Best of the History Guy: The Cold War

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  • Опубліковано 14 лис 2024

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  • @RetiredSailor60
    @RetiredSailor60 11 місяців тому +19

    Good Monday morning History Guy and everyone watching. Happy holidays to everyone. I'm a veteran of the Cold War, Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm), Global War on Terrorism, and Operation Iraqi Freedom. USN 1982-2003.

    • @karenlong4817
      @karenlong4817 11 місяців тому +5

      Thank you for your service and sacrifice. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

    • @RetiredSailor60
      @RetiredSailor60 11 місяців тому +2

      @@karenlong4817 You're welcome ma'am. Proud to have served.

    • @grumpyolman405
      @grumpyolman405 11 місяців тому +2

      Thank you for your service. It's appreciated a lot more than you know.

    • @andreperrault5393
      @andreperrault5393 11 місяців тому +2

      Right there with you, in different places, working with all the services

    • @jimsharp5044
      @jimsharp5044 10 місяців тому +1

      US Marine Veteran. 81-88

  • @ginnyjollykidd
    @ginnyjollykidd 11 місяців тому +20

    To all veterans here, thank you for your service! There was never a more dire time for us who slept through it. Thank you for protecting the world.
    May the Blessings Be.

  • @clintwirth
    @clintwirth 11 місяців тому +3

    When he talks about something important he talks loudly and with urgency. It shows he's very passionate about whatever subject he's talking about

  • @-jeff-
    @-jeff- 11 місяців тому +15

    The 1979 "super goof" was the THG episode that had me first subscribe to this channel. I was in the USAF in missile communications at F. E. Warren in Nov 1979. I think we all were still shook days afterward.

  • @robertheinkel6225
    @robertheinkel6225 11 місяців тому +16

    I was on Alert duty at that time. All our aircraft were manned and ready to start engines. We waited, not knowing if this was the day or not.

    • @-jeff-
      @-jeff- 11 місяців тому +3

      I was in missile com at F. E. Warren and remember getting that early morning recall and told to "hurry."

  • @williamharris9525
    @williamharris9525 11 місяців тому +5

    Thanks THG!!!! As a Cold War vet myself (on the fence on 9 Nov. 1989) and seeing the very beginnings of the fall of the Warsaw Pact first hand, these episodes mean a lot. Good job!!!

  • @JohnRodriguesPhotographer
    @JohnRodriguesPhotographer 11 місяців тому +7

    My dad worked on the assemblage of the D.E.W. line. Goose Bay AFB and Labradore. The later two was to make them compatible with their SAC mission.

  • @itsmatt2105
    @itsmatt2105 10 місяців тому +1

    Fantastic "rest of the story" pieces of history!

  • @HM2SGT
    @HM2SGT 11 місяців тому +2

    Texas Tower is one of the saddest and Most Fascinating stories

  • @avnrulz8587
    @avnrulz8587 11 місяців тому +4

    A gentleman I worked with was stationed on Tower 4 and he was one of the crew evacuated.

  • @davidcarroll8735
    @davidcarroll8735 11 місяців тому +3

    These episodes dovetail together nicely! Good opportunity to reinforce the learning!

  • @amplify1802
    @amplify1802 6 місяців тому

    I just found this! I love the obscure global history of the mid to late 20th century thanks for doing the research and presentation of this very relevant notes in history.

  • @violagentsch
    @violagentsch 11 місяців тому +2

    I graduated high-school in Berlin in 1979.

  • @BushNavigator-wq4qo
    @BushNavigator-wq4qo 11 місяців тому +1

    2 ideas for future shows. History of chemical leavening and the baking revelution that followed and the 1609 voyage of the sea venture

  • @richardcleary9107
    @richardcleary9107 11 місяців тому +4

    I was assigned to FE Warren AFB as a missile systems electro-mechanical team member during that time.

  • @-jeff-
    @-jeff- 11 місяців тому +2

    Thanks!

  • @MausMasher54
    @MausMasher54 11 місяців тому +2

    I remember this & was a part of it too....Scary....

  • @doughboybellmore2347
    @doughboybellmore2347 11 місяців тому +6

    it was very cold the winter 1975/76 Korea

  • @rexmoneymaker7853
    @rexmoneymaker7853 3 місяці тому

    Stellar! Many thanks!

  • @schlirf
    @schlirf 11 місяців тому +10

    Served in Germany along the Czechoslovakian and East German Borders, out of Camp Pitman and OP Alpha (with one gnarly tour up at Romeo in 84). Happier than duck in water when that damned Wall came down, and I could walk across the former Grenz into Thurigan from Hessen at Alpha without some BT putting an AKS upside my nostril.

    • @williamharris9525
      @williamharris9525 11 місяців тому +1

      You too? I was at Pitman as an augmentee from the 70 armor out of Erlangen. Was at Pitman in 1989.
      Thanks for your service border rat!

    • @schlirf
      @schlirf 11 місяців тому +1

      @@williamharris9525 out of Schwabach with the Blackhawk between 81-83, then shanghaied to Fulda with the 11th.

    • @williamharris9525
      @williamharris9525 11 місяців тому +1

      @@schlirf
      Hoorah! Was in I troop in Bad Hersfeld, in 1992

    • @schlirf
      @schlirf 11 місяців тому +1

      @@williamharris9525 ALLONS! (C troop 83-86)

    • @williamharris9525
      @williamharris9525 11 місяців тому +1

      @@schlirf
      Allons, Allons, the pride of the cavalry, the best dam regiment that you will ever see!!!
      Spurholder 93

  • @kevinvilmont6061
    @kevinvilmont6061 6 місяців тому

    The dysentery early warning line sounds least desirable to be stationed at.

  • @bruce5579
    @bruce5579 11 місяців тому +4

    I was stationed on a SAC base in 1979. Jimmy Carter killed SAC’s B-1 bomber and MX missile programs. You still think those were computer glitches?

  • @schlirf
    @schlirf 11 місяців тому +1

    Btw History Guy: "Spur Ride" might be an interesting episode in this day and age. 😎

  • @7rich79
    @7rich79 11 місяців тому +1

    Well, for one thing, 9th of November 1979 was one day after my birthday. I'm not saying it has anything to do with the development of the Cold War, but I assure you there were some sleepless nights in my family.

  • @Sandy.J.Lloyd.Sr.
    @Sandy.J.Lloyd.Sr. 11 місяців тому +1

    I noticed that you’ve got a 1957 Corvette model sitting on your shelf. Do you own one or is it something you dream to own?

  • @kevinvilmont6061
    @kevinvilmont6061 6 місяців тому

    David Lightman was involved in the false alarm.

  • @ponyote
    @ponyote 8 місяців тому +2

    Shall we play a game?

  • @stevenlitvintchouk3131
    @stevenlitvintchouk3131 11 місяців тому +1

    The Soviets had their share of false alarms. One occurred in September 1983, when their own computers "reported" that the U.S. had launched a limited nuclear strike against Russia.

  • @hellbilly6532
    @hellbilly6532 11 місяців тому +2

    Idk, the world seemed a simpler place when we knew who the bad guys were and where they were

  • @allendyer5359
    @allendyer5359 11 місяців тому +1

    Wow a 5 story feature with no Big Bangs -We Win!
    Story 1. 7:30 THG speaks right but the view is of F-102 Daggers. They have pointy tails & intake beside cockpit, F-106 Darts have flat tails & intakes behind cockpits. Deuces went to Nam '63-68, but most went ANG by 70s. Most likely Sixers were "on alert" on 11/09/79. LAFB & most of ADTAC replaced with F-15 in '83. Just my grain of SALTII.
    Story2 11:05: Pinetree line. 13:34 That dar mitten has its thumb on wrong side, eh? Grand Travers Bay out do'n Saggy naw! 16:19 Still a Deuce back behind the RCAF Avro CF-100 Canuck. Couldn't record off FM radio up here as got that every 20sec bip from SAGE radar stations. Missed out on trip to Moose Jaw like half the squad did in 80s, red flannel days.
    S3 22:18 Texas Tower#4 23:02 TU-95 Bear, then 23:03 ?? straight winged ole Gloster Meteors F.8?
    23:27 A tandem cockpit XB-52 from 1952. Nice to see just a rounder, no lightning bolts airman's service cap.
    S4 32:21 NAA Rocketdyne Meltdown See ya got a NAA silvery drop-tank full range P-51. next to one of the 13 Aztec skulls?
    Then for
    S5 takes an Eastern Airline 'er shoot up over his head, near a radioactive sign & a Rockman's helmet without the sodium salt-water blast off.
    S5 42:19 Oct 1962 Cuban Missiles while also Sino-Indian War
    Let's see for Our side cold war you got Corvair, Boeing, Arvo, NAA-Rockwell/Rocketdyne, & Lockheed U2 & F-104. Red Star USSR only got Tupolev Tu-95 Bear & Tu-114 Cleat/passenger. 50:46. That's ok, can't type full MIG, Il ,Yak, Polikarpov,, Su or whatever backward letter names they HAD. Now It's China making their own fighters, Chengdu & Shenyangs.
    Both China & India do most repairs on them old Soviet planes.

  • @kevinvilmont6061
    @kevinvilmont6061 6 місяців тому +1

    Me and tower 4 have the same nickname.

  • @constipatedinsincity4424
    @constipatedinsincity4424 11 місяців тому +5

    Bask in the Saddle Again

    • @HM2SGT
      @HM2SGT 11 місяців тому +1

      Been wondering where you been at

    • @constipatedinsincity4424
      @constipatedinsincity4424 11 місяців тому +2

      @@HM2SGT Living La Vida Loca

    • @HM2SGT
      @HM2SGT 11 місяців тому

      @@constipatedinsincity4424 😹👍🪅🥳🪩

  • @dangreene3895
    @dangreene3895 9 місяців тому +2

    Do you want to play a game ?

  • @constipatedinsincity4424
    @constipatedinsincity4424 11 місяців тому +4

    Hey Playboy,👋 someone asked me to ask a question of you. Where you a Boy Scout and how high was your rank? Thank You

    • @TheHistoryGuyChannel
      @TheHistoryGuyChannel  11 місяців тому +10

      I was. I reached the rank of Life Scout.

    • @danm936
      @danm936 11 місяців тому +1

      ​@TheHistoryGuyChannel same. My twin brother went through with the eagle scout rank. But we happened to be at that age when friends and goofing around became more important to me. Looking back do wish I finished the requirements for eagle.

    • @constipatedinsincity4424
      @constipatedinsincity4424 11 місяців тому +2

      @@TheHistoryGuyChannel The reason I ask is that there is a group of kids that I introduce them to your content and kids content. They are contemplating becoming Boy Scouts. So I say to them WWHGD? Let's find out!

  • @bartsanders1553
    @bartsanders1553 11 місяців тому +1

    Nice use of "the end of history" as a double entendre.

  • @justicesomeday
    @justicesomeday 10 місяців тому

    HENRI GRUART COMMANDER OFFICER DGC1 AT DUNKIRK MAY JUNE 1940 FOR THE FFF AND THE FREE WORLD. HE WAS MY GRANDFATHER.

  • @idolhanz9842
    @idolhanz9842 11 місяців тому

    That November 1979 snafu came days after the Iranian embassy takeover and hostage crisis..

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  • @WilliamCollins-sh6lm
    @WilliamCollins-sh6lm 11 місяців тому

    But didn't Germany test 2 small Nukes long before the US ???
    They had the delivery ability to the USA...
    Look up milk cow subs and Diesel Engine Flying Boats !!!
    I often wonder why they never used it ???
    The deeper you dig the weirder it gets !!!

  • @nancywhitehead219
    @nancywhitehead219 11 місяців тому +2

    This incident was what War games was based on. 🤔

    • @h.h.6171
      @h.h.6171 11 місяців тому

      I remember seeing that news report live. (Originally from Western Washington)

  • @merlinwizard1000
    @merlinwizard1000 11 місяців тому +1

    47th, 11 December 2023

  • @therealniksongs
    @therealniksongs 11 місяців тому

    Please...slow down.

  • @preshisify
    @preshisify 11 місяців тому +1

    🎄😷

  • @captainamerica3814
    @captainamerica3814 11 місяців тому +1

    God is in control. 😊

  • @lonemaus562
    @lonemaus562 10 місяців тому

    China watched the Soviet commies lose the Cold War and thought “hey I wanna be a loser to!”

  • @HM2SGT
    @HM2SGT 11 місяців тому +1

    Algorithm feeding

  • @ashergoney
    @ashergoney 11 місяців тому

    Morning Cup Of Coffee and Sneezing Spree.. 9am ist onwards.
    Left Jaw , Drill Shark Attacks..
    ,

  • @HM2SGT
    @HM2SGT 11 місяців тому

    *It's hilarious that the top comment is a bot, & a couple of score of the likes and comments appear to be from other Bots!* 😹

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    @denniscasey4967 11 місяців тому +2

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