Could Britain Survive A Nuclear War?

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With the development of the atomic bomb, questions arose about how mankind could survive the existence of such a weapon, and what a war where they're used would look like. With the development of the hydrogen bomb, these questions were answered - mankind could not survive the use of such a weapon, and a war where they're used would mean oblivion.

This video looks into how the UK government perceived nuclear war breaking out - and how it intended to counter this damage.

This is one of the strangest videos I've ever made - I like to focus on the history of the Imagined - less the stuff that actually occurred, and more the stuff that people perceive had occurred. Nuclear war is, by necessity to us, a thing which we can only imagine.

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コメント (21)
  • @StOrMmaGiiKz
    britain can't even survive 2 inches of snow for 24 hours there's your answer
  • @bluegoose7832
    Can Britain survive nuclear war? Lets put it this way, Britain is barely even surviving its own government
  • @GM-qz9fo
    No one survives. Everyone loses.
  • If you’ve ever watched the movie Threads, you’d realise no amount of preparation would ready society for the shakeup of a nuclear war.
  • @chili_phil
    In the 80s, they made us watch "When the Wind Blows" at school, a cartoon about an old couple when the bombs dropped. It gave us all nightmares, we were younger than 10 years old at the time.
  • @MI7DJT
    Most of the UK couldn't survive the internet going out for a day.
  • @cdub5033
    it’s a plan which doesn’t include civilian survival. it’s cheaper.
  • The UK's plan will be simple. Save select politicians, the mayor of London, the King and some select billionaire's. After that not a damn will be given!
  • @isbestlizard
    Britain might survive a nuclear war, but I would make it my mission to ensure none of the politicians or military leaders that led us into it did.
  • @Gstar0007
    All we need to do is keep 2 meters apart, that will save us .
  • Bunkers are useless when you come out. There will be nothing for you.
  • What is the old saying?.... the living will envy the dead.
  • @ronholfly
    I am a Nuclear veteran from the Hydrogen Bomb tests in the Pacific and you had better believe this video because everything in it is true. Our cities would be wiped of the map in seconds and every living person would be vapourized in seconds. We were at a safe distance during the tests but the heat and brilliant light was so vivid it has stayed in my memories as if it were yesterday, my hands covered my eyes but the light was so bright I could see the bones in my fingers.
  • Britains plan go to the pub have a pint and a cigar and get a seat closest to the window lol
  • @HerpilyDerp86
    If you get a warning theres a nuclear weapon aimed at your location, you are 100% better off being turned to a shadow on the ground than living through the apocolypse on the other side...