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History's biggest moments, Undone.
Every week, our presenter Fergus Macphee is joined by experts to hit rewind on key battles and strategic decisions, and run through the biggest 'what ifs' of history - from the Roman Empire to the modern day.
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What if anyone had won the Korean War? It COULD have triggered WW3
This episode of History Undone is sponsored by Surfshark! Go to https://surfshark.com/historyundone and use code historyundone at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark! On this episode of History Undone, Fergus Macphee is joined once
How Republicans & Democrats have swapped sides throughout history
On this episode of Origins, Fergus Macphee speaks with Rear Admiral Dr Chris Parry about the US midterm elections and changing history of both parties. From the 1790s right up until 2026, the Republicans and Democrats have been political sh
The Blitz, invasion, nuclear threat... could Britain today actually survive anything? | Origins
On this episode of Origins, Fergus Macphee is joined once again by Rear Admiral Dr Chris Parry to discuss the British government's new 'be ready' campaign in case of emergencies. It's not the first time in history government's have put thei
Is Europe on the Brink of Another 1848 Revolution? | Origins
On this episode of Origins, Fergus Macphee is joined by Rear Admiral Dr Chris Parry to discuss the wave of protest sweeping Europe. Is it a repeat of the 1848 revolutions, or something else entirely? This is Origins. Hosted on Acast. See ht
What if Britain had LOST the Boer Wars? WWI powers turn on the British Empire
On this episode of History Undone, Fergus Macphee is joined once again by Rear Admiral Dr Chris Parry and Dr Spencer Jones to discuss what could have become one of the biggest military embarrassments for the British Empire. Also called the
A 21st Century Yalta: Are Trump, Putin & Xi about to CARVE UP Ukraine? | Origins
On this episode of Origins, Fergus Macphee is joined by Rear Admiral Dr Chris Parry to discuss a potential meeting between Xi Jinping, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin next month where they could discuss a plan for the future of Ukraine. In
From Chernobyl to plague: A history of Russian cover-ups | Origins
On this episode of History Undone: Origins, Fergus Macphee is joined by author and host of Silicon Curtain podcast Jonathan Fink. They discuss the reported outbreak of plague from an institution in Russia which has led to the death of a lab
How the Houthis became a problem Saudi Arabia can't solve | Origins
On this episode of History Undone: Origins, Fergus Macphee speaks with Professor Thomas Juneau from the University of Ottawa to discuss the history of the Houthis and how their influence has grown. Far from just being rebels in Yemen, the g
What if France had WON the Franco-Prussian War? An entirely new 20th Century
On this edition of History Undone, Fergus Macphee is joined once again by Rear Admiral Dr Chris Parry to discuss one of the most overlooked, but important conflicts of the last 200 years: the Franco-Prussian War. What was supposed to be a c
Without the 1789 Revolution, would France be protesting today? | Origins
On this episode of Origins, Fergus Macphee is joined by Emeritus Professor of history at The University of Melbourne and an expert on the French Revolutionm, Professor Peter McPhee. They discuss the current protest that have swept through F
How the Royal Navy collapsed from 1,400 ships to 60 | Origins
Welcome to the first episode of History Undone: Origins. This is the space we will be discussing current affairs and geopolitics, through our historical and counterfactual lense. For the first episode, Fergus Macphee is joined by Rear Admir
1942: The year that changed the world forever? A History Undone special
On this very special edition of History Undone, Fergus Macphee is joined by Rear Admiral Dr Chris Parry and show favourite Jonathan Parshall in the studio to mark the release of his book 1942: The Crux of War. In an extended, two hour long
What if Hannibal had won the Battle of Zama & the Second Punic War?
On this episode of History Undone, Fergus Macphee is joined by Rear Admiral Dr Chris Parry and Dr Simon Elliott to discuss the culmination of the Second Punic War, which saw the Roman Republic finally defeat its nemesis: Hannibal. Before th
What if the allies had prioritised the Atlantic NOT the strategic bombing of Germany?
On this episode of History Undone, Fergus Macphee is joined by Rear Admiral Dr Chris Parry once again - this time to discuss the decision by the allies to prioritise the strategic bombing campaign of Germany, rather than the Atlantic. It ha
If the Nazis had NEVER risen to power… would there still be a Second World War?
On this edition of History Undone, Fergus Macphee is joined by Rear Admiral Dr Chris Parry & Drachinifel to discuss one of the most important events in modern history: the rise of the Nazi party and it's impact on the Second World War. Whil
What if the Enigma code had never been cracked? An entrenched Nazi-Soviet war
On this episode of History Undone, Fergus Macphee is joined by Rear Admiral Dr Chris Parry and Nigel Jones to discuss one the allies' biggest breakthroughs in the Second World War: cracking the Enigma code. Despite being deemed 'unbreakable
What if the Indian Rebellion had succeeded? British OUT but a broken nation emerges
On this episode of History Undone, Fergus Macphee is joined by Rear Admiral Dr Chris Parry and Professor Chandrika Kaul from the University of St Andrews to discuss one of the most important events in the history of modern India and Imperia
What if Franco had LOST the Spanish Civil War?
On this episode of History Undone, Fergus Macphee is joined once again by Rear Admiral Dr Chris Parry & Dr Klaus Schmider to discuss one of the most significant events of the 20th Century: the Spanish Civil War. It was a bloody and fiercely
What if Winston Churchill had died in WW2? 'The whole picture changes'
On this episode of History Undone, Fergus Macphee is joined by Rear Admiral Dr Chris Parry & Nigel Jones to discuss the sometimes chaotic tenure of Winston Churchill during the Second World War. There periods of disquiet when he could have
What if the Nazi siege saw Leningrad fall? Moscow next & a Soviet armistice | History Undone
On this episode of History Undone, Fergus Macphee is joined by Rear Admiral Dr Chris Parry & Dr Klaus Schmider to discuss one of the most devastating blockades in history: the siege of Leningrad. It is less mythologised than Stalingrad, per
What if Hitler had taken the Mediterranean & Middle East? ‘Game over’ for the Soviet Union…. | History Undone
On this episode of History Undone, Fergus Macphee is joined by Rear Admiral Dr Chris Parry and Dr Klaus Schmider to discuss a plan that Nazi Germany never went through with. At the end of 1940, Hitler faced a choice of where to head next an
What if Britain & France had backed the Confederacy in the American Civil War?
On this episode of History Undone, Fergus Macphee is joined by Rear Admiral Dr Chris Parry & Professor Adam Smith to discuss the decision by Britain and France not to officially enter the American Civil War. Both European nations had commer
What if the Iranian Revolution NEVER happened? A nuclear Middle East & allies with the US
On this episode of History Undone, our new host Fergus Macphee is joined by Rear Admiral Dr Chris Parry and Dr Siavush Randjbar-Daemi to discuss one of the most important moments in the history of the Middle East which still has lasting ram
What if China had NEVER become Communist? A split nation, but still a global superpower
On this edition of History Undone, Fergus Macphee is joined by Rear Admiral Dr Chris Parry to discuss China's Civil War and the rise of the Chinese Communist Party. The scale and the figures involved in the post WWII phase of the conflict w
What if Napoleon had WON The Battle of Leipzig? No First World War or modern day Germany
On this episode of History Undone, Fergus Macphee is joined by Rear Admiral Dr Chris Parry and Dr Michael Rowe to discuss one of Napoleon's greatest defeats at the Battle of Leipzig. It was the largest Europe had ever seen until the First W
What if Japan had invaded the Soviet Union NOT Pearl Harbor? World at war into the 1950s
On this episode of History Undone, Darryl Morris is joined by channel favourites Rear Admiral Dr Chris Parry and Jonathan Parshall to discuss the 'Kantokuen', or in other words, the drawn up Japanese plan to invade Siberia. Of course, this
What if the Cuban missile crisis went hot & Soviet sub B-59 had fired its torpedos?
On this edition of History Undone, Darryl Morris is joined by Rear Admiral Dr Chris Parry and Professor Sergey Radchenko to discuss the Cuban missile crisis of 1962 and one of its most mythologised moments. On the 27th of October, also know
What if Russia had WON the Battle of Tsushima? No Pearl Harbor & a totally different WWI
On this episodes of History Undone, Darryl Morris, Rear Admiral Dr Chris Parry & Drachinifel discuss one of the most important moments of naval warfare: The Battle of Tsushima. The encounter that effectively ended the Russo-Japanese war of
What if Germany had won the WWI U-boat campaign? ‘The whole world order changes’
On this episode of History Undone, Darryl Morris is joined by Rear Admiral Dr Chris Parry and Drachinifel to discuss one of the most overlooked arenas of the First World War: the Atlantic theatre. Often called the 'first battle of the Atlan
What if Germany had taken Moscow in WWII? ‘Stalin would have met with an accident…’
On today's History Undone Darryl Morris is joined by Dr Klaus Schmider and Rear Admiral Dr Chris Parry to discuss one of Adolf Hitler's most critical decisions of the Second World War. During the early days of Operation Barbarossa, he made
