Could the Soviets have taken over the Middle East? History of the Middle East 1957-1962 - 21/24

[electricVGC]

Comments got more bots than a TF2 lobby lol

[aasante]

Jabzy just made us wait three months so that he could drop as many videos possible back to back.

[magnificentname]

There's an entire generation (aged 70-80 years old) that's very influenced by the communist ideology, and they have their own (kinda dead by now) politics and perspectives and even culture, separated in a bubble from everyone else.
I wonder if it's like this elsewhere

[crocodileguy]

I just realised this series is gonna be extra LIT when the last parts roll around

[DanH-uf]

The USSR had no intention of taking over the Middle East. They were more valuable as military client states that send billions to the USSR who desperately need the hard currency.

[The_syncretist]

Interesting period of history, thank you!

The middle east in the 1920s-40s would be valuable to be covered to this level, as well as the remainder of the 60s and 70s

Thanks again

[Ciech_mate]

Fantastic video mate, really enjoyed that

[bcvetkov]

Can I i just say hiw great of a job you've been doing with this series. I think this is better than the scramble for Africa ine you did before. Great job all around m8. 👍

[azeke]

Amazing video series. Very interesting time period.

[hazchemel]

Appreciate the solid spadework that underlies your videos, thank you for the info.

[aimanmarzuqi]

I still remember a time when the majority of the members of the Palestinian liberation movements were ideologically socialist or marxist. Crazy to see how much things have changed now

[christianweibrecht]

was Turkey inherently opposed to communism or just Russian influence?

[jordanbell]

The video is about could Soviets "dominate" middle east, not "invade" middle east, which is what the title made me think.

[HistoryOfRevolutions]

This is very unlikely since the principles of communism include materialism and atheism.

[moderatetuber]

Not take over but I’d say win an alliance with us. You see what killed the USSR influence in TME is Egypt specifically Sadat.
He shifted 180 at the first opportunity he got to the American camp. If Sadat continued Nasser’s policies USSR would’ve probably still around, yes I think that Sadat helped killing the ussr by fighting its influence in TME and Africa.

Nasser had a plan to fully and without peace to liberate Sinai from Israel by 1971, I think if that happened and he won the war the next step would’ve been creating a pan Arabist socialist union with Syria, Algeria, Lybia, Sudan, iraq and Yemen. Nasser wins, Arab socialists win, Arab puppets if the west lose.
That’s why Nasser had to go

[AltaicGigachad]

Lenin said: Despite being poor by ourselves, we can give financial support to Turkey. It is a necessity. Financial support, mercy (compassion) and friendship is a three times larger help. Turkish people should sense that they are not alone. "


In his memoirs Aralov writes about the instructions Lenin gave him before he was dispatched to Turkey:
"Turks are fighting for their national liberation. The imperialists have robbed Turkey naked, they are still doing it.. Mustafa Kemal Pasha is naturally not a socialist . But it is apparent that he is a good organizer . He is an able leader, leading the national bourgeois revolution . He is an intelligent, progressive leader . He has understood the importance of our socialist revolution, and is favorable toward Russia.. I believe he will destroy the I believe he will destroy the pride of the imperialists and liquidate the Padisah ( Sultan ) together with his lackeys .. Although we are very poor ourselves, we can materially aid Turkey . We must do it . This way the Turkish people will The Russian aid has been in three forms : money, arms and munitions . The precise quantity of this aid is still unknown . But considering that Russian economy was bankrupt at the time, and the country was ridden with warfare against the Allied powers and White Generals, the magnitude of this aid could not be as spectacular as it is sometimes claimed . Never- theless, this has come at the right time when it was most needed to furnish an otherwise poorly equipped Turkish army, and has been instrumental in the final victory. In round figurres the total Russian aid, according to the Turkish envoy Ali Fuad Pase in Moscow, was 10 million gold rubles ( paid in installments ), rifles, bayonnets, machine - guns, cannons horses and relevant material to equip two divisions .

[Monker]

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[QA-]

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[SirLotzz]

Parades in the Middle East are lit fr fr lmao😂

[pixynowwithevenmorebelkanb]

24:27
That's alot of parade floats...