there are changes too. I mean, we wish this invasion never happened. We wish Russia wasn’t so expansionist. But something tells me that enraged Ukrainian citizens from 80 yrs ago wouldn’t have so easily gotten away with approaching German-Axis (as opposed to Russian) soldiers and shouting at them, let alone threaten them with having sunflowers to grow over their unmarked graves. No, the civilians would have been fighting and resisting in different ways, that are righteous but way less internet-viral.
"Our entire body of work depends on that we can tell the truth without fear of being shut up, put in prison, or even killed." Brilliantly put Spartacus. That's what democracy is to the historian. Democracy means something different for each person, but it makes life richer for us all. May Ukraine's democracy be preserved, and her people saved.
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Don't we wish RU-vid and the other social media outlets adhered to the democratic principles of free speech? Let us judge who is wrong, right, even hateful.
After reading the Live Chat, I have to say that Spartacus I have an unbelievable amount of respect for you. You have to deal with so much sputum and vile hate every day.
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@TimeGhost Holodomor denial is Ukrainophobia, it's not a random opinion and it deserves to be treated as deeply offensive and repulsive, as Hate Speech, as a crime and as a Hate crime the same way as Holocaust denial
As a Canadian from the western (Prairie) areas this invasion has been heart-wrenching to watch. I'm enough of a history buff to know that when farmers from Ontario started moving west to the prairies to start farming they were literally starving to death. The federal government was wise enough to recruit large numbers of Ukranians (and, I believe, Poles also) to emigrate to the area and teach people how to farm the plains. They saved the lives and livelihoods of many Canadians and we are grateful to them!
@@guywerry6614 the ironic part of the Canadian Govt incentivizing Ukrainians to come settle western Canada was that during WWl they were deemed “Enemies of the State” because they came from the Austrian-Hungarian empire. We as Canadians learn about the Japanese internment camps during WWll but we learned nothing of the original internment l/work camps that were created for the Ukrainians that immigrated here to Canada. A lot of our national parks and railway system were developed from those who had been interred and and for those who were left behind to try and run their farms had their land and belongings confiscated with no reimbursement. It is hard to think that my great grandparents had to carry ID cards at all times with the title Enemy of the State and were forced to report weekly with local RCMP or otherwise be arrested when they played an instrumental role of settling and developing our Western provinces. They faced such racism and were looked upon positively as Ukrainians are today. On top of that a mere 20-24yrs later, many of the Ukrainian families that were affected by the internment policies still had family members enlist and go fight in Europe during WWll for the Allied forces including my own family members. The quiet strength , strong work ethic, commitment to family and unbending will and commitment to the unification of nation is what has brought them through terrible atrocities and we must all stand behind Ukraine and lend our strength and power to never allow their voices to be silenced again.
@Tuiuan Almeida Veloso Thank you very much for your kind words. And thank you for watching, we depend entirely on the support of viewers like you in the TimeGhost Army. Stay tuned
@@kylebritt1225 Exactly, this is a universal battle being waged everywhere. The American government hasn't been the protectors of truth the claim to be, we shouldn't fall for their propaganda just as we shouldn't fall for the lies that justify this inhumane war.
@@randomchannel-px6ho Our government is not the channel of any misinformation I fear. It is those that assign the veracity of unfavorable information to government information. Willful ignorance based on an accused source because the truth is inconvenient is what I fear. You Tube is not an organ of any state.
Thank you for the video on Ukrainian-related topics, especially given the amount of misinformation and stuff these days. Yet another reason why I contribute to the TimeGhost Army as a longtime member, precisely in times like these.
How accurate is it to call the current Ukrainian government democratic? I have heard some right wing pundits (like Tucker Carlson) denay that Ukraine is a democracy since president Zelensky has imprisoned opposition members and journalists, while this does not justify the Russians invasion, how accurate is this claim? This is not a trick question or anything like that, I am genuinely interested, since I know little about this specific topic.
@@TheUstasha101 Tucker Carlson is a Quisling far right opportunistic propagandist working for a non-news propaganda outlet. Up until last week he was praising Putin and vilifying Zelenskyy. Now he's backpedalling like all liars caught in the act. F Tucker Carlson and his ilk.
@@mis4nthr0p3 Tucker Carlsonis one of the most viewed talk show hosts in America ( even dems watch him more than other talk show hosts), whether you like him or not his views are shared by many americans, the more we devalue the word fascist the more likely actual fascist ideas/ individuals pass under are radar without us even knowing. Thank you for responding.
It is eerie, but terrifying being a high school history teacher about to teach about the rise of facism and WWII in the coming week. I thought I never would see such open war in Europe in my lifetime let alone anyone elses. Thank you TimeGhost History team for all you do, especially in this time to better help people understand history and its relation to our world today. Never Forget
@@toqtoq3361 Oh for sure. Ever since Crimea, I've seen the increasing parallels between Putin and Hitler become closer every day. History informs us about how nations have acted in the past so we can prevent despots from destroying democracies and committing war crimes
@@toqtoq3361 As I have been telling my friends: "I've seen this movie before. Can we just skip ahead to the part where the dictator shoots himself in a bunker?"
This is why I cringe whenever Putin talks about "denazifying Ukraine." Soviets and their apologists repressed the Holodomor for half a decade by denouncing anyone telling the truth about the Holodomor as fascists.
You guys are amazing my heart hurts for that young woman, her family, and everyone caught in this madness, which I and many others thought unlikely if not impossible a week ago. Humanity needs to learn from its mistakes so all of us and our children can have a better future. May Ukraine remain free. May we in the west near or far from this conflict never take our freedom for granted. Thank you for all you do. I need to pony up and join timeghost, the things you share are so important and you tell it like it is: the truth.
@ajc 2990 Thank you so much for your very kind words, the team is constantly impressed by the thoughtfulness of our audience. Just in case today's the day you join the TimeGhost Army, here's a link for you. We'd love to have you aboard www.patreon.com/join/timeghosthistory
When Putin tried to label Ukraine as "neonazis" I was outraged, remembering the coverage of some of the genocides you have talked about. The context you folks have provided and are planning on expounding on is so profound, compassionate and competent. This kind of coverage and context is important. Please keep up the good work. Your work is appreciated!!!!
That term I think is used exclusively for elements in the Ukranian military such as the Azov battalion founded originally as an ultra right-wing, white supremacist militia that became a formal part of the Ukranian military. Their members actually do wear swastikas and are why the US and UK have had to stop neonazis from their own population traveling to Ukraine to seek free weapons training. Units such as those were officially labeled by the US government as terrorist organizations so there is some legitimacy to those claims. There are well documented accounts of them slaughtering minorities and committing war crimes. Why Zelensky would allow such people to operate under his command is beyond me.
I was hoping (almost expecting) a reaction from you guys to the current events. Many thanks for this. To Iryna, her family and friends I wish you all the best and to stay safe.
I'm a Ukrainian living in Norway. Within a month im going back to fight against the aggressor and for the freedom of my people and country. Slava Україна !
Thank you. I think everyone following this series knows how horrible and senseless war is after all these videos, and yet we have so many people who refuse to learn from past mistakes.
In college, I studied Medieval history. Due to this, I ended up looking into Kyiv the Golden, the Rurikid dynasty, and the Grand Princes of the many states of what is now Ukraine. These lands were prosperous and dealing with international trade when Moskovya was still a forest. Perhaps Russia sees Ukraine as a necessary part of their country, dating back to the time when the Romanovs changed their names to seem more like the people of Tsarograd, but the Ukrainians know different -- their culture is older and different from Russia. Long live Ukraine!
To Iryna and her family, may you and all the families who are suffering right now as a result of Putin's naked war of aggression know peace and prosperity again sooner rather than later. May the brave men and women defending Ukraine continue to show the determination, skill, and resolve they've shown so far in the face of what on paper should have been a much larger military steamrolling over a smaller one. To the Time Ghost team as a whole? Thank you for using your voice to raise awareness for not just the current conflict unfolding before our eyes day by day right now, but also the history of Ukraine and its relationship with Russia as well. May this invasion be for Putin what the Winter War or the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan were: humiliating defeat illustrating his incompetence and ineptitude as a leader that may, hopefully, result in him losing his hold on power after being in command of a country like Russia for far longer than he should have ever been allowed to be.
I have been watching you guys since the great war and saw you tackled so many sensitive & controversial topics in past. But I have never seen such vile hate being thrown against you guys on this one topic alone. I hope you guys are doing well and please ignore those apologist.
@Joshua Gapaz Thank you very much, for staying with us for so long, and for your very kind words of support. We'll continue making important videos like this one, if you keep watching, sharing, telling your friends, and supporting the TimeGhost Army. Stay tuned and thanks again
I cannot express enough how much I respect the work you have done and will continue to do. I am a Lithuanian-American whose ancestors fled from Lithuania across many different decades. My ancestors fled from the repression and famine that ravaged my country at the hands of imperialists in 1892. I have family who left in 1917 and escaped from the neverending horrors of war. I have family that escaped from my motherland before it was raped by the genocidal Nazi and Soviet regimes in 1939. My family lost contact with relatives who we sadly discovered in 1993 didn't survive the holocaust. Now the very same psychotic fantasies threaten to bring the horrors of war to my motherland and strip it of it's freedom once again. Humanity can end this vicious cycle if we listen to the ghost of the past. Thank you so much for your dedication towards making sure the world doesn't forget about the horrors which terrorized my ancestors. Stay strong Ukraine 🇺🇦 ❤️ 🇱🇹 🇺🇸
@random channel 101 I can't thank you enough for sharing your history. My love and respect to you and your whole family, I hope you all are well and safe now. Comments like yours brings a level of clarity and depth to our channel that is not possible any other way. Thanks for watching and for your caring, reflective comment.
Thank you for doing that. I am originally an Ukrainian. And my grandparents barely survived during the Holodomor. However, their first-born son died. My grandma was pregnant when everything eatable was taken from them by soldiers. Therefore, the new born baby had little chance to survive and had lived just for two weeks. He was never officially registered, just born and died. Therefore, my uncle belongs to the victims of Holodomor who never been officially accounted. How many kids died like that? Who knows?! But my grandma told me about her child. So it is our family memories.
my grandfather was ukrainian he said soviets gave him food although it was not enough for the tens of millions of ukraine because also it affected russia and central asia.i looked over this video and its a bunch of BS. He just provides source but doesnt direct us so we can actually find it, and a lot of the stuff said isn't backed with any citations at all.
I had hopes of you guys doing "historical context for current events" series but assumed you didn't want to risk appearing to pick a side. I'm extremely glad you've started this series, and I don't regret a single second of my TGA membership. The best channel on RU-vid. Excelsior!
@SpaceSpectre Thank you, we can't say enough how much we appreciate the support from you in the TimeGhost Army. Please stay tuned every week. Never forget
You go TimeGhost! Just watched that episode a few days ago, I'll be keeping an eye out for more. Best of wishes to you, especially Iryna and the people of Ukraine.
@@spartacus-olsson Excellent! Many good friends and family I reach most by the Internet are smartphone addicts with rather a short attention span. They'll probably lose patience with a video over seven minutes. Do please try to be succinct and well paced. (Personally, I find most this channel's video both well paced and enthralling.)
Spartacus, Astrid , Iryna, Indy and the rest of the Time Ghost Crew: I have been a devoted follower of your content and truly appreciate the mission you have all undertaken. To paraphrase Spartacus at the end of his,WAH episodes, We must never Forget. To Iryna and her family. I hope and pray that your family, trapped in Ukraine and in mortal fear, makes it through this criminal and horrific invasion unscathed. And that you can rejoin them soon in a free and democratic homeland. After each WAH episode, it has become my habit to comment and offer my moral support to the work you do. It takes courage to do what you do. And now that courage must rise to even greater heights. Take heart to know that there are people, whom you have never met , not likely ever will meet, who are praying for you, your family and all the people of Ukraine. And just as in the Spanish civil war, or during the battle of Britain, there a courageous and freedom living young men and women making their way to your homeland to help with it's defense. (Were I younger and not disabled by a brain tumor I would as well) While the leaders of Russia have forgotten the lessons of WWII, a great many people have not, in part due to the work of Time Ghost History. So , as has become my custom with Spartacus, I offer you long distance bear hugs. It is not much, but it is a sincere gesture. You are not alone . May you and your family be blessed throughout this terrible ordeal.
@Brian Nicholas Thank you for the ever kind words, from an intern on the TimeGhost team. It is not easy to cover these historical events, and the past week has made it difficult for everyone seeing the outbreak of yet more war. Bear hugs back to you, and thank you for the thoughtful comment. Please keep them coming
Well done Timeghost history team! It will help give people a wider context on how the conflict happened, I.e. the background. And why Russia is attacking Ukraine... There's few English speaking sources on this Ukranian history, and so it's excellent that you will indirectly help me with my video with this series. Next, I wish to express my sorrow to Elena for what she and her family has to go through now. I would like to donate to her/family if possible, to hopefully improve her situation, if she/her family is accepting donations. Like most others I doubted whether Putin would REALLY invade such a massive country. And am myself strongly against the invasion. And so, like you guys, I was surprised to hear the news on the 24th of February. Lastly, thank you for addressing this, I think it's imperative that we learn from history to uncover the present. I shall be watching every last video of this series...
Thank you for using "Soviet" instead of "Russian", cause that is what many on social network are saying about Holodomor. Prayers for Irina's family, Ukrainian and Russian people. As a Slav myself I am devastated to see two nations so similar in their origins, language, culture and faith killing each other because of one man's insanity. I salute sen. Bernie Sanders who said today: "Russian people is not an enemy, but oligarchs and autocrats."
I had no idea the history between Russia and Ukraine was as dark as this. I'm glad to have been educated and gaining a better understanding of why the war is as violent as it seems to be today. I shudder to think of the abuses that are coming in later videos.
Take a guess why the ukrainians were happy when the wehrmacht was marching towards the soviet union through Ukraine when these events just happened 10 years before WW2. Take a guess why theres such a strong nationalist sentiment in nowadays ukraine where these crimes against them have been made public only a short time ago. Take a guess why they absolutely hate the russians now shelling their cities again, Ukraine could really politically explode into hatred on the levels left behind in the 30s.
@@lx1995Mk2 This doesnt make any sense. We should strive to divide all nations by major ethnic groups so that people can self govern and no conflicts on that level with arise anymore. If you start legitimizing ukraine keeping Luhansk for example "because it is ukrainian land" you could say the same for Königsberg which is still held by Russia since WW2 tho no germans live there anymore. The best solution for Ukraine would probably be a two state solution, a western ukraine where the majority ukrainians live and a eastern ukraine where predominantly russians are today.
@@cptpayday2080 well, not too many were that happy with wehrmacht, and especially when nazis started massacring everyone indiscriminately. Most of ukraine was antifa in ww2.
@@cptpayday2080 ehnical russian was only 56% in Crimea, and around 26% in Donbass. Thought many ukrainians speak russian not makes them russian, its just Kremlin propaganda
I would never want Russia to gain control of Ukraine again. They wouldn't stop there. I know he wants the whole Soviet Union back & then some. No thank you! 😾😾
"...the blanket of denial of events will not be tolerated..." Discuss but do not deny... BZ to you Indy. Iyrna... our thoughts, hearts and prayers are with you and your family. Heroiam slava!
While not discounting the Holocaust, after learning about Holodomor I never understood why it is not given equal time and attention considering the parallels in execution and outcome. It's shameful how Communists get a pass on this one.
Certainly puts the Ukrainians' determination to maintain their independence in perspective. For them, it's not just freedom and honor -- it's life and death.
i sympathize with Ukraine because my country lost its democracy, venezuela, and the regime that has illegally usurped our nation has been continually backed by putin's regime, i already donated money to the Ukrainian red cross, i wish i could do more, i can only hope the Ukrainian people is able to defend the freedom we failed to protect
And their bloody puppets are now in the coalition government here in Spain.They should have shot Chavez when they had the opportunity. I just remember and old family tale: a far cousin of my father sold his coat to pay the ticket to sail to Venezuela and work there in the oil industry. Nowa days you have to flee ... That is what communism ALWAYS do to the people.
My grandmother's family on my mom's side came to the US after the failed 1905 Russian revolution from Lviv, and my grandfather's family came to the US at the same time from Odessa. I have always wanted to visit my ancestors homeland, the other two great grandparents came from Biolystock and somewhere in the Austro-Hungarian empire all about 117 years ago. My dads parents were American communists in their youth (the 30s - 50s), even though his dad and twin brother both served in WWII (my great uncle survived Bataan, so he didn't like to talk about the war much). I have a picture of my 13 year old grandmother with her family on the boat to visit family in Lviv in 1933, it's a great picture. Being that my whole family is Jewish, much of my family who stayed in Europe died in WWII in horrible ways. I hope to visit all these places someday. Not anytime soon, unfortunately.
I have initally left this comment under the topic-related post on WW2 channel, but I've decided to also post this here, i hope moderators wont mind. This is related to the invasion, not to Holodomor hi. I am Russian and half-Ukrainian, but also am an ardent viewer of the Timeghost content. I rarely comment and try to be apolitical even though I've watched all of your playlists. still, I've decided to speak out and let the Timeghost audience know about what's going on. The events of the last week have been soul-crushing to me. Nothing i can say to my Ukrainian friends at this point, that won't sound hollow, but from the depth of my soul - I am, me personally, I am sorry. I will try what i can to make this right. Now, let's get to the facts. I am going to give you immediate context from the point of view of a Russian citizen. 1) invasion came as a shock to us, almost as much as everyone else. For months our government has been lying to us, that it was just exercising, that soldiers will come home as soon as the exercise is over, that there will be no war, that the west is just warmongering. They lied to us and they lied to the world and no we will pay the price for our trust in a murderous tyrant that usurped absolute power in my country. 2) whatever legitimate or illegitimate historic grievances Russia and Ukraine may have had, they could've been solved diplomatically. Putin didn't even try to give peace a chance, he ignored all calls and requests from Zelensky, trying to shift responsibilities onto him, and force him to talk with "the rebels", who are effectively are just his puppet states. 3) I am not going to give you this tripe now about how this is just Putin's war - no, some people here wanted it also. It's impossible to gauge how many without hard data, but, sticking to the facts here, I can estimate that an absolute minority of people wanted war. The war was immediately condemned as an atrocity by the Academic community, the cultural creators, businesses, the Russian Orthodox Church is just a small number of organizations, who started signing open letters condemning the war. It was also condemned by the regular people who started petitioning the government and going to protests. I doubt anyone outside of a small number of people who still support Putin (which fell below 30% last year according to even falsified government statistics) support this war. And even those who are supporting it will stop once the reality of what happened will really sink in. 4) looking at the situation through the prism of democratic procedures, this is a result of a slow decline of already flawed democracy, that Russia has haphazardly developed in the 90s. Since the constitutional crisis of 1993, the president in Russia (so not Putin necessarily) can hold almost an absolute power, as he has the final say in legislation. After Putin came to power on January 1st, 2000 he has gradually dismantled what little democratic freedoms we have, including governor elections in most regions. He can now do whatever he wants with only a very limited pushback from perhaps Central Bank, it's the only institution he didn't bother to take over. There was a societal consensus in Russia, that since Putin was a man credited with Russia's resurgence in the 2000s, we can just "wait him out", I guess. This was mostly based on the assumption that he is a rational man, guided by reason, an assumption that is no longer valid. We will now pay the price for our apathy. 5) I am not going to talk about this war, as it's still unfolding but I can already say that Russia has lost. It doesn't matter if Putin turns the entirety of Ukraine into ash, I know a national uprising when I see it. If the goal was to crush it into submission - they failed and if the goal was to ensure their neutral status, there were other ways to achieve this. Putin managed to do in one week what Ukraine probably couldn't have solved by itself by the end of this century - he finally united its population, against a common enemy. When I see Ukrainians stopping tanks just by standing in front of them, I understand that their spirit cannot be broken. And as for us? Well, we have work to do here in Russia, an endless amount of work. Putin needs to go, but I can't even begin to think how will we get him out of Kremlin, considering how controlled and disorganized our opposition is. And then the entirety of the Russian political system needs to be reworked to be more fair and inclusive, we need to break the cycle so something like this would never occur again. 6) Once again, I am sorry. I hope we can make it right in the future.
@Vladimir Vovk Thanks for sharing your insights from the perspective of a Russian citizen, it sounds like it must feel crushing to be stuck under Putin. Stay safe wherever you are
@@TimeGhost gonna enjoy watching your content while i still can. I assume youtube will get blocked in russia eventually, then i guess i can download your videos via VPN and watch them from the hard drive or something. I wish there was something i could say that would inspire hope. Anyway, thank you for your work and thanks for noticing me.
@@TimeGhost thank you for your kind words. we'll try to stand defiant in the face of tyranny, meanwhile our eyes are on Ukraine and everybody sensible is praying and are doing what they can to ensure that this needless bloodshed is stopped immediately.
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Ukraine has become an inspiration to me very recently, not just because of their gallant standing against the Russian invaders but for their historical toughness and national pride. We stand with them, and my heart goes out to her and her family. Never forget, especially now.
absoluteley. but may i can draw your attention to finland defending against sovietrussia in the winter war 1939-1940? finland lost territory to sovietrussia, but prevend to be swallowed all into sovietunion and in some way look for switzerland. the nazis for example had a plan invading switzerland, but did not carry out. because literay almost every swiss knew how to shoot and use a firearm against invaders. because of the mountain like terrain and could blown up every bridge in short time and most because switzerland had money of nazis and traded with them. would had stop if nazis would had conquerd switzerland. and the swiss spirit started centuries ago. look up battle of moorgarten. swiss peasents crushed a well trained and equipementd knights army of the rueling holy roman emperor then. in to some extent, modern time, kurdish soldiers against the IS scumbags. just to name some others who were also brave and worth remembering.
I'm so terribly sorry for what you and your family are enduring, Iryna. I've been praying for the people of Ukraine since this all started. May God bless you and your people.
Heartbreaking event. Wishing for Ukrainians and Russians that is against this madness to remain strong and courageous in spite of this uncertain times. Thank you TimeGhost for this detailed piece of heinous part of human history.
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You are doing a great job! I appreciate the immense effort you put into each video. I am a big fan of the World War Two channel. It’s incredible how detailed yet not overly long you throw light on this extremely complicated war that took place. I myself read a lot of articles on various operations/things of ww2 and every time, I’m astounded about the sheer mass of information that is available and was reconstructed by historians. Therefore I am really thankful for these videos! Wish you all the best.
@T W. WW2 is such an incredibly vast topic with an equally vast historiography and it takes a lot of work, combined with our unique format, to make sense of it in the way that we do. Thanks for watching with us and for your continuing support
Thanks for posting this. I feel proud to be a long time espectator of this channel. In times like these is important to mark our position against an agression against a free nation
I love the content that you put out. I love that you are doing what you feel you can do. I am a retired US Marine and I am currently waiting to hear back from the Ukrainian embassy on my application to join the Ukrainian Foreign Legion of Territorial Defense. Maybe someday I'll be in one of your amazing videos! Slava Ukraini
I had previously read about the famine in Ukraine but your description brings out the horror in excruciating detail. As hard as this was to watch, it must have been still harder to research and present. Indy, Spartacus and team, thank you all for your detailed and most valuable work.
Your work, your teams dedication to historical accuracy and objectivity is most admirable. In the age of mis/disinformation you are a shining beacon in the dark murk. These last few days have left something of a cloud over me too. Never wished to have lived in interesting times but here we are. Putin's reign has inflicted so much suffering to Ukrainians, Russians and others. I hope that karma will eventually get to him and his cronies. I look forward to more of this guy's. Never forget.
@Cannonfodder43 Thank you very much for watching. Dark times will pass as they have before. We must be strong for our brothers and sisters around the world who are struggling, no matter who they are. Never forget.
Thank you for re-posting this video, as it is unfortunately timely. This allows the world to see through Putin's lies and deceptions, ones that would make his predecessors Stalin & Hitler proud. This makes clear that his war on the people of Ukraine is a continuation of the ones carried out in the past by the Nazis and the Soviets. Iryna Dulka, you are a pillar of strength, and my prayers go out to you, your family, and the people of your country. I am Jewish and trace my paternal grandmother's lineage to the city of Lviv where my great-grandfather Hyman Rapaport was born and raised. So, to me, this unprovoked assault is very personal. Please keep up the excellent work at Time Ghost, Peace and Slava Ukraini!
My great-grandfather, a Russlanddeutsche, managed to get his immediate family out of Russia shortly before WW1, but many of his cousins remained behind. The letters they wrote to him during the Holodomor are heartbreaking.
I read stories about cannibalism and famine as part of a history class and it never ceased to amaze me how most of the pictures and many of the stories were all of the Holodomr specifically. It was so bad they even provide many of the pictures and much of the Wikipedia page on cannibalism. This and the Great Leap Forward are 2 reasons that can on their own prove why communism simply doesn't work. Mao and Stalin caused some of the worst famines in human history and the worst cases of cannibalism of the last millenia if not human history, directly and indirectly. Between the 2 of them they either directly or indirectly caused the deaths of hundreds of millions and supported the worst dictatorships in human history. Mao helped bring about the Kim dynasty and the Khmer Rouge while Stalin propped up most of the rest of the dictators of the 20th century. They both instituted policies they knew were terrible and they knew would fail but pushed them forward regardless for the sake of polticial ideology and so they could scapegoat the inevitable problems on their polticial enemies and clear house. It wasn't even accidents or an unforeseen consequence, they knew about many of the problems well ahead of time but did it regardless.
@@arthas640Thanks for briefly highlighting/covering ALL of the bases (summarizing) the atrocities that had occured in the 20th century -- the Hölodômor, Great Leap Forward, Khmer Rouge, the Kim Dynasty -- which caused untold death(s)/💀/☠️, pain &/and suffering to HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS of people, &/and in a period of less than 40 YEARS! But by the way/for the record... this horrendous system was NEVER meant to WORK; it was merely a RUSE to cause as much destruction &/and misery as possible, I don't care what ANY of the others says, thinks, &/and does! As I'd heard an unknown, anonymous source say... the system is not just only BROKEN, it was MADE, designed, set up that way! 😬
I was hoping you guys would cover this. It was right up your alley as they say. It fits well, also you usually explain everything in great detail and with such a passion. It's hard not to love your content!
@Starfals Thank you, we also have great respect for the passion and care of our audience. The TimeGhost Army shows itself time and again to be compassionate, thoughtful, engaged, and caring. Thank you for your support and the kind words.
@@TimeGhost Sure, i always try to spread your channel to my friends when i can. I don't do that for any other one. I can see passion,quality and good information. What more can you wish for? :) Shame RU-vid is not doing you any favors.
I have a lot of respect to you for doing this series. I don't normally support patreon channels - as a teacher my funds are somewhat limited and I try to be very careful with how and when I spend my money. However, the production value and the educational quality of TimeGhost has been nothing short of spectacular and your episodes never fail to dissapoint. I can use them to make assingments in classroom and the students love them. And as a Eastern European, I have a lot of respect that you're supporting the people of Ukraine - they deserve all the support possible and more. I will join your army, thank you for all the amazing content and I wish you all the best in your future projects and endeavors. Stay strong!
@Tauri Einberg Thankyou from the bottom of our hearts for your support. It is always incredible to hear that teachers use our content as an educational tool as well.
Man, that last dialogue is so reminiscent of Putin's action this past week. You can feel just the intense anger and grief that Ukraine must yet again suffer from a paranoid despot.
Thank you for covering this. It is one thing to be a historian, and talk about events from long ago from the comfort of our armchairs, it is another thing to watch history being made before our eyes, and not knowing how things will turn out. These are difficult times.
This kinda shit breaks my heart. The Holodomar and the Bengal Famine are two of the most vile events of that era, absolutely disgusting to see how deliberate it all was
The Holodomor was one of the greatest tragedies in human history, and I applaud your team very much for your thorough coverage of this tragic series of events. So many people know nothing about it, and in this regard you do a timeless service to the world by raising awareness on this topic. Regarding the introduction, it's tragic that there is a recent continuation/revival of conflict between Russia and Ukraine, with Ukraine being caught in the middle of the conflict between the USA and Russia (this being a deep-seeded one in its own right, although not as intimate or soul-crushing as the Holodomor). But this current conflict could NEVER be so simplified as to refer to it as 'unprovoked' (which is, at best, a buzzword). The United States has been pushing and pushing and pushing Russia for years, to the extent where they basically guaranteed this would happen eventually, after repeated warnings from the Russian Federation (including its many attempts to negotiate). Make no mistake, this is NOT and could NEVER be an indictment on the Ukrainian people or their obvious, self-evident, honorable right to self-defense. This is the first video your channel (or The Great War) has ever done that I thought was not even-handed (or even suspected might lack context), but the introduction was so biased and so unfair and so duplicitous that I cannot continue being a paying subscriber any longer. I may just be one person, but I wanted to make my thoughts known on this. That introduction was an oversimplified abomination that I know (based on years' worth of evidence of excellent content) is so far beneath you that I couldn't believe my eyes and ears watching this just now. Absolutely disgraceful for men and women of your experience and talent.
The invasion of Ukraine is an illegal war, as it is a breach of article 50 of the Nuremberg Protocol's definition of a Crime against Peace. A legal text that Russia is an active party to. The International Criminal Court is now investigating War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity by the Russian armed forces. Ukraine is a sovereign country without any alliance to the United States. Russia invaded and annexed parts of her territory against international laws at two occasions in the last ten years. It doesn't matter if anyone else did similar things. It doesn't matter what Russia (read Putin) feels about anything in the world. It doesn't matter what anyone other than Ukraine is perceived to have done, or has actually done to Russia. Russia has attempted to justify these acts by false flag attacks, engineered narratives of ethnic strife, and rhetoric of hate. These are lies and foul propaganda. Its is therefore an unprovoked attack and our narrative is completely justified, to not mention morally and ethically required. It is against our Code of Conduct to justify criminal activity, especially international crimes related to conflict. Whataboutism is also not permitted - one crime does not justify the other. Because of your long time viewership we will give you a chance to rectify your mistake by retracting your post. Failure to do so, or continued infraction on our Code of Conduct will result in a retraction of your posting privileges. You need not bother to make an attempt at reply, it will not be allowed to stand, and we will not engage with you in further discussion on this topic.
@@TimeGhostthat reply is spot on. As a Ukrainian American living in the US and having conducted my own research into the Holodomor as part of my undergrad studies at UC Berkeley, I was interested to see where your team chose to start the story, and what points you chose to highlight. It is critical that the world hear the story of the historical patterns of Ukrainian interaction with power based in Moscow.
As I sit here in America, I ask myself, what can we do? I am 70 now and have lived through and fought in war, I know history, and think back to September 1939, and to 1940 and France. I also think of policies of appeasement prior to that as Austria was absorbed, (my mother was there to see Hitler's motorcade), of the Rhineland and Czechoslovakia, people cast to the mercy of a fascist power only to prevent a war the other countries did not want. Ultimately the world was forced into a cycle of mass destruction and development of capacities that could destroy all life. How do we stop Putin without destroying the world? I applaud the Russian population that is protesting their government, but can they wield enough influence to force change? I don't have the answers. Thank you for what you do.
@lawrence hudson You ask a difficult question that we are all trying to answer right now, and I hope we find an answer quickly. Thankyou for your support, it helps us to keep doing what we do
In the past few days I have struggled with this conflict after numerous accounts and events have been said to have been fabrications of propaganda. I’m very glad that the TimeGhost team will be addressing this conflict from the point of view of unbiased historians rather than journalists as I feel too much sensationalism has tainted much of the truth of this conflict. They always say history is written by the victors. But I believe it is written by the victors but reevaluated and corrected by their descendants. I look forward to your future content on these events and will be happy to continue my support of the timeghost channel.
Not really the point of this video but i would like to mention that I really like Astrid’s more calm and collected speaking voice in the beginning of the video. In the spies and ties series she tends to talk with allot of inflections and changes of pace. I like the more calm and serious tone that Indy and Spartacus usually use ( In my opinion two of the best speakers on RU-vid). (Just ment as constructive feedback, i love the channel and the shows)
As this disaster has slowly and relentlessly unfolded, I have wondered how you at the Time Ghost Team were being affected. It must be incredibly difficult to continue to do your work while the events of the past are playing out in real time on your doorstep. Your work to date has been magnificent, an amazing product. Continuing, I am sure, will be difficult and at times gut wrenching. Please keep it up. It now brings a whole new meaning to “Never Forget!” Brian from Ottawa.
Russia now: “remember when Ukraine was the breadbasket of the USSR? Wasn’t that nice?” Ukraine: “We do, and that is why we’re making Molotov Cocktails”
I am from Belarus. It is harrowing to see what was happening to my homeland in the past 2 years. It is even more terrifying to see that Russia has dragged Belarus to this shameful horror. I feel shame because I did not stay and fight to free Belarus from tyranny, I chose to flee in 2006 to the USA. My great grandfathers died in WW2 one surviving and another retreating all the way from Belarus and dying in battle in 1944 fighting in Danzig. My great-grandmother was tortured to death by Gestapo in front of my Grandma, she was orphaned and never knew her real birthday. I am an officer in Time Ghost Army. I am also a US soldier with 13 years of Army experience. I will stand to idle. Thak you Indie.
Iryna Dulka, my thoughts go out to you and your family. My grandparents described living through the Second World War in the north of Germany and watching nations who suffered even worse than they did experience war again fills me with dread, sadness and rage. I hope your family stays safe, I hope this war ends peacefully as soon as possible so as many people as possible can live. Excellent work TimeGhost. I can't wait to see more original content on Ukraine, the history needed to put what's happening now into context. Many people thought that after the Soviet Union fell, things like this would never happen again. Now today the democracies of the world are being undermined and attacked by nations who participate in free trade but are not free. Putin's Russia, Xi Jinping's China, Lukashenko's Belarus, and other heartless authoritarians willing to put profit and power before human life and liberty. My hope is that this war ends peacefully as soon as possible. But in addition to that, I hope that this is a wake up call for democracies everywhere that just because a nation trades with you on the world economy, that doesn't mean that they're free.
@solarisengineering15 Thanks for the thoughtful and caring comment. We will keep making this content as long as the TimeGhost Army is with us, so thank you for watching every week
@@diegotrejos5780 That's what I hope this situation shows. The world's response to Russian aggression shows that we don't have to stay silent when tyrants act. It's a shame this had to happen before that realisation starts to hit people.
Truth! Here in the US we didn't have to place ourselves in that position, we had the steel belt and we've been a net exporter of grain. We need to be more mindful of what our international trade is subsidizing, such as "blood diamonds," or child labor. We shouldn't have turned a blind eye to human rights violations.
@Nathanael Young Thanks very much! We depend on your support to keep making these episodes, so please do tell your friends and consider joining the TimeGhost Army on Patreon to help! www.patreon.com/join/timeghosthistory
How many of are descendants of these people in that part of the world? We all wondered why they left and came to America. Now we know why the communist party was committed all kinds of murder to their own people. Remember these facts when you take your DNA ancestor results. I know my father's mother's family was from Russia and that part of the world. Now I understand why they immigrated it was either stay and then die basically. Thank you TimeGhost for making these videos.
