Good morning! Why not kick off the day with an excellent playlist? This one's a real eye-opener for all you Cold War kids out there, as it is an alternate history documentary exploring what might have been in the last days of the USSR. Masterfully done and frankly terrifying, the appeal of this documentary to me is the way in which 95% of it is compiled from contemporary news broadcasts and archive footage, giving it an element of realism and making it what might otherwise have been a impressively speculative load of tripe. Useful if you're studying the Cold War, as it includes plenty of historical figures and a wealth of context, and otherwise entertaining through it's chilling story. 

World War 3 - Twisted History

The first part of the documentary is missing from Youtube so here is a brief synopsis of what is missed:

Widespread economic crisis in Eastern Europe during the era of Glasnost and Perestroika brought on by Mikhail Gorbachev during the 1980's creates growing internal strife behind the Iron Curtain. The hardline communists within Gorbachev's inner circle act to preserve the Socialist ideals that Gorbachev seems to be undermining in his attempts to save the USSR from economic ruin. During a visit to East Germany, Communist hardliners, led by General Vladimir Soshkin, pull off a successful military coup and Gorbachev simply dissapears. The new hardline government begins operating a no nonsense policy towards Eastern Europe and begins enacting crackdowns in cities across the Warsaw Pact, drawing increasing criticism from the Western Allies.