You can listen to the Extraordinary Lives Podcast here - linktr.ee/minutes_with_cold_war_spy
@Convoycrazy
Жыл бұрын
For our young listeners it’s important to note that Berlin was, itself, in East Germany so W. Berlin was an island inside the Iron Curtain. This situation set the stage for the W. Berlin blockade and the Berlin Airlift
@klackon1
Жыл бұрын
Cracking interview and so typical of the British Army. I lived at Brigade HQ in Berlin (the old Olympic Stadium) for a while in 1978; though I worked at the US Army facility on the Teufelsberg. One day, back at Brigade, I remember seeing one of the BRIXMIS Opel Admiral cars with a smashed up front end. I asked what had happened and the BRIXMIS lads replied, rather cheerfully I thought, that a Sov had deliberately driven his tank into it. Unfortunately, I never once saw a SOXMIS car with similar damage.
@robplazzman6049
Жыл бұрын
I was on the Stadium from 80 to 82 as a civvy storeman for the Signals. Best two years of my life !
@the_local_bigamist
Жыл бұрын
"Who was indoctrinating who?" is the most important question I've heard in this so far (listening in bits). And the admission that the role played by soldiers in the occupation (on all sides) amounted to psychological warfare operations is necessary to understand too.
@NTL578
5 ай бұрын
I don't think so. I know it's all the rage in the West now to run down anything we've ever done, but certainly on the WW2 issue and what proceded we were certainly on the right side of it. The Soviets were far closer to a closed off dictatorship than anything comparable in the West. Ask the East Germans if they would welcome back Soviet rule.
@lau4545
Жыл бұрын
I'm German and both of my grandmothers still talk about how the soldiers used to give them chocolates and sweets after the war, so I wouldn't underestimate the effects of buying children sweets 😅 especially after a war. It sure had a very long-lasting positive effect on how they viewed Brits and Americans
@simonblackwell4112
Жыл бұрын
My grandfather who was in the British army was a driver for some Generals and diplomats in Köln days after the end of the war. There are photos of him with groups of German children. He would save his rations of sweets and chocolates for them. He always had a soft spot for kids, he was the best Grandfather to me and my brother and sister.
@lau4545
Жыл бұрын
@@simonblackwell4112 that's so interesting!
@andrem4877
Жыл бұрын
Interesting! My grandmother told me the same thing about Nazi soldiers in France!
@deoglemnaco7025
7 ай бұрын
I am a former SO I just got out of prison.
@jasonstanley7326
Жыл бұрын
You know this gentleman is the real deal when the interviewer clarifies the poop-paper documents. He sits straight faced basically "that's right." He's definitely carried out much more difficult orders than that in his career. How awesome
@wiryx1
Жыл бұрын
To be fair - russians did not "punish east germans for the losses". It was like that in entire soviet block back then.
@7overland514
Ай бұрын
So they punished everyone for wanting to not be a part of a shit government. Got it!
@eddcosterton5531
Жыл бұрын
Such a good interview technique, not just boring set questions that are stuck to rigidly, but a genuine interest and understanding in what the interviewee has just said and then building on that dynamically
@nets1776
Жыл бұрын
Great interview, plus my compliments to the studio techs; sound, lighting and camera work is all first rate.
@zappababe8577
Жыл бұрын
Regarding pornography, my fella worked on the Michael Jackson tour when he played a gig at Moscow. They had Deep Throat playing when a Soviet Policeman had to come into the band coach and saw Deep Throat on the screen. His eyes were like saucers and he couldn't take his eyes off the screen! He was a young man who had never seen anyone like that in his life!
@olekaarvaag9405
Жыл бұрын
The regular videos are fantastic. But these are exceptional. Love listening to this. If anyone else are interested in what real life spies were and how it worked, I HIGHLY recommend the book "The Billion Dollar Spy". As well as that you should look up Jonna Mendez, the former CIA chief of disguise. She has a couple of videos with Wired, but I suggest you look up her talks at conferences where she goes into a lot more detail. Her late husband Antonio Mendez sure lived an interesting life as well.
@StoutProper
Жыл бұрын
Inside the company and legacy of ashes are excellent and real eye openers
@matthewsheffer2014
Жыл бұрын
When they portrayed life in the west as better and more prosperous, that wasn’t simply propaganda. Life was far better on our side. This man undersells the role of showing people under Soviet despotism a view of our better life. I remember when the wall came down former soviets were lauding Ted Turner for showing them that they could have a better life. It was a factor in the fall of the CCCP.
@thenoblepoptart
Жыл бұрын
I think it was propaganda, because that prosperity never came. The nations of the former Soviet Union experienced the most precipitous drop in life expectancy and QoL in modern history from which they still haven’t recovered. Many people today are rightfully grateful for being free of the Soviet Union, but they have suffered for it without the investment and support of the USA that we promised and never delivered. We seemed more interested in buying out the former nomenklatura of the Soviet government and turning them into oligarchs…
@finncullen
11 ай бұрын
Propaganda doesn't necessarily mean falsehood & lies - it's about propagating a message. The best propaganda is truthful (although perhaps not presenting a complex argument) as in this case.
@NTL578
5 ай бұрын
Glad to see someone else say this.
@thomasm1964
Жыл бұрын
As an Intelligence Corps soldier, my Dad spent a lot of time in Germany following and reporting on Russian intelligence agents (amongst others, including west German politicians with dodgy connections). He worked with German police re. the Bader-Meinhof mob and the IRA. I believe he also worked with Signals near the Berlin Wall. In Cyprus, it was EOKA and interesting run-ins with President Makarios (including my Dad's one and only parachute jump - a night-time HALO jump with two SAS soldiers fastened onto him, one on each arm). In Hong Kong, it was interviewing Illegal Immigrants for evidence of military knowledge of the People's Liberation Army. He always threatened to write a book about his experiences but, alas, he never did and now he never will.
@anthonyhowrard526
Жыл бұрын
my Uncle was in the intel. corps. He was in Cyprus and Hong Kong. He got beaten up in Cyprus when some soldiers blew His cover. Your Dad might have known Him. When He retired He went to live in the Turkish side of Cyprus. He loved the Turks. I think He could speak at least 10 languages. Past away a few years ago. RIP
@anthonyhowrard526
Жыл бұрын
He was a RSM
@macman975
Жыл бұрын
Your dad had one interesting life :) Respect and RIP.
@raystephens1142
Жыл бұрын
You’ve done a good job for him in a few paragraphs. Plenty for the imagination to fill in. As an aside, my Uncle had his and his friends camp attacked in Cyprus, he and the soldiers in his tent were quite badly burned. Never the same man apparently. You never know who’s doing, or has done what, in the shadows to make sure we keep enjoying our relatively comfortable way of life. 👍
@thomasm1964
Жыл бұрын
@@anthonyhowrard526 Strange parallels. My Dad was a Turkish interpreter during the '74 conflict and also a Cantonese speaker during his final two postings to Hong Kong (late seventies / early eighties; his first was early 60s which is where and when I happened along). He was a victim of John Knott's Defence Review. Like your uncle, my parents also retired to the TRNC. They lived west of Girne and west of Lapta in what was a small village called Karşıyaka although it has grown greatly in recent years. Both my Mum and Dad are buried in the Chrisitan section of Lapta Cemetary, having died in 2015 and 2019 respectively. I don't recognise your surname. My Dad was Tom Murphy. If he did know your uncle in Cyprus, mine would have been a WO2; in Hong Kong, a WO1. Was your uncle also a Howrard?
@kindnessfirst9670
Жыл бұрын
Calling James Bond a "spy" or secret agent is pretty silly since his character never did any spying and was never secretive. He would just show up where the bad guys were, publicly identify himself as James Bond, wait for someone to try killing him and then chase that person and that would lead him to the top bad guy. The bad guy would tie him up, explain his evil plan, Bond would escape at the last minute before being killed and then the bad guys secret HQ would blow up. The only other thing is the sexy girls- some good and some bad. And the gadgets Bond got- new ones each assignment. Never used again no matter how useful they ended up being.
@ZolaMagic25
24 күн бұрын
🤔😆
@youtubecansukkadik
Жыл бұрын
Great story! I think this time period is over-looked a little. Good to hear someone talk about it
@mattcintron6372
Жыл бұрын
The fact that world history was helped determined by the allies giving ussr soldiers magazines with naked ladies for info is amazing🤣🤣
@aislingsibeallyons3416
Жыл бұрын
Men I wouldn't expect anything less from men
@me0wsky
Жыл бұрын
Funny how he is thinking that soviets were keeping East Germany poor out of spite for the war (which presumes that things were better elsewhere in Soviet Union), while in SU itself, according to numerous accounts, military service in East Germany was considered a cushy job, because it was much richer and abundant then most other places.
@biggiesmalls3096
Жыл бұрын
It’s not like he was actually there🤔
@gregkosinski2303
Жыл бұрын
Keep in mind, what’s poor for a part of Germany compared to the rest of the West can still be rich compared to most of the CCCP and its sphere of influence.
@ZoomStranger
Жыл бұрын
another excellent interview. Thanks
@mikewingert-savagelyerudite
Жыл бұрын
We had SOXMIS in Bunde and in Hannover. No big deal. Brixmis was run by 3 Int and Sy Coy, Army Intelligence Corps, based in Berlin.
@fredjones234
Жыл бұрын
Great interview
@nayomtur
Жыл бұрын
Great interview!
@criminologystudent1nvestig523
Жыл бұрын
What a life this guy has had
@ProjectFairmont
Жыл бұрын
When the USSR agreed to their dismantlement, Gorbachev’s stipulation that Eastern block not become part of NATO has clearly not been honored. Perhaps the greatest bloodless revolution in terms of the demise of the USSR was apparently not enough. Who is the aggressor for sanctimonious state security? Russia the eternal boogeyman.
@vazhanatroshvili7523
Жыл бұрын
I was in soviet army in Germany (DDR) 1986-88
@StoutProper
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your service
@appalachian420grower5
Жыл бұрын
You betrayed your German heritage
@ObamaoZedong
Жыл бұрын
"Do you see Putins actions as an attempt to reclaim the Soviet Union?" I can answer that one. Yes. Putin said so himself in a speech before the invasion.
@nekkedwelder6980
Жыл бұрын
@@jamesmason1347 At first he said “I’m Putin. This is my speech before the invasion. My future actions are a direct attempt to reclaim the Soviet Union.” Then he said: “I’m Putin. I may have miscalculated a few things. Now Ukraine is dropping warheads on my guys’ foreheads. We’re getting our asses handed to us, thus I’m very embarrassed. I’ll go back to my basement to play with my soft, small manhood. I wish I could rub Brandon’s hairy legs in the pool with the other American children. Let’s Go Brandon.”
@itheuserfirst3186
Жыл бұрын
@@jamesmason1347 "The West wants Russia in a box. Russia will not be in a box."
@AA-cf4es
Жыл бұрын
You are wrong though. He is more fond of the Idea of Russian Empire and he views himself as a Tzar. USSR-obsessed leader would provide mire attentive towards regional politics: he has no such interest and/or power.
@itheuserfirst3186
Жыл бұрын
@@AA-cf4es Well, he's not exactly an experienced military man, or politician. He's making it up as he goes along.
@bobsyouruncle3075
3 ай бұрын
The older men born several generations ago are the biggest bad asses.
@Oakleaf700
Жыл бұрын
Mum visited USSR in the 1980's and the Soviet Customs guys asked her ''Have you any pornogrrrraphy?''...as if a genteel lady in her 40's would be carrying porn! I had no idea that Porn mags weren't available to the Soviets then,
@alexandercrump2298
Жыл бұрын
Legend 🔥
@alastairhunter353
Жыл бұрын
Great - thanks
@riskinhos
Жыл бұрын
I DEMAND A VIDEO OF THIS GUY'S LIFE
@riskinhos
Жыл бұрын
46:04 you remember wrong. russia has been invaded multiple times by the east. from japan for example.
@chuckschillingvideos
Жыл бұрын
You're not really a spy if the side you're spying on knows you're a spy, now are you?
@skyhawk_4526
Жыл бұрын
That's actually pretty much how it works on all sides most of the time.
@DDtch6669
Жыл бұрын
If you see two fish fighting in water, you can be sure an Englishman passed by five minutes ago.
@NTL578
5 ай бұрын
What?
@beautifullybrilliant7542
Жыл бұрын
Just buy the first 30 seconds I knew this man would be interesting. The simple yet brilliant idea of giving porn magazines to the Soviet soldiers as a way to get in their good graces is so creative, love it! It's just absolutely bloody brilliant!
@maradjade1848
Жыл бұрын
A Bit of Information. I have never heard masterbation described like this🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@NewGrow-kb1bg
Жыл бұрын
They read it’ for the articles
@Left_it
Жыл бұрын
"times were hard for the average east German" .. and what about working class people in Britain.... Poor as fuck and hungry and cold.
@NTL578
5 ай бұрын
It was a million times better in Britain.
@unitexconquer375
Жыл бұрын
He spied with his little eyes something that begins with S.U
@joprocter4573
Жыл бұрын
Remember brixmas well
@Bigdickrandyboi
Жыл бұрын
When that old bloke down the pub tells you he was a spy but he actually was 🤣
@kindnessfirst9670
Жыл бұрын
So Germany had four halves?
@DungeonTV100
Жыл бұрын
James bond was an assassin, not a spy.😜😁
@bjornnilsson7982
Жыл бұрын
Cool
@rufuspanjaitan5759
Жыл бұрын
Either: 1. This is an old interview Or 2. This veteran looks 20 years younger than his real age. A WW2 veteran should be around 90 years old by now.
@manics4837
Жыл бұрын
Cold War mate. He was there in 1986-89 he says.
@rufuspanjaitan5759
Жыл бұрын
@@manics4837 ah, silly me. Thanx for clarifying.
@RichRobinson
19 күн бұрын
Not very well engineered from an audio perspective. Boxy and boomy
@darbomefein07
Жыл бұрын
Berlin wasn't the Soviet Union bruv
@ArchesBro
Жыл бұрын
I dont think Russia had toilet paper until very late in the cold war or maybe after the soviet union collapsed.
@RobespierreThePoof
Жыл бұрын
I suppose the basic overview of Cold War history might be necessary for some viewers, but i wish you skipped over it.
@brianwheeldon4643
Жыл бұрын
The USSR being allied to the Russian Winter turned WW2 around for those on the western front at a great loss of manpower to itself. The USA at that time already had the plan to displace Britain and take over the sterling area as part of its overarching plan to become the world's number one in the second half of the 20th century, and beyond. The USA's two major obstacles to achieving world hegemony were Britain and the USSR. Essentially Britain was forced to take a USA loan to pull itself out of the economic disaster it had undergone and catastrophic bombing it had suffered in WW2. The USA took full advantage of those circumstances and the USD became the world's reserve currency of necessity. Everything the world is suffering now flows from the previous situation.
@mattgumbley1317
Жыл бұрын
In my opinion the American imperial project has been pretty good for the world
@vynca596
Жыл бұрын
I’m not American but I know that’s a gross slander of the U.S
@NewGrow-kb1bg
Жыл бұрын
@@vynca596 he’s a Russian bot/paid fsb shill: the point is to engage in reverse eurocentrism fantasy that far left and far right loves to engage in where everything bad is the fault of liberal hegemonic rule of law and communism and fascism /Holocaust/holodomor didn’t /doesn’t exist. His idea of a better world is fascist Russia ruling the world with no rules besides the ones that arise from physical violence, or at least that’s what he’s paid to say/his job to say to avoid being drafted for another day. The funny part is the Russians have to engage in reverse eurocentrism. Which makes them just as bad as the eurocentrist world they claim to hate. It’s also them admitting Russia is weak and the euro western alliance is strong. Which is hilarious. Bottom line is the liberal hegemonic world order won because it’s stronger then fascism and communism and will continue to win. It’s like Russia saying “you had sex with my girlfriend cause you have sex with everyone” as if being attractive is a diss. There’s a reason Ukraine allied with the west and not Russia. It’s because the west is better. Even Russian leaders admit it: that’s why they send their children to the west using your money lol! What’s even funnier is that Russia has lost 100,000 of their own lives in Ukraine because of Putin but they say the fault for bad in the world is something that happened EIGHTY YEARS AGO and not the TOTALITARIAN FASCIST RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT USING THEM AS CANNON FODDER. But by far the funniest part is by engaging in his fsb paid troll gaslighting, he thinks he’s avoiding the war, but he’s really talking the war into going longer, ensuring his death.
@geoarthur6593
Жыл бұрын
Walter
@stevehellings906
3 ай бұрын
After all these years of experience, it's such a shame that he still knows fuck all! 👏🤡😂
@brianmacc1934
Жыл бұрын
007 is an assassin not a spy
@englishcloud6299
Жыл бұрын
he was an intelligence officer
@brianmacc1934
Жыл бұрын
@@englishcloud6299 his job was to kill ppl not turn them
@lucy-annedawson4849
Жыл бұрын
😊😊😊😊 😊 😊😊😊😊
@matthewbunce3717
Жыл бұрын
Zzzzzz
@ackec-umsekkruch-ekucki952
Жыл бұрын
I respect this gentleman's opinion but Pootin will not succeed in Ukraine. Sorry.
@eyeswideopen7777
Жыл бұрын
His men are dying and they used clueless young men as cannon fodder.
@yeahman147
Жыл бұрын
Such cap
@enzogorlami2005
Жыл бұрын
Goes to show how poorly educated people are if they have to explain that Germany was cut up into section by the allies.
@ObamaoZedong
Жыл бұрын
Great interviewer! Didn't interrupt, didn't go on a tangent, just guided the conversation to things we'd find interesting and let things flow.
@ww3032
Жыл бұрын
It was almost like a conversation! It’s amazing how far lad bible has come.
@Mr.Monta77
Жыл бұрын
It’s amazing how many KZitem epidemiologists are also interview experts.
@Hartley_Hare
Жыл бұрын
@@Mr.Monta77 I'm an interview expert and have been doing it for twenty years. They're doing great.
@r_unner_G
Жыл бұрын
Such an interesting and articulate raconteur. He's led quite the life.
@JerrisEverydayPeople
Жыл бұрын
I love listening to this and realizing I was in high school while he was having this life. Same planet and such different lives.
@nomdeplume7537
Жыл бұрын
Him talking about how the "staff" at the Mission House was working for the Stassi ... reminds me of a scene in Bridge of Spies with Tom Hanks. Which is the story of the Glienicke Bridge, a restricted East German Bridge that acted as a border crossing. Where the exchange of Rudolph Able a Russian spy, for Gary Powers a US U2 pilot took place. Tom Hanks plays the Attorney appointed to defend Able, as he was a prosecution attorney at the Nuremberg Trials, in '46 When he goes to meet with a Soviet Diplomat in East Germany. A whole charade is put on by people who are supposedly Able's family. They're crying and 'How is our wonderful cousin Able doing?' He knows this isn't Able's family. When the Diplomat comes in, they stop right in the middle of what they were doing. Stopped crying, stood up and did a military march right out of the room, in lock step. The Diplomat tries to reference them, but gets the names and relationships backwards. So when TH corrects him, he know he didn't fall for it, and would be tougher than expected. They were obviously Soviet KGB or Stassi, posing as family. It's a good film
@markklippenberg7364
Жыл бұрын
I grew up as an army brat in West Berlin. I used to sell American cigarettes and playboy and penthouse to the Russians.
@amacca2085
Жыл бұрын
How ?
@nwga.5327
Жыл бұрын
I was in Heidelberg after the wall and Stuttgart before
@stuplant6693
Жыл бұрын
Before podcasts, these stories where either only recorded on very specific interviews or TV shows or were lost to history. Great now we record these veterans stories which are so often more interesting and honest than official records
@jimr9499
Жыл бұрын
Awesome interview. I absolutely love hearing actual veteran testimonials, like from WWII and such, but now that this post war time has become a certain distance in the past, we're beginning to hear from those vets since, unfortunately, people who fought in the war are becoming fewer and fewer. And so, I am very glad that we're beginning to hear this particular generation's stories. Keep up the great work LADbible!!
@StoutProper
Жыл бұрын
Post war?
@mikesteinberg5891
Жыл бұрын
Jimmy wtf are you on? Post war...
@bernhardkoster2329
Жыл бұрын
I remember that we went twice over to visit my mother's sister and her family. They were living in an old Prussian camp where the horse's stables had been converted into homes. I clearly remember that the rent was just shy of 20 Marks and when I went with my cousin through town to see a movie (it was called "Apache", oh boy all those memories are coming back) and we passed a shop where they had lemons in the window offering them for 0.50 Mark but they were in such a poor state that in "the west" they would have been put into the bin. Lots of other memories like they were collecting empty cans which they picked up from the railway lines that were running from west Germany to west Berlin. The trains were not allowed to stop anywhere in between the borders and passengers were discarding empty (sometimes even full) cans of beer or other drinks that were served in cans and they would be picked up and collected like we in the west would collect stamps and I remember that we had beer cans with us from the Olympic Games in Munich at the time. They would fetch real good money. Crazy times
@kennedysan1045
Жыл бұрын
That must've been fascinating. Would've been great to have collected some East German memorabilia.
@danielmarshall4587
Жыл бұрын
" your average Soviet or now Russian Soldier is pretty used to hardship", I worked with some gentlemen from the former Soviet Union and they were GEEZAS no messing about ship-shape, solid blokes.
@StoutProper
Жыл бұрын
@FC you should go to the Ukraine and show them what you’re made of boy
@robw4ltz408
Жыл бұрын
Met some Russian airforce guys flying cargo, gear was way out dated by western standards but they were solid guys.
@vedantdwivedi6814
Жыл бұрын
Don’t forget that even the ukrainians were soviet soldiers once.
@StoutProper
Жыл бұрын
@@vedantdwivedi6814 not only soldiers, Ukrainians led the Soviet Union and dominated the politburo for 30 years. Before that it was Georgians. Both held power for longer than Russian leaders
@ArturAdrianUser707
Жыл бұрын
Shame Ukraine are full of who we fought against in ww2.
@johnnaden6624
Жыл бұрын
What a legend
@theemporersnewclothes
Жыл бұрын
Good on you mate quoting Animal Farm... Some are more equal than others 🐾🐾🐾
@StoutProper
Жыл бұрын
Yeah like that conservative peer who got a 29m taxpayer funded ppe contract kickback for gowns the nhs never used
@barrycharlton6228
Жыл бұрын
The Soviets did not loose a million men at Berlin...they took the city with a million men. If they had lost a million, imagine had many they would have needed to capture the city.
@Mr.Monta77
Жыл бұрын
Indeed.
@RangerB66
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, more like 80-100k dead and another 280-300 wounded, which is 400k total casualties. Even adding in losses on the approach from the Oder to Berlin the numbers are like 50-80k more dead and 200k wounded so about 700k total casualties. I guess he never claimed he was a historian, only a spy. If Putin is any example, his grasp of history is shite, too. Well what am I saying, lying is part and parcel with spying. In this case though, I suspect the guy simply didn't know, or embellished his answer. Besides it's not really germane to the story, which is still a fascinating glimpse into the past that few people ever knew about. I was stationed in West Germany for 5 years and did not know at the time that such liaison missions existed and some of the things that went on. Since then I've learned a lot about the various MLM missions and this gentleman has done a couple different documentaries over BRIXMIS.
@carkawalakhatulistiwa
Жыл бұрын
@@Mr.Monta77 USA only lost 400.000 during ww2
@darrellpratt4479
Жыл бұрын
Well the Soviets took around the 70000 - 85000 mark taking Berlin however during the couse of the entire World War 2 the Soviets took approximately 8.6 million in casualties. The highest number of casualties for any country's Army in the entire war. To be honest i think they took more
@Mr.Monta77
Жыл бұрын
@@darrellpratt4479 The Kremlin never bothered much about the lives of ordinary people. Which of course is also very clear in the war on Ukraine. The Kremlin will do everything to keep the real number secret.
@Pippi-rippi
Жыл бұрын
I love your content so much. I learn from you! Thank you.
@Aerosnapper
Жыл бұрын
Love Dave - hate the implication of 'spying' in this context.. also a little sad that the true original intention of the Mission - to undertake verification through close observation of the Soviet Forces in the interests of avoiding tension arising through misunderstandings of troop and equipment movements didn't get a mention
@nigeldunkley2986
Жыл бұрын
Quite right! Best job any of us had!
@danielmarshall4587
Жыл бұрын
These vids are spot on, many thanks for posting them.
@samuelj802
Жыл бұрын
Salute sir!!!
@zerofox7347
Жыл бұрын
I feel for the soldier who’s ruck sack he stole. Him and his family probably died in the Gulag for losing it.
@JimD77
Жыл бұрын
Ironically, I'm not even a fan of ice cream really, so that would not have worked on me at all. lol I'd be like buy me cookies or pie instead.
@ChoppingtonOtter
Жыл бұрын
There's a cracking book about the BRIXMIS activities I read some years ago but can't recall the name. Absolutely fascinating stuff.
@MaximusSimLord
Жыл бұрын
Not a real spy. It's exactly like James Bond.
@phincampbell1886
Жыл бұрын
"there was a line that, ... shouldn't be crossed!" There was a whole big fudge-off wall, in fact!!
@LeeAdamsMusic89
Жыл бұрын
Beginning of every video “okay so obviously we’ve met before, but for the viewers…” 😂
@charleshowie2074
Жыл бұрын
We'll have a half, the US gets a half, France gets a half and Russia gets a half. Bob's your uncle.
@skyhawk_4526
Жыл бұрын
Well, technically, the USSR got a half, the British and Americans shared a half, and France doesn't really exist. So, the math all adds up. 😉
@lavorbitor9711
Жыл бұрын
Growing up in Romania after the communism fell, late 90' early 2000s, i would go to people's houses and see people using like magazines instead of toilet paper, i remember thinking "that's strange", because the toilet paper was very cheap. After years i realized that in the Ceausescu regime, everything was missing from shelves, from food to toilet paper, so they had to improvise, and they just got used to it and continued to use magazines as toilet paper even when there was plenty of it in stores.
@ThaiTastic
Жыл бұрын
Never lend your dirty mags to any keen soldier, you'll get back just one thick page!!!
@cathbadmusic8489
Жыл бұрын
46:11 Not true. The Russians were badly mauled in the East by the Japanese in 1904-05. The Ottomans attacked three times from the south: in 1570, in 1853-56 during the Crimean War and during WW1. And then there was the Mongols... Fascinating interview though.
@jamesson1154
Жыл бұрын
Don’t forget Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth. They occupied Moskva a couple times. Oh yah, Gustavus Adolphus too. Sweden got even further commonwealth haha.
@cathbadmusic8489
Жыл бұрын
@@jamesson1154 You've missed my point. The interviewee was wrong to say Russia had only ever been invaded from the West. Poland, Lithuania and Sweden are all to the west of Russia.
@jamesson1154
Жыл бұрын
@@cathbadmusic8489 ah, I’ll scan slower next time.
@pgp
Жыл бұрын
Two 20 second ads ffs 😤
@jackharrison6771
Ай бұрын
Thanks both of you , for this great session. It's certainly debatable. but I suppose some of the USSR's thinking after WW2, was to create a secure buffer-zone, because of the two invasions by Germany during the two world wars; and especially for the loss and terrible treatment of their citizens during the 1940s. And also the fact that troops of several nations were on Soviet land around the time of their Revolution. But of course, the West were worried how far west they would come,. I was sometimes surprised that the USSR agreed to abide to allow the Four Nation presence in Germany, and Berlin itself. And of course the Military Missions. I really enjoyed this video, and the other videos available, showing how you all operated, during those years. Extremely gutsy work by all of you. I have stayed in and passed through Germany on my way to Vienna, using my Railway passes. I have made many friends there, and they were ALWAYS very friendly to me. Here's to many more such productions.
@SteelDriving
Жыл бұрын
Excellent interview! Great format, and superb interviewing skills. One thing that was little unclear, probably because I missed something. What time period was he active? I got confused when the initial context was explained as immediately after the end of the war. So I assumed early 1950s. Then later on he's talking about night vision goggles and I realized he was probably talking about late -70s or early 1980s instead.
@Logan-th2vs
Жыл бұрын
At the beginning im pretty sure he said 86-89
@SlackHoffman
Жыл бұрын
Yes from 86’ to 89’ …..just before the wall fell
@eimisavageofficial9196
Жыл бұрын
Those were the amazing Era. Now it Wil be much to spy on nato org or America 🤣👍
@asnek2448
Ай бұрын
having a bunch of people whove had the most incredible lives then just memeulous is a mad one
@simontopple911
Жыл бұрын
We were briefed on recognizing Soxmis vehicles back in the day. Interesting times.
@larrykile3190
Жыл бұрын
In the 80's the Soviets had no discernible OPSEC. It was so easy to get classified information.
@dvk2photographer
7 ай бұрын
the sound on this video is so bad - lots of reverb and echoing on the guest's mic.
@anne-marieriamitchell1140
4 ай бұрын
The answer to why Germany was split up wow that was a very good answer I’m really interested in these things but well worded
@cizlerable
Жыл бұрын
At the beginning of the interview I hear your surprise at dividing up Germany. Is it really not comon knowledge that the allies only trusted the Soviets as far as they could throw them? I mean, Churchill was only convinced the Nazis were the bigger threat (than the Soviets) in the thirties.
@samuelagboola
Жыл бұрын
Churchill quite openly praised Hitler and would have welcomed Nazi Germany had they not invaded Poland. I quote: "I have always said that if Great Britain were defeated in war I hoped we should find a Hitler to lead us back to our rightful position among the nations. I am sorry, however, that he has not been mellowed by the great success that has attended him. The whole world would rejoice to see the Hitler of peace and tolerance, and nothing would adorn his name in world history so much as acts of magnanimity and of mercy and of pity to the forlorn and friendless, to the weak and poor." Furthermore, In the context of Churchill’s hard line against providing famine relief to Bengal, the colonial secretary, Leo Amery, remarked: “On the subject of India, Winston is not quite sane … I didn’t see much difference between his outlook and Hitler’s.”
@drgeorgek
Жыл бұрын
Manscape 4.0 review the highlight for me…
@steveprocter6241
Жыл бұрын
In the Soviet Union? No. East Germany, yes.
@JomsephTaylorp
Жыл бұрын
"The British, we got the northern half of Germany; the Americans got the southern half; and the majority of the eastern half was occupied by soviet troops". Not sure your maths is entirely flawless there dude...
@cosmicdebris2223
Жыл бұрын
He's completely correct though. What sort of "maths" are you referring to? It's geography, and yes we the Brits had central to northern Germany (on the western side) reaching up to Kiel (with the Dutch and Belgians in similar locations but much smaller), the Americans from central Germany (just north of Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt itself and reaching down to Bavaria with the French occupying the southern corner just east of France. Germany was divided up into east and west Germany, and the eastern part was under Soviet occupation. Have a look at the map; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied-occupied_Germany
@JomsephTaylorp
Жыл бұрын
@@cosmicdebris2223 I was just joking about how he said 'half' three times since three halves of a Germany would make up 1.5 Germanies, not 1 Germany. I wasn't referring to the actual history or geography of it. But thanks anyway dude xxx
@Eggywind
Жыл бұрын
This dudes looking mighty fresh for a 94/95 year old minimum. What’s his secret?
@StoutProper
Жыл бұрын
Who said he was 95?
@cosmicdebris2223
Жыл бұрын
he was active in the late 80s just before the wall came down, so he'll likely be in his mid 60s.
@bronoun8884
Жыл бұрын
@@cosmicdebris2223 could be mid to late 50’s
@NewGrow-kb1bg
Жыл бұрын
His secret is that being 20-30 in 1989 makes you 55-65 not 95. His secret is math
@hracekk
Жыл бұрын
Bruv
@JurisKankalis
Жыл бұрын
First of all - what an absolute legend. Kinda proves the point that what doesn't kill you - makes you stronger. Good luck to the gentleman and many more years to make us youngsters look and learn. Second - Russia - due to various historic and geographic reasons - has for hundreds, if not thousands, of years - chosen the governing method of a single tsar-like madman daddy in the front who's vaguely elected (or not at all) - with very few exceptions - ones that Russia usually isn't very fond on remembering itself. This - the tsar madman - ruling method - requires an external enemy. Although Ukraine, the Baltics, Poland, Chechnya, South Ossethia, Georgia, Moldova etc - have never thought of invading Russia - nor are there any REAL threats to Russian populations in these countries - nor are there any threats from NATO countries that they could ever invade - Russia always seems to be irked by the existence of these countries. Also - in case of Crimea - there's a large strategic port on Crimea (Sevastopol) - which Russia is extremely keen on having. So although there are no real reasons why Russia is doing what it's doing (apart from Putin's paranoia and schizophrenic fantasies) - Russia is simply slaughtering the civil population inside Ukraine. I truly hope that with (almost) the entire world coming together - and denying Russia its schizophrenic conquests on a whim of a madman trying to manipulate his own population - will turn Russia in on itself - in the long run - helping it become a "normal" country - who knows, the hope is meager, esp. looking at hoards of zombified (Z) puppies. Anyway. Thanks for the video - greetings from Latvia.
@destroyerarmor2846
Жыл бұрын
Polish up your geopolitics
@kindnessfirst9670
Жыл бұрын
I imagine the Stasi constantly suspected (or knew full well) he was a spy.
@nigeldunkley2986
Жыл бұрын
He was NOT a spy! We all were correctly accredited to the Soviets, were unarmed, drove in vehicles with huge bright yellow number plates with cyrillic script titels on them denoting we were Soviet accpted liaison officers, we were in British uniform withe our BRIXMIS union jacks on either arm and were totally unarmed and made a point of making sure the Sovs knew it. We (BRIXMIS staff) were intelligence gathering of course but the title "I spied in the Soviet Union" is just painfully and embarassingly wrong.
@kindnessfirst9670
Жыл бұрын
@@nigeldunkley2986 Depends on how a person defines "spying". He was not a secret agent but one can spy without being a secret agent.
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