The Berlin Wall (1961-1989)
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- Опубліковано 24 тра 2018
- The Berlin wall would become a symbol of ideological division and suppression of human rights during the Cold War.
In August 1961, the Communist government of the German Democratic Republic of East Germany began construction of the wall and placement of barbed wire between west Berlin and the East.
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New and improved version of the Berlin Wall episode. Added scenes and facts to give a fuller picture of the Berlin Wall. Enjoy (Old video will be retired)
Great keep up the good work
Simple History can you please do battle of the Somme
make video about stalin please
Simple History Make an History of The Malaysian Emergency
Or winston churchill
I am german, just as my dad
When he heard about the fall of the Berlin wall he immediately drove to berlin to visit his friends. He said that it was one of the happiest moments of his life
long live Germany!
got to be grateful for that politician who had said "Immediately, without delay"
Germany is a great country
@@RGThatRG Germany is more than that
@@artisanpsg It lived so long that it's been dead for 30 years!
When the wall first went up, a Russian soldier managed to get through it by ramming an armoured car into it. After he crashed through the wall, West Berliners dragged his unconscious body out of the vehicle, and hid him in a local bar to prevent his capture by East Berlin authorities.
As the wall was built a worker crossed it at the last second before it got pulled up
He rushed B and Blyated his way to freedom
He was actually East German soldier, and I don't believe he was unconscious. He was seriously injured by barbed wire, but he later shared that he entered the bar seeing the signs of West Germany, and being relieved.
This is like NK and SK
Sounds like the great North Korea escape
Stalin:"Hey, guess what? I'm blockading all of your supply routes to West Berlin. What are you gonna do about it?"
Truman:"I supposed we'll just fly the supplies in." (Berlin Airlift 1948-9)
Stalin:"Alright Truman, you win this round"
I see you are a man of culture as well.
EWWWW GACHA LIFE MY EYES
@@ilyanwevers7093 at least he's a man of culture.
@@TheRealFocalors Yeah man well i mean you can just ignore him for now.
@@Olicom KILL GACHA LIFE
I was born and live in Germany, but my family was always near the Dutch border, so we had no contact to East Germany. But I've heard heartwarming stories of familes who were split by the wall reuniting and crying tears of joy.
🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🏳🌈🏳🌈🏳🌈🏳🌈🏳🌈🏳🌈🏳🌈🏳🌈🌈
I find it crazy how fast the wall was initially built. One day there was no wall, and then the next there was one.
Hi Justin, did you miss me?
Justin Y. You're everywhere.
I'm not even surprised....
( ofc ur everywhere )
Welcome to youtube justin :D
Justin Y. I know ur kinky but stop following me
I wonder why schools don’t use this
They do, one reason I wanted to revise some of it
My school does, at least
My social studies teacher used your korean war vid when we were talking about it
Mobilegamer2004 Why do the good teachers are the ones that always left the schools?
My history teacher used your Russian revolution
The best part to escape from the Berlin wall is a car without a windshield
My thoughts exactly!
That guy would just straight up be me lol
- said JFK
"Mr Gorbachev
Tear down this wall"
The end
Only in Regan's mind
Lile Gorvachev, Thatcher and the German leaders said, Regan was just an actor
@Lord Farquaad But it was not related to his acctions at all
He had no part in it, or influenced that in any way
That quote isn’t even famous in Germany.
@@haroldsen4238 it depends, I know it
@@jesusramirezromo2037 Stalinist cope.
4:13 escape by a car without a windshield is the most hilarious way to escape XD
driver : lol I'm escaping U mad?
fun fact: that guy was a West German who was sneaking his East German girlfriend and her mother across the wall.
They see me rollin'...
They hatin'...
He can just get sniped
that is how the Japan people cross the border
My former German teacher was from East Berlin, he was a border guard directly at the Berlin wall during the early 80s when he did his conscription service. He told us in class how he escaped: He jumped down the wall when there was no other serviceman around, ran across the minefields and crossed the spring-guns to reach West Berlin, where they allowed him to leave to West Germany where he became a German teacher in a small Westphalian town until today.
It's almost miraculous that he survived the incredibly dangerous death zone.
My German School Director was from East Germany too
The Guard when he sees someone escape with no wind shield: *What the fu....*
"Whoa, what an anachronistic self-driving car"
Schibe
Been waiting for this!!!
Edit: Been waiting for the updated version
iiHalo_Law Games when I saw your picture lastdayinearth notified me
Watermelon Gamer225 On
All checkpoints are bunkers in last day on earth
Wow guys thanks for the likes!!
"Been looking for freedom!"
Niemand hat die Absicht eine Mauer zu errichten.
Nobody has any intention of building a wall.
-Walter Ulbricht, Berlin 1961
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FuckinAntiPopeOOps danke
trycoldman23 good joke
Jan Krähe it is not a joke. He really said that
Good video and so far it's all right there's just one little mistake.
The wall was destroyed by the strong voice of David Hasselhoff with his song "I'll be looking for freedom", thats why we like him so much. XD
No shaggy came and used only 0.01% of his power to destroy the Berlin Wall
David was busy giving a ride for spongebob and patrick dumb dumb
xD
@@deltagarchomp6052 yes
Holy crap I had no idea the Berlin Wall was up for almost 30 years!! It’s crazy how not so distant history it is
Why did the Berlin Wall come down?
To get to the other side
Software Man funny pun
Software Man I don't get it teach me zebra
Software Man pa pam ts
Software Man the Soviet union Collapse so they couldn't hold it
Software Man your welcome for your 300th like
Excellent video explains it really well
oof
there was a couple of guys who used a hang glider and a small car engine to make an airplane to cross over into one of the parks, another method was a guy used two suitcases to smuggle his wife out on one of the tram systems, and plenty of counterfeit passports
5:43 Is that Rick Astley on the right?
Her:Come over!
Him:I can't there's the wall!
Her:My parents aren't home.
Him: 5:55
You should have put the windshield guy here
No joke, I was just studying this in history yesterday, my teacher made it boring but you just got me interested in learning more of the Cold War. Thank you!
No problem!
I agree
Tear down this wall! 😃
Chris Kane how dıd you take it
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3:21 me and the bois(American) vs the legendary school bullies(Soviet Union)
You couldn’t of timed this video any better for me, I have my first History GCSE examination on the 4th June and just started my heavy revision for it as I need America through the 1920s up until the Cold War and the Cold War. Thankyouuuuuu
yours is on the 4th June? mine is on the 10th
*couldn't _have,_ not "of".
So a couple years ago I'm in Vegas in a casino and I go into the men's room to take a piss. I'm standing there doing my business and notice the wall that the urinals are on is covered in graphiti and I notice a picture of the Berlin Wall. That's when I realized I was pissing (in a urinal) on the Berlin Wall.
America: so can we have some of that wall
Germany: why
America: so we can piss on it
Germany:ok
Very nice video , in few words , a whole part of history! In your next video , make video about Greece in WW2 ( Invasion of Crete or the Italian-Greco war , etc)
These videos are a fantastic, easy-to-digest way to learn history
I once had a discussion with an elderly German lady about the fall of the wall. She said it wasn't all jubilation afterwards. West Germans taxes went up in order to pay for the upgrading of East Germanys infrastructure, also many East Germans were so used to the gov't providing housing and employment that a lot of them began to complain. I suppose however, that it was simply growing pains.
My teacher told me this a couple of days ago. Great video always great to learn about history.
The fall of the wall was a beautiful event. Those happy faces... Families reunited... I always get conmoved when i watch videos about this. Great video as always!
“Forget not the tyranny of this wall...nor the love of freedom that made it fall.”By Unknown
Random graffiti on the Berlin wall.
What timestamp?
It’s crazy you released this today, as I’m currently visiting Berlin, and visited where the Berlin Wall once stood. I even visited Checkpoint Charlie. It’s amazing how much has changed since then.
Alex McBride this video was uploaded while I was by a part of what was left of the Berlin Wall
thatrandomguy2004 Very cool!
You are helping me with my GCSEs so much. Thank you!
I really love the way you teach history,you are better than any social studies teacher I've ever met
Thank you so much for this video i couldnt find any other good video to revise from for my GCSE but simple history you have resolved that matter for me and keep up this amazing work
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Ty for this
I love history of germany
So even the 1940s gremany
potatoewaffle yes
potatoewaffle that is the most interesting time on germany
And horrafing
Germany has some of the most interesting history
Berlin wall 1961-1989 R.I.P
I love this improved version! Keep it up, love your work!
Anyways I love your Channel it always helps me through History class when he isn't clear enough. you don't know how much you've helped me and my friends!
I was totally into this for 7mins like watching a movie.
Really good video this has helped me a lot with my recent history lessons!
Socialists: "The purpose of the wall was to stop western fascists from entering the socialist state of East Germany."
Me: "BAHAHAHAHAHA"
Arkroyal people who think America destroyed their country: REEEEEEEEE
Well to socialists anyone who opposes their ideas are either a monarchist or a fascist.
Nobblk Praetorian Thats really a backward thinking
@@nobblkpraetorian5623 meanwhile to conservatives, anyone who wants social justice or free healthcare is a radical communist.
Point is these things move in circles and both sides are guilty of this
@@arawn1061 Nice try but no. Conservatives and constitutionalists have historically been some of the biggest pushers of social justice. It's the social justice that devolves into tribal identity politics and censorship that conservatives tend to associate with radical. Socialized medicine IS essentially communist. So half of your statement is untrue and the other half is justified. There would have been no reason however to associate the west with fascism at the time the Berlin wall was built. Actually fascism was a lot closer ideologically to the Soviet Union than it was to the capitalist west. The wall was built to shield East Berliners from the prosperity of the West, it had nothing to do with fascism or keeping people out in general.
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Weird thought how during the time this wall stood many people lived their life and died without ever seeing the reunion
"ich bin ein berliner" littelarly translates to "I am a doughnut"
This is one of the funniest I've heard from translation
"Berliner" is ambiguous, it *can* mean a type of jelly doughnut (which, unlike the American variety, has no hole in the middle), but in context it's clear that it means "person/man from Berlin". You can also make the same joke with many toponyms (names derived from places), e.g. "Ich bin ein Neapolitaner." could be interpreted as "I am a person/man from Naples, Italy." or "I am a layered waffle with hazelnut filling.", and "Ich bin ein Hamburger." explains itself.
Sometimes it is claimed that the correct way to say "I am a person/man from Berlin." was "Ich bin Berliner." (without the article). While it *would* be more *common* to say "Ich bin Berliner." in conversation, the use of the article does *not* automatically change the meaning, and is in fact entirely reasonable for emphasis. I.e. if you don't want to just convey the information but drive home a point.
*🍩B🍩E🍩R🍩L🍩I🍩N🍩E🍩R🍩*
Ich bin kein Berliner
Kakyoin is a donut too
This channel deserves so much more!
Really good and detailed love the vids
5:01
The COLD War THAWING. Because cold things thaw. I get it. Do you?
Frozen things thaw but I get it
get out
Are you that slow and arrogant that you think others are just as slow?
love ur vid
keep it up
helped me so much in history homework
that is great!
It becomes easy to understand the history with your channel thank you very much.😊😊😊😊
These videos are so informative and fantastic. I love the cartoons as well.
The most ambitious escape was a hijacked tank breaking through it 😂
Damn! 🤣 That guy’s a chad! 👍🏼
My father Was There When The Berlin Wall Fell Super Proud Of It
Another beautiful Berlin wall episode. Keep the videos up.
Dude this is amazing you deserve 30 mill this is brilliant
Awesome video keep it up! Greetings from Germany.
Love your video from Australia
Very good video! Properly explains this event!
Thaaaank youuuuu for the video
*This is The Berlin Wall*
*Don't catch me escaping now*
Don't meme 'This is America'! You're ruining such a deep song!
I'm not for sure if the first video on this topic mentioned it, but an interesting fact was that East German troops were never paired up with someone they knew. The East German military always feared they might let ordinary East Germans escape or the soldiers themselves might defect. We have seen this lately with North Korean troops escaping into South Korea.
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Ich bin ein Berliner = I am a jelly donut
TheSurvivor Guy
haha lol stimmt ja iwie
Wir nennen es einen gefüllten pfannkuchen aber jaaaa stimmt.
Where did you get a jelly donut private Pyle?! 🤔
Ich liebe dich denn.. ich liebe berliner.. scheiße
Lmao
4:13 Extreme Limbo!
This is the best channel to learn funny and intresting stories from the first world war to the cold war. Keep it up guys😊
I love the animation you use!
*WW2
Germany: I have France!
*Cold war
France: I have Germany!
*a peice
Piece*
Piece*
Piece*
Piece*
but France didnt deserve )
I remember on one show they showed an escape by Germans picking up their friend from Berlin in light fliers, they even filmed the rescue. It was one of the last escapes before the wall came down.
Love the video you guys are awesome.
Keep up the great stuff
I always thought "Ich bin ein Berliner" meant "I am a doughnut". Damn you, Eddie Izzard! XD
JediKnightwing
berliner is also some kind of Dounut
I wish my school use some of ur videos
The music is really cool and it blended perfectly with the video
Great vid guys well done
The Ubahn, underground trains ran full circle between East and west Berlin and many East Germans attempted to escape to the west via the underground trains. I lived in West Germany in 1981 and was allowed a 1day pass to travel to the DDR via the underground train system, as a foreigner. I remember feeling very nervous when returning to West Berlin because I was asked by border guards to stand in front of one of them whereby I had to endure being stared at for nearly 5 minutes without moving my head ? Very unerving, the idea was to rattle me and get me to crack in case I was an East German pretending to be a foreigner in order to escape to the west.And yes, I did crack in front of a guard but it was in a fit of laughter and he looked throughly disgusted because he knew no East German would have the nerve to act like that. I got back ok to West Berlin. I don't know how many East Berliners got caught trying to escape via the underground train system ? I was told some did .
Somehow, I don't think those wall construction workers were "volunteers".
really helped me understand the situation thanksss
Love the way you did this video do more like this
Please do a video about the Great Leap Forward!
Mao Zedong Mao Zedong Mao Zedong Mao Zedong killed 7million Chinese, and a whole bunch of birdies. Killed so many he forgot their names, mostly because they didn't farm enough grain retards can't make steel frames, Mao Zedong Mao Zedong Mao Zedong. Mao Zedong Mao Zedong Mao Zedong Mao Zedong. I just spit some history fire for you
“Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall”
thank you guys I understood this video so much thank you once again
I visited Berlin last month. I brought back a big chunk of the wall. Because there’s large amounts of the wall left. I had my picture took with the wall in the background.
Who else us here watching this because they have to do homework at home? (corona virus)
Unlike the Berlin Wall from 1961 to 1989 in Germany was then build the Spanish Colonization in 1570s in Manila, Philippines was established the Old Walled City of Intramuros and followed them the Second World War, Allied forces liberated Manila from the Japanese on February 1945 and the walled city was destroyed due the war until the rebuild around the walls first.
Randele Alcoran Arcilla The Berlin wall and the Walled City of Intramuros are 2 different wall and different function, the BW is built to prevent East Berliners from going to West and The Walls of Intramuros have also a different purpose but not to divide a land like the BW. Just like the Great Wall of China, it was built to prevent the Mongols from invading China. The BW the wall of Intramuros and GW of C Have different Purposes.
Very cool history video
Amazing video!
0:59
What's the name of the music that plays here
From Russia with love - huma huma
I think one of the most spectacular ways to flee was when someone stole a tank and used it to flee.
this video literally saved my butt. it has every bit of information and is gonna help me with this assignment that im doing the night before its due yeet
My dad walked through the wall into East Germany while he studied abroad. I can’t remember why they were going through but his guide said there was no guarantee of safety once they crossed over.
I think you should've made it more clear that the "Western fascists" weren't actually western fascists. It's a bit misleading for people that aren't already familiar with the topic
I mean, its sorta true
In the sence that that was the "Oficial" reason
Yep but we know that for the comunists the word fascist is code for non comunist.
Helping me through my history gcse. Thanks
James Turnbull what exam board do you take
Ahmed Benhariz edexcel
James Turnbull what topics you studying ?
You help me learn more things about history than I do at my school☺☺☺ thank you very much
My Sylvan tutor visited the DDR in the 70's. She went through Checkpoint Charlie, and remembered seeing the East German soldiers with their machine guns standing beside her as she went into the booth. She described East Germany as very bleak and depressing.
I wish I had money to pay for paetreon
So was it just not possible to leave Berlin in the Eastern section of the city and then just leave the whole of eastern Germany?
Chase Kruse
Leaving east Berlin to east germany was possible. But leaving eastern germany was extremely difficult. the border was almost the same as the berlin wall (armed guards, dogs, land mines, etc...). Although, some people made it.
Getting from East Germany to West Germany or even from eastern Europe to western Europe was pretty difficult, because the iron curtain was basically one fortified border from the Barents Sea to the Black Sea. While the fortifications mostly weren't as strong as in Berlin they still were there so you couldn't simply cross the border. Most East Germans that wanted to defect to West Germany did this via detour to Hungary or Czechoslovakia.
Plus, its easier to cross from building to building, which was essentially what the Berlin wall was; a wall between neighbourhoods.
My dad was there as a tourist (Canadian). had one of the first camera recorders for average consumers I think Nikon. Filmed some people crossing and hopping the wall and sold the footage to some news agency
Love how my teacher Ms Summersgil used this video to explain about the Berlin wall ❤