The History of the Cold War: Every Month 

It's kind of scary thinking about the amount of times we were close to a nuclear war during this time period.

So how many coups do you want? Nigeria, Argentina, and Turkey: Yes

Thanks for the patience! Glad to be back. NOTES: - Rhodesia (modern day Zimbabwe) should be third world green from 1965 to 1978.

I like how 3rd world country term is now used to mean poor and unstable countries. Although many are stable and rich, just didnt join sides in the cold war.

Three corrections we've noticed: - Somalia should be listed as Other from 1977 to 1991. Because of Soviet support of Ethiopia during the Ogaden War, they no longer aligned with the Soviets. They turned to a United States partnership instead. Though remained socialist - New Zealand should be listed as Other starting in 1986 due to the country being suspended from ANZUS when it became a nuclear-free zone. - The Iran-Iraq War isn't even shown

Yugoslavia wasn't a soviet ally, it tried to maintain neutral relations with both sides and to trade with whom they can. Stalin even tried to assasinate Tito a few times, and Tito said that if he tries to assasinate Stalin once, he won't need to try again.

For anyone wondering why Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan are nuclear powers towards the end: They inherited Soviet missiles once they became independent. History Matters made a video on it so I suggest you watch that for more info.

The virgin superpower versus the chad non-aligned movement

Austria: *sipping tea*

Really awesome video honestly, great job! And thanks for using my video on the Portuguese Colonial War!

had to put it at half speed to notice all the changes each month, but still, excellent video, man. i'd imagine that research alone took forever

for some reason I expected for this timelapse to go beyond 1991 and show NATO expanding into the former Warsaw Pact countries, the various changes in the Middle East, China's expanding influence, etc.

@EmperorTigerStar myself wouldn't be me without you! Also great job!

I really love the choice of music. It's constantly building up but never drops or releases, very very fitting

Man, this brings back memories. Your original Cold War video was the second video I watched from you when I was just starting to teach myself geography.

It's quite staggering how the Soviet Blitzkrieg into East Asia in the final days of WW2 is so overlooked when it played such a massive role in setting the tone of the Cold War and politics today. It essentially led to China's fall to Communism, the Korean War, and the ensuing US mindset that led to Vietnam and other interventions like Afganistan that proved to have disastrous consequences.

Yet another good video! I see that you put a lot of time in effort into remaking the Cold War by every month

its pretty nice to see a remaster of this masterpiece

Cold War become Hot War as soon as missile start to dance on the sky

Hi, I'm a bit surprised by some elements: 1) Pakistan & Israël not shown as Nuclear powers 2) France being in the same blue all along while it leaft the NATO's military integrated command from 1967 to 2009 (keeping good relations & formal alliance, but not full member of NATO per se). I think a moment of lighter blue would have been more appropriate for a part of the video small critics, nothing problematic, & keep the good work

Very well-made video about the cold war!

Still quite a reminiscent & classical but also a more educational and enjoyable reboot I quite miss these sometimes

Awesome video Emperor

Have you considered adding commentary to videos like this? It could be helpful to get some pointers of where to look or what is going on that isnt visible on a map. I love the detail you put in to these, it seems you really do your research.

Some errors that I've noticed: • Between February 1958 and August 1958, Iraq 🇮🇶 and Jordan 🇯🇴 weren't supposed to have a border separating them, since both were under the Hashemite Arab Federation at the time, and basically, a single state (although the Iraqi 🇮🇶 part could've been shown blue, since it was a part of the Baghdad Pact, the Hashemite Arab Federation was composed of 2 sovereign states without someone controlling both); • You forgot to label the Sand War between September 1963 and February 1964, this war between Morocco 🇲🇦 and Algeria 🇩🇿 was related to the Cold War; • The Democratic Republic of the Congo 🇨🇩 (later the Republic of Zaire) should've been shown as an US ally (Blue and Green for being at the Non-Alligned movement) from November 1965 onwards, due to the extremely anti-communist dictatorship led by Mobutu Sese Seko that was backed by the CIA that the country was passing through; • From March 1968 onwards, Indonesia 🇮🇩 should've been shown as an US ally, due to its extremely anti-communist policies from its then dictator Suharto, that would last until May 1998; • From March 1970 onwards, the territories occupied by the Khmer Republic on modern-day Cambodia 🇰🇭 should have been shown as an US ally, since the Khmer Republic was an US-backed military dictatorship that fell to the genocidal Khmer Rouge on April 1975; • You forgot to show the 1971 Bolivian coup d'état 🇧🇴 on August 1971; • On multiple parts of this video before December 1971 (April 1953, October 1958, March 1969), you forgot to flash Bangladesh 🇧🇩 grey when a military coup happened in Pakistan 🇵🇰, since before that date, both were one country; • On April 1974, you forgot to flash Cabo Verde 🇨🇻 grey, all the other Portuguese 🇵🇹 colonies were shown with a flash of grey; • Mayotte 🇾🇹 was supposed to continue to be a part of France 🇫🇷 on July 1975, and not become a part of Comoros 🇰🇲; • Nicaragua 🇳🇮 shouldn't have been shown as an US ally between July 1979 and January 1985, since the country was going through an "...Unitary socialist provisional government under a military junta..." at the time, this government led by the Sandinista National Liberation Front was backed by the Soviet Union during the Nicaraguan Revolution; • Namibia 🇳🇦 should've joined the Non-Alligned Movement on September 1979, not on March 1990; • The Iran-Iraq War 🇮🇷🇮🇶 should've been shown on September 1980 to August 1988; • Senegal 🇸🇳 and The Gambia 🇬🇲 should've been shown as one single country between February 1982 and December 1989, due to both being under the Senegambia Confederation; • On January 1986, a military coup happened in Lesotho 🇱🇸, you missed that.

In Seychelles 1977, there is supposed to be a coup, but it didn’t show up.

I just realized EmperorTigerstar is probably named after “Tigerstar” from the warrior cats book series and isn’t made up like I thought.

I'd love to see a video relating Ireland, like the 9 years war or something like that.

America vs Russia: a tense rivalry that played a major role shaping and defining the world in the 2nd half of the 20th Century, but which doesn't seem to have ended or has been slowly making a comeback for the past decade.

Latin America throughout this hole video: Its complicated

Probably one of his best videos yet!

Cool vid emperor

"Is it true that Stalin collects jokes with and about himself?" "Yes it is true, but he also collects the people who make them"

Major flaw in this map. The European colonies were not part of NATO. NATO does not apply to any territory, integral or colonial south of the Tropic of Cancer. And even then Algeria was above the Tropic of Cancer and France asked for NATO help in suppressing Algerians because from France's point of view, Algeria was just another province of France. Despite this plea for help and Algeria being above the Tropic of Cancer the US declined because we didn't feel like it.

Every Masterpiece: *Soviet-Afghan War* Has it's Cheap Copy: *USA Troops in Afghanistan*

Egypt was pretty much fully in US camp when they signed the Camp David accords in 1979.

Releasing a cold war video in July, madness

This was such a freaky time to live through, and technically I got only the tail end of it! Only, we didn't know that was true at the time. I remember hearing all the horror stories of how INSANELY hard it was to get over the Berlin Wall...and how many people tried anyway. I heard in school about how the Soviet citizens had to stand in bread lines, and suddenly realising they were just people too and feeling sorry for them. I remember watching one of the big meetings between Reagan and Gorbechev on TV, when I was a kid, and I remember how songs about how we might all die tomorrow in a firey armageddon...could be happy little pop tunes and almost hit the top of the charts! I also remember watching the Olympics opening ceremonies on TV, and the first time ONE Germany marched in, with ONE flag. Just one. And it suddenly hit me. Last but not least, I still have a globe from my school days, that has the U.S.S.R. and all the Communist Bloc countries still on it, with their Cold War names. It's gone from normal, to outdated, to EMBARRASINGLY outdated, to kinda cool because it's a historical thing. :) Sidenote but: Did any other oldsters pause on the exact month and year you were born, to really look at and soak in what the world looked like at that time? I did.

Good job. Now you might have to do one for the Cold War II we are in today.

love ur mapping

It takes some Mad skills to make a Mad collaboration project

There is so much going on here month by month, I was rewinding constantly. "When did South Africa become a nuclear power?" "Did Turkey have another military coup?" "Ah, that's why the USSR intervened in Afghanistan; they were neighbors." "...When did South Africa stop being a nuclear power?"

Very cool video.

What do you use for this map? like website or download.

this is better than my schools history class

Cold war in a few sentences The world lives at daggers drawn in a cold war. With the Cold War almost over, the talks were a mere formality. Throughout the Cold War, the Allies asserted their right to move freely between the two Berlins. With the end of the Cold War, several warships were put into mothballs.

You know ther are the awesome time-lapse maps of nuclear tests someone should make a map like that but with orbiatl rocket launches instead.

you should've added a text box that says major events are than wars but good video anyways

[FACTS] India was the 1st largest NAM country with a nuclear weapons. Together with Pakistan.

Baltics are always oversimplified for 1990-1991. Latvia and Lithuania weren't any more free than Estonia was during that period.

For those wondering why Namibia was listed separately from South Africa prior to March 1990, it's because although it was governed as part of South Africa, it was never *officially* annexed (although it should've been changed to light-green in 1966, as that's when the UN took direct controll).

Thank you for making this video!

I wouldn't call the Falklands War a proxy war. Yes, the UK received help from United States, but Argentina didn't accept help from the USSR or another communist country

1:04 You forgot to color bangladesh in the coup

Pretty cool video, although there are a few things to note: - There probably should have been a color for allies of the USSR that weren't necessarily Communist (such as Algeria from 1962). - As mentioned by a below comment, Somalia should be listed as Second World Other from 1987.

I love this channel❤️

I didn’t realise Russia broke hard after the Cold War with independent Sakha, Tuva, Udmurtia etc

Impressive how much time did you spent on it?

What does the cross hatching mean? Is it defacto/dejure or just conflict, or what?

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Is the Yom Kippur War missing in ‘73? It’s a pretty major war and was important for the soviets

December 1991: The Soviet Union: *Ight imma head out*

amazing map

Very cool

Micronesia and other micro states be like: I could change the world!

Do 7th Grade Drama: Every hour

Very good

Sorry for being nitpicky, but why is Rhodesia still shown as a nato member after udi i. 1965?

Iran war be like: am I a *peace* to you?

i wanna point out something out here, in Peru a pro soviet dictatorship took over betwen 1968 and 1975 so the blue lines are incorrect

You should do a molossia one

Technically there shouldn't be a border between South Africa and Namibia until 1990, right? Namibia only became an independent country in 1990, breaking away from South Africa.

Surprised to see that the Kuomintang managed to hold their resistence on the Mainland for so long

"Wretched and abundant, Oppressed and powerful, Weak and mighty, Mother Russia!" -Nikolay Nekrasov

Why is Yugoslavia half green half red, Tito litterally made Non-aligned mouvement in Belgrade

China: I want Tibet. Tibet until 1960: Are you sure about that?

The map is highly problematic becuase there was much nuance in alignments. Syria was a more reliable Soviet ally than Romania. Greece and Turkey were NATO but they disliked each other much more than they disliked the Soviets etc.

One error: Somalia should be shown with the same colors as Yugoslavia from November 1977 to December 1990. This is because the USSR supported Ethiopia in the Ogaden War, and Somalia aligned itself with China instead of the Soviet Union given the Sino-Soviet split. Somalia cut ties with the USSR in the Ogaden War

its about time

what is the program to make the map?

Me at 4:40 God, please don't break this time, please

It will be pretty ironic if 50 years from now we end up having videos on the ''2nd Cold War'' every month (US vs China).

The advance of Castro guerrilla in 1958 was quite accurate!!

Can you make history of asia every year?

Why was the coup in France in 1958 not shown?

"Cold war is a mind game played by two to five players, known as playees; each turn is a day, where you have to deal with your enemies by diplomacy or start a nuclear war." -Own quote

What's the relevancy of showing OPEC here?

holy crap i just realized my dad was 16 when the cold war ended

The global chess

A few questions just because I'm curious: 1. How exactly did you define an "ally" of the US and the USSR? I'm curious as to why a country like Ireland isn't an ally of the US but an other first world nation for example. 2. Why is Austria consistently a part of the third world when other European countries like Switzerland are labeled as an other first world nation? 3. Why did you show the individual republics in the Russian Federation at the very end? Is that just because the Russian Federation didn't form immediately after the USSR fell or due to something else? Amazing video as always. Been watching for like 7-8 years now and you continue to be amazing. I hope you don't think I'm being judgmental or nitpicking your work or whatever; I am asking these questions to expand my own knowledge on the subject

In practicality, India wasn't neutral at all. After the Sino-Soviet split, India was the closest ally of the Soviet Union.

yes

Please don't get rid of the earlier version I like how that version showed late 1945

Yugoslavia, Switzerland, and austria: 🍿 👀

Why is a part of Russia cut into at the end?

Not sure if it fully counts as a proxy war but, if it does, you missed the Iran-Iraq War. It was a proxy war but only because the US backed Iraq but the CIA also sold weapons to Iran and then laundered the money to one side of the Nicaraguan Civil War.

Choose Non-Aligned: It's more fun! Besides, war really bites!

How is Finland western block? We literally had an mutually assistance pact that other Warsaw Pact members had until 1991. (yya sopimus, finlandization, treaty of 1948 finland soviet)

Nice

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