This photo almost started a nuclear war

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The Cuban Missile Crisis began with a photograph.
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The Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest the world has ever come to all-out nuclear war, and it all started with a photo.
On October 15th, 1962, Dino Brugioni, a senior analyst at the newly-formed National Photographic Interpretation Center, identified missile trailers measuring approximately 65 feet in an aerial reconnaissance photo. Those trailers were a match for the Soviet SS-4, a medium-range ballistic missile with a range that would cover a huge amount of the United States, including Washington, DC.
Upon seeing this photo, US President John F. Kennedy ordered more aerial recon flights, conducted by the CIA using the high-altitude U-2 spy plane. He used these photographs to make a plan of action about confronting the Soviet Union over their secretive installation of offensive missiles in Cuba.
Note: The headline for this video has been updated since publishing.
Previous headline: The photo that prevented a nuclear war
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@Vox 5 жыл бұрын

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@noaxin 5 жыл бұрын

Love these types of videos, really helps me develop my general knowledge!

@JazzBoat_ 5 жыл бұрын

it feels a bit criminial to downplay the missile sites in turkey and italy to slightly above a footnote

@stevencastellanos8063 5 жыл бұрын

Now you have to do a video on the Soviet Fleet commander that decided not to launch a nuke, from the submarine the US was trying to get to come up but was using the wrong protocol so the Soviets thought they were under attack. Yet he did not launch the missile. Amazing true story!

@wobblysauce 5 жыл бұрын

The US did the same thing... hence the need for that show of force.

@thomasfholland 5 жыл бұрын

Vox Excellent video as always. Have a great weekend Vox.

@jaymungai144 5 жыл бұрын

Waaaaaaaaaaait just a minute? You mean to tell us that the US already had missiles pointed towards USSR but was suprised when they did the same? Name a more American thing, I'll wait.

@w8ting4fri 4 жыл бұрын

Jay Mungai ya it’s called having an advantage over your opponent. Why would America just roll over and give up the advantage by letting the USSR do the same to them? This is the real world.

@praklang264 4 жыл бұрын

Nobody wins war its a disaster

@SingularityHRT 4 жыл бұрын

@TerranStriker No one would have been left to win that war if it had happened.

@billbobbophen 4 жыл бұрын

Diabetes

@whaledolfin5182 4 жыл бұрын

School shootings

@voscra 5 жыл бұрын

A fun detail left out of this video. In one of primary analysis that started this whole thing, A photo analyser saw football (soccer) fields along the coast of Cuba. In September 1962, the CIA became concerned because, as he put it, "Cubans play baseball, Russians play soccer." This led to this further investigation and thus the whole Cuban Missle Crisis itself.

@clouds-rb9xt 2 жыл бұрын

explain more

@mdl2067 2 жыл бұрын

Football*

@zachorne1224 2 жыл бұрын

@@mdl2067 its a quote

@vladivosdog Жыл бұрын

@@mdl2067 soccer* not the handegg

@user-zy8cy6hn6o Жыл бұрын

This is incorrect. National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger said that in 1970 .

@saruceolsa4597 3 жыл бұрын

Murica * doing Murica things * USSR * defends itself * Murica: imma tell UN

@seonggi-hun7718 3 жыл бұрын

ahahahaha...nice

@Phantogram2 3 жыл бұрын

They were building bases in Cuba not Russia. That's not defense, that's strategy for invasion or destruction of US.

@yonneye2427 3 жыл бұрын

@@Phantogram2 The US did it first in Turkey, the USSR used it as a reason to put bases there.

@ditarmemedi309 3 жыл бұрын

also murica: kicking out ussr's nuclear weapons and destroying their entire country in much more intelligent way 🙂

@kapfiji731 3 жыл бұрын

@@yonneye2427 US did it as defense for their allies, USSR did it as aggression and concern.

@BrandonCuringtonOfficial 4 жыл бұрын

Meanwhile in Liverpool Paul McCartney and John Lennon were writing "Love Me Do".

@serhankapucu5885 3 жыл бұрын

To Russia i trust that it will erase from the map to america

@Kazavop 3 жыл бұрын

Ussr: HOW DARE YOU THREATEN US WITH NUKES IN TURKEY! GRRR USA: HOW DARE YOU PLACE MISSILES IN CUBA! GRRR *meanwhile in Liverpool* 'love, love me do... You know I love you..'

@user-tj6rf5tr7r 3 жыл бұрын

And "P.S. I Love You" 😋😋😋

@lehanjones242 5 жыл бұрын

60s america be like: *invades country because it's communist* *gets surprised when country aligns with its enemies*

@JoseRojas-ns1dp 5 жыл бұрын

"Communist" and "Socialist" were just labels put on Latin American governments that opposed the feudal latifundio system and exploitation from American corporations.

@janamohr448 5 жыл бұрын

@@LuizSMatos-dr9tz hmm yes, you say you dont like society, yet you live in one

@Lycaon1765 5 жыл бұрын

@@janamohr448 it's just as much of a double standard as the other comments like to joke about with NATO missiles in Turkey

@danielsav799 5 жыл бұрын

*cough* communism has not been achieved by any marxist sense *cough*

@duccioferi1559 5 жыл бұрын

Luiz Matos Socialist countries aren’t opposed to international trade, you can see it nowadays with China and Vietnam. The countries in the Warsaw Pact traded extensively with each other, and also traded with the other European countries. They weren’t completely close to the rest of the world. OFC if half of the world embargoed Cuba just because they were opposed to US economic interests, as they did back then, the Cuban economy suffers greatly. Also notice that free trade isn’t the solution, there can be an international trade that isn’t based on 3rd world exploitation and allows to exchange goods on a more equal footing

@ChenAnPin 5 жыл бұрын

A picture is worth a thousand words? How about a picture worth millions of lives?

@nootaboot6277 5 жыл бұрын

yeah so true

@raikzelbondesto2205 5 жыл бұрын

Wow thats very deep

@Vinkie 5 жыл бұрын

How about SOME pictures are ;)

@user-zz3zz3ov9u 4 жыл бұрын

r/im16andthisisdeep

@KitsGravity 4 жыл бұрын

Billions actually

@hitori_one7201 3 жыл бұрын

"the soviets were notoriously secretive" Shows nuclear missiles being transported through moscow while being filmed and cheered on by a huge crowd

@manuelka15 3 жыл бұрын

my thoughts exactly hahahahahaha

@eugens519 3 жыл бұрын

Repeat after me: PRO PA GAN DA

@lunassr7212 3 жыл бұрын

1952 lost 52 nuke bomb on India,98 nuke bom bag be bussines Senat and Congres Us 2013-2032,5 nuke bomb sold to Libya,one be Tsunami in Indonesia,fusikawa tsunami,Libya make Ambasador Us dead,Ukraina nuke,blast,must check many all out from military hand

@lunassr7212 3 жыл бұрын

Not global conspiracy,because erraser by Implicator from Shao shia jian 1986-2010 we know Espionage China we late knew,until 2010 we know what is Shao Shia jian= war young generation and all erraser 4 type globalization was global all world this time,4 wide/wade book New World Order by Bildeberg with 2 face: the bussines and the secret society after 34 years we know what happen.

@claudius2049 3 жыл бұрын

@@lunassr7212 yo did yo not understand rafael, we dont get it if you write like a six year old

@derkach7907 4 жыл бұрын

USA: puts nuclear missiles in Europe Ussr: puts nuclear missiles in cuba Usa: surprised Pikachu face Situation gets resolved 30 years later : USA puts nuclear missiles in europe

@pranit_33xa91 3 жыл бұрын

90 years later : * Russia invades Alaska through it's eastern border * U.S.A. : " Impossible " China and North Korea : " That guy has guts "

@sharathgowtham2157 3 жыл бұрын

@@pranit_33xa91 and the firepower to back it up

@pranit_33xa91 3 жыл бұрын

@@sharathgowtham2157 Modern Katyushas.

@GlitchedBlox 3 жыл бұрын

@@pranit_33xa91 like the us wouldn't prepare

@PK-pd9oy 3 жыл бұрын

@@sharathgowtham2157 nah

@8traceur90 5 жыл бұрын

Americans already had nuclear missiles near Russia and they expected them to do nothing? Russia tried to install missile bases in Cuba to get leverage, who is the culprit here?

@gta97 5 жыл бұрын

@@JoseBlancoBenavides They both are. Let's not disregard, however, that the US empire is currently the biggest bully in the world, involved in many wars which enrich them with resources or geopolitical power.

@artemkangur 5 жыл бұрын

User 548753 You are as ignorant as your opinion. Missing plenty of information on both sides and making USSR look like the bad guy here. What about the U-2 that the Soviets intercepted after it was caught spying on the Soviet Union? And what did the US respond with? That it was a weather aircraft flown by NASA😂.

@LuizSMatos-dr9tz 5 жыл бұрын

Let´s keep our moral values in place. USA is a very well stablished democracy and the former USSR was not. what does it means? It means that for the US start a war on URSS it needed the support of the Congress and the american people (just like in the WWII were most americans were agaisnt US move into war until Pearl harbor). That was not the same for URSS with a brutal dictatorshipment in place. Today despite all economy problems Cuba has over 20000 militias in Venezuela supporting Maduro to smash the people. They haven´t change a bite!

@sunnylusburner8108 5 жыл бұрын

@@artemkangur you have provided nothing that challenges my view of the Cold War. Wow the U.S was caught spying on the U.S.S.R what is your point? That incident occurred in 1961. The Soviets were involved with Koreans peoples Army in 1948, 13 years prior. Did you not think that America spying on the Soviets was a consequence of their involvement in such dealings? Thank you for wasting my time responding to you, as well as wasting your own time. Knowing history is understanding key events in a chronological order, you can't just skip ahead like you just did m8.

@Idontcare1314 5 жыл бұрын

Ale Cry me a river, how could you be so empathetic to a regime that was ran by megalomaniacs who enslaved entire family’s in gulags. Pfff

@T0M_X 3 жыл бұрын

USA: *puts missiles near the USSR* USSR: *puts missiles near the USA* USA: i’m telling the un 😡

@ScitusSnake 3 жыл бұрын

copied comment

@T0M_X 3 жыл бұрын

@@ScitusSnake wasnt but okay

@whosedidi 2 жыл бұрын

Is the ussr apart of UN

@renabarca1328 2 жыл бұрын

@@whosedidi yes

@blackcat1642 5 жыл бұрын

They always mention the missiles in Turkey latter, making the Soviet look as the agressor, every single source

@abdullah_gaming3330 5 жыл бұрын

USA propogoda

@maxp2100 4 жыл бұрын

@B Babbich So the USA didn't invade every country that even thought about embracing communism? Guess you learn something new every day lol

@SimplyCoconuts 3 жыл бұрын

@B Babbich well the russians putting missiles in cuba was a reaction to the us putting missiles in turkey, so not in this situation they weren't.

@acatthatlookslikehitler1277 3 жыл бұрын

@@abdullah_gaming3330 Shut up

@Cecil_Augus 3 жыл бұрын

@B Babbich It's hard to do right when a superpower is making everything so it goes wrong

@melonlegs4110 3 жыл бұрын

This takes photobomb to a whole nother level

@ohnochae 2 жыл бұрын

YOU DID NOT

@shaneblessing679 5 жыл бұрын

These video's are so well made, too bad we have to wait almost two months for one Darkroom video! I already can't wait for the next one!

@ElijahColeMusic 5 жыл бұрын

they have to wait for the film to develop

@davidobrien3669 5 жыл бұрын

quality over quantity

@shaneblessing679 5 жыл бұрын

David O'Brien true

@emilvonschwartzenberg4339 5 жыл бұрын

Elijah Cole that’s how the games goes 😜

@Ghost88890REAL 5 жыл бұрын

Too bad we already learned this in school!

@PINEFAWKINTREECUNT 5 жыл бұрын

Literally in social studies you just covered everything we learned in 10 days in a 5 minute video but made it way more interesting

@nestyie3835 5 жыл бұрын

I can understand it being more interesting but 10 days to study? Woah

@randomdude9135 5 жыл бұрын

You are still in school?

@levivv 5 жыл бұрын

You gotta learn to study in depth though. This video left out a lot of stuff like the backstory and the negotiations during the standoff

@Ceez542 5 жыл бұрын

@@randomdude9135 is that suprising?

@randomdude9135 5 жыл бұрын

@@Ceez542 Yeah, I thought Vox is an adult thing or college students thing who are into politics or history.

@IndexFossilchannel 3 жыл бұрын

USA: Break brother's toy USSR: Break brother's toy USA: Mom!!

@boosay568 5 жыл бұрын

People: we need to plant more tre.. Government: ..nukes? People: NO! Government: *YES*

@ColonelCrisp 5 жыл бұрын

US and the Soviet Union: We need more nukes than our rival.

@yomama7084 5 жыл бұрын

Hiroshima: ....... Nagasaki: ...........

@MinMin-oe5od 5 жыл бұрын

That's litrelly most countries...

@scinary7052 4 жыл бұрын

Except several nuclear arms deals have been signed to reduce the number of nuclear weapons

@bamcat416 5 жыл бұрын

He protecc He attac But most importantly, *He plant nucc behind americas bacc*

@TheArtikae 5 жыл бұрын

Even more so, he turn bacc.

@carljohnson4473 5 жыл бұрын

The US placed rockets in turkey first...

@3nt3_ 5 жыл бұрын

underrated comment.

@isoSw1fty 4 жыл бұрын

Noice

@praklang264 4 жыл бұрын

How many innocent people did american killed for the past few years.

@elijah1804 5 жыл бұрын

Technically that photo nearly caused a nuclear war

@tomstonemale 5 жыл бұрын

Not really. The information provided leverage to make a deal with the URSS

@lilaclizard4504 5 жыл бұрын

@@tomstonemale and if the photos didn't exist & the USSR had put nukes that could reach Washington there, then the USSR would have had the leverage to force the US to make a deal. Are you saying that the US are such warmongerers that they would have been incapable of making a deal?

@tomstonemale 5 жыл бұрын

@@lilaclizard4504 Why would I ever bother with that stupid strawman? That didn't even happen. Kennedy could have invaded Cuba but he didn't. The missile crisis was defused by people talking to each other and reaching a compromise, which is obviously easier to achieve when both countries don't have missiles in range of their capitals.

@lilaclizard4504 5 жыл бұрын

@@tomstonemale _"Kennedy could have invaded Cuba but he didn't."_ why would he have invaded Cuba? What was the reason he had to take such hostile action against a foreign country & engage in a war against an allie of the USSR? There's no reason America would suddenly do that is there? Oh yeh there is - they just got a photo that near to prompted the US into starting ww3! Stop looking at the sitaution through Nationaistic tinted glasses! The photo improved America's barginin power but did NOT in anyway prevent a nuclear war, quite the opposite

@maxmorris3695 5 жыл бұрын

they changed the title lol

@thomasaquinas5262 3 жыл бұрын

In Miami, my neighbor had served with the USAAF group who had to analyze photos for strategic purposes. It was fascinating but important work. We all saw this during the run-up to the Cuban Missile Crisis as our UN presentation showed Soviet missiles on board that freighter and being installed on Cuba. A similar photo gave the Brits a view of the rocket research by the Germans in WW2. It is amazing to see these specialists look at a photo and instantly read it correctly. In war, damage assessment is a crucial part of an air campaign...

@dablaire89 5 жыл бұрын

I like how the title was changed from "the photo that PREVENTED a nuclear war" ----to--> "this photo ALMOST STARTED a nuclear war". Two different meanings but chose the one that's more clickbaity :)

@LordLambertius 5 жыл бұрын

What parts of this video do you claim is made up?

@Filiuxas 5 жыл бұрын

The blockade, that was result of this photo had potential to start war. So I think this change in title is vox correcting their mistake

@SweBeach2023 3 жыл бұрын

The second title is the more accurate. The Soviet Union had no intention of using the nukes placed in Cuba, i.e. without the photo life would have gone on as if the nukes did not exist. But the existence of the photo made USA react, their actions potentially bringing forth a nuclear war.

@Vchk1917 3 жыл бұрын

@@SweBeach2023 And well, there's the fact (that he missed, almost everyone seem to miss) that US put missiles in Turkey before the Soviets.

@buzhichun 5 жыл бұрын

US establishing nuclear missile sites all over Europe and in the Middle East: A-Okay, smart, good for peace USSR sending nuclear missiles to Cuba [after an attempted invasion]: "a bold venture to establish clandestinely a major offensive weapons base", would've caused nuclear war

@LuizSMatos-dr9tz 5 жыл бұрын

@anvutrong6870 5 жыл бұрын

@@LuizSMatos-dr9tz any war doesnt need permission to explode

@buzhichun 5 жыл бұрын

@@LuizSMatos-dr9tz _"USA is a very well stablished democracy and the former USSR was not. "_ "hey my country's being bombed, but at least it's by a democratic nation whose people all came together and voted for me to be killed. that makes it better somehow" _"It means that for the US start a war on URSS it needed the support of the Congress and the american people"_ Did the US ask the support of Congress and the people when they armed the Contras in Nicaragua (funded by literally trafficking drugs and selling weapons to Iran), when they installed Pinochet in Chile and juntas all over Latin America? Was Operation Menu in Cambodia the conclusion of a democratic process? Hell, did an anyone vote for the invasion of Cuba, mentioned in this very video? That kinda sounds like an act of war. Even a quick glance at the last 70 years of history should teach you that the US doesn't need any formal declaration of war or even the consent of its people to directly or indirectly kill, disappear and repress millions outside of its borders. _"Let´s keep our moral values in place. "_ Only an uninformed person could consider the US an unambiguous "good guy" during the Cold War. Democracy or not, there's nothing "moral" about a significant part of US foreign policy, historically and today.

@LuizSMatos-dr9tz 5 жыл бұрын

@@buzhichun are you talking about clandestine low level military wars? That is a diferent issue and yet in most cases the US government found itself in political trouble when people realize those operations - like nicaragua and the iran-contras scandal. But real military deployment demands lots of political support. You did NOT have that or even any need of that when Cuba invaded Angola in the 70ies or Russia massive invasion of Afganhistan. Not to mention Praga when sovietic tanks put an end to a democratic rampage there.

@LuizSMatos-dr9tz 5 жыл бұрын

@@buzhichun noone vote to be bombed. Turns out that every single country in latin america that was directly invaded or suffer the american influence for a military regime to take control turn out becoming democratic countries today. Those under russian influence even today are not democratics.

@-4subscriberswithahammerad521 5 жыл бұрын

hey photo, did you prevent a nuclear war? photo- no but yes

@Avantime 5 жыл бұрын

Photos didn't prevent a nuclear war, JFK did. The military wanted a major invasion of Cuba, but the photo analysts DIDN'T spot the short-range Soviet nuclear missiles. Interviews after the Cold War indicated that Soviet officers in Cuba had wide discretion regarding their use, meaning that they would've annihilated the US invasion force if it happened. The blockade was ultimately the correct decision, but JFK should've reached Khrushchev via secret means to hash out a deal beforehand, as the crisis caused a great deal of panic and a hardening of positions amongst warmongers on both sides.

@lorddominonexus 3 жыл бұрын

I have watched this video a lot of times, but I can't stop rewatching this. The way Vox tells a story is so entertaining and hooking.

@verebellus 3 жыл бұрын

america: literally points a gun towards someones head "i will resist in the slightest bit" america: woah woah woah hold on now

@joshuarangel8591 5 жыл бұрын

It´s a one side history, because the USA had nuclear bombs that could reach Moscow from Italy e Turkey...and this is the first time I heard about this!

@T0B1. 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah but the US didn’t really care about the missiles in Turkey and were planning on getting rid of them because they were basically obsolete.

@FaisalHussein 5 жыл бұрын

They clearly mentioned the deal between the Soviet Union and the US in the video.

@karlosbricks2413 5 жыл бұрын

I think it's because the US had NEVER had anyone able to invade their mainlands before this, obviously in Europe that is far more common, just freaked them out more

@caroselloshow5615 5 жыл бұрын

It’s not one side history it’s about the importance of a photo in this specific content and the photo was about missiles in cuba not in italy or turkey

@sampleentry5253 5 жыл бұрын

Carosello Show Exactly. People are missing the point with the main topic of this video. It isn't about the whole Cuban Missile Crisis--it's about the photo that almost started WW3.

@NateandNoahTryLife 5 жыл бұрын

I’ve been really enjoying Darkroom. It’s a great concept and well executed!

@Vox 5 жыл бұрын

Nate and Noah Try Life Thanks!! It's one of our newest series and we're really excited about it!

@superstone13 5 жыл бұрын

It’s refreshing to hear a presidents voice that’s sounds literate.

@masculinitymonk 5 жыл бұрын

Trump?

@dissolved5920 3 жыл бұрын

Ok......

@bradleyedwards6242 3 жыл бұрын

@@masculinitymonk he sounds like a set 8 kid

@erniebuchinski3614 3 жыл бұрын

Or that get through a complete sentence in 2021 . . .

@spilledsalt4862 2 жыл бұрын

2 years later and we still don’t have a literate sounding president

@nf9232 5 жыл бұрын

M E T A L G E A R. They were building a Metal Gear

@abdullah_gaming3330 5 жыл бұрын

Lol

@T0B1. 5 жыл бұрын

You forgot about the fact that 2 letters were sent and that the US ignored the second one which was calling for more demands and just carried agreed to the first one. The second one was (probably) written by khrushchev’s advisors who didn’t like the fact that the missiles in Turkey were agreed to be removed in secret meaning that the world would see it as Russia losing to the US.

@bramdebram 5 жыл бұрын

Remember competence in the White House? Good old days

@commentarmaster4956 5 жыл бұрын

When ? Never heard about hat since 1.11.1800.

@harryjang3408 5 жыл бұрын

The Bay of Pigs was a competent decision by the White House? Ok.

@commentarmaster4956 5 жыл бұрын

@@harryjang3408, you mean the falling attempt of the US invading Kuba to get rid of Communism and to establishe an another banana republic ? Hmmm ...

@stewie055 5 жыл бұрын

Overthrowing every well being democratic society in South America is competent? Ok.

@ShankarSivarajan 5 жыл бұрын

@@commentarmaster4956 Is this supposed to refer to Jefferson taking office? That was 03/04/1801. If you mean Adams, that was 1797.

@inquistoroffcat8439 5 жыл бұрын

I like how we don't mention that we put missiles on their border first

@NoovGuyMC 4 жыл бұрын

You guys are missing the main point of the video

@Jina629 3 жыл бұрын

Americans

@hawkeyez7166 3 жыл бұрын

What is this a high school rivalry? "YOU STARTED ITTTT :(((" this is war bro why tf would you want to give up the advantage you have to take a country out

@inquistoroffcat8439 3 жыл бұрын

@@hawkeyez7166 You're missing the point. By starting the conversation on what the Russians did when in fact it was the Americans that started the conflict Is a lie by omission And I don't like being lied to.

@studioriz 5 жыл бұрын

One of my most favourite series from Vox keep the photos coming!

@crieseasily 5 жыл бұрын

so they did it because we did it first? idk sounds fair to me lmao

@pedromeneses9617 4 жыл бұрын

I dunno, if the USSR would have built those CUba military sites, the USA would build a fuckton more in Eastern Europe in NATO countries. This would have one conclusion, one countries losing patience and riperino world. The solution to aggression nowadays is NOT more aggression. Wars that can be prevented must be prevented. War is the breeding ground for radicalism

@pedromeneses9617 4 жыл бұрын

@B Babbich Then that means that the USA's play paid off.

@s_ame1135 4 жыл бұрын

@B Babbich Proxy wars will always be there but I agree, I can't see another world war happening soon.

@s_ame1135 4 жыл бұрын

@B Babbich I Agree. China is winning the economic war at the moment. It is evident with the current HK crisis and how western media can't openly criticize it on official forums and public televisions. Not to mention the WHO and China controversy.

@sierragrace8439 5 жыл бұрын

I've done so much research to try and figure out the cuban missile crisis and this is the first video that actually explained it so Thank You!!

@Courtneyemily91 2 жыл бұрын

I'm obsessed with this series. I just discovered it and I've been watching one after the other. 👍🏼

@tyleranderson6533 2 жыл бұрын

i love how the US made such a big deal out of it and in the end they had missiles within similar range in italy and hungary haha

@sohamparmar4976 3 жыл бұрын

We are taught in schools that this incident at Cuba was the beginning of the end of Cold War I remember a 3 mark question being asked in exam on this and I had scored really well in the entire exam

@vitos1231 5 жыл бұрын

This probably the first American video that actually states the fact the USA withdraws missiles from Turkey and vice versa for Soviet Union. Wow

@yosshimaru7941 3 жыл бұрын

I see that black and white potato can capture a golf ball at the height of 40000 ft

@yosshimaru7941 3 жыл бұрын

@Tom Walsh it must be a microscopic newspaper headline

@Not_BhiLZA 4 жыл бұрын

USA: has armed missiles ready in turkey, No big deal USSR: Places on missiles on Cuba USA: *END OF THE WORLD*

@maxp2100 4 жыл бұрын

@B Babbich USA and defendive stance are two words that don't belong in the same sentence.

@acatthatlookslikehitler1277 3 жыл бұрын

Our nukes were for defense

@maxyeager5662 4 жыл бұрын

"The Soviet Union was notoriously secretive"... Soviet Union just rolls missiles down the street.

@CCraig001 5 жыл бұрын

Love these videos! Wouldn't be upset you you dropped them more frequently.

@dpminq 2 жыл бұрын

this did not age well.

@wahyuhendrohartono7362 2 жыл бұрын

yeah, it's the same thing. history repeats itself. hope it's not getting worse

@TurandSand 4 жыл бұрын

You need to state that missiles are stationed in reach of moscow earlier in the video

@pharrzide 4 жыл бұрын

by NATO not america

@dimetronome 2 жыл бұрын

It was technically the US putting missiles in Turkey that started the whole thing.

@gustavobomfim7313 2 жыл бұрын

Yep. Just as it was technically NATO's choice not to refuse Ukraine's request to join the "club" which started the war we're witnessing right now :/

@nischaltyagi8672 2 жыл бұрын

True

@dimetronome 2 жыл бұрын

@@gustavobomfim7313 True.

@chrisshaw4286 5 жыл бұрын

Love this series. Keep up the greatwork.

@JA-fu5yw 5 жыл бұрын

Love these Darkroom episodes 🖤

@leonroehrl1125 4 жыл бұрын

4:05 legend says he's still shaking his finger

@zophamine2336 3 жыл бұрын

When the boys’ group chat gets leaked

@aosel-gharably2236 2 жыл бұрын

Why didn’t you talk about how the USA put missles in turkey first before the decided to retaliate by putting it in Cuba

@einbatixx4874 4 жыл бұрын

0:18 Quarantine then vs Quarantine now

@guganesan.ilavarasan 3 жыл бұрын

Proud to be an Archaeologist learning Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing from Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). 🇮🇳

@Fausto_moh 5 жыл бұрын

U.S: puts missiles close to the soviet union. Soviet Union: puts missiles close to the US America: "Wait, that's illegal!"

@pedromeneses9617 4 жыл бұрын

Italy and Turkey were part of NATO, as were the USA, it's different. Cuba was a direct threat to the United States, that was the message the USSR sent them. Plus, the equipment in Italy and Turkey was completely outdated

@Unicalnetwork 4 жыл бұрын

@@pedromeneses9617 were a part of NATO. So what? Being a part of NATO makes it better?

@PriyoM1993 4 жыл бұрын

@@pedromeneses9617 what are you trying to imply

@gaymermoment 2 жыл бұрын

@@pedromeneses9617 ah, so Allies of the US holding its nukes=ok Allies of the Ussr, though=not ok

@dissolved5920 3 жыл бұрын

This photo almost started a nuclear war 2.2 million people: INTERESTING

@patalinghugjosephmarkkent6082 5 жыл бұрын

As a commoner, not knowing much about the past, this just shows us how advanced the reconnaissance planes in the 50s - 60s. 6k feet of image from U2 and 10k feet of image from SR71, damn thats a huge amount of land covered in a single launch. How much more today with satellites running hundreds if not thousands of kilometres per hour. Damn so cool

@davidmichaels8934 3 жыл бұрын

The U2 was indeed an extremely important part of the US spying campaign, but the British also had an excellent aircraft in the English Electric Canberra, which was originally designed to carry an atom bomb and to fly at extreme heights, the surveillance version, with a 2 man crew, carried out many missions without getting shot down! This aircraft was also built under licence in the US, and attained the World Alltitude record for the RAF, at just over 70,000 feet!

@winstonsgmx 2 жыл бұрын

People: “the US is a well established democracy” Me as a Vietnamese: huh, i think i got quite an opposite idea.

@zoogl 2 жыл бұрын

I don't think you understand what a democracy is

@wtfbros5110 2 жыл бұрын

blame the french

@Rugerfred 5 жыл бұрын

Exceptional video. Looking forward for more.

@lilla4521 4 жыл бұрын

"feet" and "miles" are kind of unimaginable distances to me, I hope you put "meters" and "kilometers" in your newer videos too...

@seanhean6086 5 жыл бұрын

I learn more things in this 5 minutes video than my entire 5 years of history class

@sports4eva115 4 жыл бұрын

Could you imagine if something this delicate happened today. Really highlights the need to have a calm, analytic, intelligent leader.

@loshoque Жыл бұрын

2022 and here we are

@KarthikSankaran 5 жыл бұрын

Not to forget the Soviet U-Boat that prevented nuclear strike from within its ranks.

@rasimus1000 3 жыл бұрын

4:52-4:56 - US missiles in Turkey and Italy... This 4 seconds in the end of the video is soooo intresting, isnt it?

@HiHi-gg8qy 5 жыл бұрын

"Strict quarantine of all offensive military equipment..."

@48917032 4 жыл бұрын

Gentle military equipment such as nerf launchers and sponge grenades will still be allowed, of course

@adrian2513 5 жыл бұрын

Lmao America in the 60s was basically the kid that makes up the rules during a game of tag😂

@Trund27 4 жыл бұрын

I love these videos!! Great content!

@DanStevenson 8 ай бұрын

My dad was in army basic training when the Cuban missile crisis went down. The drill sergeants told their recruits that everyone who had training in their firearms will be sent to fight with a shortened basic training. My dad said everyone in his training group was shocked that they could be sent to Cuba or Europe at any moment.

@n8deezy5136 Жыл бұрын

You guys forgot the part where Kennedy put missiles in turkey first

@JoseNovaUltra Жыл бұрын

that was mentioned

@MichalOcilka 5 жыл бұрын

Those small tags bearing measures in meters - I am so delighted. Thank You!

@MarkWTK 5 жыл бұрын

oh i thought it was spongebob's photo at the Christmas party btw, another unsung hero is russian military officer *Stanislav Petrov* who became known as "the man who single-handedly saved the world from nuclear war" for his role in the 1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident.

@fallen-zc9uj 3 жыл бұрын

This man literally saved our species, and i don't know if he even got any reward for it.

@dchevron77 4 жыл бұрын

One of the better videos vox has published recently. Great stuff!

@syedhamdan1622 3 жыл бұрын

1st rule of surviving a nuclear attack *be the cameraman*

@AncientAccounts 5 жыл бұрын

plot twist *_it was a photo of fallout 4_*

@Nahor94 5 жыл бұрын

But I guess the Jupiter missiles present in 🇹🇷 from USA before this incident has not been accounted for.

@DrRich-mw4hu 5 жыл бұрын

Awesomely presented!!!! Damn you’re good!👍👍

@StoicFighter 4 жыл бұрын

I really like these type of videos you guys do

@redmondohanlon4396 5 жыл бұрын

Hmmmmmm but America made a nuclear base outside the USSR before the USSR made one on cuba 🤔

@ahhhwae5403 3 жыл бұрын

Is this the origin story of the final scene in X-Men: First Class?

@choutzuyu4567 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah thats what I thought too

@MRYIMEN 2 жыл бұрын

Btw due to miscommunication in one of the submarines there was an actual order by the captain Valentin Grigorievitch Savitsky to fire a nuclear missile into the US, but Vasili Alexandrovich Arkhipov (who was in command of the situation) didn’t do it

@wartamarhaen2444 4 жыл бұрын

US: play chest USSR: check mate

@ruukaoz 5 жыл бұрын

"The Soviet union had agreed to withdraw from Cuba in exchange for the U.S. removing missles it had placed in Turky and Italy."

@freedomordeath89 5 жыл бұрын

Meanwhile Turkey and Italy were ASKING for those missiles as a defence from the oppressive USSR occupying half of Europe while the US just wanted Cuba to not being a Communsit threat near their border. But I guess you are one of those Fidel Castro fanboys, aren't you?

@diabloo_8888 4 жыл бұрын

@@freedomordeath89 muricabot

@juniormynos9457 5 жыл бұрын

So the Soviets establishment of missiles in Cuba was a reaction to the US establishment of missiles in Turkey? Sounds familiar

@brux357 5 жыл бұрын

Did they change the video title? I could have sworn it was something about how the photo prevented war earlier

@AA-xl8fl 2 жыл бұрын

This looks kinda familiar. Idk. USA invades Cuba to overthrow government loyal to Russians because they are afraid that USSR might use it as Russian nuclear missile base, and that’s too close to their borders - 1962 Russia invades Ukraine to overthrow government loyal to USA because they are afraid that NATO might use it as American nuclear missile base, and that’s too close to their borders - 2022

@topher7716 2 жыл бұрын

so your saying russia isnt doing anything wrong? also america wasnt commiting war crimes and nato isnt trying to use Ukraine to hold nukes. European countries like the uk,france,germany and many more would disapprove if Ukraine was to have nukes

@minerbob4334 2 жыл бұрын

@@topher7716 US wasnt commiting war crimes? A) They never invaded Cuba because USSR backed down B) US is known for its war crimes in Middle East.

@JiTiAr35 2 жыл бұрын

There was no civilian casualities. Big difference. Besides, eventually The Soviets took their nuclear missiles home from Cuba.

@topher7716 2 жыл бұрын

@@JiTiAr35 actually the Russians have took at least 2 americans hostage please don’t believe what putin is saying you don’t have to listen to the united states but at least listen to the uk or something even a Switzerland a neutral country sides with Ukraine

@trevorbllack 5 жыл бұрын

Enjoy your news content a lot! been inspired by your Netflix series and have used your intro format in my projects. They’re just so cool to do! Some support would be great

@thundergoat5628 5 жыл бұрын

Wasn’t expecting to like what u create make but keep it up man! Like I’m in aww

@trevorbllack 5 жыл бұрын

Thunder Goat 🙏🏻

@tbow7068 5 жыл бұрын

Didn't you watch X-men: first class? They were the ones that prevented nuclear war..

@adampalmer5399 3 жыл бұрын

Well done video, I love these Darkroom series they’re doing!👍 Aces!!💯

@liewkaishiun5566 5 жыл бұрын

I think it'll be really cool if y'all could put the title (if any) of the thumbnail photographs in the description along with the Photographers for reference :)

@ms.rstake_1211 5 жыл бұрын

So impressed with the research ...and even the production.

@Cuix 5 жыл бұрын

Can y'all ease up on the video title changes? They're happening super frequently, and often give radically different impressions, which makes the whole video feel a bit shakier.

@duncanx99 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent and informative. I remember it all, along with the fear that was felt throughout the world. Kennedy and Khrushchev had the sense to talk.

@forrestihler504 5 жыл бұрын

Loved this one. Very good.

@alexhennigh5242 5 жыл бұрын

The Cold War otherwise known as the planets greatest pissing contest.

@timdean10 4 жыл бұрын

This video omits one of the key parts of the story. What was Cuba to gain from this? Cuba allowing missiles in it's country threatened the US. The US were trying to invade and overthrow Castro. But after the crisis part of the agreement was that the US would not invade Cuba again. This was a win for Castro but no one ever talks about that.

@capscaps04 Жыл бұрын

It's not convinient for them to talk about it.