As a Filipino, I really appreciate you guys talking about this period of Philippine history that isn't talked about much here in my country. This is one of the best history KZfaq channels I have ever seen and I hope you guys continue creating great content.

Aside from the pronunciation of the names (which is pretty understandable), we Filipinos truly enjoyed and appreciated the immense effort and thought into publishing this piece of Philippine history. Thank you so much and I hope you'll continue your awesome work.

You need to do a documentary on Taiwan during this time period. As a little kid I lived on Taiwan 1954-56. My father was an advisor (MAAG Taiwan). He told me stories of how brutal Chiang Kai-Shek was towards his own people. Those were some interesting times along the China coast.

There’s actually an interview with Luis Taruc, the Huk’s leader, on how they stockpiled their weapons and how they gathered their support from the local villages in fighting the Japanese right after the capitulation of the US-Philippine Forces in the early parts of the Pacific War.

It's amazing how many conflicts this channel has discussed which I'd simply never heard of; the Cold War period was a lot more interesting that I always used to think.

3:50 She wasn't part of the huk. She was part of the rebel contingent in Palo, Leyte. Nieves Fernandez was a school teacher and was born from Tacloban. She was the only guerilla filipina leader during the war. She was so good with her job she had a bounty of 10K pesos. The picture you saw in the video; She was showing to one of Mac Arthur's soldier's how she slits the throats of the japanese soldiers.

would you mind covering an episode on Bangladesh liberation war in 1971? as it is one of the most neglected parts during the cold war...although US Navy almost decided to deploy a sheer number of naval forces in the Bay of Bengal and in return,USSR wished to counter them by sending their submarines,none seems to care about the fact which might have ignited a world war over there

As a Filipino so glad you guys did this, i appreciate this alot and good work for you folks of course. 😅

*Those trees,* man. Even Napalm catches cold when they speak.

It's really interesting seeing other countries' and people's perspective about the philippines, it's kinda bias and emotional when u hear it from a filipino's perspective

This... I definitely didnt expect. As a Filipino, there really is a lack of details regarding cold war history besides the ones tied to Marcos. Also, we usually pronounce Huk as Hook and Osmeña as Os-men-ya (notice the ñ [enye] rooted in spanish) Edit: We also pronounce Quirino as Kee-ree-noh

the fusion of the PKP-1930 and PSP (partido Socialista ng Pilipinas)/socialist party were key forces that formed the Hukbalahap as part of the popular front policy. it would be interesting to show how the leadership of the party of the Lava brothers and Taruc, especially post-war, screwed up in favor of parliamentary struggles or far too adventurist policies. It is from these failures that a bunch of new young communists would form a new party, and from those alienated from the Taruc-Sumulong-Lava faction, formed a new army. These are the known cpp-npa, which is now the longest running communist insurgency today.

Will we see Spain during the Cold War?

I remember being told a story about a former Communist rebel in the Philippines. This story was from a story from my friends father who was a lawyer and had met with the former rebel. The rebel had explained to him as to why he joined in the first place. According to him that many of them did not join because they believed in the Communist doctrine. Many of them had joined because of how they were treated by the wealthy landowners. Whe the Martial Law era arrived many of them were abused by the Philippine Constabulary (predecessor to the Philippine National Police). These factors were ehat pushed them to join the communist rebels. This man had surrendered himself to the government and seeked legal advise from my friends father. Sadly I don't know more of what happened to him after since my friend's father kept his identity secret.

"Hukbong laban sa hapon" means "an army against the japanese"

8:54 Snazzy pair of converse for an underground guerrilla figure.

Very underrated topic - love it Also - do you plan on making a video on the non-alignment pact beginnings?

i wish they taught this part of our history in this detail in our schools.

Good job! Thank you. 💖

New favorite channel...love the content. Great host...very informative thanks for the cold war education.

Almost 100k subs... Congrats!!!

Osmeña is pronounced “Os-men-ya” Magsaysay is “Mag-s-eye-s-eye” Quezon is “Ke-zon” The Philippines isn’t a parliamentary system. It has the Congress with both similar to the US Congress. Quezon isn’t the 1st president, but he is the 1st president of the Commonwealth (with the US). Osmeña being the 2nd and last. Edit: Roxas is actually last. Also note, the breach of truce is still quite frequent in the current communist insurgency. First shots started by the communists in every truce between the government and the insurgents. All truces are farce truces to the commies

Please do a video on 1965 PKI Coup in Indonesia. This incident is still become a debate in here, and become topic for many political issue.

Brilliant Documentary.... Good Job.

These unknown topics re so interesting. Not only is it hard to find on youtube, a new generation can access this on channel. Big ups!!!

You guys should cover the Suez crisis sometime in the future, I think it’s a very underrated topic considering how much of an impact it had on Cold War diplomacy

Love the videos. Have you guys thought about looking into Mongolia during WW2 and into the Cold War?

The hukbalahap were not really communists in WW2. It was more of a network of resistance fighters coming from many different ideologies fighting a common enemy. It wasn’t until after the Japanese left that they went communist. Maybe they were driven left, maybe more and more communist influence infiltrated it by the end of the war or maybe it’s simply because everyone left after the Japanese were gone and the only ones that stayed, the only ones left and felt like they still had something to revolt against were the communist members. It’s a really sad story actually. I pity them.

The first President of the Philippines is actually Emilio Aguinaldo and not Quezon. Still enjoyed the video.

0:07 David, I hope my comments have been good! 😊 I come here just to learn about an arguably awesome period in history, the Cold War!

I am a Filipino and this is my first video to watch in your channel

Nice video, keep up

Fascinating as ever!

Could you do a video about interesting/weird anecdotes of the Cold War? For example: in 1966 two US bombers crashed and 4 nukes were dropped in Palomares (Spain). Tell why, how it happened and the consequences. In this case a minister swam in the sea near the bombs to prove it was safe for tourists

Goddamn of all channels that actually do something on the Philippines, I didn't expect this wonderful bearded gentleman. o7 as a american-born pinoy I thank you for the enlightenment.

amazing!!!!

Thank you and God bless...

Nice vid. Can we have vids on the cold war conflicts in Rhodesia, Angola and Mozambique please?

Correction: Manuel L. Quezon was the second president (in general) but was first and only of the Commonwealth, thanks

Finally, someone talks about the Hukbalahap! Eventually, I hope to see a segment on the formation of the NPA and on Sison

Almost at 100k! Nice

Thanks

Not all Huks were Communists. The rest were Socialists, like Luis Taruc, and those who were oppressed by bad landlords. The same thing applies to those who joined the NPA. Many of them joined because of oppression by bad landlords, politicians, soldiers, and policemen.

My grandmother's father lolo gabriel is one of hukbalahap but in palawan years ago

thanks for the brilliant information... thid was not written in our history book:

Cover the Angolan Civil War and the many different countries involved including Cuba.

Ah, the HukBaLaHap, the precursor the modern day NPA

Will you cover the Formation of the Coal and Steel community?

You already discussed about Indonesian War of Independence. And talking about communist uprising, I would love to see you guys talk about Indonesian communist uprisings in 1965 (since you already talked about the 1948 uprising in the previous video)

This Video Proves Filipino-Bait Is A Real Thing

You don’t need to be a member of the proletariat to be a communist, communism is meant to be unity among the proletariat and the peasants, hence the hammer and sickle. Hammer for the proletariat, sickle for the peasants.

I've heard of these people before. And had known they had rebelled in the Philippines. But that was about it. i had no idea the exact details of this rebellion. Now I know a few more. My thanks to those who made this video a reality.

Still there's some factors involved not included in the video, but it's mostly fair enough presentation of the period.

Can you do a video on Ma clan in Chinese ‘ colonization ‘ of central asia

Never clicked so fast, especially when it's about my country's stupid-ass thorn that's featured.

Could you talk about First Indochina war 1946-1954, Second Indochina war/Vietnam War 1965-1975, Sino-Vietnamese war/ third indo china War in 1979. I'm just asking that's all.

The whole world needs to be watching the Cold War Channel.👍

Yes! Finally

insurgency movenment needed constant arm supply with out it will unable to substain it self Such ad huk movenment .shining path in peru or the tamil tiger.

May I suggest an episode about Thailand next?

For all of you that suggested that David et al. cover this topic, thank you. That was fascinating, and sobering. Once again, ta muchly to all involved.

Was drawn to K&G for Alexander the Great and it became one of my favorite channels. Now, a year later, I check the Cold War channel and hear a reference to Imelda's shoes. This is a too surreal for me lmao

Learned something new today. Look into *Operation Dominic* and *Operation Fishbowl.*

Great content! I wish there's a portion that touched on the CIA and Edward Lansdale's psyops against the Huks and its supporters using the Aswang (blood-sucking vampire mythological creatures of Filipino folklore) myth. Perhaps another episode? :)

Right on the money there David S.! BRAVO!... General "MEGALOMANIAC" MacArthur is The Kimberly Kardashian of the World War II-Era U.S. Military

Had to laugh about Imelda's shoe's reference. I'm old enough to remember it.

I though the presentation was going to be more graphic. But, I wish it had more text and photos that can complement the narration. Nonetheless, I guess it was a good start. But I hope this videos will be revisited.

Maybe you can do a video on the Falklands war

You could make a video about the 1956 revolution in hungary

Being a Filipino it is an honour and exciting to see this being documented by a foreign person. Thank you. The pronunciations aren't good but aren't bad either. I understand that you can't quite pronounce it but it is fine. Again, thank you for this.

my great grand father served under his cousin. Ramon Del fierro Magsaysay

Can you make a video about Communist Insurgency in Bangladesh?

They are not communist HUK, but a "DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST" Filipinos. Democratic Socialism was started by Isabelo Delos Reyes in the beginning of 20century. Communism is different than Socialism, and this Socialism version is not the same as that of Soviet Socialist.

Hopefully Cambodia would be next.(plsssssss)

WRONG! The Hukbalahap movement ended with WW2. Ka Luis Taruc continued fighting with his Hukbong Mapagpalaya sa Bayan or HMB because he was not happy that only the Japanese were driven out of the country, he wanted the Americans out also. He wanted a Philippines for Filipinos only, NOT a Philippines under American control. The Encyclopedia describes him as The Greatest Guerilla Fighter, and he was the Inspiration of Nelson Mandela in his fight against Apartheid. Defense Secretary Ramon Magsaysay promised to help him achieve his goal of Land Reform, and that he will not be arrested if he surrendered, but Magsaysay betrayed him and immediately put him in prison when he did. He should have long been declared a national hero but the US government will not allow that because Ka Luis is anti-American and anti-all foreign powers that want to exploit the Philippines. Ka Luis Taruc loved showed love of country without abandon and is a Great Filipino equal to Andres Bonifacio and other National Heroes. It is time all Filipinos now recognize Ka Luis Taruc as a National Hero too.

Suggestion : Operation Bother Sam. To keep the reds at bay in Brazil, then the derailment it took when became a dictatorship.

What was the song at the end???

Post colonial struggles are quite interesting to discuss ngl. Hukbalahap, Malayan Emergency, Indochina War...

I'm just learning about what my father went through in WWII. He didn't talk about the war. He wanted to stay in the Philippines after the war. He didn't want to return to the USA. He fathered a boy in WWII. This boy grew up to be a Huk. He was shot dead in 1968.I never heard of the term Huk until a few months ago The boys mother was from Cebu City and she spoke Visayan. She died at the end of the war. Her entire family was either beheaded by the Japanese or killed in an air raid by bombers of the 14th Air Force. Your program brings understanding what happened. I have much to learn. You have a good channel.

"We need to go back to the end of the 2nd world war" should just be the channel intro.

Are you playing the dual of fates as background score??

The Somali Ethiopian war and the effects of the cold war on Africa would be a great topic

We are actually studying this on school

Valuable lessons also to be drawn from the British success in dealing with communist insurgency in Malaysia

what are some good source about the conflict?

What is the name of the music at the end of the video?

9:13 correction: Manuel L. Quezon is not the 1st president of the Philippines because we have Emilio Aguinaldo but he is the 1st president of the Commonwealth Government

How About Red Dawn 2012 Movie

Does anyone know the name of the outro music?

Can't help hearing "oppress the bell button" in the end xD Sure, if you want so, I'll show it some bad time, David.. but why do you dislike it so much?

Why was the PT109 movie footage part of this video. Strange...

I think what I find so funny about the Huk Rebellion is that the Americans learned all these lessons about counter-insurgency, and they applied almost none of them during the Vietnam War. Or if they did apply them, they completely ignored the underlying rationales for those lessons. Westmoreland was an utter dimwit.

Will TCW ever do apart on George Kennan and the “long telegram”

Excellent coverage of yet another little known Cold War theatre! If at all possible I hope for some coverage of the Chinese invasion of Tibet and the short-lived CIA backed Tibetan revolt.

I wish you will make a documentary of yultong war I wish

you should also do a video on Burma

The Filipinos wrote the handbook on how to successfully prosecute counterinsurgency warfare. They fully understood the "win the hearts and minds" concept. Their campaign was intelligent, nuanced and restrained. There were members of the U.S. military who wrote extensively of the Filipino experience. Unfortunately, that knowledge was largely ignored by the U.S. command structure during the Vietnam war.

That comment about a vault boy from Fallout as a new Easter egg.

Filipinos are known for their smiles.. but in 2:17 I never realized we still smile as rebels lol

Can you do a video regarding an impact of cold war in Africa and especially in former Portuguese colonies and apartheid regimes