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Berlin Airlift: The Cold War Begins - Extra History (Patreon)

Published:
2017-12-07 18:00:01
Edited:
2018-05-15 01:48:57
Imported:
2022-01

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The Soviet Union has blockaded half of Berlin. The people will soon starve. Only the daring, impossible Berlin Airlift can save the city and prevent another World War.

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Berlin Airlift: The Cold War Begins - Extra History

This episode brought to you by DomiNations! Try the game free: http://smarturl.it/BerlinAirlift Tension between the Soviet Union and their former World War 2 Allies escalated into a hostile blockade of Berlin. All sides wanted to avoid another war, but the United States, Great Britain, and France refused to bend to Stalin's pressure. They came up with a daring plan to supply Berlin by air. Support us on Patreon! http://bit.ly/EHPatreon (--More below) Grab your Extra Credits gear at the store! http://bit.ly/ExtraStore Subscribe for more Extra History every Saturday! http://bit.ly/SubToEC ___________ Thanks to Joseph Maslov for being our guest artist this week! Check out more of Joe's work below. Website - http://josephmaslov.com/ Blog - http://superjogurt.tumblr.com/ ___________ Play games with us on Extra Play! http://bit.ly/WatchEXP Talk to us on Twitter (@ExtraCreditz): http://bit.ly/ECTweet Follow us on Facebook: http://bit.ly/ECFBPage Get our list of recommended games on Steam: http://bit.ly/ECCurator ____________ ♪ Get the intro music here! http://bit.ly/1EQA5N7 *Music by Demetori: http://bit.ly/1AaJG4H ♪ Get the outro music here! http://bit.ly/23isQfx *Music by Sean and Dean Kiner: http://bit.ly/1WdBhnm

Comments

Anonymous

Comment came a little late as I was distracted by Europa Universalis IV [Playing as Denmark currently.] Almost all of my Dreams have come true at Once! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYY!!!

Anonymous

I always heard of a story about French troops crossing into East Berlin to blow up a Soviet radio tower since the signals it was broadcasting were interfering with the planes.

Jaka Torkar

Lets say it together, everybody: "COMMUNISM DOESN'T WORK!"

Leo Archon

The things you learn. I honestly never knew this bit in the aftermath of WWII.

Anonymous

So what you are saying is Stalin accidentally created European peace? :P

Anonymous

Where exactly did they fly from to crash into mountains? There's not that many around Berlin.

Anonymous
>>8738745

Well, there's always this one: <a href="http://www.the-berg.de/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://www.the-berg.de/</a> ;-)

Anonymous

If you visit Berlin you can cycle around the old Templehof airfield. It is unbelievable close to the city centre and a cool place to visit. At this moment it hasn’t been ‘redeveloped’ so go soon!

Anonymous

Dis kitty is always up for extra-Extra History! Much thanks to the EH crew and to DomiNations!!

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>>8735504

If this makes your dream come true, then hold onto your socks, because we do have more Cold War episodes with DomiNations coming up! They'll be after the break though, in early 2018. ;)

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>>8736444

Maybe, but I'm not sure that this video proves it. ;D Making a bluff and getting it called proves that bluffs don't work against a sufficiently motivated/audacious opponent though...

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>>8736660

I really wish the Cold War were covered more in K-12 history classes! I had some great teachers but the curriculum (US History) was so heavily skewed towards pre-WW2 history that it felt like I didn't get to learn anything about that period. Thank heavens for Rob Rath, who's been killlliiing it with these modern history episodes!

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>>8737022

If I had insider knowledge... and I might... I would say that someone else planted this idea in Stalin's head, someone whose contribution may not be recorded by history, someone who could probably credited with causing a lot of historical avalanches through his meddling influence... someone whose identity... well... It was Walpole.

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>>8742437

Oh that's awesome! There's an old airfield in Seattle that got converted to a public park, and wandering around the old overgrown landing strips feels pleasantly post-apocalyptic and rather neat. I'd certainly check out Templehof too if I got the chance to go to Berlin! -Soraya

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>>8743373

Then you're in for a treat, Kitty, because we've got more of these coming up! Not quite right away but... soon. :D

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>>8736176

Got an answer for you direct from this episode's writer, Rob Rath! Here you go: Yes, that's true! So the main French contribution to the Airlift was constructing Tegel Airport—they did it in under 90 days, directing crews of German women who often worked in high heels (the only shoes they had). But two radio towers, owned by a pro-Communist station, sat directly on the approach path creating a navigational hazard. The French commander formally asked the Soviets to remove them, but when he got no response, he finally sent troops in to evacuate the area and demolish both with dynamite. I was *so sorry* this story didn't make it in—especially since the French don't get much attention in this episode—but it was cut for time. French engineers supported the Airlift and a few pilots flew missions, but they didn't have enough equipment to fully participate. Most French air assets were in Vietnam, attempting to win the colony back after Ho Chi Minh declared independence in the wake of Japan's surrender.

Bright Ops

Was Churchill still in office at this point? Because this would actually give a lot of context to why he developed a plan to go to war with the Soviets if this was the kind of bullshit they were pulling.

Anonymous

So, I just realized this after thinking about it at work, bear with me please for a moment. I was watching some old Extra Credits episodes about Call of Juarez, about the Division, and about Propaganda in games, and then a small fact hit me like a brick thinking about your Extra History series. You don't show Soviet women as soldiers I am sure it is totally unintentional, that you don't mean for this message to be included in your videos, but you show two women in your entire Kursk series both simple Partisans (Now don't get me wrong, they served a very important role, but in the end they were not part of the Red Army). This could be seen as nothing more as an oversight until I realized that the French in your D-Day series are seen having women soldiers, and women have a prominent place even in the American part of the video. In your resource war episodes you depict women as part of the Merchant Marine, which while their sacrifice was very real, and for the time numerous, they pale in comparison to the number of women of the Red Army. In this episode as well, you show no women in the Soviet armed forces, even though a fair number remained part of the army after WW2. The point I feel you are (Hopefully) unintentionally putting across is that the Western Allies had women in their armed forces, helping men fight on the front lines while the backwards Soviets only allowed women to fight when they were in resistance groups. As you yourselves said, you have to be careful about what message you send out, because even if unintentional it can still change people's perception about historical events. This is especially important context to have in the Cold war, for despite all the other failings of the Warsaw Pact, DPRK, and PRC they were decades ahead of the NATO nations when it came to women's rights. If even one person thinks it is the other way around because of your series... I am sure you would completely agree that is unacceptable. Sorry for this little rant, I just felt like it was something unintentional and easy to fix for future series involving Communist nations.

Anonymous
>>8753893

The inclusion of women in the Red Army was more out of necessity than any sort of forward thinking on the part of the Soviets. They were actively barred from enlisting until Barbarossa happened, when the Red Army suddenly found themselves in dire need of manpower. And even then, only a tiny fraction actually served in frontline combat roles, with many taking up noncombat roles similar to what many other armies did at the time. And yes, even though on paper the Soviets considered women "emancipated" and they could legally serve in the army, the reality was that the majority opinion did not consider women suitable for frontline combat. After WWII ended, the Red Army rolled back a lot of their policies concerning women.

Anonymous
>>8749088

Nope, Churchill lost his re-election in 1945, partly because some people were afraid he'd start a war with Russia. He wouldn't become PM again until 1951.

Anonymous

Great episode! But being Austrian, I noticed that you colored Austria entirely red at the end, when Austria was in fact also partitioned into 4 zones, just like Germany.

Anonymous

Congrats on one of the best Extra History episodes I've seen so far.

Anonymous

Because of the candy drops, in German, these airplanes got the nickname 'Rosinenbomber' which literally means 'Raisin bombers'. And if you ever are in Berlin, you can even book a sightseeing flight in one of the original airplanes!

Anonymous

Hey what is with the artistic style change? It seems different. Still pretty good.

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>>8803390

This episode was done by a guest artist, Joe Maslov! He'll be back before you know it. :)

Bill Lemmond

I've seen PBS documentaries, and read fiction (Leon Uris' Armageddon) and non-fiction about the airlift. You've all created a very thorough, very balanced summary of what went on. And I didn't recall the US military advising only other courses of action, and being against the airlift idea. Wonderful job, and thank you, DomiNations. Now I'm really interested in your games. :)