The Iron Curtain: The Cold War's Deadly Line of Demarcation

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[dtaylorchuckufarle]

After the fall of the Soviet Union and collapse of East Germany, I was able to walk through the Brandenburg Gate - something I never thought I'd be able to do... without being shot.

[janstransky]

Czechoslovak pre WWII fortification system was amazing Megaproject for the small nation. A lot of it can be still visited.

[AceJoker]

I don't always immediately click on every megaprojects. But when mother Russa calls I will answer

[handiman]

I learn something new/interesting almost everytime I watch one of your channels and today was one of your best offerings -- Happy New Year to Simon and Crew

[PoeRacing]

How did I not know the Iron Curtain Bike Trail existed???!?? New life goal.

[jonathancook]

the quantity and quality of video and photo content is getting much better in recent months, thus making the videos feel more like short documentrys and more sutible for education as aposed to mere entertainment.

[Manuel-guls]

2022 has just arrived! Happy New Year Simon Whistler...

[patrickwalsh]

With the fall of the wall came the "Ossies". The little village I was living in had problems with items being stolen such as bikes, lawn furniture and the like. The easterners got money and rents that westerners had to wait years for. Many bad words were used to describe the "Ossies".
As a USAF airman I got to see all of this transpire from the Eifle region (Rhineland Pfaltz). We lived in a small village; Rodern, then Hahn.
West Germany 1988-1993

[manifestgtr]

Dude, the fact that certain deer populations *today* won’t mingle across the iron curtain is unbelievable. How many generations of deer have come and gone since then? It goes to show that human activity influences far more than most people realize…and for much longer…

[mistywolf]

Thankyou for saying what is forgotten by many, that the Berlin Airlift was a joint US/UK effort, the US tend to only mention their own effort and the British being British barely mention it at all, the only reason I knew was because my father was an RAF aircraft engineer and was based in West Berlin before and a little after the airlift and he told me later in life about just how bad things had gotten for the West Berliners before they started flying in food and fuel.
The Soviet plan very nearly worked :(.

[johns]

Love you videos Simon they are interesting and informative. Suggestion for a topic: The Grand Coulee Dam and the Columbia Basin Project. It transformed desert to productive farmland and produces cheap energy for the Pacific Northwest.

[sbccmichaelkelly]

Which video did Simon do about airdropping supplies?! Trying to share that video with the internet.

[timw]

I wish people saying communism/socialism is the answer to everything would take a few minute and watch this so they could see how those systems actually ffet the people they are "supposed" to serve.

[fraliexb]

Can we get a Megaprojects on the American Smithsonian Museums?

[MiKenning]

I wish you had mentioned Mödlareuth, also known as Little Berlin. But I suppose that deserves its own video…!

[fraliexb]

I'm really surprised that Simon didn't pimp out his Berlin Blockade video....

[OliverSG]

10:12 from the earth...

Me: he's gonna say to the moon...

TO THE FUCKING SUN

[sl]

We are living in an iron curtain right now here in America yet most just don’t realize it

[rinzo]

For deer to still refuse to pass where the Iron Curtain once stood, DAMN!

It really altered nature in more ways than one.

[teamplayer]

Must have been a mega task removing all those landmines.